US395949A - George cade - Google Patents

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G. GADE.

DEVICE FOR HANDLING SHE-LP GOODS, (Sac.

No. 395,949. Patented Jan. 8, 1889.

NITED STATES PATENT FIcE.

GEORGE CADE, OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN V. MAUMEE, OF SAME PLACE.

DEVICE FOR HANDLING SHELF GOODS, 800.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 395,949, dated January 8, 1889.

Application filed July 10, 1888. Serial No. 279,564. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE CADE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Momphis, in the county of Shelby and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Handling Shelf Goods, &C.; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will e11- able others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure l is a perspective view of my device or apparatus when not in .use. Fig. 3 is a similar view of the apparatus as when in use; and Figs. 3 and '-l-. are perspective detail views of the head or upper part of the device.

Like letters of reference indicate correspending parts in all the figures.

My invention has relation to devices for handling goods which are disposed upon shelves out of reach except bymeans of a lad dcr, or which are suspended from hooks to the under side of the ceiling of a store or wareroom; and it consists in the construction and combination of parts of the apparatus which will be hereinafter more fully described, whereby a person may handle these goods that is, take them down and again replace themiu a simple and expeditiousmanner without the use of a ladder, thereby saving time, labor, and annoyance inshowing goods to purchasers and others.

Reference being had to the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates a pole of any suitable length and material, the upper end of which is beveled and provided, by preference, with a disk or plate, 1-3, of rubber, leather, or other suitable material. To the back part of the pole, opposite to its beveled side or face, is attached a hook, l, which may be made of wire of the form shown in the drawings, or any other form of hook may be employed, if preferred. To opposite sides of the upper part of the pole, and at right angles to the rearwardly-proj ecting hook, is fastened a pair of arms,D D,the outwardly-projecting ends of which form eyes E E for the insertion of the wire loop F. This loop is preferably made of tempered steel wire of suitable thickness, or fiat steel spring, and the inner ends of the loop, after passing through the guideeyes E E and guide or keeper 0 on the back part of the pole, are fastened to the upper ends of a pair of arms, G, which, in conjunction with the lower arms, H H, constitute a toggle-joint or toggle-lever, the upper pair of arms, G G, crossing each other and having their fulcrum upon a pin or belt, I, inserted into the pole. lhe lower ends of the lowermost arms H H are connected and fastened upon a hook, J, at the upper end of the sliding rod K, which slides through staples or keepers L, inserted into the back part of the pole. Rod K is provided at its lower end with a loop, M, encircling the pole, and having a projection, N, on one side, which forms a convenient handle for operating the rod. This device or apparatus is used as follows: If it is desired to remove an article standing upon a shelf or suspended from a hookas, for example, a bootthe loop F at the upper on d of the pole is drawn over the article as, in the present illustration, the boot-legand by then pushing the sliding rod K in an upward direction the loop will be contracted, so as to grasp or bind upon the article inserted through it, as represented in dotted lines in Fig. 2 of the drawings, when the article inquestion may readil ybe lifted off of the hook or shelf, as the case may be, and taken down for the inspection of the customer. By relaxing the loop, which is done simply by re leasing the hand from the sliding red, the spring in the loop will bring itself back to its normal position and the article is readily and instantly released. lVhen, after examination, it is again desired to replace it, this is done by again fastening it in the loop, as aforesaid, and then lifting it up to its proper place upon the shelf or under the ceiling, after which the loop is relaxed by pulling rod K down, and the apparatus is detached from the article and placed in one corner, out of the way and ready for use.

The advantages of this apparatus are so obvious as to require no lengthy explanation. It can be manufactured at a small cost, is 100 always ready [or use, and will handle the articles without the slightest injury to the same. It? desired, in handling fine goods the flexible loop 1 may be covered with cloth, rubber, or other suitable material, to prevent abrasion oi the articles grasped by it. The upper beveled part of the pole being covered with a disk of leather or rubber prevents ehafin of the artiele during the process of applying or again removing the deviee, and the hook C at the upper end of the pole will be found eonvenient for use son'ietimes when there is no neeessity of employing the loop.

Having thus deseri bed my invention, I elaim and desire to secure by Letters Patent ot' the lI'nited States 1. The combination of the pole, the slidingrod, the toggle joint or lever, t he flexible loop, and the arms for g'uid'in and su 'iporting the my own l have hereunto at'tixed my signat nre' in presenee of two witnesses.

GEORGE CADE. \Vit nesses:

L. 1). ADAMS, 1,. M. Goommx.

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