US1571230A - Furniture - Google Patents

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Feb. 2 ,1926. 1,571,230

M. BOHN FURNITURE Filed Sept 19, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet l lllll I N V EN TOR. flaw/W 50mg.

Feb. 2 1926.

M. BOHN FURNITURE 2 Sheets-Sheet Filed Sept. 19

ATT RNEY.

Patented Feb. 2, 1526.

UNITED STATES PATENT F MARTIN BOHN, or mnmnnroirs, mmaim, ASSIGNOR TO THE xnynnss LOCK com- PANY, A COIARTNERSHIP COMPOSED TIER, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

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OF ARTHUR JORDAN AN D ARTHUR R. BAX- FURNITURE.

Application filed september 19, 1924. Serial No. 738,599.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARTIN BoHN, a citizen of the Kingdom of Rumania, but have declared my intention of becoming a citizen i of the United States, residing at Indianapolis,

in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Furniture, of which the following is a speclfication. I

It is the object of my invention to produce a rigid sectional partition, with panel sections which are individually removable and interchangeable without disturbing the rest of the partition, and with oint-locks which stiflen the whole partition and are easily and quickly set and released and with the joints light-tight, and the ointlocks normally concealed but readily accessible. A specific object is to provide an improved lock for effectively locking parts ofthe parti tion together.

A further object is to produce such a partition with all the main component parts 5 made of sheet-metal. In" attaining these objects, I provide pilasters, desirably formed of sheet-metal, open at the rear and with vertlcal rabbets at their. rear vertical corners; and prov de panel sections which extend between pilasters and are seated in said rabbets of adjacent pilasters, each panel section being formed at each vertical edge wlth a rearwardly projecting flange which engages one which rigidly fasten together said panel flanges and the pilaster-portions which such flanges abut, which locks are desirably accessible through the open rear of the p1- laster; and I desirably provide a removable cover-section which closes .the open rear of each pilaster. and conceals the locks.

The locks which I find most effective, and which are a. most important feature of my invention, consist of. received in suitable holes in fingers projecting through "slots in the member adjacent to the wedge-keys and suitably anchored to the other of the two members to be locked together. These fingers are de sirably formed on separate members from the two which are to be" locked together, and most desirably with two fingers prowall. of the rabbet; and I provlde locks wedge-keys which are jecting from the two ends of a single lockbar through two spaced sets of registering holes in the two members to be locked together, with a wedge-key co-operating with each of said fingers. J

The accompanying drawing illustrates my lnvention: Fig. 1 is a front perspective view of a partition constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a fragmentary perspective view, on a larger scale, of the rear of said partition, showing the arrangement of pilasters, panels, and locks;

1g. 3.,is a vertical section through one of the pilasters' of Figs. 1 and 2,. substantially on the line 3-3 of Fig. 4; Fig. 4 is a horizontal section, on a somewhat larger scalethan Fig. 3, on the line 44 of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a fragmental vertical section on the l1 ne 5'5 of Fig. 4; Fig. 6 is a perspective View of the cover plate for the open rear .of a pllaster; Fig. 7 is a perspective view of one of the lock bars; and Fig. 8 is a perspective view of one of the wedge-keys. x

The partition is made up of a series of vertical pilasters 10, spaced apart, to receive panel sections of various sorts between them. These panel sections may include blank panels 11, Window 13, drop-slot panels 14, or various other types of panels, which may be built up in various ways between the pilasters 10.

Each pilaster 10 is desirably made of sheet-metal, folded on vertical lines into the shape best shown in Figs. 2 and 4. That is,

the two edges of which side-face portions 18 pro ect rearward; and from the rear edgesof said side-face portions 18 portions panels 12, lock-box panels the pilaster has a front-face portion 17 from 19 project toward each other parallel to;

which a vertical edge of a panel section is received.

The panel sections are also conveniently made of sheet metal, with such other parts though that is not necessary.

part of the body portion of the panel which is seated in the rabbet formed by the pi-' laster portions 19 and 20. Thus the face portionof each panel overlaps the -pilaster, within the rabbet 19-20, so that there are no light-openings at the edges of the pilaster; as is so frequently the case inprevious constructions.

The panel sections mayalso be provided with rearward flanges 26 at their horizontal edges, whereby vertically superposed pan els between the same pair of pilasters 10 may rest upon one another by said flanges 26 Desirably, such abutting flanges26 are suitably fastened together, as by screws 27;

The flanges 26 may extend horizontally almost to the flanges 25, and beyond the side-face portions 18 of the co-operating pilasters, to facilitate making the partition light-tight at joints between superposed panel sections. .These joints may be concealed, if desired, by horizontal joint-covering strips 28 (Fig. 1) fastened to one of two vertically adjacent panel sect-ions and overlapping the other. These "strips 28 are also of advantage in positioning the panel sectionsin assembling the par; tition.

The panels and the pilasters are locked together where they meet in the verfiical rabbets at the rear vertical edges of the pilasters. -This' locking is desirably between the flanges 25 and the pilaster-portions 20. The

. look I prefer is that shown in detail in Figs. 4, 5, 7, and 8;. This lock comprises a lock-bar 30, formed of sheet-metal,- with both ends turned at right angles to the base to form fingers 31 through which fingers are holes .32, desirably rectangular holes. The flanges 25 and pilaster-portions 20 are provided with registering holes 33 of proper size and shape to receive the fingers 31; and

.1 two sets of registering holes 33 are vertically spaced apart to correspond to-t-he distance between fingers 31 on a lock-bar 30; This makes it possible for the two fingers 31- of a lock-bar to be passed through two sets ofv registering holes 33, and for the base of the lock-bar to lie flat against the flange 25. The fingers 31 of the lock-bar project through both theflange 25 and the pilasterportlon 20, and beyond the face of the latter.; so that the holes 32 in said fingers mayrecelve wedge-keys 34. These wedge-keys are also deslrably punched from sheet-metal, and are preferably of the shape shown'in Fig, 8; with a flat edge-face 35 for bearing agamst the face of the pilasterort-ion 20, awedging face 36 oblique tothe ace 35 and arranged to co-operate'wedgingly with the hole 32, an obliquely out-turned toe 37 for. facilitating insertion of the wedge-key into the hole 32, and at the top a laterally projecting head 38 projecting outward beyond the face 36' to facilitate handling. parts of the key preferably lie ln'a single plane. 1

All the- When the lock-bars 30 are put in place i with their fingers 31 through registering holes 33 ofthe flanges 25 and pilaster-portions 20, and wedge-keys 34 are dropped into I the holes 32 of both fingers 31 of a lock bar,

the driving home of the wedge-keys firmly locks together the flanges portions 20, and unites the panel section the pilaster most rigidly. s If desired, ornamental cornices 40, moldings 41', and base boards 42, conveniently 25 and pilaster-' formed of sheet-metal, or other ornaments,

may be attached to the faces of the pilaster and of thepanel sections. v A' convenlent attaching means is by a lock somewhat similar to that-by which the panels-and pilasters are interconnected; as by having lock pieces 43 located within said ornaments, with fingers 44 projecting therefrom through the faces'of the pilasters or panels much as the fingers 31 project through theflanges 25 and pilaster-portions 20. The fin rs 44 are provided with holes similar to t e holes 32, for receiving wedge-keys 34. The locking pieces 43 may be separate from the ornaments which they attach to-.the partition, or may be integral parts of said ornaments. After the partition has been assembled, I

prefer to close the open rear of each pilaster '10 by a suitable channel-shaped cover-section 50, of sufficient width to receive within them the flanges .25, the pilaster- portions 20 and 21, the lock-bars *30, and the wedgekeys 34, associated with that pilaster. This is clear from Fig. 4. To hold-the coversection 50 in lace, I provide it with holes 51 to permit the passage of screws 52 therethrough -into co-o ration with threaded holes in up-turned flanges 53 in cross angleirons 54 bearing against the inner faces of the pilaster-portions 21. Access may be ob-' tained to the various wedge-keys. 34 by simply removing the screws 52 and thus taking off the cover late 50.

I It is possi le to remove and replace any panel section without-disturbing the 'pilasters or any of the other panel sections. To do this, the rover-sections 50 overlapping- ,the ends of that panel section are first re- 'moved as above outlined; then the screws 27 by, which. that anel section. is attached to its vertical-neig bors are removed; and then the wedge-keys '34 associated with that panel section are knocked out, and the lock-bars 3Q co-operating with those wedge-keys are removed: It is now possible to draw the desired panel section freely backward out of its position, for it is now wholly released. A

panel section may be put in place by reversui'g this sequence. This facilitates labor and replacement of parts.

-'-I claim as my invention:

1. A sectional partition, com rising a plurality of vertical pilasters havingvertical rabbets at their rear vertical corners, one or more panel sections each extendi between adjacent ilasters and seated at the vertical edges in t e adjacent rabbets of said pilasters, and locks for securing the panel sections and pilasters together.

2. A sectional partition, comprising a plurality of vertical pilasters having vertical rabbets at their rear vertical corners, one or more panel sections each extending between adjacent pilasters and seated at the vertical edges in the adjacent rabbets of said pilasters, said panel sections having rearwardly projecting flanges at said edges in' said rabbets, and locks between said flgnges and the rabbet-walls which they a at.

' 3. A sectional partition, comprising a pluralit of vertical pilasters having vertical ralzbets at their rear vertical corners, one or more panel sections each extending between adjacent pilasters and seated at the vertical edges in the adjacent rabbets of said pilasters, said panel section having, rearwardly projecting flanges at both its vertical and its horizontal edges, and locks between the flanges at the vertical edges and the rabbet-walls which those flanges abut.

, 4. A sectional partition as set forth in claim 1, with the addition that said pilasters are hollow and of sheet metal and are open at the rear, and that said locks include means within said pilasters and accessible from the open rear of the latter.

5. A sectional partition as set forth in claim 1, with the addition that said pilasters are hollow and are open at the rear, and that said locks include means within said pilasters and accessible from the open rear of the latter.

.6. A sectional partition as set forth in claim 1, with the addition that said pilasters are hollow, and are open at the rear, and that said locks include means within said pilasters and accessible from the open rear of the latter, and a removable cover section for the open rear of each partition.

.7. A sectional partition as set forth in claim 1, with the addition that both said a lock-bar having a pilasters and said panel sections are of sheet metal.

8. A sectional partition as set .forth in claim 3, with the addition that the flanges at the horizontal edges of the panel sections extend'into the rabbets of the pilasters.

9. A sectional partition as set forth in claim 1, with the addition that said pilasters are hollow and are open at the rear, and that said locks include means within said pilasters and accessible from the open rear of the latter, and a removable cover section of channel cross-section for closing the open rear of each pilaster and concealing said locks.

10. A lock for fastening sheet-metal sections together, comprising a lock bar having at its ends transverse fingers projecting from the same side of the lock bar, said fingers having holes through them, and wedge-keys adapted to be received in said holes, said wedge-keys being in a plane perpendicular to that of said lock bar.

11. The lock set forth in claim 10, with the addition that said wedge-keys have obliquely out-bent toes.

12. The lock set forth in claim 10, with the addition that said Wedge-keys have laterally projecting heads.

13. The lock set forth in claim 10, with the addition that said wedgekeys' have obliquely out-bent toes and laterally projecting heads.

14. In combination, two abutting sheetmetal sections to be fastened together, said sections having registering holes, a lockbar having a part adapted to bear against the face of one of said sections and a perforated finger for passing through said registering holes, and a wedge-key for passing through said perforated finger.

15. In combination, two abutting sheetmetal sections to be fastened together, said sections having two sets of registering holes, part adapted tobear against the face of one of said sections and a pair of perforated fingers for passing through the respective sets of registerin holes, and wedge-keys for passing througli said perforated fingers. a

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Indianapolis, Indiana, this 15th day of September, A. D. one thousand nine hundred and twenty four.

MARTIN BOHN.

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