Untitled record

Application filed August 3, 1895. Serial No. 558,050, (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, August Voege, a .citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New 5 York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Racks for Holding Drinking-Glasses, of which the following is a specification.

. My improved device is designed more espero daily to be placed around the column of bar or dining room fixtures upon vessels and cars, as well as in ordinary bar-rooms; and to this end the device comprises a ring adapted to be secured around such columns and radi^T5 ally-extending clips to hold and support the glasses.

The general arrangement and details of construction are hereinafter set forth and claimed.

2o In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation indicating a section of a vertical column with my device applied thereto;

Fig. 2, a plan view of the device; Fig. 3, a detail view showing the manner of construct25 ing the radially-extending spring-clips and attaching them to the ring; Fig. 4, a detail view showing a modified construction adapted more especially to hold tumblers, and Fig. 5 a detail view showing a manner of uniting 30 the ends of the ring.

The ring A may have its ends brought together and secured upon the post by a couple of tacks or brads driven through the ends of the ring and through a little bridge-piece a, 35 as indicated in Fig. 2, or the ends of the ring may be interlocked, as indicated in Fig. 5, where the column tapers, and allowed to slide down until it is properly supported by the column.

The radial spring clips are preferably formed and attached to the ring as follows: The strip of sheet metal from which the radial clip is formed is first bent into the shape shown in Fig. 3—that is to say, so as to 45 form two parallel legs δ, connected by the central portion &' of the metal strip, which is bent slightly concave to conform to the curve of the ring. The two straight parallel legs δ are then passed from the inside of the ring piece through slots c therein until the con- 50 cave portion &' bears against the inner face of the ring. The two legs δ immediately adjacent to the ring are then bent as at d, so as to bear against the outer face of the ring, and again at d', so as to extend radially from 55 the ring, the faces of the two portions δ extending from the bend d' being in contact. The outer ends of the two legs are formed, as indicated at e and f, into any suitable shape to form spring-clips to receive and retain the 60 stem of a wine-glass or goblet, or, as shown in Fig. 4, the butt or base of a tumbler. With this construction no solder or rivet is required to attach the radial clips to the ring-piece, and a strong and durable article is produced. 65

It is obvious that the radial clips may be modified in construction and the means of attachment to the ring varied without departing from the other features of my invention. y_o

As shown in Fig. 4, the radial clips are formed with a seat or socket e relatively much larger than those shown in the other figures, and in fact large enough to receive and clamp the base of an ordinary tumbler; and in con- 75 nection with this construction I provide a device for receiving and supporting the edge or lip of the inverted tumbler X. This device consists of a pendent arm g, of sheet metal, which at its upper end is clamped be- 80 tween the ring and the portion V of the metal forming the clip and has its end g' turned down over the outside of δ'. At its lower end the pendent arm G is formed, as indicated, with a spring lip or clip g². The edge of the 8= tumbler is slipped into the clip g², which clasps it, and then the base of the tumbler is forced into the clip δ e.

As will be apparent, my improved device will firmly clamp and support the wine- 90 glasses, goblets, or tumblers, and on shipboard or trains prevent them from striking each other or becoming displaced.