DEVICE FOR FIXING ARTICLES IN FRAME STRUCTURES

• US 3,670,439 A
• Filed: 08/25/1970
• Issued: 06/20/1972
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/1969
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Akira Shimizu
• Original Assignee: Akira Shimizu
• Inventors: Shimizu, Akira
• Primary Examiner(s): Michell, Robert W.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Contreras, Wenceslao J.
• Application Number:
  US05/066,709
• Time in Patent Office: 665 Days
• Field of Search: 40/152,156 52/475
• US Class Current: 40/794
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 1/0605 made from extruded or moulded profiles, e.g. of plastic or metal

Abstract

A number of parallel grooves are formed in the inner wall surfaces of the side members of a frame, the grooves being parallel to the side members and being, in cross sectional view, in a row perpendicular to the plane of the frame, and a cross member is inserted at its ends in these grooves at each frame corner in a gusset-like manner and supports pressing means such as a tightening screw or a spring which presses against an article such as a picture thereby to hold and fix the same in the frame.

Claims

1. An improved frame device for supporting therein articles of different thicknesses, comprising in combination a frame member having an inwardly projecting flange providing a seat for an article supported in said frame device and a plurality of inwardly opening grooves parallel to said flange and spaced from said flange and from one another so that individual grooves are spaced different distances from said flange, article holding means comprising at least one holding member fitting selectively intO any one of said grooves, and fastening means acting between said holding member and said article to press said article against said flange and to retain said holding member in a selected one of said grooves.

2. A frame device according to claim 1, in which said frame member is rectangular and a said holding member is provided at each of the corners of said frame member.

3. A frame device according to claim 2, in which each said holding member comprises a bar extending angularly across a respective corner of said frame member and having angled end portions fitting into a selected groove in said frame member.

4. A frame device according to claim 1, in which each said holding member comprises a cross member having opposite end parts adapted to be inserted in a selected one of said grooves and having a tapped hole, and said fastening means comprises a screw stud engaged in said tapped hole and adapted to press said article against said flange.

5. A frame device according to claim 1, in which each said holding member comprises a cross member having opposite end parts adapted to be inserted in a selected one of said grooves and said fastening means comprises an elastic member acting between said cross member and said article.

6. A frame device according to claim 5, in which said frame is rectangular and each said cross member extends angularly across an angle of said frame and has angled end portions extending into said selected groove.

7. A frame device according to claim 6, in which said elastic member comprises a leaf spring having a portion secured to said cross member and a portion bearing on said article.