US2639037A - Storage and baler cabinet - Google Patents

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May 19, 1953 B. R. FRIEND STORAGE AND BALER CABINET Filed July 3, 1950 INVENTOR. Jaw/mm K. fig/tw hold newspaper and magazine baler.

Patented May 19, 1953 UNIT ED S TATES PAT E N T OFFICE STORAGE'AND BALLER' CABINET Benjamin R. Friend, Indianapolis, Ind.

Application July 3, 1950; Serial No.171'g897 1 Claim.

1 This invention relates to a storage and baler cabinet particularly adapted for use as a house- It is the purpose of the invention toprovide a cabinet structure in which newspapers, magazines and the like may be'k'e'pt for use as 'well as "for storage, and wherein the cabinet structure is such that upon an accumulation of such matter reaching the stage where it is desired. to dispose of it, it may be bundled or tied up as a bale Without removal from the shelf of the cabinet on which it normally reposes.

For this purpose there is associated with the cabinet of shelves as an article of furniture, a baling shelf and structure preferably at the top of the cabinet in which crisscross kerfs are arranged, mating centrally of the shelf and terminating at the ends and the rear thereof in merging relation with similar vertically-extending kerfs in the back and end walls, and wherein said vertically-extending lrerfs terminate at their lower end in an annular opening through which a ball of twine may be passed, and have associated with their upper ends transverse twine gripping slots.

The full nature of the invention will be understood from the accompanying drawings and the following description and claim:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the cabinet showing a series of storage shelves superimposed by the baler shelf and structure.

Fig. 2 is a plan view looking down on the cabinet.

Fig. 3 is a central vertical section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

In the drawings there is illustrated a cabinet i6 having a base l2 as an article of furniture, and which is adapted to provide storage shelves for socks, newspapers and periodicals through the medium of the adjustable lower shelves l3 and M.

The baler structure is provided at the top of the cabinet and includes a shelf assemblage IS in all respects similar to the usual shelves as indicated. at 3 and I4, other than said shelf assemblage It": is formed in four segments by the provision of the intersecting kerfs l6 and I! forming open slots extending throughout the full length and width of the shelf assemblage respectively. Said lrerfs join at the center of the shelf assemblage to provide a communicating central opening IS with the adjacent corners of the shelf segments rounded as indicated at IS. The several segments of the shelf assemblage are individually supported by suitable brackets, such as indicated at 20 to:provideindividualsupports therefor.

The lengthwise kerf i6 is in alignment and.

"communicates with the vertical kerfs or open slots 2| formed'centrally of theside walls 220i the cabinetuandopen to the upper edge thereof. The lower end of the kerfs 2i terminate in a circular opening 23 in each of the side walls, respectively. Said opening is of such size as to permit passage therethrough of the usual ball of binding twine 24, as indicated in Fig. 3. A similar upwardly extending kerf or open slot 25 is provided in the rear wall, which kerf is in line with and opens into the kerf l1. Said kerf is open at its upper end and terminates at its lower end in the circular opening 26 similar in all respects to the openings 23. In each of the side walls 22 adjacent the upper ends thereof there are provided opposed holding slots 21 into which the binding twine 28 may be passed for temporarily holding it in place as shown at the righthand side of Fig. 3.

Whereas the shelf assemblage l5 may be employed in the manner of any other shelf, such as shelves [3 and M, for reception of various articles, and particularly newspapers and periodicals indicated at 29, it serves as a part of a baler structure in the following manner: Upon accumulation of the periodicals 29, as shown in Fig. 3, and wherein it is desired to bale them, the free end of the binding twine 28 may be locked in one of the slots 21 and the twine drawn across the top of the periodicals to be baled, and downwardly along one side thereof through the kerf 21 in the opposite side wall 22 of the cabinet. The ball of twine may then be passed through the opposed openings 23 to the other side of the cabinet and drawn up through the kerf IE to the opposite upright kerf 2|. If only one loop of twine is desired, the free end may then be tied with the looped portion, the twine cut from the ball and the bale lifted from the shelf. On the other hand, as many loops as desired may be provided in the same manner by passing the ball or the like repeatedly through the openings 23 so that the twine is drawn about the stack of material to be baled through the kerfs I6 and 2|. However, it is usually desirable to wrap and tie the bale crosswise. Therefore, after there has been one or more loops made as above described, the twine may be looped about the top strand and passed through the kerf 25, kerf I1 and opening 26 in the back wall of the cabinet. The looping through said kerfs and opening may be repeated as many times as desired followed by the tying of the baling twine in the usual manner.

Whereas the manner of arranging and passing the twine about the material has been described as one example, it is obvious that the looping may be formed in any other sequence. After the desired binding loops have been made and the twine tied securely, the material in its bound an baled form may be readily lifted free of the shelf assemblage and cabinet.

The invention claimed is:

A baler comprising spaced parallel end walls, a back wall connecting said end walls, supporting shelves disposed below the upper edges of said end and back walls extending from one of said end walls toward the other end wall and two of said shelves being contiguous at one longitudinal edge with said back wall, said shelves having spaced longitudinal edges defining a first slot extending the entire thickness thereof and throughout the length thereof and from end to end and parallel to the outer longitudinal edges thereof, said shelves also having spaced lateral edges defining a second slot extending throughout the width thereof and intersecting said first slot, said end and back walls having slots extending 4 the entire thickness thereof and from their upper edges past and beyond said shelves, said latter slots communicating with said first and second slots, and said end and back walls having enlarged receiving openings for the human hand extending therethrough below said shelves and which open into lower ends of said end and back wall slots respectively, whereby a bundle supported on said shelves may be longitudinally and laterally overwrapped without interference by the baler structure.

BENJAMIN R. FRIEND.

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Schwenzer June 3, 1952

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