US1764822A - Show case - Google Patents

Description

W. P. BOTTv sHow'cAsE June 17, 1930.

Original Filed Jan. 12, 1927 Patented June 17, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT oFFicE wIsTER r. norm, or Homann, LOUISIANA snow'` CASE Original application iled January 12, 1927, Serial No. 160,686.

17,V 1927. Serial N0. 213,673.

This invention is directed to the structure of the case whereby a broken glass may be readily replaced'and the frame reinforced and the joint-s braced and made secure.

l/Vhile the drawing illustrates a preferred embodiment of the invention, it is to be understood that in adapting the means to meet specific needs and requirements, the design maybe varied and such other changes in the minor details of construction may be resorted to Within the scope of the invention as claimed, without departing from the spirit thereof.

' For a full understanding of the invention and the merits thereof, reference is to be had to the following description and the drawing hereto attached, in which,-

Figure 1 is a vertical, longitudinal sectional view of a showcase embodying the invention.

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a plan sectional view on the line 33 of Figure 1, showing the parts on a larger scale and having the intermediate portion broken away.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and designated in theseveral views of the drawing by like reference characters.

Thedisplay case is of the type designed to rest upon the floor, such as shown in my previous application, of which this is a divisional part. This case embodies lfront corner posts 1, rear corner posts 2, end rails 4, a front longitudinal rail 5, and a rear longitudinal rail 3. The longitudinal rails 3 and 5 and the end rails 4 are connected in a manner to provide a top frame which is rabbeted to receive a top 6, which consists of a glass plate, the marginal edges of which are beveled,and seated in rabbets formed in the upper end and longitudinal rails. The bottom 7 of the case is in the plane of a lower frame comprising connected rails. The back Divided and this application filed August of the case comprises sections 8 whichare slidable in grooves formed in the rear longitudinal rails. The front 9 consists of a glass plate which is movable vertically through the bottom 7 in ways formed in the front corner posts 1. The end walls 10 consist of glass plates fitted into grooves formed in the corner posts and end cross rails. As indicated most clearly in Figure 3, the longitudinal and cross rails are tenoned into the posts, thereby insuring positive joints. These joints are strengthened and reinforced by means of a metal bar 11 which is secured to the inner side of the longitudinal rails, and which has its end` portions 12 bent and secured to the end `cross rails 4. This metal bar 11 forms a tie for the end rails 4, and

braces the angles formed between the` end rails and the longitudinal rails. The metal bar 11` being secured at intervals to the longitudinal rail serves to stiiien and brace the same. the respective rails by means of screws and in consequence, the parts may be easily and readily separated when it becomes necessary to replace any of the enclosing sides, such as the front 9, backv 8, or ends 10. The tenoned joints between the transverse and longitudinal rails are not glued, but simply have a snug lit to admit of ready separation, the parts being made secure by the longitudinal bars 11 and the bent ends 12 thereof, as will be readily appreciated. Thus provision is had for ready assemblage or dismeinbernient` of the parts as occasion may require.

Having thus described the invention,1 claim:

A showcase comprising corner posts having their inner side faces grooved longitudinally to form seats, a top framehaving longitudinal and end cross rails extending between said corner vposts and provided with tongues at their ends received in the upper portions ofthe grooves in said posts, grooves being formed longitudinally in the under faces of said rails'and communicating with the grooves of the posts,rclosure sheets for the sides and ends of said case having marginal portions fitting into thegrooves of The metal bars 11 are secured to l the rails and posts, reinforcing strips eXn tending along the inner side faces of the longitudinal rails with the ends bent to extend along the inner side faces of the end rails, removable fasteners securing said strips to said rails, and a removable top supported upon said rails with its marginal portions sunk into the rails.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature.

WISTER P. BOTT.

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