US1679328A - Container - Google Patents

Description

July 31, 1928.

c. E. FULLER CONTAINER Filed oct. 19, 192'7 NNI..

` TRN lave?? id' July 3l, 1928.

c. E. FULLER CONTAINER 13 1a zo) Patented July 3l, 1928.

CORPORATION, 0,1'.

NEW YRLN. Y., A oonPoiaATioNor NEW YORK.

'Appnqatim ined `october i9, 1927. serii- No. vmamas.

My present inventionu relates .tobrick `makn Aingjmachinery fandmoreeparticularly yto an improved brick container.

In my Vcopending application, Serial No. 5 227 ,231, filed Oct. 19, 1927, Ijliave described hand claimed an improvedmethod of-manufacturing brickby the' lsoft: mud ,process and inf the commercial exploitationof suchproc ess,'have preferablyusedimproved pieces of apparatus andby meansofV whichv the val -riousfsteps ofthe improved-process may be performed.

One of the mdstimportant steps in4 vthe practicing ofthe processis the drying of the'brickand I preferably perform-this dry- `ing` operation in-an openttop dryer, such as is. described and claimedin thevapplijcation Serial No.` 227,282'filed Oct.. 19., `1927. In connection. witht-he improved open top dryer, I have designed thesubjectliiatter of the present invention, 'which is` a container for carrying -ra predetermined number of layers ofipalletson which the 'green1 brick are locatedf' and which container, when filled, may be 4placed 'ini anio'pen top dryer with a plurality of containers in each`compartment of the dryer, and withztheycontainerso constructed and ai'rang'ediasto form a topfor the dryer as the containers are placed therein, andadjace'ntfcoitainers are adapted to be interlocked andv have formed therein a practically gas tight joint in order to prevent escape of heated air upward through the tops of the containers rather than pass diagonally through the compartments and out through a predetermined exit. While the container has been designed primarily to handle a plurality of rows o pallets on which are mounted green brick, yet the invention is capable of broader use than that specifically set forth and any cemeric article that requires a preliminary burning or cooking, may be carried by the pallets, or their equivalent, along with or instead of the ordinary green brick.

The object of my invention, therefore, is an improved container.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating a preferred embodiment of my invention,

Fig. 1 is an end elevation; Fig. 2 is a front elevation; Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2; Y

Fig. 4 is a plan view;

Fig. 5 `isa section on the linee-'L5 of Figa, and

Fig. 6 is a sectional view onthe line. 6 6

of Fig. 5.

`Referringyto the dra-wings, 1() vdesignates a rectangular base, preferably constructed of structural iron and at` each corner ofv such frame` are attac-hed risers 11 alsofof structuralironforms. Secured to the, top end of 'the risers 11 is a rectangular framework V12.

Thestructure thus described, is, therefore, a hollow rectangular framework of'greater width than length. On each end of therectangular framework andfsecured to the risers l.

11, are angle irons 13 which ,form shelves on which may be placed palletsflfi containing `a plurality Aof p'arallelly arranged green brick 15 oi' any` other articles of-,commerce that may be desired. Secured to the risers 11 in `each side of the device,zis afguide 16 for guiding pallets 14 into position `between upstanding `pairs, of-risers-rll. .The ,top `rectangular frame A12 filled preferably with concrete 17 or with any other suitable heat of the rectangular-frame 12 are channel members. 18 spaced apart froml eachv other and with onel end thereof `flared .outward as insulating material, and secured to the, topv indicatedat 19in` Fig. 1.` Securedotol the top i of` the` channel members; 18 Vandfcentrally with respect thereof and with respect to the rectangular frame 12 is a plate 20 which may be utilized as a lifting plate by inserting beneath said plate and above the rectangular frame 12, the forked portion of the ordinary lifting fork. At the front and rear faces of the rectangular frame 12 are secured channel members 21 and 22 respectively, the channel member 21 having its open side facing downward, while the channel member 22 has its open side facing upward and in such channel member 22 is placed a layer of sand or other non-combustible granular material 23. The members 21 and 22, together with the granular mate rial 23, affords means for forming a practically gas tight joint between adjacent containers. Assuming a container, such as is shown in Fig. 3, to be thus positioned, a second container may be brought up alongside thereof and the channel member 21 of such second container tted into the open end of the channel member 22, which will bring one leg of the channel member 21 into engagement with the granular member 23 in the channel member 22 of the container shown in Fig. 3.

Referring to Fig. 2, 25 designates side walls of a compartment of an open top dryer and 26 designates the base thereof. The side walls 25 are capped with channel mem# bers 27 and against which rests, when the container is in position, the under face of the rectangular frame 12 containing the heat` insulating material 17. The container shown in Figs. 1 and 2 has been assun'ied to have been placed therein by means of a brick lil'ting fork operated by a traveling crane. and assuming such container, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, to be loaded with pallets 14 containing the brick 15, it is obvious that the entire weight of the bricks is supported on the top of the walls 25 of the open top dryer by the rectangular frame 12 and, therefore, a practically gas tight joint will be obtained between the tops of the walls 25 and the rectangular trame 12, due to weight alone. As each container is placed in the compartment of the open top dryer formed by the walls 25 and base 26, the channel members 21 and 22 of adjacent containers are interlocked so as to have a gas tight joint formed through the medium of the granular material 23.

It will thus be seen that in an open top dryer, my improved container may be utilized as a combined dryer and closure for the top of the dryer and that the weight of the material is utilized to obtain a. gas tight joint between the container and the walls of the dryer compartments while the containers have associated therewith and forming part thereof devices for maintaining a gas tight joint between adjacent containers.

While I rhave necessarily shown and described the preferred embodiment of my invention somewhat in detail, it is to be understood that I may vary the size, shape, and arrangement of parts within wide limits without department from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described' my invention, what VIclaim as new is:

1. An improved container for open top dryers comprising a rectangular open framework, a plurality of ledges 'formed thereon for acting as supports Afor a plurality of groups of superimposed pallets, and means forming part of the container for making a gas tight joint between the container and an open top dryer.

2. In a container of the kind described, the combination of an open framework, a plurality of ledges therein and 'forming supports 'for a plurality of rows of pallets, a rectangular top therefor, and means on said top for forming gas tight joints between adjacent containers.

3. In a container of the kind described, the combination of a rectangular framework, a plurality of ledges therein forming supports for a plurality' of rows of pallets, a top therefor formed of a layer of heat insulating material, and means associated with such top for forming a gas tight joint between adjacent containers.

11. In a container of the kind described, the combination of a frame, ledges therein forming supports for a plurality of pallets, a' top therefor of heat insulating material, and means secured to the top for permitting attachment thereto of a lifting device.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specication.

CLAUD E. FULLER.

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