US1676356A - Display cabinet - Google Patents

Description

. July 10, 1928.

M. c. sAPlNsLEY DISPLAY CABINET Filed'lvlay2.y 1924 :s sheeis-sheet 1 IIIIIIIHIMMIIIIHHIHIIIIIIIIIHIHIIHIIIIIH NL C. SAPINSLEY DISPLAY CABINET Filed May 2, 1924 5 sheets-sheet 2 M BVM shoelaces. Y .v y

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f i. 'vnisrLAY CAB'INEn-f Application mea, May 2,

' facture of adisplay device especially adaptpackaged articles suchy as ed; for the Asale oi'A vplay and to a certaincxtent.includes'automatic features Whichpermitthe replacement 'ott-he laces when a :pair is removed bythe cust'omeig, V t. i

Figflis -a perspectiveview'of my device, theparts being separated and cuty away r'to show the interiori and exterior construe tion.

Fig'. 2 VWhen assembled andiiviewed `iromabove.

Y Fig. 3 isa ife'rticaleifoss'fsectionV ofuthe fdevice.

. Fig. 4 isaperspective vien7 of a typeof shoe lace box and-laces fusedin connection with theVA device. l l Figz is a perspective view of a modification oitheinvention.` l?

InFigs.' 1 to 41 inclusive, vice 1 has a base orstand '2, on Which is mounted .a .spindle 3 Vlilebody member l5 having a bottom-plate straight lines 8 andthe center ot each side.V being cut away to formcentralrVshaped,

' forth. 4The-"body is "held inl-place on the base by a 'pin 10 'passing through the spm- I pdle, which does not interfere Withvthe turny do, when the hood is itted over the body] VG ofthe. general'contour shown,thebottom spindle can pass,

Walls 7, the cornerscut away to form openings Vfor..purposesjl hereinafter set f ing of the device. 'A hood 11, adapted to lit around 'the ,bocly, yis preferably polygonal `having side walls 12,1.andscomparatively narrower corner Walls 13. l A

These side Walls4 are not so deep as the corner Walls and 'do not extend to the bot- I tom plate of the body as the corner Walls lnmaddition, the center of the bottom edge of each of the shorter side Walls is provided with a centrally V-shaped opening 11i. The central vertical lines of the corner Walls are in Contact with the vertical edges forming the corners of the VWalls on the boX, and the bottom edges of the ,corner Walls rest on the is aperspectve view of my device the vending clewhich carries *a boX-l v .11924,seriainogmogoa straight ietl the`- 'corners p of the bottom platev ofthepbox, when. the hood'isfplacedl @Ver the' box.

:In lthis position thereis :'a. space between; y

the hood andthe box Aalong the sidewalls,

vsutlicient-'*toy permit the entry of a shoe lace Yreceptacle or 4carton l5, having a-.cent'ral V- shaped ,opening 16. in vits lowerV end .Wally shaped. openings -9- and '1d-fin'thej-bottom plate ot rthe body and in vthe hood vvall's i respectively', When the. *receptacleA or .carton i is'lforced ldown so that its bottom rests on the;

'lhereceptacles orcartons are preferably vof the same` Width as `the side edges `,of the :botetomfplate. 'andi high. henou'ghto reach". above extending -portfionyoff fthe, bottom d plate 6.

l The method otassembling-thisvendor. and# itsy employment is jas,A follows :The base ,and spindle ybeing assembled,the body 415i mountedthereon; by passing thespiiidlef 'through the holes'y in the bottom. andvtopn-of the box, the' pin. lOlbeing passedthrough"` the top of 'thepspindlef The .hood lli'is then passed over the body, the side edges, of the body bisecting the corner .'Wlallsof. the i hoodf The hood ispus'hed down untilthe bottom of cachot its corner Wallsv rest-szon the cornersbtgthe bottom plate 4of thelbodyf member,r the bottom edgeof the cornerw'alls V of the hood parallelingithe straight corners E of the bottom plate; This leaves-freely ero` posed notonly they-(shaped,openings in" thebottom ofthe sidewallsebut alsoopen spaces betweenfthe .bottom edges of the walls andthe sides of the bottom plate. The cartonsv of shoe laces, Withthe covers ree sid-e moved, are then insertedbetween-the .Side`r `Walls ofthebody member and the side Wallsl of the hood and pushed downvuntilthe bot-fl tom of the kcarton restson the bottomplate ovigthe bodyem'ember, leaving exposed .the bottom shoe laces in the carton. `A? cover 19 is placed on top of the ho-od. The opening thus formed by` the V-shaped open'-- ings in the bottom ofthe carton, bodyand hood permit the fingers of the purchaser to leases thev pair immediately abovev the one* removed, land causes the laces remaining in the `boxV to slip down and expose to view the pair next .succeedingthe one removed;

grasp a pair of shoe laces which action re- As each successive pair is removed the next slips down until the box, is completely empty.`

The dealer desiring to replenish the stock of the vendor has only to remove the cover, and replace the empty carton with Ya full one. f Y

lg. is a perspective view of a modification in which the invention is einbogdiediin,

an integral structure, Va base 2O being provided with a. spindle 22 having a pin 23 passing through it near the base. A platforni 24 is mounted on the spindle and supportedi by the pin'23, such platform-having;

its central opening 25, through which the spindle passes, of sullicient size to permit it to revolve freelyon the spindle for purposes hereinaftervset forth. Y

On the platform is a 'box-like structure consisting ofa topr26, supported by a pin 28a passing through the spindle, and a casing 27 yin the form of` compartments com- 'Y means of-'nails-- or screws 3L.

Vp'rising rfrontV walls 28 andl side walls 29.

The top has a central opening L through which the spindle passes. These compart-v ments `are fastened to the -top by means offy strips integral or attached to the side walls andextending downward only part way the Alength ofthe front walls, the strips being nailed to the toplof' the structure by The lower part of the front wallsof-'the compartments are cut away to' form open? ings 14e. The cartons of lacesl as shown in F ig. 4cV are passedithrough the slots or openings32 to rest,y on Vthe'.compartiments, the

laces being exposeol'inV the openings 14C of theV front VWalls of theV box and (')penings 97 in the platform 24,as in the other modifica.- tions so that the purchaser ymay take them from the openings and in so doing canse the i laces lying in the upper part ofthe cartons course, it can be colored-and adapted'to 'carry advertisements at will.`

It `is contemplated lto liavethe device stand on a counter or show case, so the customer AsV can be adaptedI can turn the device on the spindle until the side carrying posed to view. l

l/Vhile the device is here shown as adapted to shoe laces, it can naturallybe adapted to vend any device which would lit into the cartons. Y The shape andvarious proportions of the device'can be varied at will as long as its automatic functions are .carried out as explained above.

I claim:

l. A display cabinet ofthe character defr scribed, comprisinga supporting base having a spindle, a body journaled -on the spin--v dle *andI havingopposed side walls rat right angles to each other, said lbody having a the desired shoe laces are exea Y bottom laterally projecting beyond the side walls andv provided with'notches medially with respect to each side \if'all,1articl`e containers of tray-like for-m covering the inajory portions of the side walls and having notched lower ends the last-named lnotches beine in .3

register with the notches inthe bottom, and

a hoodentirely surrounding the body with. its corners angularly disposed andabutting'- the corners of the body, the portions. of the hood between the angular corners beingfcutaway at their lower ends to provide slots adjacent to the notches.v

e. A aispiaymbina of uit charmer deTV scribed, comprising a base, a body rotatively.

supported on the base and having flat opposed side walls, said body` havinga bottom projected f'beyond the side walls and provided with notches, article. containers carriedrby the sidewalls and 4having notched lowerV ends,-the last named notches being in regbottfom andl merging into the,

'ister with the notchesinthe bottoin,a hoodA surrounding the body vwith its cornersl angularly disposed andagainstjthe corners ofthe said body, theportions of the hood between theV angular corners rbeing cut-away at the, lower ends to provide slots adjacent the-.bota

tom andmerging into the notches in the bot-v tomand containers, andav removable cover telescoped over the hood,.the edges of the hood confronting theslots beingnotehed in alignment with the containers. f

notches in the bottom and;

. Signed Vat Providence, in the.` county of Providence andlState of Rhode `island, thisk 28` day of April, 1924i.

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