US884098A - Show-case. - Google Patents

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PATENTED APR. 7, 1908.

SHOW CASE. APPLIOALION FILED mm; 26, 1907.

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SEGFRID J. LINDSKOG, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

SHOW-CASE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 7, 1908.

Application filed June 26, 1907. Serial No. 380,956.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SEGFRrb J. LINnsKoe, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, county of Los Angeles, and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Show-Cases, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates particularly to means for securing the end and front ieces of show cases at the corners thereof and also to means for securing the top late to the front and end pieces, and the 0 ject thereof is to provide means for securing the front and end pieces together Without the use of cement. I accomplish this object by devices described herein and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which;

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a fragment of a show case showing one corner of the same constructed according to my improved method. Fig. 2 is a plan with parts roken away for clearness of illustration of the parts shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an end view of the parts shown in Fig. 1.

In the drawings 5 is the end plate of the show case, 6 is the front plate and 7 is the top plate, all constructed of plate glass. The end and front plates at the top corner are secured together by the corner bracket 8 and wedges 9. This corner bracket is constructed of cast or stamped metal which has two wedge shaped channels 10 and 11 therein, the outer faces of which are at right angles except at the meeting point where they project outwardly and unite and form a semi-circular projection 12 which permits the front piece to project past the end piece as best shown in Fig. 2. The rear ends of these channels are wider than the meeting end and the glass forming the ends and front piece at the corner are offset the thickness of the metal forming the connection between the sides. Wedges 9 are inserted in these channels and driven thereinto until the glass is held firmly against the outer side of the corner bracket when they are secured against accidental se aration by screws 13, which pass through oles 14 in the corner bracket and into wedges.

The end of the end piece as best shown in Fig. 2 engages the vertical front piece a little back of the end thereof and on each side of their meeting points are vertical strips 15 of glass or other suitable material which are glued or cemented to the vertical front plate thereby preventing any side movement of the end plate. On the lower side of the top plate where it engages the front and end plates are like strips of glass 16 or other material which are cemented or glued to the top plate thereby afi'ording steadying means to the top edges of said plates. The top edges of the front and end plates are likewise secured to the top plate in any suitable manner. Where it is not desired to have the front vertical plate project past the end plate the corner brackets on their outer side would have their walls at right angles to each other. Brackets may be used at both top and bottom of the corners.

Having described my invention what I claim is;

1. A show case having the front and end plates thereof secured at their meeting points by brackets having wedge shaped channels, the edges of said front and end plates being received in said Wedge shaped channels and wedges in said channels.

2. A show case having the front and end plates thereof secured at their meeting points by brackets having wedge shaped channels, said brackets being at the top and bottom of said plates; wedges in said chan nels and screws passing through the wall of said brackets into said Wedges to hold the same in said channels.

3. A show case having the front and end plates thereof secured at their meeting 'points at the top and bottom by brackets having wedge shaped channels and wedges in said channels, the edges of said front and end plates being received in said wedge shaped channels and steadying strips secured to the front plate at each side of the end of the end plate.

4. A bracket having wedge shaped chan nels and having the outer walls on a line at right angles to each other, said channels being adapted to receive the edges of two plates whose surfaces are at right angles.

In witness that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my name this 4th day of June, 1907.

SEGFRID J. LINDSKOG.

Witnesses:

G. E. HARPHAM, S. B. AUsTIN.

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