US1676930A - Metallic shelving - Google Patents

Description

July 10, 1928.

F. A. SCHMITZ METALLIC SHELVING 4 Sheets-Sheet Filed Sept. 20 1927 METALLIC SHELVING Filed S ept. 20, 1927 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 meifl. S WM July 10, 1928.

F. A. SCHMITZ METALLIC SHELVING Filed Sept. 20, 1927 4 Sheets-Sheet July 10, 1928 F. A. SCHMITZ METALLIC SHELVING 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 Filed Sept. 20, 1927 Patented July 10, 192.

v 1,676,930 PATENT OFFICE.

FRED A. SCHHITZ, OF CANTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE BERGER MANUFACTURING GOMPANY, OF CANTON, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

METALLIC SHELVING.

Application filed September 80, 1927. Serial No. 220,879.

This invention relates to an improved type of metallic shelving. o

An obg'ect of the invention 1s the PIOVISLOI] of metal ic shelving which consists of a'mini- 8 mum number of easily fabricated parts; which may be readily assembled without the use of bolts or wedges or tools (other than a screw driver), and which, after assembly, has considerable rigidity and permits of an extremely wide range of adjustment of the shelves.

Another object of the invention is the provision of means to facilitate the positioning of the shelves on supports provided therefor, and means to prevent the accidental displacement of the shelves from such supports.

These and other objects of the invention will become more readily apparent in the course of the following description of the invention, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein Fig. 1 is a front elevation, partly in section, of the novel type of shelving;

Fig. 2 is a cross section through the shelving, taken in the line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fi 3 is a perspective view of portions of the s elvin Fig. 4 1s a cross section through the shelving, taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2;-

Figs. 5, 6, 7, and 8 show various modifications of the shelf supports'and guards;

Figs. 9, 10, and 11 show modifications of the side flanges of the shelf;

Figs. 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17 show modifications of the shelf uprights;

Figs. 18, '19, 20, and 21 show modified forms of the top and bottom plates.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, wherein like parts are designated by like reference characters, the shelving consists of uprights A, bottom plates B, top plates C, and shelves D.

The upright A, in its preferred form, is formed of a rectangular sheet of metal, bent at its approximate center to provide con- , tiguous face members 1 and 2, having flanges 3 and 4 respectively, at their rear edges. Added stiffness is given to the upright by means of one or more stiffener bars 5, vertically disposed between the face members 1 and 2, and at spaced intervals, the face members may be connected as by means of depressed portions 6 which are welded or otherwise secured to each other; The face members 1 and 2 are provided at vertically shelf supports 7 and are pressed outwardly form face members. The guards which resemble ordinary ventilating louvers are closed at both ends and are provided with an inturned flange 9 which extends the full length of the guard. The shelf supports 7 preferably extend somewhat beyond each end of the corresponding guard, and are formed in such a manner as to leave openings 10 at each end.

Bottom plate B is provided with raised portions 11, having transversely disposed slots 12 therein, and is adapted to be secured 5% a base structure E, as by means of screws Top plate C is identical in construction with the bottom plate B, and is adapted to be secured to a superstructure F, as by means of screws 14.

The shelves D are formed with downturned side flanges 15, an upturned rear flange or shelf stop 16, and a rolled front flange 17 to reinforce the shelf and give a finished appearance to the front edge thereof. The side flanges 15 are beveled at their rear ends, as indicated at 18, and the rear corners of the top of the shelf are beveled as indicated at 19.

The shelving is assembled in the following manner:

The bottom plates B and the top plates C are secured-respectively to the base structure E and superstructure F in such a manner that the slots in the top plate are disposed directly above the slots in the bottom plate. Two or more uprights A are then vertically positioned in any of the sevspaced intervals with guai 'ds 8, which the plane of the eral slots 12 in the top and bottom plates, the

particular slots selected depending of course on the width. of the shelves to be supported between the uprights. The side flanges 15 of the shelves are then entered between the face members 1 and 2 and the shelf sup orts 7, the beveled portions 18 and 19 o the shelves facilitating such entry. The placing of the shelf on the support is further facilitated by virtue of the fact that the supports extend beyond the ends of the guard. The shelves may then be pushed rearward on the supports as far as desired. The stops 16 serve to prevent articles from falling oil the rear of the shelves.

The guards 8 effectively prevent upward motion of the shelves after the latter have been properly positioned on the supports, and at the same time serve to prevent the entrance of dust into the supports 7. They also prevent material placed on the shelves from coming into contact with the sharp upper edges of the supports 7, and thereby becoming scratched and damaged.

In Figs. 5, 6, 7, and 8 are shown modified forms of the shelf supports and guards, while in Figs. 9, 10, and 11 are shown modified side flanges for the shelves. The side flanges shown in Fi 's. 10 and 11 are es pecially adapted to e used in connection with the shelf supports shown in Figs. 5 and The uprights may be formed of one piece as described in connection with the preferred form of the invention, or as shown in Figs. 14 and 15, or they may be formed of two parts as shown in Figs. 12, 13, 16, and 17.

The top and bottom plates may be formed as shown in Figs. 18,19, 20, and 21, without departing from the scope of the invention.

The construction of the front flanges of the shelves may be varied to provide the necessary reinforcing strength when long spans or heavy loads are encountered.

Claims- 1. Metallic shelving including uprights having vertically spaced, open-ended, shelf supports pressed outwardly beyond the plane of the body of the uprights, and extending from the front to the rear of the uprights, and closed-end guards ressed outwardly beyond the plane of the ody of the uprights; said guards being 2. Metallic shelving including uprights having vertically spaced shelf supports pressed outwardly beyond the plane of the body of the uprights, and extending from the front to the rear of the uprights, and guards pressed outwardly beyond the lane of the body of the uprights; said guard; being disposed directly above, and alternating with, said supports, and terminating short of the ends of the supports.

3. Metallic shelving including uprights having vertically spaced, open-ended, shelf supports pressed outwardly beyond the plane of the body of the uprights, and extending from the front to the rear.of the uprights, and guards pressed outwardly beyond the plane of the body of the uprights; said guards being and alternating w1th,said supports, and terminating short of the ends of the. supports.

4. Metallic shelving including uprights having vertically spaced, open-ended, shelf supports pressed outwardly beyond the plane of the body of the uprights, and extending from the front to the rear of the uprights, and closed-end guards pressed outwardly beyond the plane of the body of the uprights; said guards being disposed directly above, andalternating with, said supports, and terminating short of the ends of the supports.

In testimony whereof aflix my signature.

FRED A. SCHMITZ.

disposed directly above,

disposed direct- 1y above, and alternating with, said supports.

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