Improvements in Shelves and the like.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 31st May, 1899-Accepted, 15th July, 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Shelves and the like.
I, VICTOR HEDSTRÖM, of Ekmans Nya Snickerifabrik, 64, Mästersamuelsgatan,
Stockholm, in the Kingdom of Sweden, Foreman, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particu-
larly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
The fittings or shelving which forms the subject of the present invention is
chiefly intended for use in shops. For this reason it should be as unobstructed
as possible at the sides and, more especially when used for holding rolls of cloth
and the like, it should have a comparatively great depth, that is to say, have
very wide shelves of which those at the same level should form an even plane of
greatest possible continuity along the whole line of shelving. The said plane
consists of several lengths of shelves resting on carrying or supporting slats which
are so fastened between front and rear standards that they hold the latter securely
together. The joint between the carrying slat and the standard is produced in
a special manner so as to form a kind of lock.
The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which :
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a series of shelves or fittings constructed
according to my invention.
Figure 2 is a vertical section of the joint between two adjacent shelves.
Figure 3 is an horizontal section of the same.
Figure 4 is a perspective view of one of the supporting or carrying slats
detached.
Figures 5 6 and 7 show the means for attaching the slats to the standards and
Figures 8 and 9 show a modified form of such attachment.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures of
the drawing.
The carrying or supporting slats may be made either of L-shaped or of inverted
T-shape in cross-section. In the former case two carrying slats c are em-
The horizontal
ployed at each shelf-joint, as shown in Figures 2, 3 and 4.
the vertical one 2 and
Hange of the slat is slightly longer than
provided at its end with an incision g in the rear edge. Both the front and
the rear standards a are provided with a middle strip f and with recesses dat
A slat c is inserted
the points of its length where the shelves are to be located.
on each side of the strip f first in one of the standards in which the recess d is
deeper and then in the other and is subsequently moved sidewise in toward the
When the lengths
strip f so that it will embrace the latter with the incision g.
of shelves are subsequently placed on the slats they will prevent the latter from
moving outward, inasmuch as the ends of said shelves run close to the flanges c²,
filling the angular opening of the slat. The slats in this manner form a secure
connection between the standards while at the same time they can be readily
moved when the shelf is to be raised or lowered. At the joints, slats of inverted
T shape cross-section may alternately be used, the slat then supporting the
shelves on both sides. The vertical flange may then either be shortened and the

page_text: end of the slat bent into a downwardly-pointing hook which is hooked into a hole
in the strip, as shown in Figures 5, 6 and 7, or it may be elongated and provided
with an incision at the underside for gripping over the strip, Figures 8 and 9.
The shape of the hole in the strip must be made slightly different in the two
cases, as shown in Figures and S. Also in this manner, Figures 5-9, the
standards are held accurately together by the slat which is held accurately in place
by the lengths of shelves. The vertical flange, Figures 2 and 7 or 9, is not made
higher than the thickness of the shelf so that the plane of the line of shelves,
neglecting the small apertures at the joints the remainder of which is filled up
by the flanges mentioned, will be continuous and consequently rolls of cloth
for example can be inserted obliquely across the joint.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to he performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
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1. In shelfing or fittings with loose shelves supported on carrying or support-
ing slats inserted between front and rear standards, the arrangement in which
the carrying-slat (c) of angular cross-section has its horizontal flange (c¹) extended
longitudinally beyond the vertical one (c2) and in which the former (c) is provided
in its prolonged portion with an incision (g) at its rear edge, by means of which
the said slat c einbraces a strip (f) fixed on the inner side of the rear or front
standard in a recess of which the slat end is inserted, the slat (c) being retained
in position by the shelf end or, when the shelf is made in several lengths or
pieces, the end of the shelf-piece filling its angular opening, all for the purpose
of causing the front and rear standards to be held firmly together by the slats
and the latter to be held in their places by the shelves.
2. The arrangement characterized in Claim 1: modified in such a manner
that the carrying slat, in order to suit the joints between the shelves, are of
inverted T-shaped cross-section so as to support the shelves on both sides and,
moreover, has its vertical flange shortened and the end bent down into a hook
for gripping the strip (f) which is provided with a hole for the insertion of the
slat end, or, for the same purpose, that it has its vertical flange prolonged and
provided with an incision at the underside, in order that the slat may hold the
front and rear standards firmly together.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant,