Improvement in Show Cases.
Year: 1897

page_text: Improvement in Show Cases.
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I, ADRIAN ALBERT CHITTENDEN, of Arcola, Douglas County, Ill., U.S.A.,
Inventor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to provide a show case which will be strong
and which can be readily taken apart for packing etc.
The invention comprises four-in a rectangular case or more vertical pieces
of metal provided with longitudinal T grooves into which the ends of the sides
fit; said ends being provided with T-shaped metal bindings. The top and
bottom frames are formed of channel-bars which engage the upper and lower
edges of the sides, and have grooves into which the lid preferably of glass can
be slid. The rear wall of the case is preferably a mirror; but all the sides
may be mirrors if desired.
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P. R. J. WILLIS,
Agent for Applicant.
I, ADRIAN ALBERT CHITTENDEN, of Arcola, Douglas County, Ill., U.S.A.,
Inventor, 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 has relation to improvements in show-cases; and the object is
to construct a new and useful show case which may be readily taken apart for
packing in transportation and for cleaning and in which the glasses are bound
by and contained in metal bindings or frames about the edges thereof, which fit
and are held in vertical grooves in the corner posts and rest in channel irons at
the bases, as hereinafter will be fully described, and particularly pointed out in
the claims.
The invention is fully and clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings,
forming a part of this specification wherein :-
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a show case embodying my invention, shewing
the sliding top partially drawn back. Fig. 2 is a sectional view shewing the
channel irons which connect the bases of the corner posts. Fig. 3 is a top plan
view shewing the metal bound glasses inserted in the grooves of the corner
posts. Fig. 4 is a view in elevation, shewing the separable strip of metal bind-
ing at the base of one of the glasses. Fig. 5 is a sectional view shewing the

page_text: fastening for the separable strips. Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section through the
show case, shewing the top pieces with the grooves in which the top slides.
Fig. 7 is a view in elevation shewing the door frame, and the springs on the
hinges and mirror arranged in the frame.
A designates a show case rectangular in construction and comprising the
metal-bound glasses and the vertically grooved corner posts and provided with
a removable sliding top and door at the back for convenient access to the case.
The corner posts 1, at the front of the case are duplicates in construction,
made of suitable metal, struck up or otherwise formed and provided with vertical
grooves 2, 21, in which the T-head bindings on the ends of the glasses engage
and are held, the corner posts being disposed so that the grooves are at right-angles
to each other to receive the glasses. The corner posts are formed with bottom
flanges 3,, through which fastening screws 31 are projected to hold them fixed
to a proper base frame 4. In the bases of the said vertical grooves in the corner
posts are arranged and secured the respective ends of channel-irons 5, the channel
or groove of which is adapted to take in and hold the lower edge of the metal
bound glasses.
In the bottom of the channel or groove of the channel irons are a number of
perforations 51, through which may be projected nails or small screws to fasten
them down on the base-frame pieces, as indicated in the drawings. The corner
posts at the back of the case have but one vertical slot, as shewn in Fig. 2,
in order that a door frame 6 may be suitably secured thereto, of any proper
character, a mirror, as 12, being placed in the door frame.
The door frame may consist of a sheet of metal having the edges 14 turned
over and down and over the edges of the mirror to hold it in position, and the door
frame is hinged to the case, as at b, the hinges being provided with springs of
any well known kind to return it to upright position.
The space or angle between each pair of corner posts is filled in with any suitable
material and the filling shaped to any design desired or convenient, as indicated
at a in the drawings.
G designates the glasses, having metal bindings on their edges. The upper
bindings 7 consist of strips of sheet metal bent down on themselves and adapted
to clamp the edges of the glasses between them. The bottom binding 8 is made
separable, so that the glass, if broken, may be removed and a new one inserted.
To effect this I make the bottom strips in two parts and then secure the strips
together by small screws 8' as shewn in Fig. 5 of the drawings. The end
pieces of the metal bindings on the glasses consist of flanged T-heads 11 the
glasses fitting between the flanges and the T's taking in the vertical slots of
the corner posts as shewn in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings, to hold the parts
locked together. In the end pieces or bindings 7 of the frame are formed side
grooves 9, in which the ends of the sliding top 10 take and slide, substantially
as shewn in Figs. 1 and 6 of the drawings.
It will be perceived that I make a show case easily and conveniently assembled
and as readily taken apart; also that any one or more of the glasses may be taken
out for cleaning without removing the goods from the case, and that when the
glasses are cleaned they can be replaced and the whole case then be as firm and
stable as in instances where the connections are rigid and inseparable.
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:-
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(1) A show case comprising front corner posts formed with T-shaped grooves
therein arranged at right angles to each other, rear corner posts formed with
T-shaped grooves therein, channel bars connecting the corner posts at their bases
and adapted to be attached to a base for the case, and metal bound glasses having
their end pieces formed with T-shaped flanges to engage and lock in the grooves

page_text: of the posts and their bottom bindings to set in the channels of the channel bars
at the base thereof.
(2) A show case comprising corner posts formed with vertical T-head slots,
rectangular metal frames having end pieces formed with T-heads to engage in
the slots of the corner posts, and panes of glass secured in the metal frames.
(3) A show case comprising front corner posts formed with T-shaped grooves
therein arranged at right angles to each other, channel bars connecting the corner
posts at their bases, upper bars for the end frames formed with inwardly projecting
Hanges provided with grooves 9, a sliding top disposed in the said grooves, a
door frame hinged to the back of the case, and a mirror in the door frame,
substantially as set forth.
(4) A show case comprising rectangular frames of glass, T-head metal bindings
on the ends of the glasses, a metal binding on the upper edge of the glasses, a
separable metal binding on the lower edges of the glasses, and corner posts
formed with T-grooves to take in the T-heads of the bindings.
(5) A show case comprising rectangular frames of glasses, T-head metal
bindings on the ends of the glasses, a metal binding on the upper edge of the
glasses, a separable metal binding on the lower edge of the glasses, corner posts
formed with grooves to take in the T-heads of the bindings and channel iron
connections between the bases of the posts in which the lower edges of the metal
bindings rest.
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