Improvements in and relating to Supports for Holding Partitions and other Articles in Shelving, Drawers, and the like.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 28th June, 1892-Accepted, 17th Sept., 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Supports for Holding Partitions
and other Articles in Shelving, Drawers, and the like.
1, ARTHUR JAMES WELLS of 250 Tallman Street, in the City of Syracuse,
and State of New York, United States of America, Manufacturer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
My invention relates to improvements in partitions for drawers, shelving, and
similar articles, and has for its object the production of a simple and effective
device which is economically manufactured, readily secured in position, and removed
at will: to this end it consists, essentially, in a support having a projecting engaging
arm, and a projecting attaching arm adapted to be secured to the supporting wall
of a drawer, pigeon hole, compartment, or other article to be provided with my
improved partition, a partition removably secured to the projecting engaging arm
of the support, and in the detail construction and arrangement of the parts, all as
hereinafter more particularly described and pointed out in the claims.
In describing this invention, reference is had to the accompanying drawing,
forming a part of this Specification, in which, like letters indicate corresponding
parts in all the views.
Figure 1 is a top plan view of a drawer provided with four partitions secured in
position by my improved supports.
Figure 2 is a transverse vertical sectional view, taken on line 2-2, Figure 1.
Figures 3 and 4 are, respectively, enlarged top plan and front elevation of the
support shown at Figure 2 as secured to the upper part of the partition.
Figure 5 is a face view of the blank from which the partition support is
formed.
Figure 6 is an enlarged isometric view of the support shown at Figure 2 as
secured to the lower part of the partition.
Figures 7 and 8 are isometric perspectives of slightly modified forms of partition
supports; and
Figure 9 is a top plan view of a further modified form of partition support.
It is well known that the space in drawers, shelving, and similar articles is not
usually utilized to the best advantage as the articles placed therein are liable to
become commingled unless separated by intervening partitions. In practice,
partitions are usually held in position by the insertion of their ends into grooves in
the side walls of the drawer, &c., but this is an expensive and inadequate construc-
tion of partition, and should the user desire to place within the partitioned portion
of the drawer an article either greater or smaller than the same, the partition can
be moved only by a skilled mechanic, and at considerable expense.
My present invention has for its object the production of a simple, economical
and practical construction of support which is readily secured in position upon the
supporting wall of the drawer, shelf or other article, is adapted to removably
engage the end of a partition and may be removed and replaced with great ease
and without the exercise of skill, when desired to change the position of the
partition.
A represents a drawer, or other similar article, as a pigeon hole, compartment, &c.,
provided with a suitable wall, consisting in the case of a drawer, of bottom, side,
rear and front walls a a' a² a³ a².
B and C represent supports secured to a suitable supporting wall or walls, as the
side walls au for supporting the partition D. The support B is shown as
engaged with the base of the partition and is provided with a projecting attaching
C

page_text: arm b, Figures 2 and 6, adapted to pierce the supporting wall and hold the support
in operative position.
At the outer end of the arm bare stop shoulders consisting of laterally
extending arms for limiting the inward movement of the support B and projecting
outwardly from the arms is the engaging arm 2 adapted to support the
. partition D.
As seen at Figure 2, the partition D is formed at each end witha
groove d extending upwardly from its lower edge and adapted to register with the
arm 2. This support B is preferably stamped from sheet metal and is readily
driven into operative position and may, when desired, be removed with equal
readiness.
The support C shown as engaged with the upper portion of the partition, consists
of a plate preferably formed of spring metal and with rearwardly extending
attaching arins or projections at its opposite extremities adapted to pierce the
supporting wall and formed by cutting out a portion of the plate interposed between
its top, bottom and side edges and bending the same backwardly.
f
The longitudinal edges cc' of the plate are bent outwardly towards each other
on opposite sides of the arms e c and form spring engaging arms adapted to receive
the end of the partition D and hold the same firmly in position.
When desired to place a partition in position, the attaching arms of the supports B
and C are readily driven into the supporting walls in proper alignment and the
partition is then engaged with the engaging arms of said supports, and when desired,
the supports may be readily removed and secured in different positions.
The support is also preferably stamped quickly and economically from sheet
metal, and at Figure 5 Í have shown a face view of the blank from which the
support is formed. It will be evident that instead of using an upper support C of
different construction from the lower support B, the upper support may be a
duplicate of the lower one; but in this case, when the drawer is subject to con-
siderable jar, there is more or less liability of the partition being jarred upwardly
or out of engagement with its supports, which result is entirely obviated by the
spring arms of the upper support which firmly hold the partition.
It will also be evident that the lower support B may be a duplicate of the upper,
but as more metal is required in the manufacture of the upper support, I prefer to
use the less expensive support at the base of the partition.
It will be noted that at Figure 1 I have shown a pair of removable partitions D
secured by supports B C to the side walls a¹ a², and a pair of cross partitions D' D'
between the ends of the partitions D D secured by similar supports BC.
Although the plate from which the upper support C is formed, is preferably
composed of spring metal in order to secure the positive retention of the partition,
it is evident that this plate may be composed of springless metal.
At Figure 7 I have shown a support E as thus constructed and it will be noted
that its engaging arms ee extend in parallel planes from the base e and that
its attaching arm e² consists of a tack inserted through an opening e³ in the
base e¹.
At Figure 8 I have shown a support F very similar to the support C with the
exception that it is provided with, but one rearwardly extending attaching arm f
formed integral therewith. The base of this support is of rounding cross section
and with this style, I use a partition having a rounding edge.
At Figure 9 I have shown a support G formed of a single piece of wire having
one end looped upon itself for forming one of the engaging arms g', the central
portion looped upon itself for forming the opposite engaging arm g2 and the opposite
ends coiled at g around the central portion and the former end g, and extended
backwardly for forming the rear attaching arm.
From the foregoing description and upon reference to the drawing, it is evident
that my improved supports are economically manufactured, readily secured in
position, and form an adequate and effectual support for partitions, the position of
which may be readily changed when desired.
It is also evident that it is immaterial to what supporting wall the partition
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page_text: supports are secured, and that if desired, instead of a partition a book or other
article may be supported by a pair of oppositely arranged supports, and that
the detail construction and arrangement of the supports may be considerably
varied.
The operation of my invention will be readily understood from the foregoing
description and upon reference to the drawing.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
1-The combination with a supporting wall of supports having attaching arms
secured to the wall and engaging arms projecting outwardly from said wall, and a
partition supported by the engaging arms of the supports, substantially as and for
the purpose set forth.
2 The combination with a supporting wall; of a support formed with a pair of
projecting engaging arms, an attaching projection extending outwardly from the
support and engaged with the wall for holding the support in position, and a partition
having one extremity removably engaged by said support, substantially as and for
the purpose specified.
3-The herein described support, the same being composed of a pair of corre-
sponding projecting arms for supporting articles interposed between the same, and
a rearwardly extending projection or attaching arm formed integral with the body
of the support and extending outwardly therefrom and adapted to be secured to a
suitable support, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 17th dore of Ture 1802
ARTHUR JAMES WELLS.
D. Young & Co.,
11 & 12, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.