SHELf BRACKETS OR SIMILAR PURPOSES
Year: 1885

page_text: I ANDREW BARTON MILNE of 26 Cumberland Street Birmingham in the county.
of Warwick Clerk do hereby declare the nature of my invention for SHELf
BRACKETS OR SIMILAR PURPOSES to be as follows:-
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I take a strip of metal of suitable dimensions which I double on itself in such
proportions that one part shall form the horizontal member and the other the strut
I then bend a short piece of the horizontal member at right angles thereto into
which I put a hole or holes for screws then at a short distance from where doubled
I bend away from the horizontal member the strut a portion of the end of which
I further bend at a complementary angle so that the 'ends of the strut and of the
horizontal member are in the same vertical line, I then put holes' in the bent' part of
the strut for screws or I leave the end of either the horizontal member or strut
sufficiently long so that when doubled on itself it will form a vertical connection
between them.
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page_text: I ANDREW BARTON MILNE of 26 Cumberland Street Birmingham in the County
of Warwick Clerk do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVE-
MENTS IN BRACKETS FOR SUPPORTING SHELVES OR SIMILAR PURPOSES and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:—
I take a strip of metal of suitable dimensions which I double on itself in such
proportions that one part shall form the horizontal member ("A" on drawings) and
the other the "strut" ("B" on drawings) I then bend a short piece of the
horizontal member at right angles thereto then at a short distance from where
doubled I bend away froin the horizontal member the strut at about an angle of
45° and I further bend a short portion of the end of the strut at a complementary
angle so that the ends of the strut and of the horizontal member are in the same
vertical line I then sharply twist the strut at each end (as shewn at "C" "c" on
Drawing 2) so as to show the edge of the strip in front and so give increased
rigidity and economy of space underneath Or I.leave the horizontal member ("A")
or the strut ("B") sufficiently long so that when doubled on itself it will form a
vertical connection between their respective ends (as shewn on Drawing N° 3).
The necessary holes for screws &c are then put in as required.
Drawing No 1 shows a Shelf Bracket made as proposed under this patent in
which "A" is the horizontal member & "B" the strut
Drawing N° 2 shows a Shelf Bracket made as above in which "A" & "B"
refer to the same parts as in No 1 and "C" "c" show the twists in the strut.
Drawing No 3 shows a Shelf Bracket made as in N° 2 and with the vertical
connection "D" letters "A." "B." "C" & "c" refer to the same parts as in
Nos 1 & 2.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
1st A Shelf Bracket or similar article made out of one strip of metal without
soldering brazing or rivetting see Drawings N°° 1. 2. 3.
2nd In a Bracket made as above the twisting of the strut as shewn on
drawings Nos 2 & 3.
Dated this 16th day of June 1886.