Meat in Shop Windows and for similar Purposes.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Mar., 1888
Specification Accepted, 4th May, 1888
Meat in Shop Windows and for similar Purposes.
I, ROBERT FREDERICK HARRISON, of 77, Charterhouse Street, in the city of
London, 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 brackets or frames having rails for carrying meat, poultry,
game, or the like in shop windows which brackets or frames, as is well known, usually
project beyond the shop fronts, thereby rendering it necessary to remove all joints or
other goods from the said rails in order to allow of closing the shutters.
The object of my invention is to provide improved means for withdrawing such
brackets or frames and rails into the shop, without the necessity for removing the
goods thereon, and to this end it consists essentially in pivotting the side pieces or
brackets proper supporting the carrying rails or bars in such a manner that the said
side pieces with the carrying bars can be swung backwardly sufficiently far to offer
no impediment to the movement or placing of the shutters.
In the accompanying drawing
Figure is an elevation of a shop front having my improved bracket with rails
applied thereto.
Figure 2 is a side elevation partly in section and showing the bracket in its outer-
most position, and
Figure 3 is a view similar to figure 2 but showing the bracket in its innermost
position.
a is the shop front, b is a shutter, c, c are the carrying bars, and d, d are the side
pieces or brackets proper supporting the said bars and pivotted at e, e.
Each of the side pieces d comprises an upright bar f, a toothed sector g mounted
upon the said bar and a hooked arm h by which the bars c, c are directly carried.
Each arm h is itself pivotted to one of the sectors g and is adapted to be adjusted in
any required position by a notched bar i engaging with a stud j.
k, k are pinions which are mounted upon a shaft I and engage with the teeth of the
sectors 9, 9; and m is a worm wheel which is also secured upon the shaft / and with
which engages a worm n mounted upon the shaft o and adapted to be operated by
the hand-wheel p.

page_text: It will be obvious that when the shaft with the pinions thereon is rotated in one
or other direction, the bracket or frame will be correspondingly moved for instance
from the position indicated in figure 2 to that indicated in figure 3, in which latter
position the shutter b can be drawn down as shown. By moving the hooked arm h
to the position shown in figure 3 more room is allowed for joints and the like to
hang behind the shutter than would be the case if the said hooked arm occupied the
position indicated by dotted lines in figure 3.
I wish it understood that I do not confine myself to the construction hereinbefore
described and shown as it is obvious that I may make the bracket of any suitable
shape and pattern according to requirements, and also that instead of forming the
brackets proper in several pieces they may each be made in one piece.
Further any
desirable means may be employed for moving the bracket upon its pivots.
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 :-
1. A bracket or frame for carrying and displaying meat, poultry, or the like, in
shop windows, supported, upon pivots substantially in the manner and for the purposes
specified.
2. A bracket or frame of the kind hereinbefore described, adapted to be operated
through the medium of toothed sectors and pinions engaging therewith, substantially
as set forth.
3. In a bracket or frame of the kind hereinbefore described, the combination with
the pivotted side pieces or brackets proper of the hooked arms substantially as
described.
4. The improved bracket or frame constructed arranged and operating substantially
as hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agents for the Applicant.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agents for the Applicant.