Devices for Partitioning Drawers and other Structures.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Jan., 1893-Accepted, 4th Mar., 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Devices for Partitioning Drawers and other Structures.
WILLIAM EVARTS RICHARDS of No. 203 Broadway in the City, County and
State of New York, United States of America Patent Agent 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 :—
Heretofore, drawors and other like structures have been partitioned off, or
divided into separate compartments by means of either partition boards permanently
secured to the walls of the structure, or by cutting grooves or channels in said
walls, into which the partition boards are placed. But these methods, besides being
inconvenient, usually necessitating the employment of a carpenter or other skilled
workman, mutilate the structure, and will in time, owing to frequent cuttings, if the
partition boards are moved a number of times, spoil the same or make it unsightly
or unfit for use. Besides this, neither of these methods of partitioning secure the
degree of adjustability that is desirable.
The object of my invention is to provide a device by which drawers or other
structures may be partitioned without cutting or otherwise mutilating the walls of
the structure; which shall be simple in operation, inexpensive to manufacture, and
by means of which the partition boards may be moved from place to place within
said structure at any time, and as often as desired, and be adjusted into the desired
position by any person however inexperienced, without loss of time, and without
requiring the use of any tools.
Referring now to the drawings which illustrate my invention, and which form a
part of this Specification :
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a drawer with my device attached thereto, part
of the drawer being broken away to better illustrate the same.
Figure 2, is a transverse vertical sectional view of the drawer shown in Figure 1,
showing more clearly the manner in which my support is secured in place.
Figure 3 is a perspective view of my support separately..
Figure 4 is a top view of said support.
My invention, as will be seen from the drawings, consists in providing an adjust-
able support for the partition board, that may be attached or secured to any part
of the walls of the structure that it may be desired to divide into separate com-
partments, and that will, when so placed, securely hold the partition board in the
desired position.
This support, as I call it, may be made of any desired material, light sheet metal
such as brass, iron or steel being both suitable and preferred for the purpose. It
consists of a strip of metal a bent up upon two of its sides to form side walls or
jaws a', a', and a back b between said side walls. The back b is provided at its
upper end with a spur or projection c, which is bent outwardly at a right angle or
nearly so to the back b, and the side walls or jaws a', a', are also provided at their
lower ends with spurs or projections d, which extend beyond the lower end of the
back b.
These spurs or points c, d, are so constructed and arranged that they may be
forced into the walls and bottom of the structure to be partitioned.
My device is used as follows:
The spurs or projections d, d, of the side walls a³, a³, are pressed into the material
forming the bottom of the drawer or other structure which it is desired to partition
off, the back 6 being kept toward and in close proximity to the side wall of the
structure. After the spurs d, d, have been pressed the desired distance into the
bottom of the structure, the spur or projection c is pressed into the side wall of
the structuro. Another of the supports is then placed in the same manner,

page_text: and in a corresponding position on the opposite side of the drawer or other structure.
A partition board X is then inserted between the jaws or sides a', a', of each
support, and pressed down into place between them. The insertion of this partition
board serves to press the supports more closely towards the side walls of the
structure, and holds them firmly in place, as the spurs c, d, cannot be dislodged so
long as the partition board is in place, while the spurs d, d, in the bottom of the
structure prevent the support from being twisted out of position, and the spur o
from being dislodged, when pressure is brought to bear upon the partition board as
it is in use.
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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
as my invention is,
1. A device for partitioning drawers and other structures consisting of a channelled
body piece having spurs for engaging with the side and bottom of the structure,
substantially as described.
2. A device for partitioning drawers and other structures provided at one end
with a part adapted to engage the bottom of such structure and at the other end
with a part adapted to engage the side of said structure, substantially 'as shown
and described.
3. In a device for partitioning drawers and other structures, made as described,
the channelled body piece having the side pieces forming the channel extended at
their lower end to a point forming spurs for engaging the bottom of such structure,
substantially as shown and described.
4. A device for partitioning drawers and other structures, consisting of a body
portion b, side pieces bent at an angle thereto, and continued at their lower end to
a point, the top of part 6 being also continued, to a point and bent in the opposite
direction to the side pieces, substantially as shown and described.
Dated the 28th day of January 1893.
ROBT. F. DRURY,
Agent for Applicant.