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Patented April 26, 1904.

ORRAL' ORVAL BUICE, OF MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA.

SECTIONAL CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 758,506, dated April 26, 1904.

Application filed February 6, 1903.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ORRAL ORVAL BUICE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Montgomery, in the county of Montgomery and State of Alabama, have invented a new and Improved Sectional Case, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved sectional case designed for use as a bookcase, show-case, or like article and which permits of secure interlocking of the units and convenient manipulation of the door to move the same into a closed or open position and when in an open position to be completely out of theway of the user of the case.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, as will be more fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the improvement. Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse section of the same on the line 2 2 of Fig. 3.

Fig. '3 is a sectional rear side elevation of the same on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4. is a perspective view of one of the rails or brackets for uniting the sides of a unit with the shelf thereof and for interlocking one unit with another; and Fig. 5 is an enlarged plan view of part of a unit, parts being in section.

The improvement, as illustrated in the drawings, is applied on a sectional bookcase having a plurality of case units A, a'base unit B, and a top unit O, and each of the units A consists, essentially, of a bottom shelf A, sides A and A a back A, and a door A adapted to close the front end. of the unit and arranged to be swung upward and pushed rearward in the upper portion of the unit above the books or other articles contained in the unit and immediately below the shelf A of the next unit above, as plainly shown in the lower portions of Figs. 2 and 3. The units are interlocked with each other by the use of transverse rails- D, preferably made of metal and each having Serial No. 142,222. (No'modeL) a vertical member D and a horizontal member D secured by screws or like fastening devices E to the under side of the unit side A or A and by screws E to the shelf A, as plainly indicated in Fig. 3. The upper portion of the vertical member D extends in a groove formed in the under side of the unit side A or A and the lower portion of the said rail member D extends a distance below the bottom of the shelf A and is adapted to fit into a grooveformed on the top of the side A or A of the unit next below.

The inner faces of the unit sides A and A are rabbeted both on top and bottom up to the vertical members D to form recesses for the sides of the shelf to fit in, so that an extremely strong connection is had between the shelf and the sides and between one unit and the next following unit.

The inner faces of. the vertical members D are provided at the front with inwardly-extending rests or lugs. D for supporting the front portion of the shelf at the side thereof, the top of the rest D being preferably of ogee shape to receive the correspondingly-shaped front portion of the shelf A. The forward portion of the horizontal member D is widened, as at D, in an inward direction to be flush with the inner face of the lug D and to fit the thickness of the corresponding side on which it is to be used. The rear end of the vertical member D of a rail is provided with an inwardly-extending flange 'D adapted to abut against the outer faces of the backs A (see Fig. 2) of both the unit on which the rail is secured and that of the unit next below.

Now from the foregoing it will be seen that the rails D connect the shelf A with the sides A and A of a unit and at the same time the projecting lower portions of the vertical members of the said rails engage grooves in the sides A and A of the next unit below, so as to secure interlocking of the units with each other.

The sides of each of the units A are formed at their inner faces with guideways F, extending horizontally between the top of the sides for engagement by pivots G, preferably in the form of friction-rollers journaled on-brackets G, secured to the sides of the door A near the top thereof, as plainly shown in Figs. 2 and 3. Now when the door A is in a closed position then the pivots G are in the front ends of the guideways F to support the door in a vertical position, the door then resting with its rear face on vertical strips H, secured to the inner faces of the sides A and A near the front thereof.

Directly above the upper ends of the strips H are journaled friction-rollers I for the door A to rest on when moved into an open position, as indicated in the lower portions of Figs. 2 and 3.

Now when the door is in a closed position and it is desired to open the same then the operator swings the door A outward, the door then turning on its pivots G in the front ends of the guideways F, and when the door has been moved into a horizontal position the operator pushes it backward, so that the pivots G slide in the guideways F and the rear face of the door travels on the top of the friction-rollers 1 until the pivots G reach the rear ends of the guideways F. It will be seen that the door is now supported by .the pivots G and the friction-rollers I, as indicated in the lower portions of Figs. 2 and 3. In order to prevent the pivots Gr from binding in the guideways F, the rear face of the door A at the upper corners is provided with friction-rollers J, adapted to travel on the inner faces of the guideways F, and friction-rollers K are journaled in recesses in the inner faces of the sides A and A near the top thereof, for the side edges ofthe door to travel on when moving the latter horizontally inward or outward into a closed or open position.

\Vhen it is desired to close the door, the operator simply draws the door outward in a horizontal direction until the pivots Gr reach the forward ends of the guideways F, and

. then the operator swings the door downward until its inner face rests against the strips H.

The front ends of the guideways Fare preferably open at the top, so as to allow of readily disconnecting the door A from its unit by lifting the door at the time it is in a closed position. (See Fig. 2.) 7

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A bookcase or the like having a section whose upper and lower side edges are rabbeted to receive the side edges of the bottom or shelf, each of the said side edges of the section being provided with a groove, and rails,

each comprising a vertical member secured to a side edge of the bottom or shelf and projecting above and below the same, and a horizontal member secured to the lower edge of a side of the section, as set forth.

2. A bookcase or the like having a section whose upper and lower edges are rabbeted to receive the side edges of the bottom or shelf, each of the said side edges of the section being provided with a groove, and rails, each comprising a vertical member secured to a side edge of the bottom or shelf and projecting above and below the same, and a hori- Zontal member secured to the lower edge of a side of the section, one end of the rail being flattened and the other end provided with an inwardly-extending flange, as set forth.

3. A book-case or like article having a unit provided with transverse rails for uniting the sides with the shelf of the unit, each rail having a vertical member secured to the shelf projecting beyond the top and bottom faces of the shelf, for the upper projecting portion to engage grooves in the sides of the unit, and for the lower projecting portion to engage grooves in the sides of the next unit, a horizontal member extending integrally outward from the said vertical member, to engage portions of the bottoms of the sides, an inwardly-extending flange at the rear end of the rail, abutting against the back of the unit and that of the next following unit, and an integral rest on the inner face of the rail and at the front end thereof, for engagement by the shelf, as set forth.

4. A bookcase or the like, comprising a plurality of sections arranged one upon the other and having their upper and lower side edges rabbeted and grooved or recessed, each section being provided with side rails, each rail having a vertical member secured to the bottom of the section and projecting above and below the same and entering the recesses or grooves of the side edges of adjacent sections, and a horizontal member extending between adjacent edges of the sections and secured to one of said edges, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ORRAL ORVAL BUICE.

Witnesses:

A. J OSYHUA J ONES, T. J. REYNOLDS.

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