US946116A - Spool-cabinet. - Google Patents

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OSCAR ENGEL AND CARL ENGEL, SUN PRAIRIE, WISCONSIN.

SPOOL-CABINET.

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To all whom it Imay concern.: Be it known that We, OSCAR ENGEL and CARL ENGEL, residing iii Sun Prairie, iny the county of Dane and State of ll'isconv sin, have invented .new and useful Improvements iii Spool-Cabinets, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which are a part of this specification.

This invention has for its object to pre vide a spool cabinet which will support a series of spools containing ribbons or the likeV in plain View and which spools will. be so mounted as to be ca able of having their contents reeled ofi t erefrom as needed Without the necessity for removing the spools from the cabinet, though being quickly and easily removable for replacing thein with other s ools, when desired.

Anot ier object of the invention is to siinplifyv the construction of the spool supporting means of such a cabinet, so that the cabinet may be inexpensive in its construction and durable and eiiicient in use.

Another object of the invention is to incorporate the above features in a cabinet which is rotatable so as to contain a maxi.- mum number of spools and occupy a minimum amount of space on the counter Where the goods are to be displayed, the rotatable feature of the cabinet enabling it to have the spools mounted on all 'sides thereof and brought-to view by turning thecabinet. With: the above and other objects in view the inventionAv consists in the spool cabinet herein claimed, its parts and combination of parts and all equivalents.

Referring to the accompanying drawings in which like characters of reference indicatethe same parts in the different views; Figure 1 is a perspective view of a spool cabinet constructed' in accordance with this invention; Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view therethrough; Fig. 3 is-a sectional Aplan view on an enlarged scale; Fig. 4 is a similarly enlarged View of a fragment of the cabinet;

and, Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 3 of the abinet showing a modified form of frame. vIn these drawings 10 indicates a base adopted to stand on a counter oroth'er place for supporting the cabinet, and 11 is a vertical standard rojecting u wardly from the basano pivotal y sup ort .t e rotary cabinet. Aditime is provided, preferably nitide as shown in Fig.'3,'of four boards v12 fastened together so that one edge oieach board Speciication of Letters Patent.

'Lpplication tiled .Tune l, 1909.

Patented J an. 11, 1910.

sei-iai No. 499,457.

abuts against tli'e side of the next board at a short distance from the edge thereof so as to produci` a hollow tubular structure with the other edges of the boards slightly pro-- jectiiip` at each of the four corners of the frame. To these projecting edges are secured strips 13 which in eii'ect extend the projecting parts of the frame, and through longitudinal grooves in the linner or connecting edge of these strips are placed verti` cal Wires 1+ which form pivotal connections for swinging angular spool frames 15 also toriiied of Wire and having looped ends' entering the slots 16 iii the strips 13 and sur-` rounf ing the Wires 14. Thus each spool frame 15 is capable of swinviiig on its pivotal connection on wire 14 rom a position as shown at the left of Fig. 3, Where a spool may be freely placed thereon, to a position as shown at the right of Fig. 3, Where its free end meets the next strip 13 of the frame, in which position the spool on the spool frame Will lie Withits axis approximately parallel with the plane ofthe side of the frame. At the points where the free ends of the spool frames touch the strips 13 the latter are provided with spring clips or catches 17 laving curved spring tongues struck up therefrom behind which the ends of the Wire frames may be held, as clearly shown in Fig. 4, and when thus supported the spoolramesare held in their relative -positions against bending out of place either from the weight of the spooland its contents or from the `ull thereon when the inaterial is drawn from the spool. At the top of the frame a top late 18 is secured and is preferably provi ed with a socket piece 19 on its under side to fit u on the pivotal bearing pin 20 on the top o standard 11 sothat the frame of the cabinet is pivotally suspended on the standard to be free to be turned at will for presenting the different sides of the frame to View.

While itis preferable to form the frame as shown in Fig. 3, it may be desirable to construct it of a single piece as shown in Fig. 5, Where the central opening is provided and the projections are formed at one edge of each face of the frame, to which rojections the strips 13 are secured as be ore` This spoolA cabinet is convenient` for hold' ing and displaying ribbons, laces or other goods wound onthe spools, cores or tubes. It is very compact. in construction, requiring less than a square foot of counter space.

:The spool supports being fastened or hinged atone end are always in their proper place and cannot drop out, neither can the spools drop orf While in use or when measuring goods directly from the cabinet. The cabinet may be made of any height or capacity desired.

What We claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent isl. A spool cabinet, 'comprising a rotary frame, a strip secured to one edge of each face of the frame and provided with transverse slots and a longitudinal groove along vits securing edge, a Wire in said groove, and

bent Wire spool supports pivotally mounted on said Wire by having` eyes formed on one end thereof and entering slots in the strip to receive the said Wire, and means en each strip for engaging the free ends of the spool supports of thevnext strip.

2. A spool cabinet, comprising a rotary frame consisting of boards secured together,

each With its edge against the face of the neXt board and at a short distance from 'one edge thereof to form a projection at one edge of each face of the frame, a strip secured to the projection at each of the faces of the frame and provided with transverse slots and a longitudinal groove along its securing edge, a Wire in said groove, and bent Wire spool supports pivotally mounted on said Wire by having eyes formed on one end thereof and entering the slots in the strip to receive the said Wire, and means on each of the strips for engaging the free ends of the spool supports of the next strip.

3. A. spool cabinet, comprising a base, a standard thereon, a rotary traine surrounding the standard and having a top plate pivotally mounted on the upper end of the standard, said traine consisting of boards secured vtogether each with its edge against the tace of the next board and at a short distance from one edge thereof to forni a projection. at one edge of each face of the traine, a strip secured to the projection at each of the faces of the frame and provided with transverse slots and a longitudinal groove along seeming edge, a Wire in said groove, and bent wire spool supports pivotaliy mounted on said Wire by having eyes iornied on one end thereof and entering the slots in the strip to receive the said Wire, and clips secured to each of the strips having spring tongues for engaging the tree ends oi" the spool supports of the next strip.

In testimony whereof, We afhx our signaA tures,1n presence of two witnesses.

@SCAR ENGEL. CARL ENGEL.

Witnesses z EMIL lvnAUsE, Roer. M. LONG.,

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