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UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.
LAURENCE E. JONES, OF BRIDGEPORT, TEXAS.
LACE-RACK.1,074,796.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, LAURENCE E. JONES,
a citizen of'the United States, residing at
Bridgeport, in the county of Wise-and State
5 of Texas, have invented certain new and
useful Imiprovements in Lace-Racks, of
which the following is a specification.
This invention relates to lace racks.
One object is to provide a. lace rack em-
10 bodying among other characteristics means
whereby lace boards may be expeditiously
and systematically filed away and readily lo-
cated when desired so as to obviate loss of
time in handling the lace goods when dis-
15 closing the same to the-public in stores and
other places.
Any method of filing away the lace boards
with the lace thereon may be followed in the
use of my improved rack but one object of
20 the invention resides in the provision of ia
rack embodying a plurality- of compart-
ments in which the lace boards may be filed
systematically and readily removed from
the rack.
25 Another object resides in the provision of
a slidable rack whose base may be fastened
or mov: ')ly mounted on a counter or in a
cabinet with means provided whereby the
slidable movement of the rack may be
30 easily -and readily effected without danger
of the rack becoming displaced with rela-
tion to its base or from becoming laterally
shifted off of the tracks over wiich it is
preferably adapted to slide.
35 With the above and other objects in view
the present invention consists in the combi-
nation and arrangement of parts herein-
after more fully described, illustrated in the
accompanying drawings, and particularly
40 pointed out in the appended claims, it being
understood that changes may be made in the
form, proportion, size and minor details
without departing from the spirit or sacri-
ficing any of the advantages of the invention.
45 In the drawings: Figure 1 is a. side ele-
vation of the invention illustrating its base
in section with dotted lines showing the po-
sition of the rack in its outermiost position.
Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the invention.
50 Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail sectional view
illustrating the track and roller connection
between the rack and its base. Fig. 4 is a
detailed face view of one of the card boards
preferably used by me.
55 Referring now more particularly to the
accompanying drawings, the reference char-patented Oct. 7,1913.
acter A indicates a base board including sides
10 which are connected at their ends by the
end members 11 and 12 and which has
formed preferably at each corner an aper- 60
ture 13 through which any suitable fasten-
ings (not shown) may be passed for securing
the base A fixedly to a counter, shelf or other-
suitable support.
Mounted in any suitable manner on the 65
side sills 10 of the base A are spaced parallel
tracks 14 for a purpose presently explained
and secured in any suitable manner to the
outer side faces of the side sills 10 are metal-
lic or other plates 15 which have their upper 70
edges bent to form flanges 16 disposed in
spaced relation to the .base of the plate 15
so as to form channels 17 for a purpose
presently explained.
On the base just described I provide a 7
carriage body B on which I provide a suit-
able lace rack. The carriage body prefer-
ably consists of side sills 18 and front and
rear connecting pieces 19'and 20, there being
brackets 21 preferably secured to the under so
sides of the :-3e sills 18 in which are jour-
naled rollers 22 adapted to ride upon the
tracks 14 on the base A. These brackets 21
preferably extend downwardly below the
rollers or wheels 22 so that their lower ends 85
may engage upon opposite sides of the tracks
14 to prevent the wheels or rollers 22'from
becoming displaced laterally with respect
to the tracks 14 and whereby a true sliding
movement of the carriage B on the tracks 14 go
is insured. To further aid in maintaining a
true sliding movement of the carriage and
to prevent lateral displacement thereof with
relation to the tracks 14, I preferably mount
in suitable boxings 23, it the rear end of the 95
carriage B, rollers 24 which are adapted 'to
roll against the under edge of the flange por-
tion 16 of the side plates 15, the boxings 23
each having a projecting portion 25 extend-
ing upwardly' into the channels 17, and joo
whereby a free and easy movement of the
carriage is facilitated and the brackets 21
reinforced in the matter of preventing
lateral displacement of the carriage with
relation to the-tracks 14 on the base A. -os
On the carriage B I .provide a plurality
'of separate rack compartments into which
mnay be inserted the card boards C on which
laces of various colors and designs may be
wound in any suitable manner and into no
which compartments the lace boards with
the lace thereon may be systematicallySpecification of Letters Patent.
Application Sled. August 3, 1912. Serial No. 713,183.
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Jones, Laurence E. Lace-Rack., patent, August 3, 1912; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth853882/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.