IMPROVEMENTS IN SHOP COUNTERS
Year: 1885

page_text: I, WILLIAM PARNALL of 108 Victoria Street in the City and County of Bristol,
Scale maker, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN
SHOP COUNTERS to be as follows:-
A counter chiefly of wood with the top or other parts provided with doors, said
doors may be opened to withdraw the contents that may be placed in the cold air,
or ice chambers therein constructed. The top front edge or angular corner may
be cut away to allow Show Cases Biscuit tins and the like to be placed therein.

page_text: Improvements in Shop Counters.
J, WILLIAM PARNALL of 108 Victoria Street in the City and county of Bristol,
Scale maker do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN
SHOP COUNTERS and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be par-
ticularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to improvements in counters, such as are used by Provision
dealers, Grocers, Drapers, Tobacconists Chemists, and the like, and has for its object
the preservation of perishable articles, the convenient storage and display of goods
for sale, and it provides a ready method of serving, customers from show cases.
And in order that this my invention may be more readily understood and carried
into practical effect I have hereunto appended a sheet of drawings, having the
various figures thereon marked with similar letters to denote similar parts and
reference being hereinafter had thereto.
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Fig. 1 represents one of my Improved Counters and Show Cases combined.
a, a, are the front and back walls of the counter, the centre part of which is filled
with any non-conducting material or lined with zinc or felt or the like, or I may
line with similar sheet zinc or felt the interior surface of any compartment, of this
my invention b forms the bottom of said counter which I may provide with holes
or apertures for the admission of air for ventilating the interior of said counter
I may provide also other ventilating holes or apertures in any other part of the
counter or show case. c is a shute or drainer provided to catch the droppings of
ice water from the rack d. The rack d is constructed of strips of wood or other
material and so formed that an air space is provided between said strips these
strips may be placed from end to end of Counter as shown in the drawing or from
back to front or otherwise.
e forms the bottom of the Show Case, which may be perforated wood or sheet
metal, or in the rack form as d or otherwise, the bottom of the case at ƒ is not
perforated, the back of the Show Cases at g may be perforated or not as required,
and doors may be provided in the said backs, for the purpose of allowing the
contents of the show cases to be taken out, or the frames holding the glass may be
made moveable.
The front of this counter is of ordinary construction.
The door h I make to slide upon the strips i and when said door h is closed it
rests against the top strip j and slides over the under strip k When said door h is
open, it is pushed back as shown in the drawing under the shelf . This shelf
may make portable or hinge it so as to allow the door h to be taken out of
position.
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I may provide doors in the back of the Counter in any convenient position, and
the panels in front may also form doors if so desired.
Fig. 2 represents an ordinary counter altered and arranged to work in combi-
nation with my Improved Case. In place of the ordinary moulding running
around the edge of the Counter I fix a show case as in the drawing. To fix said
case I cut away the ordinary moulding or edge of the counter and alter it as seen

page_text: at a, b, this arrangement allows the show case to be placed at a lower level, and
said Case does not project so far beyond the face of the counter as is now the case
with counters of ordinary construction.
Fig. 3 represents the back and door of the Show Cases Fig. 2 c c ce said doors
being hinged at d and provided with any suitable catch or fastening.
The top part of said back and door I prefer to flute or groove or recess, as seen
in the drawing, so that money or small goods may be the more easily taken off of
said parts of said show cases.
But take notice I do not claim as my invention all forms of Counters and show
cases attached to the front edge, neither do I claim all forms of Refrigerator
Counters and Show Cases.
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.) The combination and arrangement of a Refrigerator Counter and Show Case
substantially as herein before set forth and described.
(2.) The combination and arrangement of a Refrigerator Counter and a sliding
cover, substantially as hereinbefore set forth and described.
(3.) The adaptation, combination, and arrangement of a Show Case and Counter
as Fig. 2 and substantially as hereinbefore set forth and described.
(4.) The combination and arrangement of a Counter and Show Case Fig. 2 and
a back and cover Fig. 3 substantially as bereinbefore set forth and described.
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$11000