US2570054A - Magazine cabinet having tiltable receptacles - Google Patents

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Oct. 2, 1951 Q C, GARDNER 2,570,054

MAGAZINE CABINET HAVING TILTABLE RECEPTACLES Filed Sept. 15, 1948 Patented Oct. 2, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE MAGAZINE CABINET HAVING TILTABLE RECEPTACLES Claims.

This invention relates to a magazine cabinet, and has for its principal object the provision of an easily rotatable and openable and closable cabinet, having a plurality of magazine receiving racks provided therein in circumferentially spaced relation, adapted to contain different magazines, the names of which may, if desired, be placed on suitable legends printed on the outside of the cabinet, so that any one of the magazines is instantly accessible for removal when the cabinet has been turned to the correct position and opened, and yet all of the magazines are concealed from View when the cabinet is closed, thus avoiding the unsightliness commonly associated with many conventional magazine racks, in which the magazines are left exposed, and protecting the magazines from dust and the likelihood of soiling due to handling by little children.

A salient feature of the present device is the provision of door elements that are arranged to be swung outwardly from a closed position relative to the body df the cabinet, each being slidably connected on the inner side with a receptacle element for a magazine, one of these slidably connected elements being hinged relative to the cabinet and the other element being operatively connected with a sleeve slidable on the lamp standard, on which the cabinet is mounted for rotation, in such a way that when the sleeve is moved endwise in one direction the door is swung open and relative sliding movement occurs between the door and the receptacle to expose the upper end of the magazine for easy removal, the door and receptacle being returned to their normal relationship in the closing of the door upon movement of the sleeve endwise in the opposite direction. In the present case, the receptacles are hinged on the cabinet and the doors slide up and down thereon, downwardly in opening and upwardly in closing.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- Fig. 1 is a vertical section through a cabinet made in accordance with my invention, showing the doors closed;

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. l, but showing the door opened and slid down to expose a magazine or magazines in the receptacle;

Fig. 3 is a section on line 3 3 of Fig. l with a portion of the receptacle broken away to show the sliding connections lbetween the door and receptacle;

Fig. 4 is a plan view of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional detail on line 5--5 of Fig. 3, and

Fig. `6 is a detail on line @-6 of Fig. 1.

The same reference numerals are applied to corresponding parts throughout the views.

Referring to the drawing, the lamp forming a part of this combination device comprises a tubular standard 9, on a base lll, through which wires are extended in the usual way to the socket for the electric light bulb. The cabinet l5 is rotatable about the standard 9 as an axis, the top I6 and bottom l1 having center holes I8 and I9 through which the standard 9 extends, and the bottom I'l resting on a spool 20, which spaces the cabinet in a predetermined elevated relation to the base I0. 2| is a metal collar suitablysecured to the top I6 of the cabinet at the center, through which a sleeve 22 is slidable in telescoping relation to the standard 9. A knob 23 is preferably provided on the upper end of the sleeve Z2 to facilitate up and down movement thereof. The sleeve 22 is pivotally connected at its lower end with rocker arms 5l, as at 58. one of these arms being provided for each of the plurality of door and receptacle assemblies, and the arms being forked at their outer ends 59 and pivotally connected, as at 60, to the inner sides of the doors 21a. The rocker arms 5l are adjustable in length, as indicated at 6l, so as to enable accurately fitting each door to close properly. Links 62 pivoted to the bottom of the cabinet at 63 provide oscillating support at their upper ends for the rocker arms 5l, as indicated at 64. The receptacles 45a, which are hinged at their lower ends, as at 65, to the bottom of the cabinet, have the door panels 21a slidably mounted thereon, as by means of screws 66 on the doors entered in vertical slots 61 provided in outwardly projecting beads 68 formed on the front walls of the sheet metal bodies of the receptacles 45a, these beads serving to space the door panels from the front of the receptacles and provide low friction sled runners or skids on which the door panels may slide up and down easily and noiselessly. Three beads are provided on each receptacle front wall, as appears in Fig. 3, spaced and arranged in the manner shown so as to avoid likelihood of any binding action. The front and side walls of each receptacle are formed from a single piece of sheet metal, the side walls being bent inwardly at the back, as at 69, and suitably fastened to the wooden back wall l0, and there being also a wooden bottom wall 'll suitably fastened to the lower end of the back wall and to the rest of the receptacle.` The back wall` l0 proiects high enough to nearly reach the top I6 of the cabinety and shut off theview into the interior of the cabinet when the doors are opened and the receptacles swung outwardly to operative position, as in Fig. 2. It is clear from Figs. 1 and 2 that to slide open the doors and swing out the receptacles one need only raise knob to raise sleeve 22 as in Fig. `2. Upward movement of sleeve 22 is shown as positively limited by a flexible chain 'l2 attached at one end to the sleeve and at its other end to a bracket 'I3 fastened to the bottom il of the cabinet. This same bracket cooperates with a radially projecting lug 'lll provided on the lower end of sleeve 22 to lock the cabinet doors closed automatically when the sleeve 22 is moved down as far as it can go, the lug F4 being then engageable in a notch l5 provided in the vertical leg of the bracket, as shown in Fig. 6. To unlock and open the cabinet, one merely turns and lifts knob 23. The top of the vertical leg of bracket 'i3 is inclined, as at lil, so as to guide the lug Hl automatically toward the notched side of the bracket, the sleeve 22 normally occupying la position of rotation wherein the lug M naturally enters the notch 15, and there being enough give and resilience in the structure and looseness in the various joints to permit the sleeve 2,2 to be turned through such a small angularity in locking and unlocking the cabinet.

The operation of this cabinet is believed to be clear from the foregoing description. Although, of course, thev cabinet l 5 is intended primarily for storage of magazines, it will be apparent that there. is adequate space left inside the cabinet for storage and safe keeping of other things, and with that thought in mind the screws or pins 50, which pivotally connect the arms 59 to the doors 21a, may be made easily removable to permit swinging anyone of the doors 2in, outwardly from the opened position, shown in Fig. 2, so as to permit placing articles in or removing articles from the inner confines of the cabinet. It should be evident that with the present construction it requires very little effort to open and close the doors, the receptacles 45a which are sometimes loaded with heavy magazines being merely oscillated, the door panels, which are much lighter than the loaded receptacles, being the parts that are slid up and down. In this construction a locking action at one eXtreme of movement is suiiicient, there being no need of locking the doors inlowered position. It is also considered to be rather advantageous that in this construction the magazines always stay on their original level below the top of the cabinet throughout the operation, there being nothing raised above the level of the cabinet top, the slidable door panels being slid downwardly in opening.

Itri is believed the foregoing description conveys a good understanding of the objects and advantages of my invention. The appended claimsA have been drawn to cover all legitimate modifications and adaptations.

I claim:

l. A device of the character described, comprising a base, a standard supported thereon, a cabinet supported on said standard and having a plurality of receptacles on the outer sides thereof which are hinged to the cabinet by their lower portions to swing outwardly to afford access to magazines and the like placed therein, closures forl the cabinet slidable up and down on the outer sidesofsaid receptacles,v and a central operator for, said receptacles and closures operatively. connected with theclosures and moi/ably mounted on said standard, and, arranged to swing theremounted in said cabinet and oscillatable to and from a magazine dispensing position, closures on the outer sides of said cabinet slidably connected to said receptacles for Yup and down movement, a sleeve serving as a central operator for said closures mounted in telescoping relation to said standard and movable endwise and rotatively relativethereto, and rocker elements pivotally mounted intermediate their ends on supports cs cillatably mounted in the cabinet, gsaid rocker elements. providing operating connections between said sleeve and said closures, whereby said closures are opened and closed by endwise movement of said sleeve and the receptacles are moved to and from dispensing position.

4. A device of the character described, comprising a vase, a standard supported thereon, a cabinet rotatably supported on said standard for storage of magazines and the like and having a plurality of receptaclestherein for the magazines hinged by their lower end portions to. the cabinet to swing outwardly to a magazine dispensing position, closures for the cabinet attached to and slidable up and down on the outer sides of said receptacles, a sleeve serving as a central operator for said closures mounted in telescoping relation to said standard and movable endwise and rotatively relative thereto, and operating connections between saidA sleeve and said closures,r whereby saidY receptacles are swung outwardly and the closures are simultaneously slid downwardly by endwise movement of said sleeve in'one direction, and vice versa.

5. A device ofthe character described, comprising aV base, a standard supported thereon, a cabinet supported on said standard and having a plurality of doors on the outer sidesv thereof which, when opened, alford access to magazines and the like stored in the cabinet, receptacles for magazines and the like hinged in the cabinet and havingv said, doors slidably mounted on the outer sides thereof, and a single operating means operatively associated with all of said receptacles and doors to swing all -of said receptacles simultaneously outwardly to magazine dispensing positions and slide said doors in one direction. in the movement of said operating means in one direction, and vice versa.

6. A device of thecharacter-described, comprising a base, a standard supported thereon, a cabinet supportedon said standard and having a plurality of doors on the outer sides thereof which, when opened, afford access to magazines and the like stored in the cabinet, receptacles for magazines and the like hinged in the cabinetand having said doors slidably mounted on the outer sides thereof, andV a single operating means operatively associated with all of said receptacles and doors to swing all of said receptacles simultaneously outwardly to magazine dispensing positions and slide said doors in one direction in the movement of said operating means in one direction, and vice versa, said cabinet being rotatable relative to said standard to position any one of said receptacles adjacent an operators station, and

5 said operating means being so arranged that it is operative from the operators station with equal facility with said cabinet in any position of rotation.

7. In a rotatable filing device of the character described, a supporting standard, a cabinet rotatable thereon as an axis land having a receptacle on the radially outer side arranged to swing outwardly to afford access to articles placed therein, a closure slidable endwise with respect to said receptacle, and a central operator operatively connected with the closure and movably mounted on said standard and arranged to swing the receptacle outwardly and move the closure endwise simultaneously.

8. A device as set forth in claim 7, including means for releasably locking the central operator in an extreme position. v

9. In a cabinet of the character described, a housing having an opening, a, receptacle hinged at its lower end on said housing partially to close said opening, a closure attached to and slidable up and down on the outer side of said receptacle, a throw-out arm pivoted intermediate its ends with respect to the receptacle and at its outer end to the closure to swing the receptacle outwardly -and slide the door downwardly, and means operable from outside said housing and connected withthe inner end of said throw-out arm to rock the same.

10. A device as set forth in claim 3, wherein the rocker elements are of adjustably fixed length, whereby to enable accurately fitting each closure to close properly.

CLAIR C. GARDNER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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