US701816A - Show-case. - Google Patents

Description

connection with the adjoining i UNITED STATES PATENT N'OEEIGE.

AUGUST REINLE, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

SHOW-CAS E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 701,816, dated June 3, 1902.

Application filed December 10, 190l. YVSerial No. 85,357. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom, t may concern: Be it known that LAUG-Usr REINLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore,"

in the State of Maryland, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Show-Cases, of which the following is a speciiication.

My invention is an Vimprovement in showcases, and especiallyin that class of showcases generally known as the all-glass case, wherein the adjoining-,plates areunited directly; and the inventionconsists in certain novel constructions and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective View of a case embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a detail cross-sectionson about line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Figs. 3 and 3 are sections somewhat similar to Fig. 1, but sh-owipngdifferent arrangements of packing and different vmeans for securing the joint-strip to theftop plate; and Fig. 4 is a' detail section illustratinga somewhat-differentv construction,as will be more fully described, 1

In carryingfojut /myinvention I-seek to provide between the adjoining plates 'of a showcase, show-Windomor analogous construction a joint-strip whichlis resilient transversely and will form a cushion-spring between the adjoining plates. .v I also form this joint-strip with a wing which overlaps the outer face of the plate, upon the edge of which the jointstrip lies, so itY can slide along the said face in the cushioning operations of the jointstrip. At the same time this wing sliding along the face of the plate or overlappingthe said face, so it may slide therealong, forms aclean neat joint between the strip and the glass plate. Means are provided in connection with the joint-strip for securing it in plates," and I also provide packing joint-strip and the glass plates, as will be more fully described.

In the construction shownl the case is formed with the Vtop plate A; the end plates B, and the front plate C, said front plate overlapping the front edges of `theend plates B and lapping at its upper edge beneath the top plate A, as shown in Figs. l and 2. As shown in Figs. l and 2, the joint-strip D tits between the upper edge of the plate C and the under devices between the -face of the plate A. joint-strip D is of springmetal and is bent to form the base-wingv gD', the upright preferably-rounded wing D2 at' the innergedge of the base-wing, the top plate D3, which .extends outwardly from the upper edge ot' theinnerwing D2, and the outer orl face wing'D4, which depends from the outer edgeof the top plate' D3 and extends downwardly-` past theouter edge of the base-plate D suiciently to overlap the upper edge ot' the glass plate C, as shown in Fig. 2, so the lsaid face-wing D4 may slide along the outer face of the plate C in the operation of the device, as will be understood from Fig. 2. This joint-strip D is thus placed between the adjoining plat'es of the case and forms a yielding or cushioning joint, as will be understood from Fig. 2.V Y I provide means for uniting the j oint-strip with the plates A'and C. In the construction shown in Fig-.2 I provide depending lugs E, secured at their`upper ends to the jointstrip and provided near their lower ends with theV threaded studs `or screws E, which extend into the 'openingsI in the glass plate C and receive th'enutsF. I also in said construction provide on the upper side of the joint-stripD at intervals the upwardlyprojecting sockets F,whi'ch extend into openings in the glass plate A and receive the screws F', as shown in Fig.'2. `In this construction it will be noticed Vthe fastening devices F and F are in the plane of the jointstrip D and of the glass plate C, so the fastening action is direct, and while this construction may be preferred for some reasons it--will be seen, where desired, instead of providing the socket-pieces F directly upon the upper side of the joint-strip I may provide an lupwardand inward extension G on the lug,

which depends from the joint-strip, and provide screws G and nuts G2 in connection with A`such-extension G for securing the top plate,

as shown in Fig. 3.

The top plate D3 is corrugated longitudinally,l providing the groove atd3 at'its 1upper side, in which may be litted the roundpackfrom Fig. 2.

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the plate C, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. In the construction shown in Fig. 3 I may employ the round form of packing-strip shown in Fig. 2 or a Hat packing-strip, as shown at d in Fig. 3, and it will also be understood that where desired this form of packing-strip shown at d' in Fig. 3 may be employed in the construction shown in Fig. 2 instead of the round strip shown in said figure.

It will be understood from the foregoing description that by my invention I provide between the adjoining plates of the glass case a strip which is resilient transversely, forining a cushioning-spring; also, that my jointstrip is provided with a face wing or plate, which overlaps the face of one of the connected plates; also, that said joint-strip is provided with a longitudinal corrugation which underlies the inner face of one of the connected plates, and that devices are provided in connection with said joint-strip by which it may be secured positively to the two connected plates.

In Fig. 4 instead of providing socket-pieces f upon the upper edge of the joint-strip I provide a bracket J, extending inwardly beneath the top plate A and supporting a screw A2 to extend into the opening in the plate A' and receive the nut A3, as shown in Fig. 4. I may employ a flat packing-strip between the jointstrip and the top plate, as shown at K in Fig. 4.

In Fig. 3L instead of slotting the upright plate G at g for the screw connecting with the front light, as shown in Fig. 3, I provide said plate with a wing underlying and spaced apart from the top light by a rubber cushion J, as will be understood from Fig. 3".

Rubber or other bushings K may be fitted around the nuts or threaded socket-pieces within the openings in the glass.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to Secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The improvement in show-cases herein described, consisting in the combination with the adjoining plates, of ajoint-strip extending longitudinally between the edge of one plate and the face of the other plate and formed with the base-wing to rest upon the edge of one plate, the inner wing extending at approximately a right angle from the inner edge of the base-wing, the top wing extending outwardly from the upper edge of the inner wing and corrugated longitudinally, the face-wing extending from the outer edge of the top wing past the outer edge of the base-plate and overlapping the outer face of the glass plate upon the edge of which the joint-strip is placed, the socket-pieces upon the upper face of the corrugated plate, the screws engaging said socket-pieces and thelug extending from the joint-strip along the inner face of the glass plate upon the edge of which the jointstrip is applied and provided with means for connection with said glass plate, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. A show-case provided between the face of one plate and the edge of the ab utting plate with an approximately U shape resilient cushioning-spring having one wing resting against the inner face of one plate and the other wing resting against the edge of the abutting plate, and both wings ,of the spring being arranged between the glass plate, substantially as set forth.

3. Thecombination withthe adjoiningglass plates arranged with the edge of one plate opposed to the inner face of the other plate, of the joint-strip having a base-plate resting upon the edge of one of the plates, an opposite plate overlying the base-plate and underlying the other glass plate and the face-wing projecting from the outer edge of said opposite plate past the base-plate and overlapping the outer 'face of the glass plate upon the edge of which the joint-strip is applied and means for securing the joint-strip in connection with the adjoining glass plates, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination with the adjoiningglass plates, of the joint-strip extending between the same and having a base-wing, an inner upright wing, a top wing, and an outer wing extending past the outer edge of the basewing, and overlapping the outer face of the glass plate upon which the base-wing is supported, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination with the adjoining glass plates,of the transversely-resilient joint-strip arranged between the same and extending in the direction of length of the joint', and provided at its outer side with a wing to overlap the outer face of the glass plate, the lug secured to the joint-strip at the inner side of the latter and means for securing said lug to the glass plate, substantially as set forth.

6. A joint-strip for show-cases having a base-plate and upright wing at the inner edge of the base-plate, a top plate extending from the upper edge of the upright wing outwardly over the base-plate, and a face-wing projecting from the outer edge of the top plate past the free edge of the base-plate, substantially as set forth.

AUGUST REINLE.

Witnesses:

SoLoN C. KEMON, PERRY B. TURPIN.

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