US754523A - Tilting bin and sample-display device. - Google Patents

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110.754,523. r l PATENTBD MAR.15,1904.

ALWEST.

TILTING" BIN AND SAMPLE DISPLAY DEVICE.

APPLIUATION FILED DBO. 7. 190s.

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UNITED STATES v Patented March 15, 1904.

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ARNOLD J. WEST, OF ABERDEEN, WASHINGTON.

TILTING BIN AND SAMPLE-DISPLAY DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 754,523, dated March 15, 1904.

Application filed December '7, 1903. Serial No. 184,153. (No-model.)

To a/ZZ whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, ARNOLD J. WEST, a citizen of the United States, residing at Aberdeen, in the county of Ohehalis and State of Washington, have invented a new and useful Tilting Bin and Sample-Display Device, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the storage-bins employed in stores and similar localities for the storage of merchandise in convenient position for the salesman, and has for its object to simplify and improve devices of this character and increase the convenience and ease of operation.

The invention consists in certain novel features of construction, as hereinafter shown and described, and specified in the claims.

In the drawings illustrative f the invention, in which corresponding parts are denoted by like designating characters, Figure 1 is a transverse sectional elevation, and Fig. Qis a front elevation, of a portion of a counter with the improvement applied. Fig. 3 isa cross-section, enlarged, of the sample-receptacle. Fig.

4. represents the parts forming the-sample-re-y ceptacle disconnected and enlarged; The improved device comprises generally an inelosing casing forming a chamber for4 the reception of one or more storage bins or rea. i

ceptacles for the merchandise and movably disposed tosupport. the goods in convenient position for the salesman, each bin being prof vided with a 'detachable transparent receptaf I cle for a sample of the goods stored within the pivotedby their lower ends to the-sides of the along their edges, and .detachably supported 100 bin, The casing' portion may be in the form of a counter, or'it may be constructed to formpart of the shelving Vorarranged nany other required manner, and I do not, therefore, de-

sire to be limited in any manner to any spe cific form foi'ft'hisl portion of the apparatus.

YThe casing'po'rtion is represented at l() in the :form of a counter and. will be divided by spaced vertical bars 11 into4 a plurality of chambers? for the reception of the movable bins or receptacles, which are of the tilting form, as shown at 12.

Pivoted by their upper ends, as at 13, upon the inner faces of the` dividing-bars 11 are ra'- dins-bars 14., one at each side of each bin and bin and spaced from their bottoms, as at 15. By this means the bins are suspended in their respective chambers, with a portion of the contents below the pivot-points 15 to provide a counterbalance, as hereinafter more fully eX- plained.

v The sides of the bins are rounded at their lower ends and upwardly curved or convex at their upper ends, as shown, and the front and the rear walls are extended at-16 17 to engage the drop-.facing 18 of the member 10 to limit both the outward and inward movement, as will be obvious.

Y Attached to the barsll below their centers are bearings 19 in the form of open elongated hooks, and attached to the sides of the bins ,12 are studs 20 for engagement with the bearings, as shown. The studs 2O are located concentrically of the curved upper ends of the bins, so that as the latter is opened and closed it will'be caused to turn uponthe studs as centers and maintain the curved upper ends nearly in the same position constantly relative to the lower edge of the drop-facing 18, the bin rising andfal'ling slightly, owing to the changes of the centers between the :radius-bar pivotal points and the studs 20, as will be obvious.

The weight of .the bins and their contents are borne Wholly bythe pivots of the radiusbars' 111, and the bins are kept from overturningv by the studs'V 20, operating 'in the vertically-elongated bearings 19. v

-It will be noted thatl the pivotal points 15 are located at a considerable distance above the bottoni of the bin, so that a jrelatively large amount of thecontents ofthe lbins are below the 'pivots to form a-counterbalance thereto and materially aid in operatingl the bins, so that less power is requ-iredto operate them, asw'ill be obvious..." if

Formed in the curved', upper edges of vthe 'sides of the bins are intermediate notches 21, vadapted to engage the drop-facing portion 18 land permit the studs 2O to be lifted fromthe bearings v19 when the bins. are tobe detached, the pivot-points 1 5 havingirst l"been disconnected. Y

Attached to the outer faces of the 'bins are base-plates' 22, having spacedv guideways- 23 in these guideways are receptacles 24, preferably with transparent front walls and each with an aperture in the rear side through which the interior is accessible when the receptacles are detached from their bases. The rear apertures will each be provided with a closure 25, which will beheld in place by the base member 22 when the receptacle is positioned thereon, as shown. The receptacles 24 are to contain samples of the contents of the bins, so that the salesman or customer can see at a glance the quality or. nature of the goods within the bin, and thus materially aid in the work of supplying the desired goods and reducing the labor and time required to supply the customer to a corresponding eX- tent.

The receptacle 24 will preferably be in the form of a metal skeleton frame with glass or other transparent panels, as represented, and may in that way be made highly ornamental, and will add to the attractiveness of the apparatus.

The sample-receptacles can be very quickly detached and the contents changed or renewed when required, so 1.that the contents of the sample-receptacle will always denote the quality and nature of the contents of the bin to which it is attached. y

The sample-receptacles may be of any size and of any suitable material. f1 1Having thus described the invention, what v is claimed is- 1L Thecombination of a bin-chamber, having'spaced vertically-elongated bearings, a bin movable withinsaid chamber and having studs engaging said bearings, and radius-bars connected respectively by their ends to said chamber and bin.

2. `The combination of a bin-chamber having spaced bearings elongated vertically and open at the top, a bin movably disposed within said chamber and having studs supported within said bearings and with the upper surface of the bin concentric to said studs, said bin having stops at its front and rear to limit its movement and with notches intermediately of said concentric surfaces to permit its detachment from said chamber.

8. The combination of a bin-chamber having spaced vertically-elongated bearings, a bin movable within said chamber and having studs engaging said bearings and with its upper side substantially concentric to said studs and with stops at the front and rear to limit its movement, and radius-bars pivoted by their upper ends to said chamber in vertical alinement above said bearings and pivoted by their lower ends to said bin between said studs and said concentric end and centrally of the bin.

4. The combination with a storage-receptacle of a base member attached to the front thereof and having spaced parallel guideways, and a sample-receptacle having a transparent front and detachably supported by said guideways.

5. The combination with a storage-receptacle of a base member attached to the front thereof and having spaced parallel guideways, a sample-receptacle'having a transparent front and detachably supported by said guideways and with an aperture in its rear side provided with a detachable closure held in position by the base member when the sample-receptacle is closed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afxed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

` ARNOLD J. WEST.

Witnesses:

H. A. HAYES, W.V B. MACK.

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