US2181440A - Reference device - Google Patents

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Nov. 28, 1939. H. TERRY REFERENCE DEVICE Filed Aug. 8, 1938 Inventor Attorney Patented Nov. 28, 1939 1 s PAT ENT" 2,181,44o I I REFERENCE DEVICE Hazel Terry, Valparaiso, Ind. v Application August s, 1938, Serial No. 223,661. I

1 Claim. (01. 312-155) My inventionrelates to improvements in refas shown in Fig. 2 a fastening screw ll passing erence devices and it includes the special features through the opening 4 may be used.

pointed out in the claim. 1 The rod *9 may be removable from the cabinet The purpose of my invention is to provide a so that the containers may be detached for cleanhandy reference device that is especially adapted ing the base 3. By-reason of the base not having 5 for kitchen use, in the shape of a kitchen library; a front projection to hold the containers in place that provides an open cabinet, in which a pluno obstruction is present, hence, the base may be rality of open edged containers are secured; that eas ly wiped 0113 or washed. makes the assembly equally available whether The cabinet may be enameled by baking etc.,

10 the cabinet is supported on a wall fastening or and the containers may b formed of e e, 10 it rests on a table; and that each container is I Pyralin, Catalin or any other plastic, or of any I definitely allocated to a specific branch of the other material. Thefront of each one will conculinary art, and the storage therein of separate a n 0n the front edge 1 the name of the Subject cards bearing recipes related to the same subject, that i pp p to the c er o the C011- UNITED STATE 5 such for instance, as meats, vegetables, baking, t F0 Specific k tchen 0 s milar use the canning, preserving, etc.,etc or subdivisions of Containers m y he c r 2- The faces B of such subjects or any other designations imprinted the Containers y be Cut y at I4 to e on the facing edge of the containers, the cards more easily accessible. These contain- With these ends in view I illustrate in the acere are closed t the top and the bottom It companying drawing such instances of adaptation end are left p Oil-the e S de l 2 as will disclose the outstanding features of the n t practice f my invention t s i port nt invention without limiting myself t th specific that each container. rests with its closed lower details shown thereon and described herein. edge It flatly against e bo to 3 0f the cab- Fig. 1 is a, front view of my kit h library, inet, that the bearings 8 are above the bottom 3; I Fig. 2 is an end elevation of Fig. 1. that the front edge of the bottom 3 projects for- 25 Fig. 3 is a, diagrammatic d l ti of ward of the front edge 1 of the containers; that cabinet attached t the wan, the rod 9 is in line with the edge 1; and that the Fig, 4 is a, similar vi w to Fig, 3 showing t containers are positioned entirely between the cabinet resting on a tam rod Sand the back I of the cabinet. Fig. 5 is an enlarged end elevation of the hing- Figs- 3 and 4 clearly S w ow acc ssible the 30 ing of the containers, contents of'the container are by reason of the Fig. 61s a semi-perspective of a detached con- Open e being pp s as the container is tam r, l tilted forward. The ends 2 of the cabinet extend In the use ofmy kitch library hi h Ihave forward from the position of the rod 9 at l8 to chosen to nam Chef-an-ette 1 may adapt t serve as a bracket to support the rolled front 35 invention towhatever changes of equivalents and edge 5- alternatives of structure that the exigencies 'of The ends: Where the T011 9 Passes ou h varying conditions and phases'of adaptations'may may be reinforced in any desired manner d demand without departing from the broad underthe left a end may have any i of sprin I 40 lying sco e of the inv ti or other catch to holdthe rod in place, or the 40 A cabinet formed of metal or otherwise, has a may threaded at its outer end and a hut back I, ends 2, and a base 3. The back may have l9 used to hold it in the cabinet, the hook end an opening 4 t t t is readily supported on a 10 serves to hold the rod against endwise movewall. The base 3 projects forward in advance merit toward the left Sideof the front edge of the containers 5 where it In the use Otmy Cabinet the equivalent Stmc- 45 may have a rolled or otheredge 6, against which ture of 3 0r 4 y b o owed, either the front of the container rests when the cabinet f being equally serviceable Whether t e cabi iti d against a, all, I I inet is hung on a wall or if it rests on a table. In

The containers 5 on the front edge 1 a r either case the containers 5 are in a closed posivided with a loop 8 r a bearing that serves as a tion w not n u so that their tt m d es to pivot on the rod 9. I This rod is attached to the r y gravity on the base bottom 3 0f the ends 2 of the cabinet. At the right hand end it cabinet while their rear sides I! are adjacent may have a hook'lll on which bills etc., may be the back I and they are all held pivotally on a h To ort the weight of a single one or rod that is common to all the containers.

more of the containers as they are swung forward In any case whether the cabinet is used on a 55 table or on a wall the containers are assembled as a unit against misplacement. When the contents of any container are to be inspected it is swung on its pivot located adjacent the front edge I. This pivot is in spaced apart relation to the bottom edge Hi.

In swinging the containers forward to make their contents accessible they remain assembled on the pivoting rod, that is supported in the ends 2 and is positioned above the base 3 and to the rear of the front edge 6. The front edge 7 of a container will rest on the front edge 6 of the bottom of the cabinet when the container is swung forward while the cabinet Should the cabinet be placed on a table the front edge I of the container, in its open position will also rest on the table. Whether the cabinet is on a wall or table, the open edge I! of a container faces upward and slopes forward and is hanging on a wall.

vided with means pivotally securing them above their bottom walls upon said rod, whereby they mayrest by gravity upon the bottom with their open vsides adjacent the back wall or be swung to a position in which they rest against the front edge of said bottom.

HAZEL TERRY.

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