US824083A - Display-rack. - Google Patents

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PATENTED i I INE 19' J. W. ROAGH. DISPLAY RACK APPLICATION FILED 111N315, 1905.

Attorneys OFFICE JAMES Roach, or sirn'onn, o'KLAHo A TERRITORY, ASSIGNOR- or ONE-HALF TO CHARLES E. HILDEBRAND,-. or s'rnoun, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY.

DISPLAY-RACK;

Patented June 19, 1996. v

To all whom it may concern; I

Be it known that I, JAMES WM. ROAGH, a citizen" of the United States, residing at Stroud, in the county of Lincoln, Oklahoma Territory,have invented a new and useful Display-Rack, of which the fo'llowingis a form of rack for the purpose described in which the parts shall be so assembled as to secure with a minimum of space the exhibition of the largest quantity of goods and in such manner as to permit ready inspection or removal for the purpose of measuring and cutting. r

ith the above and other objects in .view, as will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction and combination of parts of a display-rack, as will be hereinafter fully describedf'and claimed. In the accompanying'firawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which like characters of reference indicate corres onding parts, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view through a rack constructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken on theline 2 2, Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is adetail view of one ofthe rack-arms. Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the base of the rack, which is constructed, preferably, of metal and-is a hollow cylinder for v the purpose of lightness. Rigidly secured at and still be withinthev scope of the invention Each rack is a counterpart of the other, ex-,

.' the center of the base is a tubular standard 2.,

with which are combined for rotation a plurality of racks, two in this instance being shown, although, as will be obvious, a greater number may be combined with the standard cept as to the proportion of certain of the arts, that will presently be described. The ower'r'ack comprises a sleeveB and a pair of hollow disks 4 and 5, rigid therewith. The

lower disk 4 has secured to its under member 12' a circular race comprising two flan es 8 and 9, between which are disposed bal s 10,

' that are adapted travel upon the-upper face or surface of the base, and thereby per-' mit ready rotation of the rack.

The op os'ed faces of the two ,disks are rovided wit orifices arranged adjacent to .t eir peripheries that are engaged by toes 17,

ormed on the rack-arms 13, the members of i the arms that carry the. toes being provided with loops 14 and 16,.which form guards for retainin the material 20 upon the arm and against anger of slipping laterally therefrom, t e

s being engaged by the material,- as clearly shown in Fig.1.

portions of the arms 15 between the Y 'guar The upper rack is constructed in the same..-

manner as that described, except," that the disks 6 and 7 are smaller than the disks 4 and 5'. In order to ermit ready rotation of the upper section re atively to t e lower section,

there" is a ball 19 disposed at the upper end of the standard that engages a seat 18, formed in the upper member of the disk 7. In addi.

tion to keeping the disks 5 and 6 spaced apart to. allow rotation of the upper section inde- 'pendently of the lower section, the ball'19' also reduces friction, and thus facilitates .th turnin ofthe device. As s own in Fig. 3, the arms of thejracks diverge, and this arrangement is adopted in order-to cause the toes 17 when they are-in engagement with the orifices in their respec tive disks to be held a ainst accidental separation therefrom. W en it is desired to reinove a rack from the disks for the ur ose of .cutting off a length of the materia t e two arms are merely sprung together, thereb withdrawing the toes from engagement wit the orifices, and after the desired length of lime or other material has been cut off the arm is again assembled with the disks in the manner described.

It will be seen from the foregoing descrip tion that although. the, improvements herein defined are simple in character they will be found thoroughly efficient for the purpose designed and will in a ready and attractive manner display laces and other articles to the best ossib e advantage.

' I c'aim-' A display-rack comprising a base, a standard carried thereby, sleeves mounted upon the standard, disks secured to. the sleeves, arms detachabl connected with the disks, anti- -my own Ihavehcreto aflixcd my signature Ill lfrictiorli -k earlinigs binterposed bbleltween tlhe the presence of two witnesses. ower is am t16 use and a it carried y s the standard and engagin the uppermost Y JAMMD O 5 disk to keep the sections-oi the rack spaced Witnesses:

apart. FRED D. BEVRLY, In testimony that I claim the foregoing as D. L. UPDEGRAFF.

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