US2334409A - Bottle carrier - Google Patents

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the surfaces 53; and 64: is: such that mm!- ment; of the handle 612i throughan anglefofxapproximat'ely 180E degreesxwillz'efiect mdvemmt. ot the frame legs between their lithitposittoms:

The slope of the surfaces 63 and 64 is alsnfsuch that the frictional resistance theize'between will prevent automatic: separationl ot the legs M and 31 and when once sheet piece such as 53. is clamped. between: the feeding: rolls MI and H. I

The tool means provided for eitectin-g the opening of the seam lock according to the: first modification of the invention cenipri'se's, a pair of similar relatively discs HI and M niQUnted for free rotation upon. am otfsetiend portion l2 of a shaft"- I 3 The disc si'TlF and: El are prererably provided with oppositely extending hub portions F4 and .15, providing enlarged beai 'ing surfaces therefor respect'to the shafit portion if. The discs FB-andi'lf arepi'eferably of hardened steel, relatively thin at their edges; and beveled outwardly toward tli eir centers to: a thickness somewhat greater than at their edges Preferably, the angle of "bevel is somewhat and-flit the upper: extremity or the standing edge 7 will be: therebetween; Because of the. fact that theistanding edge: will be' varioushrr deformed negard t its 'alfgm'nent the: main body of the: piece.- 53', the supporting shaft fi for the. disc tools may belongitudihal'ly. adjusted through the frame-L leg II: as necessary as: the" discs l'fl 'andl H- are lowered. Following initial entry or the upper edge oi the. sheet metals. piece: between the discs, Ill. and H, acontihued force applied to the handle- 84- will force the discs Tll an'd. H- downwardly until one of the-disc's reaches. thebottom ofthe pocket, 'alsoiforcing the: standing edge portion; of the look: into agparall'el; alignment with the h andsismultaneously wedging; thefolded: wall poi'tion'. of"; the. lock outwardly into the proper spaced relation. with. respect. to the standing' edge. portion, Preferab1y,. the, angle of bevel om the outer side: of the di'scsis suchthat when greater on the hubs side's of the discsithan on 1 the face sides substantially-as illustrated the fragmentary enlarged View of Fig} "3 The discs IB- and H may be biased towards each other by means of a compression spring 1G arranged about the outer end of the shaft portion 12 between the stop washer IT and nut [8.

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outer end of the shaft portion?! is provided with a flattened side and washer 1 with a teoperatively shaped opening so as to-prevent'rtm tion of the disc hub 14' from; automatically unscrewing the nut 18. By adjusting the nut-1B, the degree of separationbetween discs} F0 and H can be controlled for different weights of metal. f

The shaft portion [2 supporting the disc's M and H is secured 'eccentri'cally ontothe endoi the shaft portion 13 whichis jburnaled within a cooperating bore" provided through the frame leg 31. Mounted on the outer end of thesha-ft i3 is a manual adjusting'handle 81 by" means of which the shaft 1-3" may be rotated forraising or lowering-.discsl-fl and H with relation to the edge of the sheet metal piececlamped between the" feed rolls 4U andl ll The shaft 13,1in

addition to being freely rotatable within the frame leg 3 l isalso longitudinallyslidable the're through. in order to facilitate the adjustment of the disc tools. into theoperative position with respect to" the standing edge of the sheet metal seam lock. The shaft T3 includesan' enlarged portion 82 between the shaft: portions Hand [3 providing shoulders 83 and. on the opposite ends thereof. The shoulder '83 provides a thrust bearing surface for. the hub. 15 of thedisc tool TI, while shoulder 84 provides a stop for. limiting axial movement of the shaft l3 through the frame leg 3| to theright, asviewed in Fig. 1. I

In Fig. 3- the disc tools 10 and 11' are shown. in the elevated position, in which position they are placed during the clamping'of the sheetmetal member 53 between the feed rolls El! and Ail. To lower the disc tools"! and H to the. operative position, the handle M is rotated in the proper di= rection, counterclockwise as viewed in the end view of Fig. 2". Because of the bevel of-the'fac ing surfaces of the disc tools, the peripheral: edges thereof are spaced apart a. distance somewhat greater than the thickness of the. meta? of the piece 53, so that upon lowering" of the discs 10 one otithe". discs, asa'lllg. forced downwardlt to the bottom of therpocket, the:- folded' wall portion 'allel spacedzrelationr therewith. With the disc tools 10 and H lowered to? the'operative position as illustratedin'Fig. 1,. the. sheet metal piece 53 7 may be: fed through. the" machine by rotation of the. hamct crank 51:; The disc.- tools. 10' and H will be retained theirlowered position as the sheet metal member isfed through the machine by; virtue of the fact that the forceapplied thereagainst isin the reverse direction of rotation withrespect to the supporting shaft 1:31 to that required? for effecting: upward movement of these discs.- In order to limit. downward movement of. thedisc toolsliil and? I la to: the; depth: of the pocketv in the sheet metal-L member 53; a screw 8-5ais provided. in the handle; 81:, the. lower'end; of which is adapted to, butti againstra stop &61 provided; on the; outer side-wallofthe frame legf3 I asshown more clean ly'instheaendviewof Fig.2; i Fcrguiding-thenmvem'ent.otthe upper edge of the sheet: metal pieces53; through the machine in a predetermined straight: line a. pair of. guides, or gauges;. 8:1- and: 8-8 mounted in: bosses 89' and 90 on the opposite sides of the. frame 'leg 31: extend across. the: front and rear sides-of themaohine in parallet horizontal alignment withthe'upper edge of the sheet metal. piece 53.. These gauges may be adjusted. by means of suitable set screws provided: the bosses 89 and 99; respectively;

disc: tools [0? and: H are readily removable from the end of the shaft portion I2 by simply removing the: nut-l8gspring 15;. and washer 11 for replacement with otherrt'ools. or difieren t sizes. as may required, depending upon the particular weight of metal being worked uportor curvature or the sheet. A seconds-tyl'e of toolswill' presently he described.

once the discs m andl-l are-shifted to the 0pei'ati ve' position as shown Fig. the sheet metat piece 53 may be fed through the machine at a relatively high rate of speed, whereupon the sears lockii's made iii-readiness for assembling into the final structure. The standing edge-portion is straightened out smoothly and in: parallel alignmentwith the main body of" the-sheet metal piece, and the folded wall portion is wedged out into a substantially parallel spaced relation with re spect' to the standing edge; 7 It will he -noted that while the disc III-act'sas" a wedgefor epening'tl ie lock pocket, it also acts as an ironerto smoothen the standihg" edge against the cooperating. backingdlsc 1 1-. "while it not essential it'j is preferried that the discsw a-rid' 'fl be or substantially Patented Nov. 16, 1943 BOTTLE CARRIER Bertis F. Hamilton, Columbus, Ind., assignor to Noblitt-Sparks Industries,

Inc., Columbus,

Ind., a corporation of Indiana Application August 5, 1939, Serial No. 288,491

4 Claims. (Cl. 224-48) The present invention relates to improvements in the bottle carrier illustrated and described in the co-pending application of 'Nell Hamilton, Serial No. 224,175, filed August 10, 1938, issued Sept. 16, 1941, as Patent No. 2,256,451. That bottle carrier comprises a rigid bottom, sides hingedly connected thereto, and yokes which are mounted on the sides and which, when the carrier is erected, co-operate to form a handle by which the carrier and its contents may be'carried.

It is the primary object of the present invention to produce a bottle carrier of this type in which accidental removal of the bottles from the carrier is positively prevented. A further object of the invention is to improve and simplify the construction of the carrier.

The accompanying drawing illustrates my invention: Fig. 1 is an end elevation of the improved carrier; Fig. 2 is a horizontal'section on the line 22 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a 'fragmental view similar to Fig. 2 but on an enlarged scale and with portions of the device broken away.

The carrier illustrated comprises a rigid bottom comprising two spaced side members 15 interconnected by a series of transversely extending members iii. The ends of the cross members l6 are oiiset upwardly and secured, as by welding, to the side members '15. The sides of the carrier are formed of pieces of sheet metal 11 hingedly connected respectively to the two'side members i of thebottom, such hinged connection desirably being effected by providing each side l1 along,

its lower edge with a series of ears 18 which are bent to embrace the associated side member l5. At their vertical margins, the sides I! are provided with inwardly projecting, generally oblique extensions l9, the extreme inner edges of which are rolled inwardly to provide tubular guides 20.

The guides 26 of each side slidably receive the lower ends of two legs of a generally U-shaped yoke 25, such yokes being arranged so that their upper ends will co-operate to form a carrying handle, upward movement of the yokes in the guides being limited as by bending the yoke ends as indicated at 25. In the arrangement illustrated, one yoke is formed so that it may be passed through the other, the legsof the yoke being provided with opposed ofiset portions 25 which serve resiliently to lock the yokes in crossed relation. Because of the slidable mounting of the yokes in the tubular guides 20, they may be moved between the full-line position and the dotted-line position illustrated in Fig. 1. When in the full-line position, thehandleforming portions of the yokes are above the tops of the bottles 21 in the carrier, so that those bottles do not interfere with the insertion of the fingers beneath the handle. When, however, the yokes are moved to the dotted-line position shown in Fig. 2, the handle-forming portions of the yokes lie below the tops of the bottles so as not to, interfere with the stacking of a series of carriers each full of bottles.

As so far described, the carrier is essentially the same as that shown and'described in-the copending application above referred to. In embodying the present invention in such a carrier, the oblique end portions 19 of the carrier sides are so shaped that when the yokes 25 are interlocked the two tubular guides 20 at each end of the carrier will converge upwardly toward each other. As a result of this convergence, movement of the yoke from the full-line to the dotted-line position shown in Fig. 1 will cause the upper edges of the sides l! to swing inwardly. As shown, the upper edge of each carrier side is rolled into an inwardly projecting bead 28 which is disposed slightly above the maximum diameter of the bottles 21 with which the carrier is to be filled. Desirably, the device is so proportioned with regard to the size and shape of the bottles it is to convey that when the handle is in the dottedline position shown in Fig. 1 it will engage the bottles in the two rows and force them together, thus preventing rattling of the bottles and thereby decreasing the possibilities of breakage. Moreover since the beads 28 engage the bottles at points above the maximum diameter thereof, removal of any bottle from the carrier cannot occur when the yokes 25 are depressed. When, however, the yokes are moved upwardly to the position in which they are adapted to serve as a I carrying handle, the beads 28 of the upper edges of the sides I! will be moved outwardly far enough to permit the bottles to be removed.

I claim as my invention:

1. A bottle-carrier, comprising a bottle-supporting bottom and opposite sides swingable relatively to said bottom, a carrying bail for said carrier, said bail having portions associated respectively with said sides, said sides being provided withguides slidablyreceiving said bailportions, the guides on opposite sides being disposed to converge upwardly, whereby upward movement of said bail in said guides will cause the upper edges of said sides to move away from each other.

2. A bottle-carrier, comprising a bottle-supporting bottom, sides pivotally connected to said bottom along opposite sides thereof, yokes respecengaging with each of the oppositesides of the ward and away from said sheet metal :member, standing edge of the lock, one of said tool elements spring means on;-said shaft resiliently biasing said being adapted to extend intotthe lock pocket subtools together, and means for maintaining said stantially the full depth thereof forefi'ecting the tools in ga-predetermined aligned position as reopening of said pocket,'a shaft journaled in said 5 gards the path of movement of said sheet metal frame, said tools being eccentrically supported on memberthroughsaid machine. said shaft whereby said tools may bevshifted toe z CONRAD H; GREBE.

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