US908036A - Photograph-cabinet. - Google Patents

Description

R. H. RIPKING.

PHOTOGRAPH CABINET; AYPLIOATION FILED JULY 13, 1908.

908,036. Patented Dec.29,1908.

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RUDOLPH H. RIPKING, QF AURORA, INDIANA.

. PHOTOGRAPH-CABINET.

' Specificatiori'of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 29, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RUDOLPH H. Rirxme,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Aurora, in the county of Dearborn and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Photograph-Cabinet, of which the following net when closed being designed to exhibit certain of the photographs.

Another object is to so mount and arrange the photographs that the same may be held substantially in book form' within the cabinet which thus constitutes a combined photograph album and case therefor.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings is shown 7 the preferred form of the invention.

In said drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of the cabinet, portions thereof being broken away and one of the albums being shown open. Fig. 2 is a central vertical sec-- tion through the cabinet. 1

Referring to the figures by characters of reference, 1 designates a table or pedestal mounted on suitably ornamented leg's2 and Within which is preferably arranged a drawer 3 having a hinged top or lid 4 designed to swing thereinto so as-to offer no hindrance to the movement of the drawer. Arranged upon the table is a housing 5 preferablyin the form of a truncated pyramid having a central angular core 6 extending from top to bottom thereof and spaced from the walls of the housing. Each wall of the housing has an opening 7 therein preferably rectangular in outline and recesses '8 are formed in opposite walls of each opening 7 adjacent the hottom thereof and are designed to receive trunnions 9 extending from the side edges of a panel 10. Each panel is preferably formed of wood and is designed, when closed to be supported at a predetermined angle by means of a stop pin 11 arranged within the opening, or by means of any other suitable devices provided for the purpose. knob or other handle device 12 is arranged upon the outer face of each panel so that the panel can be readily swung into either open or closed position. I/Vhen in an open position each panel is maintained at a predetermined angle to the horizontal by the stop pin 1 1 adjacentthereto. A flange 13 is formed along the top edge of the inner face of each panel and has flexible tabs 14 extending therefrom and parallel and each of these tabs has a photograph holder 15 glued or otherwise fastened to it. Each panel is rovided upon its inner face and adjacent its ower edge with a retaining hook or button 16 mounted to rotate and which can be turned so as to lap the free ends of the photograph holders 14 and prevent them from swinging relatively to the panel on which they are mounted. One of the panels 10, preferably the front one, constitutes not only a support for a series of photograph holders but also acts as a closure for a compartment 17 formed within the core 6, it being understood of course that the core is open directly back of said panel so that access can be had to the interior thereof simply by lowering thev proper panel.

.If desired, and as shown in the drawings, eachpanel may be provided with one or more openings 18 back of which photographs may be placed and these photographs can be held in position in any desired manner as by means of straps or hands 19 secured upon the back faces of the panels and of sufficient size to permit the insertion of photographs betweenthem and the panels.

In using the cabinet herein described photographs aremounted upon or within holders 15 so that when any one of the panels is swung downward into open position the photographs upon the holders will be disposed in upright positions thereon. Certain of the photographs are of course always visible through the openings 18 but should it be desired to examine other photographs than those appearing through the openings the proper panel 10 is swung into 0 en position and the retaining button or 1100 16 thereon is rotated outof engagementwith the holders 15. Said holders can then be swung toward the user after the manner of the leaves of a book. Of course when it is desired to close the panel the foregoing operation is reversed. By opening the proper panel access may be had to the interior of compartment 17 which compartment can contain loose photographs or any desired objects. It will of course be seen that When the panels are closed the contents of the cabinet are protected from dust, etc.

il hat is claimed is:

l. A cabinet comprising a housing, panels mounted to swing relatively to and to close the sides of the housing, holders hingedly connected to each panel, and means carried by the panels for securing said holders against movement relative to their panels.

2. A cabinet comprising a housing having openings in the walls thereof, panels pivotally mounted Within and disposed to close the openings, means for supporting the panels in open or closed position, and a compartment Within the housing, one of said. panels constituting a closure for the compartment.

3. In a cabinet the combination with a housing and a central compartment therein open at one side, there being openings in the Wall of the housing; of panels constituting closures for said openings and pivotally mounted Within them, one of said housings constituting the closure ol the central compartment, and holders carried by the panels.

4. In a cabinet the combination with a housing, and a central compartment Within the housing and having an open side. there being op iings in the Walls of the housing; of panels hingedly connected to the housing and mounted to close the openings, each panel having an aperture therein, means for holding an object upon each panel and in rear of the opening therein, and means for support ing each panel in open or closed position, one of said panels constituting the closure of the central compartment.

5. In a cabinet the combination with a housing and a compartment Within the housing and open at one side, there being openings in the Walls of the housing; of closures for said well openings, one of said closures constituting the closure of the compartment, and holders carried by the closures.

6. In a cabinet the combination with a housing having openings in the *alls thereol, and a compartment Within the housing and open at one side, there being spaces between the Walls of said compartment and the walls of the housing; of closure panels for said wa ll openings, one of the panels constituting the closure of the compartment, holders movably connected to the inner faces of the panels and means upon the panels for securing the holders against movement relative to the panels, said holders being movable into the spaces between the compartment and the Walls of the housing when the panels are closed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto allixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

RUDOLPH II, RIPKING. lVitnesses:

JOHN SOIIALDACH, IIARRY BUTTLER.

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