US1282484A - Protected gas-cylinder. - Google Patents

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J. A. STEINMETZ.

PROTECTED GAS CYLINDER. APPLICATlON 'FILED MAY 21. me.

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PROTECTED GAS-CYLINDER.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOSEPH A. STEINMETZ, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of. Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Protected Gas-Cylinders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in portable gas cylinders and particularly relates to metal cylinders or containers used for holding oxygen, nitrogen and acetylene gases and the like. The object of my invention is to provide a protected cylinder which may be transported in trucks and other conveyances, by standing the cylinders' on end,

' side by side, or in a horizontal position, one

' on top of the other, without noise due to the cylinders bumping together and striking each other; a further object of my invention is to utilize the rotecting means upon the cylinders for liftlng and handling the cylinders, thereby dispensing with the metal handles which have heretofore been used. My improved protected gas cylinder is particularly adapted for the transportation of gas in time of war, when under cover of darkness or smoke screen, the battle line is stealthily advanced and silence is a vital necessity.

Likewise in making preparation fora gas attack it is necessary to bring up the con tainers silently and unobserved.

.or more rings or loops ofresilient material,

ofthemselves non-noise producing under shock orimpact,

Referring to the drawing; Figure 1, is a perspective with my improved protecting device and the representation of a man'in the act of lifting v the cylinder by utilizing the protecting device as handles; Fig. 2, is a side elevation of two protected cylinders, shown standing side by side; Fig. 3,

Specification of Letters Patent.

view of a gas cylinder provided.

is an end view ofseveral Patented (Pct. 22, 1918.

Application filed May 21, 1918. Sefla1No.-235,836.

cylinders provided with protecting devices and placed in a horizontal position, and Fig. 4, is a side elevation of a' cylinder showing a modified form of the protecting device.-

.In the accompanying drawing in which like reference characters refer to like parts, 1 represents the gas cylinder and 2 represents the protecting device encircling the cylinder. The protecting device 2 may be of any non-resonant materlal which will separate the metal cylinders. In the drawing a piece of hemp rope 2 is shown as the protecting means. This material has been found in practice to be the most effective and the least expensive.

The coil of rope 2 loosely encircles the cylinder and the ends of the rope' are spliced together as shown at 3. in the rope, due to the splice 3, is an advantage as it tends to prevent the cylinder from The enlargement rolling when in a horizontal position. The

is located adjacent to the top and the other adjacent to the bottom of the cylinder. The coils of rope Q'are held in place upon the cylinders by keepers 5 which are attached to the cylinders by welding or brazing. Said coils of rope 2 are thussecurely held in place upon the cylinders so that the coils may be conveniently used as handles for lifting the cylinders.

' The rope may be coiled around the cylinder, as shown-in Fig. 4, or in any similar manner, without departing from my invention.

Having thus described -my invention I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A high pressure metal cylinder having a high sonorous qu'ality,means rigidlyattached to said cylinder, and a non-resonant member coiled loosely around the cylinder to form a handle and reduce the sonorous quality of the cylinder, said looseness permitting the insertion of the hand between the said member and the cylinder, the said non-resonant member being retained in place near its ends by the said means.

2. A high pressure metal cylinder having a high sonorous quality, means rigidly attached to said cylinder, and an endless band of non-resonant material loosely encircling said cylinder and retained in place by said band.

' means, said loosenesspermitting the inserprotect the latter and hold the cylinder from tion of the hand between the cylinder and rolling when in a horizontal position. 10

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature 3. The combination of a portable cylinder; in the presence of two witnesses. a coil of rope having its ends oined together JOSEPH A. STEINMETZ.

to form an enlarged portion in the said .coil' Witnesses:

of rope and means for securing one or more FREDERICK M. BAUER, of said coils of rope upon the cylinder to M. B MARTIN. s

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