US901665A - Store-fixture. - Google Patents

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J. M. WALKER.

STORE FIXTURE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 11,1907.

Patented Oct. 20, 1908.

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Specification ol Letters Patent.

Patented Get. 20, 1908'.

Application filed July H, 196?. llcrlei No. 383,312.

To all whom ct mwyconcern:

Be it known that I, JAMES MILLER WALKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Augusta, inthe county of Richmond and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful 1m rovcment-s in Store-Fixtures, of which the idllowing is a specification.

This invention relates more especially to -improved means for supporting and displaying code and also to the combination with suc supporting means of an inclosing cabinet designed to protect the goods from dust and other injury.

Said invention further relates to the combination between the supporting means and the cabinet door or doors whereby the said door or doors are automatically drawn back into the cabinet by the action of the goods supporting means traveling forward or to wards the front of the cabinet, and shifted in the reverse direction when the goods support is pushed back in the cabinet.

M invention consists further in the novel com ination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out in the accompanying claims.

In order to more fully describe my said invention, reference will be had to the accom panying drawings which form. a part of this specilicaLion, and wherein,

Figure 1, re resents. a vertical. section through a clot res cabinet embodying one form of my said invention, the garniei'it supporting device being shown in side elevation; Fig 2, a section on line 2--2, Fig. 1, looking down Fig. 3, an enlarged detail View showing the top trolley, shown in Fig. 1, in side elevation, its guide rails in section; and also showing in section the bearings for supporting the upper garment rack. Fig. 4, a detail side elevation of the said top trolley, showing also in side elevation the upper portion of the rod for supporting the garment rack; Fig. 5, a detail end elevation of the lower trolley shown in Fig. 1 showing its track in section; Fig. 6, a detail side elevation of the trolley shown in Fig. 5; Fig. 7, c ting mentar detail View partly in section and partly in top plan of the door shifting rack mechanism and one side of the cabinet shown in Fi 1, showing the door pushed back into t is cabinet. Fig. 8,- a frag mentary detail side elevatioir of the lower portion of one of the cabinet doors with its supporting frame and shifting rack attached thereto showing the floor of the cabinet in section, the said parts being shown in the same relative osition as in Fig. 7; Fig. 9, a fragmentary etail perspective, view of one of the radial arms of the garment rack; Fig. 10, an enlarged fragmentary section taken on line 7'. Fig. 2; Fig. ll, 11. detail vertical central section of a modified form of bearing for supporting the garment rack; Figs. l2, l3, and let represent partly in section and partly in elevation three alternative ar rangements for supporting the garment supporting rack; rod; Fig. 15, a fragmentary side elevation the upper trolley and guide rail shown in Fig. 12, showing a portion of the cabinet to in section; Fig. 16; a fragmentary top 0 an view of the upper trolley and guide rail shown in Fig. 13; Fig. 17 a fragmentary side elevation of the upper trolley and guide rail. shown-in Fig. 14, show ing portion of the cabinet top in section; Fig. 18, represents partly in vertical section and in elevation a modified form of cabinet and display stand embodying my invention; Fig. 1%, a detail side elevation of one of the radial arms of the rack shown in Fig. 18, showing the supporting rings of said rack in section; Fig. 20, a similar view of the some part turned 180 on its longitudinal to support hats as indicated in dotted lines; Fig. 21, a top plan viewof one of the circular r .cks shown in Fig. 18; F lg. 22, is a top, plan view on a smaller scale ofa modified form of one of such racks, and Fig. 23, a fragmentary section on an enlarged scale taken along line 2-23, Fig. 22, looking in the direction of the arrow in said figure.

Referring nrst to the form of my invention shown in Figs. 1 to 10 inclusive, of the accon'ipanying drawings, 1 represents a cabinet of desired construction in. the .1 per portion of which is rigidly supported by means of bolts 2 or in. any otherv suitable manner, a pair of guide rails 3 which are shown in the form. of channel beams, the said guide rails extending from a suitable point near the front of the cabinet to a suitable point preferably in the rear of the center thereof and lying preferably midway between the sides f the cabinet as shown most clearly r1 dly in the track 4.

- the web 32 (see Fig. 9) is cut away as at 33 the rod 6, or maybe integral therewith.

while. the grooves 35 form race-ways for balls On this track is ada ted to run a trolley 5 which is connected y means of a vertical shaft or rod 6 to a trolley 7 ,adapted to run on uide rails 3.

he top trolley 7 consists among other parts of a frame 8 having upwardly extend- 1ng pairs of wings 9 and 10 between which are journaled respectively the rollers 11 and 12 See Figs. 3 and 4.) Extending upward through the center of the trolley frame is an exteriorly screw-threaded spindle 13, with respect to which the trolley frame 8 is held osition by lock nuts 14and 15 and ,16. he upper end of the spindle 13: is re need in diameter as at 17 to form a journal for a roller 18 mounted for rotation on said journal as a vertical axis. The lower end of the spindle is screwed into the upper end of In the operative position, the periphery of the roller 18 engages or runs between the inner faces of guide rails 3, while the rollers 11 and 12 extend across the space between said rails and run directly beneath the lower faces of said rails. q

The lower trolley 5, consists among other parts (see Figs. 5 and 6) of a frame, 19, havmg pairs of wings, 20 and 21, between which are journaled respectively flat peripherally grooved rollers 22 and 23 adapted to run on On the center of the top of the frame 19 is formed a preferably integral upwardly extending lug 24, having a vertical opening-adapted to receive the reduced portlon 25, of the lower end of the rod 6, the said rod and lug being held against relative movement by in 26.

The r0 6 forms a support for one or more supporting racks 27 consisting each, in the case shown, of a preferably light metal ring 28, to the inner periphery of which is rigidly secured a plurality of preferably light metal arms 29 converging towards the center of said ring and made fast by bolts 30 or other- Wise at their inner ends to a plate 31. In the specific form shown, the arms 29 are T- shaped in cross section and at one end of each to receive the plate 31. This makes a very strong and rigid connection. Any other suitable arm and connection, however, may be used without departing from the spirit of my invention.

The plate 31 of each rack has an opening 34 through its center, and annular grooves 35 formed in opposite faces of said lates. Through the opening 34 passes the ro 6, allowing the plate 3] to rotate relative thereto,

36, which also run in race ways 37 and 38 in plates 39 and 40, mounted loosely on the rod 6 and held rigidly in position by means of set screws 41 and 42. 'l. he plate 3] balls 36 and plates 39 and 40 constitute a ball bearing support for the'rack which not only permits 1 that in practice the rack to beeasily rotated, but prevents the same from side tilting by an unequally distributed load thereon. V

It willbe readilyseen that by'loos'ening the set screws 41 and 42 the rack may be raised or lowered to any suitable position on the rod 6.

A modified form of the ballbearing su port above described is shown in Fig. 11. iii this latter form the two plates 39 and 40 are replaced by two plates 43 and 44, the former being interiorly screw-threaded to receive a sleeve extension 45 on the plate 44, which is screwed into the plate 43, the plate .43 being held in position by lock nut 46. By means of this arrangement the bearing may be slid along on the rod 6 without disturbing the relative' positions of the plates to each other, and therefore without having to readjust th bearing after each such movement.

Coats or other garments may be suspended from the racks as indicated in Fig. 1, except the coats will be distributed arouird the circular racks, though the racks are supported in such manner as not to tilt to one side when the distribution of the load becomes unequal as by removing more garments from one side of the rack than from the other.

Owing to the rotatable feature of'the racks the garments su ported may be readily inspected; while tlie mounting of these racks on the rod 6 which is in turn movable back and forth in the cabinet on the trolley supports described, permits the racks to be pulled out to the front of the ease to better dis lay the goods. Obviously as many rac s may be placed on one rod 6 as desired in any special case. In some cases, for example, in supporting rain coats, overcoats or other long garments, used on a rod. It that I do not confine my invention to the specific way of supporting the rod 6, which I have above described. Several other ways of doing this, any of which I may employ, are shown in Figs. 12 to 17 inclusive.

In the form shown in Figs. 12 to 15, the upper and lower trolleys are alike and con. sist each of a pair of flanged rollers 47 and 48 mounted in a bracket 49, made fast in any suitable way to the end of the rod 6. The tracks for these trolleys consist respectively of I -beams 50 and 51, top of the cabinet and the other fast to cabinet floor.

In the arrangement shown in Figs. 13 and 16, the upper end of the rod 6 carries merely the a horizontal roller 52 ournaled thereon, and

adapted to travel between two guide rails 53 and 54 supported in any suitable manner in the upper portion of the cabinet. The lower end of the rod 6 is made fast to a trolley embodying features similar to the one described in U. S. Patent No. 830,813, granted to me one madefastto the a ea I and the pairs of rol rs spaced apart, the upper rollers engaging the top of an I-beain 58 and the lower rollers beneath the bottom of 1 the I-beam, the said I-beam being made in any suitable manner near the bottom of the cabinet.

- In Figs. 14 and 17, I have shown the trolley at the upper end of the rod 6 as consisting of a guide plate 59 made last to the end ol' said rod, said plate being provided with tour rollers 60 extending horizontally iroin each side of said plate and rotatable respectively on spindles 61 made last to said plate. The plate 59 travels between two guide rails 62 and 63 which pass respectively between pairs of rollers 60 on the said guide plate, thereby limiting the rocking of the rod d longitudinally of said guide rails. ()n the bottom of the rod fi, in this case, is jourualed a roller 64 which travels between the inner faces of two guide rails 65 made last to the bottom or" the cabinet.

My present invention contemplates further the combining with a supporting rack such as (l6SC1"1l)8(.l, or other traveling rack, of

mechanism for automatically operating thereby thedoor or doors of the cabinet to cause them to travel back into the cabinet or otherwise get them out of the way when the supporting rack is pulled out, and to ame? the doors to travel in the opposite direc on when the said rack is pushed towards the oi the cabinet. I accomplish this result v.1 one way by the arrangement shown in the accompanying; drawings, wherein i provide the cabinet with a pair of doors cc and 67 which are hinged respectively as at 68 and (if) to two supportinp frames 70 and 71.

Phesc frames are provided top and bottom with small grooved rollers 72 which engage and run on tracks 73 at the top of the cabinet d tracks 74 at the bottom of the 0. net. These tracks are located a s'uilicicnt dis away from the sides of the cabinet to term a space 75 to permit the doors to travel in when opcne wide and pushed back shown in Fig. 7.

For the pur ose of counterbalancing the weight of the r oors, I attach to each oi the frames 70 and 71 a weight 77 on the opposite side of the frames from the doors. These Weights may consist each as in the case shown of a Hat iron plate mounted between brackets 78 and 79. By counterbalancing the weight of the door in this manner all of the weight is brought upon the lower rollers 72, of the door supporting frames and this greatly reduces any tendency of the rollers to bind and preventcasy action in ushing the ice the doors 66 and 67 back into thecabinot wl'ien the garment is drawn tothe front of the cabinet, and imparting travel to them in the opposite direction when the garment racl; is pushed into the cabinet, I make fast 70 to the respective door supporting frames 70 and 71, toothed. racks 80 and Si which en gage respectively, with pinions 82 and 83 mounted for rotation on brackets 84 and 85 made last to the cabinet iioor. Also 1nesh-- 75 ing with said ppinions 82 and 88 are'two toothed racks 8d and 87 respectively, which are rigidly supported. by means of bracket arms 88 and 89, extending outwards from a" plate 76 resting on the lower trolley and so made last thereto by means of bolts 76 pass ing through lugs 76* formed on the trolley frame 26 "for that purpose. it will therefore be readily seen from Fig. 2, that when the doors 65 and 67 are opened outward so as to '85 be in line with the spaces 75 at the sides of the cabinet and the garment supporting, racks are pulled out, this forward motion" will transmit through the rack and pinion mechanism described, motion to saiddoors to 90 pull them back-into the spaces 75, thus getting them out oi the way. in a similar manneiywhen the rod 6 and garment supporting TflClQS. are pushed. back into the cabinet, the door-awill travel outward automatically. as

it will of course be understood that the rack and pinion arrangement shown is biit one of he many ways in which the desired motion may be transmitted from the garn t to the doors, and ,i do not wish to be undertood as confining my invention to iic mechanism for accomplishing this result. in Figs. 18 to 23 inclusive l have shown a modified form of my invention wherein 90 represents a show orcabinct oil any desired. construct-ion; 9i. and sockets made fast to the top and bottom respectively of said. cabinet, and 93a rod mtjiunted atits ends in said sockets and held from rotation by the set screws 94% and tin this red I mount one or more supporting ifach's cc, con sisting each of a })llll.itilli of arms 97 radiat ing from a plate 98 to which they'are made fast in any suitable way. The plate 98 may '115 be of the same construction asplale 3i 3) 1d mounted between ball bearings car- "E 'ried by plates 99 and 100 corresponding to after more fully appear. Adapted to rest in these notches, depending upon which edge of x the arms is turned up, are a series of rings 110, 111, 112, and 113 preferably of some light metal. When the rings 110-1 13 rest in is the notches 101-104, as shown in Figs. 19 and 21, the arrangement is especially adapt- .ed,:for supporting articles wit flat surfaces, such for example as hat boxes, flat brimmed hats and the like. When, however, the arms are reversed as shown in Fig.-20, the-notches 106 and 107, owing to the raised portion 109 of the arm, willbe elevated above the line of the notches 105 and 108, so that the rings 110-113 when laid in the notches 105-108 will occupy the relative positions shown. This arrangement of the rings is es ecially adaptedfor supporting derby hats w ich are placed on the rings as shown. (See Fig. 20.) n this case the hats are supported normally 20 entirely by the center rings 111 and 112, but the rings 110 and 113 act to catch the hats if accidentally knocked' forward or backwards and thereby prevent the same from falling off the rack. It will therefore be seen that the arms 97 are reversible for use with the same set of rings 110-113 whether used with the fiat edge uppermost as in Figs. 19 and 21 or with the raised portion 109 uppermost as shown in Fig. 20.

A further modification of this form of my invention consists in replacing the rings 1 113 by glass or other sup orting plates 114 and 115 which may be in the form of two half circular disks or other desired shape. When 35 the rings 110-1 13 are replaced by the glass or other plates the arms 97 having notches therein as described may be replaced by arms 116 having each plane edges and a small upward extension or lug 117 at its outer end to hold the plates 114 and 115 in lace. The rack 96 and modifications descri ed are not confined to use alone with the form of rod support and cabinet shown in Fig. 18, for these racks may be interchangeable with the 5 racks 27. Having thus described I claim is I 1; In a device of the character described, the combination with a rod, of a trolle secured to each;end of said rod, guide rai s for the respective trolleys, means to sup ort said guide rails, bearing plates mouhted on said rod, a plate interposed between said bearing plates andv loosely-encircling said rod, a supporting frame secured to and supported by the said central plate, and rolling bearings between the said central plate and the said plates between which it is interposed.

2. The combination with a cabinet, of a pair of guide rails mounted therein in the up "per portion thereof, said guide rails being separated b a space extending longitudinally thereo a trolley comprising a frame, a roller mounted therein to run in the said 65 space between said guide rails, and rollers on my invention, what goods supporting rack comprising a plurality opposite sides of said rollers adapted to run beneath said uide rails; a track in the lower portion of saic cabinet beneath the said space separating said guide rails; a trolley adapted to run on said track, said trolley comprising a frame and two perl herally grooved rollers journaled therein and adapted to run on said track; a rod secured to and connecting said trolleys and vertically disposed in said cabinet; a supporting rack comprising a frame encircling said rod, and means to mount said frame for rotation on said rod as an axis.

'3. The combination with a cabinet provided with a movable door, of a goods supporting rack mounted to travel in said cabinet, and operative connection between the said door and said rack whereby the said gravel of said rack automatically moves said oor.

4. The combination with a cabinet havin 85 hinged doors adapted to swing outward and then disappear into said cabinet, of a goodssup orting rack mounted to travel'back and fort 1 in said cabinet, an operative connection between saidtraveling rack and said door to cause said door to travel back into the cabinet When the said rack travels forward, and forward when said racktravels backward.

5. 'In a device of the character described, a

ofradiatmg arms each having an elevated ring supporting portion and a rin supporting portion below the level of sai elevated portion, rings of different diameters sup orted by said elevated portion in a given orizontal plane, a ring of smaller diameter than said rings and a ring of larger diameter than the first mentioned rings supported on the said ring supporting portion of said arms. below the level of and surrounding the axis of the first mentioned rings, substantially as described.

6. A display rack, comprising a rotatable support; a plurality of arms radiating from sa1 support and mounted thereon; a pair of supporting rings of different diameters mounted on said arms in substantially the same horizontal plane; a second pair of supporting rings, both being of smaller diameter than the larger of the first mentioned pair of rings, but of larger diameter than the smaller of the first mentioned pair of rings, said arms being provided with. an extension for supporting the second mentioned pair of rings 1n a horizontal plane above the first pair of 120 rings.

7. A display rack, comprising a rotatable support; a plurality of arms radiating from sa1 support and mounted thereon; a pair of supporting rings of diil'erent diameters mounted on said arms in substantially the same horizontal plane; a second pair of supporting rings, both being of smaller diameter than the larger of the first mentioned pair of rings, but of a larger diameter than the 130 smaller of'the first mentioned pair of rings, some both inside of said support and outside .aid al'ms beix; adjustable tO SuP: ort all of thereof to limim the movement of the hats staid rings iii t e same plane 01' tElG second crosswise of said support mentioned air of rings to a horizontal plane In testimony whereof I affix. my signature 5 above the 58st mentioned pair of rings.

A 3 in presence of two witnesses.

8. display rack for hats comprisinq an 1 v q M w r 1 annular support upon which alone the Tmts i JAM'MS MILLER me stdapted. to rest normally, and means exteniiln around the axis of said support and 10 looetei in a horizontal plane beneath the Witnesses:

JoHN A. A'IURYHY,

CHARLES LOWELL HOWARD.

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