US1959778A - Display stand for merchandise - Google Patents

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May 22, 1934.. c. cHRlsTl-:NSEN 1,959,773

DISPLAY STAND FOR MERCHANDlSE Filed vMarch 5l, 1935 HfToR/VEY Patented May 22, 1934 [UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application March 31, 1933, Serial No. 663,691 In Denmark April 6, 1932 4 Claims.

It is well known to produce display stands by means of which heavy rolls of merchandise, for instance rolls of linoleum, oilcloth and breadths of carpet and cocoa matting can be exhibited while being placed there and unrolled, and by which the rolls of merchandise are supported by a kind of saddle.

The present invention relates to a stand for merchandise, which in comparison with these known stands is mainly characterized in that the same consists of a frame made from channel irons and held together by means of stay bolts enclosed in spacing pipes, which in their turn are encircled by supporting tubes for the rolls of merchandise, which tubes rest on pins or bolts, the ends of the central guide tubes for the said rolls being introduced into the vertical channel irons by way of a notch provided for this purpose in the flange of one of the said channel irons.

The invention is illustrated on the drawing, in which Fig. 1 shows the stand in front elevation,

Fig. 2 the same in side elevation,

Fig. 3, to a larger scale, the introducing notches for the guide tubes of the rolls of merchandise,

Fig. 4 a section along the line IV--IV in Fig. 3,

Fig. 5 a manner in which the pins used for supporting the supporting pipes can be fastened to the ilanges of the channel-iron frame,

Fig. 6 a section along the line VI-VI in Fig. 5,

Fig. 7 the manner in which the channel-iron frame of the stand is held together by means of stay bolts and spacing pipes, and

Fig. 8 a section along the line VIII- VIII in Fig. 7.

The frame consists of a channel-iron frame l, the vertical side members of which are mutually connected and braced by means of two or more stay bolts 2 with spacing pipes 3, see Figs. 1, 7 and 8.

The stand is further tted with supporting tubes 4, one for each roll of merchandise to be exhibited. The supporting tubes are supported by and rest solely on the pins or bolts marked 5, also at the points where the supporting tubes are encircling the spacing tubes and stay bolts. Hereby the friction is avoided, which otherwise would be produced between a spacing pipe 3 and a supporting tube 4, during the rotation of the latter on account of the merchandise being unrolled, see Figs. 1 and 5 to 8.

As appears from the drawing and the above explanation, the rolls of merchandise 6 resting on the stand are supported by the supporting tubes 4, while the guiding of the rolls of merchandise is I J effected by guide tubes 7 inserted in the said rolls, see Figs. 1 and 2.

The placing into position of a roll of merchandise is effected in that the latter is lifted and deposited on the supporting tube 4, the righthand end of the guide tube 7 being introduced between the flanges of the right-hand channel iron of the frame 1. Then the left end of the guide tube is inserted, through an opening or notch 8, into the space between the flanges of the left channel iron of the stand, after which the roll of merchandise slides down and rests on the supporting tube and, at the same moment, the roll is automatically locked (braked), and unrolling can only be effected by a pull on the material displayed.

The unrolling is easily effected on the rotary supporting tube, and rolling in the opposite direction is effected by turning the roll of merchandise the opposite Way.

The left-hand flange of the frame is tted with an introduction opening above each supporting tube, see Figs. 1, 3 and 4.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim iszl. A display stand for merchandise, comprising a pair of frame members, means securing said frame members together in spaced relation, a tubular member disposed between said frame members in encircling relation to said spacing means, means for supporting said tubular member out of contact with the spacing means, and means for supporting a roll of merchandise in peripheral contact with said tubular member.

2. A display stand for merchandise, comprising a pair of frame members, elongated bolts securing said frame members together, spacing members carried by said bolts between the frame members for maintaining said frame members a fixed distance apart, tubular members encircling said bolts between said frame members, said tubular members being rollable with relation to the bolts, means carried by the frame members for supporting said rollable members out of contact with the bolts, and means for supporting rolls of merchandise between the frame members each in peripheral contact with one of said rollable members.

3. A display stand for merchandise, comprising a pair of frame members, means securing said frame members together in spaced relation, a tubular member disposed between said frame members in encircling relation to said spacing means, pins carried by said frame members berollable relatively thereto, pins extending transversely of said channel members below the ends of said tubular member thereby to support the same out of Contact with the spacing means, and means for supporting a roll of merchandise in peripheral contact with said tubular member, the ends of said supporting means extending into the channels of the frame members, one of said frame members having an opening in one of its flanges thereby to permit removal of the supporting means.

CHARLES CHRISTENSEN.

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