US1310947A - Cottoh-sack hanger - Google Patents

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W. HAMRICK.

COTTON SACK HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 20. ms.

Patented July 22, 1919.

WHLTER HHMRICK WALTER HAMRICK, OF EMORY, TEXAS.

COTTON-SACK HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 22, 1919.

Application filed May 20, 1916. Serial No. 98,921.

1 To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER HAMRICK, a citizen of the United States, residin at Emory, in the county of Rains and btate of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cotton-Sack Hangers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention is a cotton sack hanger.

A device or hanger to be eifective and useful, should be one that may be readily attached to or detached from a sack without injury to said sack and should be one that does not form an integral part of the sack. It should be also one that will materially assist in reducing the time consumed in weighing.

One object of this invention is to provide a hanger that may be readily attached to'and detached from a cotton sack without injury to the sack.

Another object is to provide a hanger that Will consist of a single piece of material bent to form a ring and loop lying in different planes that will not catch the dry leaves .or other refuse along the ground.

A further object is to provide a hanger that is simple and strong in construction, which when applied to a cotton sack will not have protruding metal parts to injure the hands of the cotton picker and one that will be cheap to manufacture.

Broadly stated, the invention comprises a single piece of material having a straight shank or portion, one end being formed as a ring which is closed by its own resiliency at right angles to the shank or straight por-.

tion and the other end being provided with a return bend forming an elongated loop extending longitudinally of the shank, the free end of said loop being bent around the shank, thus forming the loop with a semicircular end and the opposite or closing end being straight and extending from the shank at right angles thereto.

One practical and useful form of the hanger will be described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a preferred type of hanger;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a cottonsack showing the shoulder loop and the hanger attached;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing a sack with the loop and hanger suspended from a scale beam.

The hanger is preferably formed of a single piece of material which may be resilient in structure. It comprises a straight shank or portion 4, which terminates at one end in a round ring 5 which is maintained in closed relation by means of its own resiliency. This ring is preferably formed at right angles to the straight portion or shank 4. The straight shank 4 is continued and at its other end is formed as a return bend 6, which is continued to form the straight side 7 which lies in a plane parallel to that of the straight shank 4. The lower end of this straight side 7 is preferably bent at right angles both to the straight shank 4, and the straight side 7. This bend may be termed the closing side 8 and is firmly coiled around the shank 4:, as indicated at 9.

In Fig. 2 a cotton sack 10 of any usual or customary form is illustrated and is preferably provided with the shoulder strap or loop 11. This sack is provided with an open end 12 .so that the cotton when picked may be inserted therein. The sack is closed at its opposite end 13, as is usual in this form of sack. The hanger is shown attached at the corner 14 of this sack.

In practical operation to apply the hanger to a sack, the ring 5 is opened slightly and a corner of the sack has placed therein a small pebble or a small amount of cotton. The ring is then slipped over this corner so that the portion which contains the cotton or pebble will be in the space between the ring and the loop. Thus the looped portion of the hanger will project away from the sack and the hanger itself will be firmly secured to the sack without injury. The sack and the hanger will not be readily separated on account of this small pebble or cotton being above the loop and it being of such size that it will not pull through. the loop. No damage or injury is done to the sack, as the hanger may be quickly and readily detached by separating the ends of the ring.

When it is desired to weigh the sack, the shoulder loop or strap may be hung on a scale, or if, as is often the case, the sack is too long, the month end is folded len hwise, to the space filled by the cotton. he loop is then thrown over the bottom end of the sack and brought around the corner pro- Vided with the hanger and then pulled in between the two ends of the sack. This will raise the sack clear ofi' the ground and the operation of Weighing consumes Very little time.

Having thus described this invention, what is claimed is a Asa new article of manufacture, the herein described cotton sack hanger, consisting of a single piece of wire the intermediate portion of which is straight to constitute a shank, one end of th wire being coiled upon itself in a plane substantially at right angles to the shank whereby to form a ring for engagement with one corner ofa cotton sack and the other end being returned upon itself parallel with the shank and thence extended toward the same and secured thereto to form an elongated loop, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

a WALTER HAMRICK. Witnesses: PEAOHIE SPEED, MATTIE ABERCROMBIE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

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