US606610A - Display-rack - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

H. D. WELLS.

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DISPLAY RACK.

Patented June 28,1898.

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4 H. D. WELLS. DISPLAY RACK.

No. 606,610. Patented June 28 1898.

@Xhtmeoow UNITED I I STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARLEY-D. WELLS, or SPENCER, wnsr VIRGINIA;

DIS P LAY- RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 606,610, dated June 28, 1898.

Application filed April 22, 1896. Serial No. 588,587. (No model.)

'WVest Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display-Racks;

and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in display-racks, and more particularly to an improved device for carrying and dis-v playing goods-such as carpets, Ate-that are usually wound in rolls.

One of the objects of the invention is to construct a rack or frame capable of carrying a number of bolts of cloth, so that the said bolts can be easily removed and replaced at will.

A further object of the invention is to provide certain securing means to be inserted within the bolt of goods to be displayed, so

. that there will be no occasion for any loss of material by wear and tear usually occasioned by the employment of a rod or spindle passing therethrough. I

The invention consists in certain novel features of construction-and in combinations and arrangements of partsmore fully described hereinafter, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of the complete device, showing several racks and the intervening space also'c'arrying a series of rolls.

.Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing the parts (1 indicates rearwardly-extending bars from .the upper portion of the rack, the outer edges of which bear against the wall of a building when the racks are arranged alongside thereof.

The reference-letter 6 indicates a series of section, having heads 0 the pins proper being adapted and so constructed that they will enter each end of .the bolt of cloth, and these pins are provided with outwardly-extending projections or points j, adapted to be inserted and rest in the notches 2 when the bolts are within the rack. Suitable holes 7a are formed in the uprights for the reception of the pins 71, wherein they are inserted when there are no bolts to be placed within the rack.

It should be observed that in using this device a number of racks might be located along the wall of a building, and as each rack is provided with a series of notches on each side of the uprights that while one bolt of cloth can be located within the framework of a single rack anothercan be inserted between the space of the first and second racks or framework without the necessity of employing an intermediate rack, as clearly shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 2 shows several racks, a series of them, however, being as a rule usually employed. When arranged as illustrated in this figure, they are, as will be seen,-located' a distance away from the wall of a building and closely connect or bear against each other, as the base of each as well as the upper cross-bars come in close connection with each other.

The notches in the uprights are so arranged that the distance between them gradually decreases from the bottom upward, so that a large-sized bolt can be inserted or placed within the lower notches to counterweightorbalance the rack or frame, so as to firmly hold the same in an upright position.

In case of a large quantity of goods being removed from the loweror heaviest bolt such bolt is then moved up-a'distance and its space again occupied by the next largest roll within the rack, so that by a little attention the rack can be kept constantly balanced and in a steady upright position without the employment of other fastening means.

It is a well-known fact that certain fabrics cannot be advantageously rolled upon a spindle or red, and to avoid this I employ the pins before mentioned, which, while not extending through the length of the roll or bolt, yet they serve as a firm journal or spindle shank for the bolt of cloth, and at the same time the usual wear and tear of the interior part of the bolt or roll is prevented.

By means of the device herein described a continuous rack can be arranged along the wall of a building, the intervening space between the racks being utilized for the reception of an additional roll or rolls, thereby saving a great amount of space material and consequent expense.

Suitable rollers can be provided for the racks, so that they can be conveniently moved in any direction.

It is evident that various slight changes might be made in the forms, constructions, and arrangements of the parts described without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention. Hence I do notlimit myself to the exact construction herein set forth, but consider myself entitled to all such changes as fall within the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

A movable and interchangeable rack consisting of a base the uprights provided with notches forming bearings for the carryingpins, said uprights being united at their upper ends and provided with lateral extensions by which they are held in position when arranged in pairs, the uprights having notches or bearings on their exterior by which the racks when the location thereof is changed to be set in astraight line are adapted to carry rolls or bolts between them, thus one pair forming three racks in combination with a headed tapering pin for carrying the roll, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I aliix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HARLEY D. ELLS.

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O. M. DEPUE, M. F. LnwnLLnX.

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