Improvements in and connected with Certain Kinds of Show Cases.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Certain Kinds of Show Cases.
We, ADOLPH MYERS and LEOPOLD MYERS, both of the Firm of M. Myers & Son,
of Charlotte Street Steel Pen Works, Charlotte Street, in the City of Birmingham,
Steel Pen Manufacturers, and EDWARD HUNT, of 22, Mayfield Road, Handsworth,
in the County of Stafford, Manufacturers' Manager, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
.
This invention consists of the herein described improvements in and connected
with those show cases which are used for holding and displaying pen holders
pencils and other articles of a like kind. This invention facilitates the opening
of the show case for the ready removal of the contents when required and also
combines a show card with the show case in such a way that when the show cases
are packed for transport the show card parts are not liable to be damaged. The
show case is suitable either for standing on a counter or for hanging on a wall.
In one arrangement of carrying out this invention we provide a show case
of rectangular form made with a glass front and open at the top and containing
an open fronted slide which as hereinafter described can be moved up and down
the case.
This sliding part contains the pen holders or the like vertically side
by side and is or may be provided with vertical partitions to divide the show
case into two or more compartments for different kinds of goods.
In order to facilitate the raising of the sliding part for the removal of the pen
holders or other articles when required, there is an opening in the bottom of
the case and a vertical slot extending for a certain distance up the back of the
case so that when the case is hanging on a wall the sliding part can be readily
pushed up by the finger or thumb of one hand moving up the slot whilst the
goods are removed from the case by the other hand.
Instead of or in addition to the vertical slot we may arrange the slide to be
raised by a tape cord or the like which at one end is fixed to the bottom of the
sliding part and is carried upwardly and through a slot (which may be provided
with a roller) in the back of the case and then down below the case so that by
pulling the hanging end of the tape cord or the like the sliding part will be
caused to slide up and project out of the top of the case for the removal of the
goods.
At the back of the case there is fixed a show card which may extend beyond
the top bottom and sides of the case or may extend only above the top and below
the bottom or only above the top of the case. In order to prevent the show card
par being damaged when the show cases are packed several together in one case
for transport the upper or other part of the show card is made to slide or fold
against the back of the case so that this part or these parts of the show card
can be slided or folded back within the margin of the case as when the cases are
packed for transport or the said sliding part or parts of the show card can be

page_text: pulled out beyond the margin of the case as when the latter is hung up to
expose the show case and its contents and the show card to view.
Dated this 23rd day of May 1898.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicants:
and connected WITH Certain Albus OI now Cases.
We, ADOLPH MYERS and LEOPOLD MYERS, both of the Firm of M. Myers & Son,
of Charlotte Street Steel Pen Works, Charlotte Street, in the City of Birmingham,
Steel Pen Manufacturers, and EDWARD HUNT, of 22, Mayfield Road, Handsworth,
in the County of Stafford, Manufacturers' Manager, 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:-
This invention consists of the herein described improvements in and connected
with those show cases which are used for holding and displaying pen holders
pencils and other articles of a like kind. This invention facilitates the opening
of the show case for the ready removal of the contents when required and also
combines a show card with the show case in such a way that when the show cases
are packed for transport the show card' parts are not liable to be damaged. The
show case is suitable either for standing on a counter or for hanging on a wall.
We will describe this invention by referring to the accompanying drawings on
which Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a show-case constructed according to this
invention; Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same; Fig. 3 is a back elevation
of the same; Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the same shewing the interior sliding
part raised for the removal of the contents; and Fig. 5 is a back view of the
same show-case closed and with the show-card part slided back for packing;
Figs. 6 and 7 are back views of a modified form of this invention and Fig. 8
is a back view of a further modification of the same.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures of the
drawings.
For the purposes of this invention we provide a show case A of rectangular
form made with a glass front a' and open at the top a² and containing an open
fronted sliding part B which fits in and can be moved up and down the outer
case A.
61 is the back of the sliding part B, 62 63 are the two sides of the same
and are respectfully the bottom and top of the sliding part B. This sliding
part B is made with vertical partitions 66 at certain intervals apart dividing it into
compartments which contain the penholders C or other goods side by side some
of which are shewn in Figs. 1, 2 and 4.
For raising of the sliding part B for the removal of the penholders C or other
articles when required we provide an opening D in the bottom of the outer
case A and a vertical slot d'extending for a certain distance up the back of the
show-case so that when the show-case is hanging against a wall by the loop H
hereinafter described the sliding part B can readily be pushed up by the finger
or thumb of one hand applied to the bottom of the sliding part B and moved up
the slot whilst the contents are removed from the front of the sliding part B
by the other hand.
Instead of or in addition to the vertical slot dwe may arrange the sliding
part B to be raised by a tape or cord or the like E which at one end e¹ is fixed
to the bottom 6 of the sliding part B and is carried upwardly (see Fig. 3) and

page_text: passed through a slot f¹ in the back of the case A (where there may be a roller
for the tape E to pass over) and then carried down below the case so that by
pulling the hanging end e² of the tape E or cord or the like the sliding part B
will be caused to slide up and project out at the top of the case as shewn in Fig. 4
for the removal of the goods and when the tape or the like is released the
part B will slide down again within the case.
According to another part of this invention we provide at the back of the
case A a show-card G arranged as we will now describe to slide or fold against
the back of the case and within the margin of the same in order to prevent the
show card part being damaged when the show cases are packed several together
in one case for transport. The show card G extends beyond the top of the show
case A and in order to prevent the show-card G from being damaged, when the
show cases are packed several together in one packing case for transport, the
show card part G is made to slide vertically against the back of the case A
(see Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5) so that the show card can be slided back within the
margin of the case as shewn in Fig. 5, or the show card part G can be pulled
out beyond the margin of the case as shewn in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 to expose the
show-card to view. At the top of the show card G is an ordinary eye or loop H
by which the show case can be hung as on a nail or hook. The show-card part G
is connected to the back of the case A by two paper fasteners which pass
through the 'show-card part G and take into two vertical slots formed in
the back of the case A so as to permit of the show-card part G sliding up and
down as aforesaid, the ends of the slots j¹ 2 forming stops to prevent the show-
card G moving up or down too far.
Instead of the show card G being made to slide straight up and down as in
the arrangement shewn by Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, the show-card part G may be
arranged to slide in other ways for instance as shewn by Figs. 6 and 7 where the
show card part G is pinned at 22 to the case A so as either to turn up as in
Fig. 6 about the paper fastener or pin 22 as a centre or turn down as in Fig. 7
within the margin of the case A. The other paper fastener i works in a curved
slot formed in the back of the case A and keeps the show card in position
against the case A and the ends of the slot ³ form stops to prevent the show
card G from being turned too far in either direction.
Or the show card part G may as shewn by Fig. 8 be hinged at g¹ to the top
of the case A so as to either fold back against the same as in Fig. 8 for packing
or turn up as in Fig. 1 when the show case is hung up.
It will be evident that if desired the show case part A may be provided with
sliding or folding show card parts such as G at the bottom or at the sides of
the show case arranged similarly to any of the ways above described as applying
to a show card part at the top of the same.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:-
1. A show case, for holding and displaying pen-holders pencils and other
articles of a like kind, consisting of the outer glazed open topped box like part A
containing the open fronted sliding part B made with vertical partitions 66, said
outer part A having an opening D and vertical slot at the back to facilitate
pushing up the sliding part B for the removal of the contents, substantially as
described.
2. In a show case of the kind herein referred to consisting of the outer glazed
open topped box like part A containing the open fronted sliding part B, the
employment of the tape or the like E fixed at one end to the bottom of the inner
part B and carried up at the back thereof and through a slot f¹ in the back of
the case A and arranged to raise and lower the inner sliding part B.in the
manner and substantially as described and illustrated.
3. In a show case of the kind herein described the combination, with the open

page_text: topped outer case part A, of one or more show card parts such as G connected to
the back of the outer case part so as to either slide within the margin of the case
or project beyond the case and arranged in any of the ways substantially as
described and illustrated by Figs. 1' to both inclusive.
4. In a show case of the kind herein described the combination, with the open
topped outer case part A, of one or more show card parts such as G hinged to
the back of the outer case part so as to either fold against the back of the case or
project outwardly therefrom, substantially as described with reference to Fig. S
of the accompanying drawings.
A
1000
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicants.