US1676373A - Division-board support - Google Patents

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Patented July 10, 1 928."

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. ALBERT M. mm; orisrrrrnvionn, MARYLAND, nssienon, BY'MEsnnnssienMENTs;' i "r GRAND n'Arrns s'roRE EQU PMENT CGRPORATIOAL'OE ennui) RAPIDS, MICHI- DIVISION-IBQARD surronr. f

Application iea'september 5,1924..- Serial m. 736,193. Y 1

This invention is a device for supporting the endof a division board, of the type em-,

device being constructed to have slidable en-.

gagemeritQwith a division wall. AQfurther,

vice so constructed that when the division board is in place, said device 1s completely a drawer having the invention applied thereconcealed from view, and there are no ex posed parts which might catch or injure fine fabrics, while they are. being placed into or removed from the compartments of the drawer.

The invention will be fully set forth and- I stood, of course, that two of the supporting particularly pointed out in the claims. I In the accompanying draw1 ngs:

F igure 1 1s a perspective View illustrating the use of the invention. Figure 3 is a perspective vlew of the supporting device.

' Figure 4 is a sectional view on the line 4-4,

Figure 3. Figure his a perspective view of a slight modlfication. I

Referring to the drawing, 10 designates a drawer or other receptacle provided with the device, but atright angles to -the. plane.

side and end wallsll and 10 respectively, and divided into compartments 12, by means of division boards 13. v V The division boards are held in place by. suitable supporting devices the form of which as illustrated in Figures 2, 3, and 4,

consists of a strip of'metal, the middle por 'tion'ofwhich is bent back'upon itself to form a middle guide portion 15. Contiguous to the ends of the body of the device, the material is flattened as indicated at 16, to provide bearing portions .lying in approximately the same plane as the rear edge of Figure 2 is an enlarged detail sectional H of the guide portion, The extremities of i I the bearing portions v 16 are bent overat rightangles, and shaped to provide prongs 17, capable of beingdriven into the wood constituting the side or end walls of the drawer, or into the surfaceof apart tion, as

the case maybe. The bearing portions 16 prov de suflicient surface toprevent, turning of the support whenin use.

portion -1 5,"a'nd :that the prongs 17; he in. planes at rightangles. to. the QbearingporT tions, and alsoat;v right angles to the guide portion. "Thedivision boards are provided with grooves19 inftheir endedges, tore ceive the gaid 'pbaipn 15.1

In practice, the prongs 17 are so disposed that their planes will'normally lie parallel with the grain of the Wood of the wall into which they are to-be driven. The devices may be readily secured in any desired position by driving the prongs 17 into the se-' lectedsupporting surface. It is to be underdevices will be provided'for each division so, that the groovedends of the division board may be engaged therewith or disen-- gaged therefrom by a sliding movement...

In the modification illustrated in Figure 5 the body of the support is made of flat .shect metal 20, having punched out guide portions 21, and provided with attachingu prongs 22. This device isusedin, identis cally the same manner as that illustrated in;

the form previously described except that the punched out portions serve as the guide means to engage the groove portion l8of the division board, and the rear face of the strip between the protubera'nces21, constitute bearing portions. 7

The advantages of the invention will be" readily understood by-those skilled inthe art :to which it-belongs. or instance, it is obvious thatthe supporting devices maybe driven'into the wood at any desired: point.

all thatis necessary isto pry the prongs out of engagement and to drive them in at the new or selected position. An important advantage is that when the device is in use it is completely concealed by the division board, so that there are no projecting portions whatever, which may catch into line fabrics which may be stored into the compartments. 1 s 7 Another advantage is that the prongs are so positioned that they will lie with the grain of the wood into which they are driven, and tendency to split the Vwood is 7 thereby materially reduced.

Having thus explained the nature of the invention and described an operative manner of constructing and using the same,

strip provided with a portion intermediate between its ends bent back upon itself to form a guide, said strip also having rearwardly projected approximately parallel attaching prongs at its ends, and widened bearing portions contiguous to the ends of said bent back portions. V

3. A division board support comprising a strip of metal provided with a portion intermediate between its ends bent back upon itself to form a guide, the ends of said strip being widened with respect to the guide to provide relatively wide fiat bearing portions, the end extremities of the strip being provided with rearwardly projected approximately parallel penetrating prongs.

i. A division board support comprising a body provided with a guide portion inter- Inediate between its ends and laterally disposed bearing portions at the ends in a plane at right angles to the guide portion, said bearing portions, having prongs arranged in planes at right angles to the plane of the main parts of the bearing portions, and also at right angles to the plane'of the guide portion.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

ALBERT WOLTZ

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