US918196A - Paper-rack. - Google Patents

Description

D. E. PRICE. PAPER RACK.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 14, 190B.

Patented Apr. 13, 1909.

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UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID E. PRICE, OF YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO.

PAPER-RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 14, 1908.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID E. PRICE, citizen 01" the United States, residing at Youngstown, in the county of Mahoning and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper-Racks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention contemplates certain new and useful improvements paper racks and particularly comprises the construction of a paper rack adapted to support a plurality of papers in such a manner that any one paper can be removed without disturbing the rest of the papers.

One of the objects of this invention is to construct a paper rack that may be made portable and which may be provided with a plurality of cross bars, a part of which may be adjusted whenever desired upon the supporting standards.

Another object of this invention is to construct a paper rack provided with a number of cross bars arranged for supporting a plurality of papers, said cross bars being formed with resilient supporting means that may be adjustable on a rack standard.

With these and other objects in view, this invention comprises certain constructions, combinations and arrangements of p arts illustrated in the accompanying drawings and particularly described in the specification and claims.

For a lull understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved rack with various parts in section, Fig. 2 is a detail view of a looped standard gripping member, Fig. 3 is a detail view of a double looped standard gripping member, Fig. 4 is a detail view of a paper grasping member, and, Fig. 5 is a sectional view of a cross bar connection.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

In the drawings, I have illustrated an adjustable paper rack made according to my invention which is particularly adaptable for use in schools, news stands, and other public places.

My improved paper rack comprises frame embodying base portions 1 and 2 on which are mounted uprights or standards 3 and 4.

The bases 1 and 2, as well as the standards 3 and 4, may be formed of any suitable material. Slightly above the bases 1 and 2, a horizontal bar 5 rigidly connects with the standards by means of wire loops 6 and 7 and to the upper ends of the standards 3 and 4 a second horizontal bar 8 is secured by wire loops 9 and 10. The cross bar 8 is provided with eyelets 11 and 12 to which a suspending cord 13 may be connected for lowering and elevating the rack by means of pulleys 14. This latter arrangement is particularly desirable for school rooms. Intermediate of the rigid horizontal bars 5 and 8 a series of horizontal cross bars 15 are mounted on the standards 3 and 4. The bars 15 are formed of tubular material and provided with a central coiled spring 16 which extends therethrough and which is formed with loops 17, which loops are preferably provided with rubber gripping members 18 for adjustably positioning the bars 15 on the standards 3 and 4. All of the horizontal bars are provided with a series of movable rings 19 formed with loops 19 to which are connected clips 20, which are formed with looped portions 20 adapted to accommodate rings 19. The standards 3 and 4 may be provided with screws 21 for limiting the movement of bars 15.

The application of my improved paper rack is extremely simple. When the bars 5 and 8 are rigidly secured to the standards 3 and 4 and the bars 15 adjustably positioned on the standards by means of the rubber gripping members 18, the rack may be provided with rings 19 and clips 20. W hen these clips are mounted on the cross bars as illustrated in the drawing in Fig. 1, news papers, periodicals or similar paper articles may be suspended by the clips 20'. The removal of any one paper thus suspended may be effected by simply grasping its lower end portion and pulling downwardly. This movement would naturally tend to disturb the balance of the papers suspended on the rack were the bars 15 to be rigidly secured to the standards, but in my improved rack the springs 16 absorb the vibration which is produced by the removal of a paper, thus keeping the balance of the papers in a substantially undisturbed condition. The importance of this feature of my invention will be readily understood. In the use of the ordinary paper racks it has been necessary to manipulate a releasing catch, usually formed with a pivoted member, and the removal of a paper from one of these racks generally imparts an undesirable movement or vibration to the entire rack. In my improved rack this difficulty is overcome, and as a result the removal of a paper or a number of papers will not agitate the entire rack, with the consequent result of making it difficult for a person to locate and select a particular aper. It will be seen that the bars 15 may e moved to any position on the standards 3 and 4 and that the weight of the bars 15 and the papers that may be suspended thereon will cause the members 18 to more firmly grip the standards 3 and 4.

In the preferred embodiment of the invention as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 the loops 17 at,

the opposite ends of the cross bars 15 are only coiled once around the upright standards 3 and 4, while in the modification shown in Fig. 3 the loop 17 is coiled twice around the standard, the latter construction being used where it is desirable to obtain a firmer grip upon the standard than could be had with the single coil.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

1. A device of the character described, comprising a frame embodying standards, transversely extending tubular bars mounted in said frame, springs extending through said bars and engaging said standards whereby to yieldingly support the bars between the standards, and suspending devices supported by said bars.

\ 2. A rack of the character described, comprising a frame embodying standards, transversely extending tubular bars mounted in said frame, and springs extending through said bars and formed with coiled end portions encircling and gripping the standards and yieldingly connecting the bars thereto.

3. A device of the character described, comprising a frame embodying standards, transversely extending bars mounted in said frame and provided at their ends with gripping members adjustably sec @red to the standards, the standards being formed with vertically extending series of apertures, and stop pins designed for insertion in the respective apertures, as and for the purpose specified.

4. A device of the character described, comprising a frame embodying standards, transversely extending bars mounted in said frame, springs yieldingly connecting said bars to the standards and suspending devices sup ported by said bars.

A device of the character described, comprising a frame embodying standards, tubular bars mounted in said iframe, and springs extending through the bars and engaging said standards whereby to' yieldingly support the bars between the standards.

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

DAVID E. PRICE. li itnesses GEO. H. GLAZZARD, JULiUs WALTr-IER.

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