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EDWARD S. MORSE, OF SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND AARON GOLDTHWAITE, JR.

Letters Patent No. 76,232, dated Mareh.Zl, 1868.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, Edward S. Morse, of Salem, in the county of Essex, and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and improved Adjustable Bracket for Supporting Shelves; and I do-hereby declare the following to be a full and correct description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which—Figure 1 is a perspective view of a book-case or cabinet with my bracket in place for supporting a shelf, two modes of attaching the bracket to the case.being represented.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the bracket, the shelf and frame being shown.in section.

Figure· 3 is a similar elevation, the bracket .being attached to the frame of the case by means of eyes fixed by screws.

The same part is marked by the.same letter of reference wherever it occurs.

In growing libraries and cabinets it frequently becomes necessary or desirable to alter the arrangement of the shelves on which the books or other collections are supported, by placing them nearer together or farther apart, as the exigencies of the., collection may require; and various methods have been devised for effecting these changes, but so far as I.am aware they have all been attended with inconveniences and objections that have greatly restricted their use,

The object of my invention is. to supply, a bracket and a mode of attaching it to the framework of the bookcases or cabinets, which shall afford the means of making changes in any portion of the shelving of a library or cabinet with great facility, while ample support is afforded at all times to the shelves.

The invention consists of a removable bracket, which is hung to the frame of the shelving by means of a hook on its end, passing into an eye attached to the. frame, or over a pin, arranged in a suitable recess in the frame, and having a brace on its under side, whose lower end is likewise supported by an eye or pin, said brace supporting the weight of the shelf, which rests upon the horizontal portion of the bracket, any desirable number of eyes or recesses being provided in advance in the frame, to admit of the changes that may become necessary, all as hereinafter more particularly described and shown.

In the accompanying, drawings, A marks'the sides, top, and bottom, and B the back oi a book-case or cabinet. C C^z are two uprights let into the back of the case, and serving as supports to the brackets D. Recesses r are cut in these uprights, and pins p are driven transversely across them, as shown in figs. 1 and 2. The bracket D consists of a horizontal arm and an inclined brace, a. The inner end of the horizontal arm is turned down to form a hook, li. The lower end of the brace a is notched or forked, to receive a pin, p. The width of the bracket should be such, as to allow it to enter freely and fit snugly the recesses r. When inserted, the hook h catches on the pin^>, while the notch or fork/, in the lower end of brace a, embraces the pin p in the lower recess, as clearly shown in fig. 2. The insertion or removal of the bracket can be effected in an inappreciable space of time, and when a pair of brackets are in place, a shelf, S, has merely to be laid upon them to complete the operation.

The upright, Ch has a double row of recesses to receive two sets of brackets, so that the ends of two contiguous shelves shall rest upon separate brackets, and each shelf be-removable independently of the others.

Another method of hanging the brackets is illustrated in connection with the upright, E, figs. 1 and 3. In this case eyes, e, are let into and screwed to the upright, E, by the screws s. The hook h and fork / of the bracket apply to these-eyes in the same, way that they do to the pins of the recesses r. I do not prefer this method of supporting the brackets, and I describe it only because it seems to afford a ready means of applying the principle of my invention to book-cases and cabinets already made, without involving any^modifieation of their construction.