US864438A - Display-rack. - Google Patents

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No. 864,433. V PATENTED AUG. 27, 19m

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DISPLAY RACK.

APPLICATION FILED KAB. 24. 19016.

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DISPLAY RACK.

APPLICATION FILED MAB. `24. 1906.

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AUNITED srssrnsl PATENT OFFICE. A

ROBERT SZCZYS, OF MINTO, NORTH DAKOTA, ASSIGNOR OF THREE-EIGHTHS TO JOHN I.

SPRAFKA AND ONE-EGHTH T0 HENRY OKEEFE, OF MINTO, NORTH DAKOTA.

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Patented Aug. 27,' 1907.

Application iiled March 24,1906. Serial No. 307,939.

To' all whom it may concern:

lllc it known that l, ROBERT Szozs, a. citizen o the United States, residing;r at Minto, in 'the county oi Walsh and State el North Da'kota,' have invented cer tainvnew and useful Improvements in Display-Racks; andi do hereby declare the following to be a. full, clear, and exact descriptioniof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the saine.

This invention has for its object to provide an irnproved display rack, by means or' which various articles of merchandisemaybe displayed iny succeeson, either iordadvertising purposes or for convenience in making sales, or hoth. l "il devices and combinations `or' devices hereinafter described and defined in the claims.y

Ilitherto in display racks a series of shelves haveY been hung ori endless chains or traveling conveyors,

i and have received movements theririrom todispla-y articles ol' merchandise in succession, hut in these prior devices .the suspended shelvesl have not been posi tively heldagltirist vibration or swinging movernents, and Vit has been found `that they would `vibrate. or swing to a` very considerable extent, especially in niakingthe turnsat `the upper and lower portions of thc conveyor or endless carrier.l i

The principal feature of my present `invention is direct-id 'to the provision ol' simple andefiicient means` for positively`preventing vibrations on swinging 1nove ments of the shelves atal times throughout `their `comlplete travel.

The iin'provcd device embodying the above notedv feature oi improvement and other features hereinafter" noted or einhodiml intheiniproved machinelillustinted in the accompanying drawings.

in the drawings like (`:haracterls rindicate like parts throughout the several views., i l l Referring to the drawings, Figure l is e 'view partly in elevation .and partly insection on theline rb c' of Fig. 2,. showing a `cabinet or ease and "illustratinbr my invention apnlcdmthereto. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section taken enk the line z2 a o i Fig'. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail view, in elevation showing one of the shelves removed iromworking position. Fig. 4 is aplan view of the shell' shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 isa transverse section taken on the lirie 2:5 :rl oi Fig, 4, some .parte be` ing Vbroken away, and Fig. 6 is view principally in elevation but with some parts sectioned and with some ,arts broken-away, showings form of the device' in Vwhich the cabinet or case is extendedthrough lseveral stories of a building. Y

Referring first to the construction illustrated `in Figs.

l to 5 inclusveftlie uumeml 1 indicetesan uprights ings 6, on the sides thereof a` considerable distance above the bottom of the cabinet, is a transverse shaft 7 that carries u pair of laterally spaced sprockets 8, which sprockets aline one with each. o the sprockets 5. The sprocket chains 9.run over the alined sprockets 5 and 8. Mounted in bearings l() located on the sides ofthe cabinet l directly below the bearings 4, but To the above end the invention consists oithe novel laterally offset inward therefrom, is a pair of sprockets l1; A'lhcse sproeketsll are alincd one with each o it pair of Sprockets l2, which latter are mounted on the depending ends of quite long and thin braekfks 13,

the upper ends of which' are attached to the sides o f i the cabinet above the sprockets 8i Sprocket eli-.tins Mvrun over the slned sprockets 1l and l2. The

axes o the sprocketsi and 8 :ire in the suine vertical plane, and the vertical distance hetweentlu axes ofthe sprockets ll and l2 is the sinne, as the vertical distance` between the axes o1' tlwsproekets 5 and 8;

hence itol' course follows that the vertical distance he tween the axes of the upper sprockets `fl mull1l`is the saine as the vertical distance between the axes 'of the lower sprockets 8 and l2. Thislielv\ l5 armyns shown, provided at their ends"witl1 he: 'iner hubs lo ythat are adjustahl-y secured liyset-sm'exvs 17 to the lower ends oi supporting links J8, the,.l1.nver ends `oi which links are turned linward and the ,Upper ends nl iwlliih are turned outward# The `chains Dure liro vided at the proper intervals ol' space with links that have perorated hearing lugs 19, and4 likewise the chains vl-l at corresponding iuervnls ol` space, hut have i verticallyolf-set points. are provided with links that 11 and between the aires of `the sprockets and 12..

lhe bearing brackets 13, it lie-noted, ,are attached ie the sides of the cubinetat'points above the shaft',

and are oflsct laterally froml the planes of tra-vel of'the '165 links 18, so 'that the' linke in making theirlower transverse movements pass clear of said brackets. With this arrangement when thegsprockctquipped shalt 7 is rotated all o the sprockets will be caused to rotate in unison, the chains will be caused to travel parallel courses, and the links 18 tlnoughout their movements will be held in vertical position. lt therei fore follows that it' the shelves l5 oe sot in horizontal 'throughout their movements.

position they will maintain such horizontal position l the shelves be set in an oblique position they will be hold parallel to that '.position throughout their movements. The two pairs of chains hold the 18 and hence the shelves supported thereby against vibrations or swinging movements, throughoutufthe entire line of travel thereof.

l outward below the shelves.'` (Sec Figs.

To adapt the shelves tosupport articles such as hats, they are provided with longitudinal slots l8r', and skeleton spring holders 29ers mounted for sliding movements in said slots. These holders 29 are, as shown, formed by intersecting bowed springs, the ends o'which are passed through said slots and. are turned 3, 4 and 5.) In Fig. 2 one of theshelves is shownas set in an'oblique position, as may be required for properly displaying a great many kinds. of merchandise. Asa Vmeans for driving the chains by han d power l. have shown a crank 22 mounted in and extending `through one side' o the cabinet, and having at its inner end a pinion 23 that meshes directly lwith one'oi the lower sprockets 8. When the chains are to be driven from another source ol power, the shaft' 22 maybe 4provided at its outer end with apulley orsprocket, or anyother suitable means may be provided ortransmitting the .motion 'to said sprockets und chains. l

In Fig. 6 the numeral 24 indicates' the floors of difierent stories in the building, and in this arrangement the cabinet 1 isextended from what maybe assumed to be the, basemnt, throughy the first story and into the second story. The upper 'portion o the cabi-net is in the form of a glass showcase 25.r in the basement and in the 'first loor sectionthe cabinet is shown as provided with hinged glass 'doorsv 26, and above said doors with glass windows27. The: upper sprockets 5 andll` are mounted within the showcase section 5,- and the lower sprockets 8 and 12 v',tijelocated in thebasernent section of the cabinet near the basement floor. The sprocket shaft 7 is.shown-"as extended and provided with a pulley 28, ovgijwhich a power-driven bltlnot shown) may run ti'ii'impart motion to the sprocketsv mil chains. The sprocket chains, are. oi course, lengthcned out to correspond to the increased length oi the cabinet.

For advertising purposes means would bc usually provided for imparting continuous motion io the sprockets and chains, and the transparent sections ol' the cabinet would 0i course be disposed wherel they would best display the articles oi merchandise carried by the shelves. Where the device is used for the purpose ol exhibiting goods ,in making sales, means would usually be provided for imparting intermittent niovements to the chains,` or for moving the saine at will, as

and put into actu-.il use, and it has been found cllicientl ior the purposes had in view.

What l clairn is:

1. In a device of the kind described, the combination with the upper sprockets 5 und the upper sprockets 11, said latter being off-set laterally and vertically below the former, of the lower sprockets `8 and 12 the former bc'iug alined vertically with said sprockets 5, and the latter with said sprockets 11, the distance betweensaid sprockets 5 and 8 being the same as the distance between said sprockets 11 and 12, brackets 13 supporting said sprockets 12 at their lower endsand themselves supported at' their upperrcnds above said sprockets 8,-.sprocket chains '9 running over the sprockets 5 and 8, sprocket chains 14 running over the sprockets 11 dhd12, crank-llke-links 18 pvotally con- 'nected to links of said chains 9 and 14, and shelves 154 adjustably secured to the lnturned ends of'sad links 13,

;substantlally as described.

2. In a device of the kind described, the combination with an endless carrier, of o. shelf attached to said cari-ler, said shelf having a longitudinal slt. and a skeleton holder mounted to slide in sa'ld' scrlbcd.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT SZCZYS. v

Witnesses:

H. C. Dn Pur, v WAL'rsrr. Bummel.

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