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UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.
CHARLES C. GIMBEL, OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
BARREL-SWING FOR STORE-COUNTERS.Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Dec. 21, 1909.
Application filed May 27, 1909. Serial No. 498,734.To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, CHARLES C. GIMBEL, a
citizen of the United States, residing at San
Antonio, in the county of Bexar and State of
5 Texas, ha ye invented certain new and useful
Improvements in Barrel-Swings for Store-
Counters, of which the following is a speci-
fication.
This invention relates to barrel stands,
10 and pertains especially to the class of devices
used in connection with store counters for
holding barrels between the counter and the
counter floor.
The object of the invention is to provide
15 novel and peculiar combination of devices
for holding barrels in upright position be-
tween a store counter and the counter floor
so that the barrel may be given pivot move-
ment for swinging it out from under the
20 counter.
A further object of the invention is to pro-
vide a revoluble barrel seat in connection
with a pivoted barrel hanger, the latter
adapted to grasp the top chime of the barrel
25 while the bottom chime of the barrel is held
by said seat opposite the hanger.
In the accompanying drawings forming
part of this application: Figure 1 is a sec-
tional view of a store counter showing the
30 application of the invention. Fig. 2 is a see-
tional view on the line x-x, Fig. 1, show-
ing the barrel held by the stop. Fig. 3 is a
detail sectional view of the supporting de-
vice. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the
35 hanger. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a
modified form of stop.
The same reference numerals denote the
same parts throughout the several views of
the drawings.
40 The invention is applicable to the usual
store counters 1, having sufficient space be-
tween it and the counter floor 2 for storing
ordinary barrels, and with sufficient depth
from the rear edge of the counter to its front
45 3 for the barrel 4.
The barrel hanger consists of a plate 5
adapted to be attached to the under side
of the counter 1 by suitable screws, and the
plate has a central depending square rod 6,
50 upon which is secured by a suitable thumb-
screw 7, a collar 8 having an arm 9 provided
with a pivot hole 10, for the stein 11 of a I
fork 12 which is adapted to fit over the top
chime 13 of the barrel.
55 The revoluble barrel seat and its support-ling device consists of a circular base 14
having an annular flange 15 adapted to be
screwed to the floor 2 by suitable screws,
and provided with a circular groove 16 for
ball-bearings 17; a. disk 18 forms a seat for 60
the barrel and has a circular projecting rile
19 fitting the groove 16 and resting on the
ball bearings 17; the top face of the disk
18 has a pair of central lugs between which
the bottom chime 20 of the barrel fits, one 65
of said lugs 21 which is within the barrel
chime is shorter than the other lug 22, so
that barrels having chimes of various depth
may be seated in the space between the higs
without the inner lug interfering with the 70
bottom of the barrel, while the long or out-
side lug extends farther up the barrel and
forms a more extensive bearing on the out-
side of the barrel.
A stop 23 is fixed to the floor so as to be 75
engaged by the barrel when it is swung un-
der the counter for temporarily holding the
barrel under the counter. This stop is so
placed with respect to the swing of the bar-
rel that the latter may have just enough 80
bearing against the stop face to prevent the
barrel swinging in either direction until the
barrel is pulled out of engagement with the
stop.
Referring to the modification shown in 85
Fig. 5, the stop 24 is held slidably to the
floor by a strap 25 having prongs or points
adapted to be driven into the floor, and the
stop is controlled by a spring 26, having
one end attached to the stop and the other 90
end attached to a lug 27 of the strap, so that
this stop may be used for barrels of various
diameters without adjustment.
It will be seen that a barrel may be most
conveniently operated by this device and 95
readily applied thereto by simply placing
the bottom chime between the seat-lugs, rais-
ing the barrel to upright or vertical position,
and adjusting the fork over the top chime.
It is obvious that in removing the con- 100
tents of the barrel held by the device, the
weight thereof is carried by the revoluble
disk which is readily turned in either direc-
tion for swinging the barrel from under the
counter for access thereto. 105
Having thus described my invention what
I claim as new and desire to secure by Let-
ters Patent is:
1. In a. store counter support for barrels,
the combination, with a collar having a iat- 110943,871.
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Gimbal, Charles C. Barrel Swing for Store Counters, patent, December 21, 1909; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth512463/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.