US1260610A - Book-rack. - Google Patents

Description

E. L. W'EED.

BOOK RACK.

.APPLICATION m50 ocr. 29. m4.

1,260,610. Patented Mar. 26, 1918.

Edwafdlgzaeed ilirllilllEiD STATE EDWARDNL. WEEDQOF PROVIDENCE, RHODEISLAND.

v:soon-RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patentd 1%;11326, jlg,

Application iledctcber 29, 1914; Serial No. 869,312.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it know-n that I, EDWARD L. W'EED, a citizen of the United States,'and resident of the city of Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Book-Racks, of which the following is 21,'specification.

The invention relates to improvements in book racks and has for its object to provide simple and effective means adapted to move automatically into the space left when a book is removed from the racklforsupporting the remainingadjacent books in position during its absence.

A further object of the invention is to so arrange these supporting members so that they are controlled in their action by actual contact with the books, themselves, so that the act of removing the book automatically releases one or more of said members to move to operative position into the space left and in the replacing of the book, it comes in Contact with these members and forces them back into inoperative position.

W'ith these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, as will be more fully described, and particularly pointed out in lthe appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1- is' a perspective view illustrating a book rack with a portion of the books removed showing the supporting fingers as raised into the spaces left by the books to support those remaining.

Fig. 2- is a plan view showing the arrangement of the rack with a multiplicity of lingers a portion of which are shown as raised and a portion being down forming the licor of the rack, all of said fingers being pivoted at one end in the rack.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the book rack partly in section showing one of the fingers as moved t0 raised position -by the spring and others as being down in inoperative position.

Fig. 4- is an enlarged view showing the hinged portion of one of the fingers.

Fig. 5- is an enlarged perspective view of one of the finger operating springs.

Fig. 6- is a perspective view of one of the spacing washers which are placed between the lingers.

Referring to the drawings 10 designates a book rack which may-be made ofwood, metal or other suitable material and 1n any suitable shape orform. The rack in some Vcases is adapted to Vform the shelf of a book case and in other instances it may rest upon the shelf of a case previously constructed.

The `rack is herein shown as being constructn ed` in a rectangular form with a front bar 11, a rear bar 12 and a middle bar 13. Both the front and the rear bars are preferably notched on their upper inner edges as at 14 and 15, respectively,`for the reception of the supporting lingers 16, which are adapted to lie in the `frame and extend Vlaterally acrossbetween these side bars. VThese fingers are of the depth of the recesses in the bars so that when pressed down into position 4they will be fiush with the upper face of the bars and will form a licor or base to assist in the support of the books placed in the rack. The front end of each finger is preferably notched or forked as at 17, see Fig. 4, and a hole or aperture 18 is formed in the stock between the branches of the fork for the reception of the end of the spring presently described and the ends of them will not cause them to spring sidewise sufiicient to contact or interfere with each others action.

In order to cause these fingers to rise automatically into the space left by the withdrawn book, I have provided a flat spring 21, see Fig. 5, bent with a loop portion 22 adapted to spring over and removably engage the pivoting rod 20, one of its ends 23 being adapted to enter the hole 18 of the finger and its other end 24 being arranged to engage and receive its fulcrum against the inner wall 25 of the front bar 11.

My device is so constructed that as a volume is removed from the rack the lingers under action of their respective springs will rise when released by the weight of the book to take up the vacated space and prevent the adjacent books from moving sidewise and When a volume is returned its inner edge rests upon these fingers and forces them 'down into inoperative position or into position to form a floor for the book as the volume is pushed into place.

Therefore it will be seen that the fingers serve a double purpose which is that of acting as spacers when a volume is removed and also as a floor or base for the support of the books in the rack.

I claim:

1. An improved book rack comprising a base provided with front and rear bars provided With shoulders, a pivot rod supported by said base and extending parallel With said bars, a plurality of iingers extending transversely of said base, and each having a longitudinal recess therein, and flat metal springs each having an intermediate loop portion removably engaging said pivot rod, one end of each spring bearing against the inner face of one of said bars, the other end thereoi:` being extended into the recess of one of said lingers, each finger having a beveled Copies ot this patent may be obtained for ing in from the forked end between the arms of the fork, said arms being provided with beveled portions serving as stops, and fiat metal springs each having an intermediate loop portion engaging said pivot rod, one end of each spring bearing against the inner face of one of said bars, the other end thereof being extended into the recess of a contiguous finger.

In testimony whereof I ai'liX my signature in presenceof two Witnesses.

EDWARD L. WEED. Witnesses:

HOWARD E. BARLOW, A. F. MACREADY.

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Washington, IJ. C.

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