GB646438A - Improvements in or relating to shelves for gas-meters or other articles - Google Patents

Abstract

646,438. Brackets. CHELTENHAM METERS, Ltd., PORTER, J., and TAYLOR, H. Aug. 5, 1947, Nos. 21154 and 23837. [Class 52 (v)] An adjustable shelf for gas meters comprises a mounting member and a supporting member which is adjustable in horizontal and vertical senses to accommodate meters of different sizes. The mounting member comprises two substantially triangular shaped brackets 10 having flanges 11 and pivot pins 14. Two similarly shaped brackets 15 are mounted on the pivot pins 14 with their flanged edges 16 horizontal. Pivotally attached to the brackets 15 is a platform 20 comprising two similar crossmembers 23, 28 and two side members 21. The member 28 may be adjusted on the side members when screws 31 on a spacing member 19 are slackened. Pins 27 are inserted in holes 26 in the mounting brackets and the supporting member is held in its higher position by the engagement of these pins by a flange 25 on the rear cross member 23. In a second construction the mounting brackets 35 are spaced by a rod 36. The platform comprises three members 40, 41, 43. The members 40, 41 are hingedly connected and the member 40 which is of a width equal to the required range of vertical adjustment is hinged to the spacing strip 36. The front member 43 has flanges 44 within which the ends of the second strip 41 are slidable to give a horizontal adjustment. A rod 45 attached to the front member 43 is received in slots 46 in the bracket. The shape of the slots 46 and the hinge connection between the members 40, 41 allow the platform to be adjusted in a vertical direction.