US1733565A - Watch-crystal tray - Google Patents

Description

Oct. 29, 1929. T. ToBlTA WATCH CRYSTAL TRAY Filed Nov. 19. 1928 v 1N VENTO/e. 7'05/7/0 Tab/af 15u/: AT RNEYS.

Patented Oct. 29,

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TOSHIO TOBITA', NEW YORK, N. Y.

v WATCH-CRYSTAL TRAY Applieatzion filed November 19, 192.8. Serial No. 320,277.

n invention a tray adapted to be used yby jewelers, Watchmaliersyand so orth7 for holding Watch crystals or glasses in a conlyenlinrt and 'accessible manner so that `they maybe maintained in classiiied order therehy (en ahlin and to p i 'i k i i the'rnto be selectively ufitlidravvn ticular `Watch lo'kezels. Trays of thecharacter under consideration are generallyiittedin aL suitable cabinet sfofthat the ,watch Crystal Withdrawn andthe ysfseiecwted as state'dQ tray [4t-file etw-110115 Si, yin the' .respective The presea .iirte y e upoii .the Watch Cri/Stal tray described, .111 my hs and shapes are cla'lssiiied ompartments.'

is an improvement retenue. 1,625,754gesueigo April 19,1927. trayfdisclosed rthereinis divided into compartment bymeansoi: front 'to `rear and transverselyextending partitions andiii each of theseI compartments is positioned a yfiller piece. lThe partitions extend `or the full an d are

depth of the. ,tray several partitions y the top of the'tray'.

"structyed of `Wood and is provi/ded with the upper 'ledges of the Hush with the plane of The filler piece is coningupper surface andthese filler piecesl` are litted'snugly into the respective compartments and are permanently` glued into position; 'Their purpose ni'oval oi crystals The prior construct isjto facilitate the rerom the eompartments.

ion to kwhich I have' referred has metivith inarlted approval'eommerelly vantage.

but has yene pronounced vdisad- 'lhat is to say ycrystals Vare generally elassiiied in accordance with shape and Size, mi these shapes and letters, numbers and n tic, tray aecordan i that'these designation dite the rselection of tal.. Styles in Watch @emmer Subject- #O l d, "in accordancey jvith sizes are identiii'ed by code our practice,

ames; and yitis the prac- /to niark the several compartments of the ce with these designations so s onthe tray `WilleXpethe appropriate cryscrystal's are,4 however, change and it is necesytering is obviated.

tions of th a slop- A sary to frequently add different sizes and and yshapes and to substitute such shapes vfor those previously in vogue. Viththepres'ent form of tray, they substitutionhor change is bothersome "as involves considerable Work `in rearrangement ofthe `orysftals infthe'lvarijustment of the sequence of 1nuiii ering or et- M "f 'La' yur :vii: ,ig

ventoh .is t Overcomeths. Pl'ovlSlOri. Of i tion wherein ",I am @pleito Obtain this result by a novel tray constructionhereinaftermore fully described. i Hovveve'i,A generally `stated5`tlie invention Consists making'transversepartitray 'somewhat ,lower thanz the front to rear partitions'and'also so constructing filler pieces'th'at they are detaelibly positioned yWithin" the respective"compartments and are forniedtooverlie the upperiedg'e of the' transverse partition :constituting the foriv'ard walhof'each co'rnpartn'ient.''v This ar` rangement permits iiller'l`piece`s` to *be individually removed together with all the crystais 'supported thereon so thatthelentire contents of each compartment canhe'invedivith the correspondingr filler piece and 'readily' shifted to 'soi'ne other compartment; At the same time the construction'of the lfiller pieces, as stated',-provides a'relatively extensive Hat surfaceon which identifying indicia, preferably printed upon a gummed sticker', can be secured,v sothat when the filler "piece'is re-V moved fronione compartment to ano`t-her,'tlie 'identifying characters' accompany 'such filler piece together with corresponding crystals.

' thecasual observer, the tray retains its conventional appearance.

Features of the invention other than those specified will be apparent from the following detailed description, from the accompanying drawings and the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown one practical form of the invention, but the showing therein made is to be understood as illustrative only and not as delining the limits of the invention.V

ing one corner of a tray embodying the present invention, the fillers being shown as omitted from three of the compartments tov more clearly show the invention;

Figure 2 is a vertical frontto rear section of the tray with the filler removed from the center compartment.; n

Figure 3 is a perspective view of one of the fillers. Y y Y n A The tray of the present invention is preferably made in the form of a relatively extensive shallow draweradapted to be associated with a suitable cabinet adapted to hold a 'number of such drawers. In the drawing, l

designates the front VVwall of the tray, 2 one of theside walls, and 3the bottom of the tray.

The tray isdivided transversely by front to rearr extending partitions 4 and from front to rear by transversely extending partitions 5. Partitions and 5 collectively serve to divide the confines of the tray into relatively small compartments adapted to serve as depositories for `watch crystals of assorted shapes and sizes, properly classified. It will be noted from Figure 2 in particular that the partions t extend upwardly from the bottom 3 to the plane of the top of tray whereas the partitions 5 are made somewhat lower in that they terminate in spaced relation tothe v upper edge of the partitions 4.

In each compartment is positioned a filler V7 of the character illustrated in Figure 3.

This filler is in the form of a wood block the base of which is substantially the same in Size and shape asthe floor of each compartment,

and the depth of each filler yis equalto the interior depth of the tray so that when the filler is positioned within the compartment it will overlie the entire bottom of the compartment and will extend upwardly to the plane of the topof the tray. The upper portion of the block from which each filler is formed is cut away as shown at 8 so as to provide an inclined concave surface although such surface may be inthe form of a straight inclined plane if desired. The purpose of the sloping surface is'to cause watch crystals deposited in the compartments and resting upon the surfaces of thel respective llers to cant and par. take of stepped relation in order to assure ed and the identifying their convenient removal. Wooden llers are employed in practice for the reason that wood has no tendency to scratch watch crystals. As stated the filler is made as deep as the interior depth of the tray, and each filler is formed-at its top with a forwardly extend ing flange 9 adapted when the filler is in place in the compartment to overlie the upper edge of the contiguous transverse partion 5 as clearly shown in Figure 2. This flange facilitates the removal of the filler from the compartment for it willrbe apparent from Figure 2 that by extending the flange as shown the upper portion of the filler can be Figure l is a fragmental perspective shoW- readily grasped when it is desired to lift the filler out of the compartment and move it to Aedge of each filler and on'this surface I preferably paste a gummed label bearing code numbers, letters or names appropriate to watch crystals adapted to be received in the corresponding compartment. When in the course of business, it becomes desirable to shift about the contents of the tray this can be readily accomplished by simply shifting the fillers from one compartment to another and in so doing the contents of the respective compartments will be correspondingly shiftdesignations on the gumned labels will accompany the crystals as they are shifted. There is therefore no possibility of confusion or improper classification suchas invariably occurs when crystals are shifted individually withconsequent necessity of re-marking compartments through the application of new or substituted stickers. Furthermore, with the arrangement described, the individual crystals require a minimum of handling and thus tendency to scratch the crystals is minimized. Y

The foregoing detailed description sets `forth the invention in its preferred practical form but the invention is to be understood as fully commensurate with the appended claim.

I claim- A watch crystal holder embodying a tray divided by a plurality of intersecting longitudinal and transverse partitions into a plurality of rectangular compartments, said longitudinal partitions extending for the full depth of the tray with their upper edges flush with the plane of the top o f the tray and the transverse partitions being of lesser height than the longitudinal partitions and with the upper edges ofthe transverse partitions spaced from the pla-ne of the top of the tray, a ller block rremovably seated in each compartment and the base of each filler block being co-extensive with and 4adapted to rest upon the bottom of the compartment, the forward portion of each block extending upwardly to substantially the plane of the TOSHIO TOBITA.

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