Improvements in Show Cases for Confectionery.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
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Improvements in Show Cases for Confectionery....
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I, CHARLES ALEXANDER BARRETT, of 63, New Church Road, Camberwell;
in the County of Surrey, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion to be as follows:
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A new or improved simple and most efficient mode, of an
and arrangement of
mechanism for preserving sweets and keeping them free from dust and flies.
In order to effectually accomplish this the mode of construction represents a case
which can be made in sections and have any number of sections and is made of
wood and glass. The framework of the case is wood. The front of the case is
glass affixed into the woodwork and immoveable, thereby shewing sweets which
arc enclosed between that glass and an inner glass about an inch off the former
one and which inner glass meets another sheet of glass at right angles and which
slides in through the framework of the case from the back. There is the top
glass of the case which slides in from the back, in the same manner about twa
inches above the other glass and which, runs into the same woodwork as the
front glass of the show case. The space between the glass, in front and the inner
glass shews the sweets. The sweets can also be seen between the two glasses
which slide in from the back of the case. Beneath the lower of these glasses
is a zinc tray (or any other material) which can be filled with sweets and they
can be taken out without touching those between the glasses at the top or 101
the front.
The top glass is kept fixed in its place at the back by a thin piece of wood
made to fix and running between the sections & which can be easily removed.
A separate flap door at the back of each section runs down the framework and
slides between the sections thereby keeping the two glasses at the top of the case
(more particularly the lower one) in their proper places, and thereby closes the
case. This flap door can be moved up and down quite easily.
I, CHARLES ALEXANDER BARRETT, of 63, New Church Road, Camberwell,
County of London, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertaine:1
in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to a new or improved simple and most efficient mode

page_text: of and arrangement of appliances for preserving sweets and keeping them free
from dust.
In order to effectually describe the mode of construction I provide a case which
can be made in sections and have any number of sections and is made of wood
and glass. The framework of the case is wood, the front of the case is glass
affixed into the woodwork and immovable, thereby showing sweets which are
enclosed between that glass and an inner glass about an inch off the former one,
and which inner glass meets another sheet of glass at right angles and which
slides in through the framework of the case from the back.
There is the top glass of the case which slides in from the back in the same
manner about two inches above the other glass and which runs into the same
woodwork as the front glass of the show case.
The space between the glass in front and the inner glass shows the sweets.
The sweets can also be seen between the two glasses which slide in from the
back of the case. Beneath the lower of these glasses is a zinc tray (or any other
material) which can be filled with sweets and they can be taken out without
touching those between the glasses at the top or in the front
The top glass is kept fixed in its place at the back by a thin piece of wood
made to fix the framing between the sections, and which can be easily removed.
A separate flap door at the back of each section runs down the framework and
slides between the sections, thereby keeping the two glasses at the top of the
case (more particularly the lower one) in their proper places and thereby closes
This flap door can be moved up and down quite easily.
the case.
My improved show case is represented on the annexed drawing which is an
isometrical perspective elevation partly in section of, say, a three sectioned easing
for sweets of different kinds, and such as can be placed upon a shop counter with
the sweets permanently exposed at the front and at the top, while those from
which customers can be served are contained in a trough or tray fitted loosely
in from the back after a sliding shutter with which each section is furnished
is raised.
A, base of casing. B and C front glasses, and D, E, top glasses between which
is a front and a top space F into which sweets for permanent exposure can be
placed, each glass being set in position by sliding down or along grooves in the
frame G prepared for them. Between the glasses C, E, and the back H of
each section, a compartment is formed into which a trough or tray I is preferably
placed to hold sweets in bulk, and from which customers can be served. J,
vertically sliding flaps riding in grooves of the back frame H, each flap being
in two parts connected by a leather strip K, so that when lifted to a given
height, the upper part can be leaned forward slightly over the top glass 1 to be
held temporarily in an open position. as indicated at L, the lower part of the
flap being still within the grooves of the back frame H.
The side partitions M of each compartment are securely fastened to the front
and rear framing to give rigidity to the structure, and when the permanent or
show sweets have to be changed the glasses E of any compartment can be with-
drawn from the rear after the flap and the tray of that compartment have been
removed to allow of all the top sweets to fall and be collected, after which the
glass C can be taken out and the front sweets collected, as a rule however the
various sweets will be retained between the glasses B, C, and D, E, on account
of their names being recorded on the front upper frame or facia strip N. Metal
or wood backing may be substituted for the glasses C, E.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:
1. The construction of confectionery show cases in sections as set forth, each
section being parcelled off by glasses C, E, from the usual front and top glasses
B, D, for permanent exposure of different kinds of confectionery, the bulk being

page_text: within compartments and accessible after a sliding flap has been actuated, as
set forth.
2. In confectionery show cases, sectioning the body and providing double
glasses at front and at top for permanent exposure of kinds separate and apart
from the bulk of the same kinds in the compartments, as specified and substantially
as represented on the drawing annexed.
The 19th cray
Apri VI.
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said Charles Alexander Barrett.