US838473A - Broom-rack. - Google Patents

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PATENTED DEC. 11, 1906. w. H. SPBISER. BROOM RACK.

APPLICATION I'ILE'D 1130.6. 1905.

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PATENTED DEC. 11, 1906. W. H. SPBISER.

BROOM RACK.

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BROOM-RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 11, 1906.

Application filed December 6, 1905. Serial No. 290,578.

To all lull/077% it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM HENRY SPEI- 'sER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Washington, in the District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Broom-Racks, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

This invention relates to broom-racks, for the display of brooms in stores or elsewhere.

One object of the invention is to so construct a broom-rack as to expose to view a great number of brooms within a small space, at the same time affording ready access to any one of said brooms, that it may be removed for closer inspection or sale without disturbing the others in the rack.

My preferred form of rack is such as illustrated in the accompanying drawings namely, a wall-rack or one adapted to be placedwith its back against a wall to save floorspace-and for convenience and economy in shipping I prefer to construct the rack in knockdown form, as illustrated. It will be understood, however, that a rack embody-' ing some of the features of my improvement may be made a solid structure or not of the knockdown type.

A rack constructed in accordance with my invention will be first described in detail and the novel features pointed out in the appended claims. 7

In the accompanying drawings, wherein similar letters of reference are used to indicate corresponding parts in each of the several views, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a single or wall rack embodying my invention. Fig. 2, Sheet 2, is a vertical section thereof. illustrating the brooms in position therein. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary detail, on an enlarged scale, illustrating the front portion of the second shelf of the rack. Fig. 4 is a similar view of the third shelf of the rack. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the second shelf of the rack, illustrating-a preferred form where the rack is to be constructed of wood. Figs. 6 and 7 are similar views of portions of the third and top shelves of the rack.

As shown, the rack is constructed in knockdown form, the parts comprising the end standards A and A and the horizontal shelves B, O, D, and E, supported between the standards and secured thereto by tongues a, projecting from the ends of the shelves and protruding through openings in the standards, said shelves being secured by pins a,

preferably wedge-pins, passing through openings in the tongues of the shelves and abutting the outer surfaces of the standards and designed to facilitate package and shipment in knockdown form.

As illustrated, the bottom or base shelf B is composite for the sake of stability and appearance, being constructed of top and bottom boards I) and Z) and a front molding b connecting the front edges of the two, the

tongue b which protrudes through the standards, being integral with the top board I; of this bottom shelf, as shown.

The second shelf C is provided at front with deep notches c, twelve being shown for a rack approximately six feet in length.

The third shelf D is in the instance shown provided on its front edge Withtwenty-four notches d, spaced at half intervals or distances with respect to the twelve notchesc of the second shelf, and the fourth shelf E is also provided with twenty-four notches e and e, spaced similarly to those of the third shelf, but having the notches c, which are in vertical alinement with the notches c of the second shelf, cut deeper, as is shown in Fig. 1 and in detail in Fig. 7.

The third shelf D is provided in rear of the notches d-that is, in rear of every other notch-with slots (1, in the instance shown twelve in number.

The second shelf O is provided between notches with shallow sockets c to receive the top end of the handle of a small hearth-broom or such as are made for children, and the third shelf D is provided on its front edge between notches with loops, here shown as screweyes (1 to receive the handles or sticks of such small brooms.

The shelves B and C are at such inclination with relation to the depth of the notches c and d of the superposed shelves that a new straight-edge broom resting thereon with its stick resting in a notch of the shelf next above will be retained therein.

As so constructed it Will be apparent that three dozen full-sized brooms may be displayed in a rack six feet in length, (aside from the two dozen small brooms provided for by the sockets c of shelf C and the loops or screweyes (1 of shelf D,) twelve brooms resting on the shelf B, with their sticks resting in the notches of shelf 0 and D, twelve brooms resting with their heads on shelf 0, their sticks resting in the notches of shelf D and the shallow notches of shelf E, and the reversed brooms, their heads being above the top shelf E and their sticks resting at the rear end of the deeper notches e and thence downward through the slots d of shelf D.

In the cheaper grade of racks for grocers use the shelves 0, D, and E have been made of sections secured to struts F, (see Fig. 5,) which protrude through the end standards and are secured by the wedges or keys (1, as shown.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. A broom-rack comprising end standards, a base-shelf and a plurality of superposed shelves notched at front, the middle one of said shelves being also provided with slots, the alternate notches of the uppermost shelf in alinement with said slots being deeper than the other notches of said uppermost shelf.

2. A broom-rack comprising end standards, a base-shelf and a plurality of superposed shelves notched at front, the shelf first above the base-shelf having a relatively less number of notches than the remaining shelves, the third shelf being also provided with slots and the alternate notches of the uppermost shelf in alinement with the slots of the third shelf being deeper than the other notches of said uppermost shelf.

3. A broom-rack comprising end standards, a baseshelf, a plurality of superposed shelves having notches at the front edge, the shelf next above the base-shelf having a socket between the notches and the shelf next above having an eye or hook protruding from the front edge between the notches thereof.

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

WILLIAM HENRY SPEISER.

Witnesses:

W. R. ADAMS, WM. E. NEFF.

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