US813501A - Bracket. - Google Patents

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No. 813,501. PATENTED FEB. 27, 1906.

v H. F. KEIL.

BRACKET. APPLICATION FILED 11u27, 1904.

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BRACKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 27, 1906.

Application tiled May 27, 1904. Serial No. 210,144.

T0 @ZZ whom it maf/y con/cern:

Be it known that I, HENRY FRANCIS KEIL, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Bronxville, in the county of Westchester and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Bracket, of which the following is a specification, the same being a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to articles constructed and arranged to serve as supporting plates orl arms and provided with means to sustain shelves, &c., and also having engaging means whereby the same maybe secured to a suitable back bar, channel-plate, or 'other.support; and it has for its object the production of a` structure formed of sheet metal and stamped out in order to provide a light as well as strong and durable, although inexpensive, metal bracket.

With this object in view the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combination and arrangement of parts, all of which will be hereinafter described, and specifically pointed out in the drawings which accompany and form a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a bracket and support constructed according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a view in section, taken on the line 3 3, Fig. 2, Fig. 4 is a view in section, taken on the line 4 4, Fig. l. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of a bracket embodying my invention. Fig. 6 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 6a is a view in detail of the end of my bracket; and Figs. 7, 8, and 9 are respectively a side elevation, a front elevation, and a plan view of another bracket made according to my invention.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in all the views.

Referring particularly to the drawings, A denotes my bracket-arm, having a plate A of greater thickness than the bracket-arm and located rearward of the same, the bracketarm having rearwardly extending shouldered extensions or projections a2, terminating in enlarged heads A2. The rear portion of the bracket is formed with an orifice a ordinarily punched out of the same and located between the projections a2, and an independent plate A has formed in it a threaded hole (located between openings in the plate A for the shouldered portions a2) communicating with the orifice a, in which hole a knob or set-screw B, having a screw-threaded shank l) (to bear on the support C) and wrench-holes b, works. The shoulders a2 extend out from the edge of the bracket-arm A adjacent to the plate A in order to engage the openings al ofthe steadying-plate A and to prevent the center of the same from being sprung inward or bent out of its normal position when the knob or set-screw B is manipulated and the shank l) thereof pressed against the back bar or support C, which latter is formed with orifices in which the heads A2 are entered.

Near the edge of the bracket and adjacent to the recess a5 are formed means to engage with the C-shaped spring clamp or rest D, as lateral teeth, prongs, or projections a7, which are made by indenting one face of the bracketarm, and thus causing lips, lugs, or projections to appear on the other side face thereof, and I also provide the recess a5 in the top edge of the bracket-arm, whereby the upper face of the said clamp or rest D may preferably be on a level with the supporting edge of the bracket-arm, and a stop may be formed by the recess-shoulder a for the adjustable clamp or rest.

Other clamp engaging means than the teethA a7 may consist of the humps a4, formed by the metal being forced down from the edge or resess of the bracket-arm. The spring clamp or rest D, which is seated withvin the recess 0.5 and movable therein, preferably consists of a flat top face and a slotted bottom portion, thus forming a hollow or grooved clamp or rest, the jaws of which engage the side faces of the bracket-arm and are passed under and cover or inclose and engage the lower portions of the laterally-disposed projections a4 or a on opposite sides of the bracket-arm, whereby the clamp or rest is securely held to a part located adjacent to the'same, as the shelf-boards E or other device, which may be rigidly fastened to the clamps D by means of screws F or like devices passed through the orifices d or slots d', formed in the clamp or rest, the screws F thus serving as means to compress the spring jaws and body of the clamp or rest toward each other and to hold the same rigidly against the lateral projections a4 or a7, whereby the bracket-arm, clamp, or rest and the part engaged therewith may be securely fastened together. The shelves placed upon IOO lIO

the said clamps or rests are preferably separated by means of the vertical lug or lip d2, rising from the top face of the sai clamp or rest, which thus constitutes a guide and a separating device for the adjacent shelves.

In Figs. 7, 8, and 9 another style of bracketarm alo is shown, in which the supporting devices, consisting of the shelf-boards E, are secured to the top of the bracket-arm by means of the clamps or rests D, screws F, and the laterally-disposed projections a7, formed by indentations made in the op osite faces of the bracket-arm, and the brac et itself is sustained by the primary supporting device, consisting of the Walls G1", by means of the clam s D, projections a7, and screws F.

at I claim as my invention is- 1. The combination, with ahollow support, having suitable spaced openings in its front wall, of a bracket-arm having shouldered projections on its rear end and an oriiice between said projections, a plate of greater width than the thickness of the arm, said plate havin openings therein and a screwthreaded ho e between the said openings, the projections on the arm passing through the openings in the plate and support and provided with suitable heads, and a set-screw located in said orifice engaging with the screw-threaded holein the plate and bearing on the support.

2. The combination, with a bracket-arm having a recess formed in its edge, and lateral projections adjacent said recess, of a clamp or rest adapted to be seated within said recess and movable therein to engage said projections, andhaving holes to receive screws or other like devices.

3. A bracket-arm having lateral disposed projections formed below and near the upper edge thereof, in combination with a springclamp, the top portion of which lies across and 1n a plane with the edge of the bracketarm, and the lower parts or jaws of which cover and inclose the said projections, the said spring-clamp having a lug or lip to serve as a separating device for two adjacent articles supported by the said bracket.

4. A bracket-arm having laterally-disposed projections formed near the edge thereof, in combination with a C-shaped spring clamp or rest, the jaws of which are constructed and arranged to engage the lower part of the said laterally-disposed projections on opposite sides of the bracket-arm, the said clamp being also formed with openings extending through the same, a part with which the said clamp or rest may be engaged, and screws to compress the body and jaws of the said clamp toward eac'h other and thereby fasten the said part, bracket-arm and clamp or rest together.

In testimony of the foregoing specification I do hereby sign the same, in the city of New York, county and State of New York, this 3d day of May, 1904.

HENRY FRANCIS KEIL.

Witnesses:

H. BAMMANN, DIEDRICH STEGEN.

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