US1313364A - williams - Google Patents

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E. S. WILLIAMS.

SANITARY SERVING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED DECJG. 191R.

Patented Aug. 19, 1919.

2 SHEETSSHEET E. S. WILLIAMS.

SANITARY SERVENG DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 16. 1911;.

1,318,364. Patented Aug. 19,1919.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

Inventor.

a .f Maw THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAP'I co., WASHINGTON, n :4

ERNEST s. WILLIAMS, or ronoivro, oN'rAnIo, CANADA.

SANITARY SERVING DEVICE;

To all may concern:

' Be -it knownthatvLER NEsT a subject of the King oi Great Britain, and

resident of the city of, Toronto, county of York, Province of Ontario, in the Dominion of Canada, have invented .cer tain fnew and v useful Improvements 1n Sanitary Servmg,

Devices; described in the followingvspeciflcation ;and illustrated} the accompanying are secured to the'topsof the rear uprightsy Thelipper. portions 650i the bars b extehd drawings that ,form part of r the same.

a Thepr'incipal objectsof this invention are to protect theflfood displayed for sale in restaurants from; contamination; bythe cus-V tomersipassingcloselythereto and to devise a serv-ingi fiapparatus facilitating the quick handling of foodwhile maintaining the-pro;

tection thereof, and also to enable the, :op-

eration being efii'ected with [the i use I of i one.

. The principal f f eiinventioncom sists in-.the.;novel construction and -,arrangement of parts whereby the articles of food are completely covered inupon the front side and are arranged individually and "adapted to be (withdrawn. by gthe customer without interference?- with aotherarticles, the indi vidual articles: "being {arranged-in-v separate compartments closed at the \frontby individuallyopening doorss 7 A? fu, her; important feature 7 consists in the noyel-manner of opening the doorsland in eflecting their .;.closure upon the removal ofithe goods.

In. the drawings, VFigure .1 his a perspec- V tive -viewi of a portion sot a serving device aconstruoted according to this..-.-invention,;=

showing -thei various positions ofithe meme bersin the; 'I'BmOV311'Df;the goods;- v V 2- is anyzunderside 'plani'viewof a series of servinggdevices illustrating thevar rious 1 positions of {the 'parts in the-removal ofthegoodssy According to the=laws-recently enacted-respeoting the protection 7 of :cooked. 'foods in restaurants itha-s become necessary tozprotect suchfmaterials from contamination and to place allx such- :food' stufi's behind a protect ing screen which in ,placcsiswhere thefood is V displayedwfor'sale isqof glass. Theseregulaa flzamedsicohstnuciteds of;frontaandzbaclriupsetions have rendered the matter of servings the, public in-i cafeterias much more 'difiicult and; this I invention has been devised to provid'ea the protectionrequired while: enabling the-customer to serve himself;

Inothe'forin OiitheinventiOn hereinshown J p e aS Sl-TCh fflIQ remo edsfrom aheffront $16.91)? P Specification of LettersPatent.

S. WILLIAMS,

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Applicationifiled December 1c. 1913. Serial ne zsmqoa ,7

beyond the rear-uprightsand are connected together byi an angle bar 7 A corresponding angle barfi is secureditowm thetop of thefront uprights and 5% Sheet of glaSs;9 or? other suitable material is-zpla'cel' upon said angles and term .a top.-

Transverse bars 10 areiarranged between '7 the front uprights, their upper; surfacesqbe ing' arranged slightly below; the .AgI'OOVGd-J strips A and suitable doors ll are arranged;-

rr t t ngito,cl0se the openings. thus formed. Theg'i doors are; here shown arranged in pairs, Q hinged at the sides to the vertical bars Land-1' closingcentrally and they-are, formed'witlr glass panels inthe upper portion andpro,- vided with spaces 12 in the lower front sides} to receive-indicating cards for inames and 5 prices of the goods; Thedoors are prefer-p;

ably spring held closed.

Sliding shelves 13 are .arrangedwbetweenfl the plates; 3;having laterally eXtendi-ngf flanges lfisliding in the groovedstripsL O The front ends of these shelves are; iprefer-z ably rounded and in the center theyare pro-v r vided with handle projections--15;:Thesea projections are arranged to fitsnugly against the topsurface ofthe cross bars .10: and are. oflset downwardly to form a positivesstopito' 1 limit their inward movement, "the, outer-end w projectingsoas to be readily ;.grasped between the thumb and-finger in order to be" withdrawn.- 7 1 Y 1 The doors close over the handle members '15 and abutithe front edges of the'shelves,-w.

being held in-contact therewith by the-spring; hinges, which may be of any suitable; form. The structure thus'formedzprovides' a series of vertical shelves and any desirable numgzibersamayo beaarranged in thewsta'cki .These shelves are "preferably fformed i with up f.

wardly extending fianges'lti at the backend 5 and they areiopen from-the rear so'that-the attendants: may placeisfresh article's thereon;

,customersfOne of each pair of doors -is Provided h p eies tingratqhet u r fl tance, so that a'customer may pull the shelf out tintil it locks and Inay then remove the plate or other dish from-theshelf.

The doors are held in'a position sloping slightly; inward When-the ratchet lug engages'theshelf, so that the distance between theouter'edges :of the'doorsis less than the 7 (shelf; R

diameter of the 7 plate carried- 1ponjtl1e shelf;

and when the customer removes the I plate swing "themi farther apart, thereby" releasing the ratchet" lug fromlengagemient 'yvith the The-shelves W es-ab jdravvn Ibackwardly *upon being so released to their o'rigi} nal positionjby means of- 'a suitable ispring which is hereshown as-a flat; spring 19 se- -cured togtheginner sidej' of the front bar 10 and engagin the shelf.

their closed'position- :The' inner sides of he'doors- 11 are I vided with inwardly extending flanges 21 I arranged at the bottom of'the glass panels.

1 I The operation is extremely-simple, the

Counter 7 I shelfr- These flanges are? provided to extend over I the edgesof the plate hile it is being'with'f drawn, so as to prevent} the plate tipping f? and also to' protect theglass-in the doors"? from being scratchedbyfthe 'removal of the plate.

the handle 15" With the thumbj -and foreoftheishelf engagingthe inner sides of the doors swings them upon their hingesifuntil'; the ratchet-lug on the 'door'enters the notch; v The-h andle is then released but the shelf? stays out-and; the plate 'isthen graspedbyf the customer'a'nd withdrawn; 'As the pla te isdrawn out it spreads the doors farther 4 I apart releasing the shelf gwhich immediately sp'ringsyback to its original position} and upon the final removalof the plate'j'from- I 1 contact with thedoors theyswinginvvardly totheclosedfp'osition; Thefcoinpartmentis? 'Ithus closed immediately upon the removal of the goods sand-the? attendant behind the y place gnew' dishfupon the;

vidingifa .structure :Iarrangedi ain separate 1 tained. I I 1 I What I --clai m asmy invention is 1'1"} I for, operating said'closuresf actuated by the I I I a frame havinga pluralityjof individual the edges of the plate engage the doors'and jclosing" said c1osure upoaq remova "the article from tlIWCOIIlPaItIIIGIIfJ "I f Itwiu' -r ly understood that the detail construction of a device" such as herein described may. be {altered very "considerably r Without: departing from-' 'the spirit'of the in--: ventionz so long as theiinain"featureof-prm opened by customers for the removal of the goods-and-closed after the removal, is main- 7 1. Asanitary serving device comprising,

" a frame-having a plurality of compartments open at theback, closuresI closingthe fronts of the individualcompartments; and means removal of'an article ifrom the co partme t I 2. Ar sanitary serving device compr1s1ng,'

compartmentsf closures 1 arranged; Eat the front of each offsaid compartments, means I for holding said closuresopen forthe ire-f l'moval of the article;contained'vvithinithe V 1 compartment, and'means.forlautomatically r I r r I 3.{Afs anitaryserving device comprising, p I I I w ,a' frame having a plurality of-"individual' 'ia' lug 7'20 on the'underside' of henthe plate fully with drawn fromficontact fvvi'th the "doors the; spring hinges'swing he f doors back into slidably arranged ingsaid frame adaptedtoii be 'dravvn outwardly" thrOugh'I'Qthe' fr 'Qnt -Q I openings and to open said do0 r s,-n1eansfor"f H returning said shelvesto theirnorrnal 'posi -ggf J thejarticlercarriedon the shelf,'landfmeansf 1 forfclosing the doors following} the return' 5 Y of the shelvesitoItheir'normali position: r I

4, A sanitary, servingdevice comprising; a j 'I tions in the frame following thelremoval of frame having a plurality of Iindividualcom partments; open-, at" the front, 3spr ing gclp ing" doors-closing the fronts-of ""sa'ifd compartrl 1 ments a slidable shelff'arrangedin each of customer passing in" front of the case de gf termines the article desired "and grasping said Compar mentsadapted teb dra vvaror- I Wardly and to engage and) open the 'doors',

ried upon theshelfig 5 A sanitary serving device comprising;

opening offeach compartment, a gslidable locking the shelf infits exte ded positimi; and the doors in their 'open 'position, 1i and Q means for'disengaging said locking mea s;

actuated "by th'e removal of thearticlefroinf I a the shelf. 6.- A sanitary -'serving*device comprising mfiy a frame formed of uprights-;{connected" I pairs by horizontal-member's having" longi 1 tudinal grooves in the side *vvalls, transverse 'ybars connecting the'I-uprights; shelves ieX- I r r tending r between i'said horizoiital members'J30 j I means for holding .thedoors open vvlienltlie 'shelf is drawn forwardly, and 'me'a'ns'ffor I lreturningfthe 'shel'f; tofitsnorinah positionj II actuatedby the jre'movalijof the article car-J; i 151;; -13 11 r 115. i shelf arranged in each of said compare ments' and adapted'to'ibe drawnforwardly; I spring means for returning the j shelf "t'oits'-f normal position, means for j'temporarily' i and sliding in the grooves therein and having rounded forward ends and provided with projecting handles, doors arranged in individual pairs closing the openings to the individual shelves and spring held in contact with the rounded ends of said shelves, a latch member adapted to temporarily lock said shelf in a forwardly extended position and the doors partly open and adapted upon the further opening of the doors to release'said shelf, and spring means for returning the shelf to its normal position.

guides, doors arranged between the front uprights adapted to close automatically, and a rigid shelf secured to the top of said uprights and extending over said movable shelves.

ERNEST s. WILLIAMS. 7

Gdpies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. V

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