US2155772A

US2155772A - Shelf and receptacle

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Publication number: US2155772A
Application number: US175792A
Authority: US
Inventors: Howard C Porter
Original assignee: Signode Steel Strapping Co
Current assignee: Signode Corp
Priority date: 1936-08-04
Filing date: 1937-11-22
Publication date: 1939-04-25
Anticipated expiration: 1956-04-25

Description

April 25, 1939. i H, P RTE 2,155,772

SHELF AND RECEPTACLE Original Filed Aug. 4, 1936 2 Sheets-Sheet l p il-25,1939. HCPQRTER 2,155,712

SHELF AND RECEPTACLE Original Filed Aug. 4, 1956 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 wag M Patented Apr. 25, 1939 UNITED STATES SHELF AND BE CEPTACLE,

Howard 0. Porter, Chicago, Ill., assignor to Slgnode Steel Strapping Company, Chicago, 111., a corporation of Delaware Original application August 4, 1936, Serial No.

94,199. Divided and this application November 22, 1937, Serial No. 175,792

1 Claim.

My invention relates to shelves and receptacles.

It will be illustrated and explained as embodied in a combined tool and package supporting shelf and supply receptacle particularly adapted for use with and as a detachable part of a portable reel for metallic package-binder strap.

An object of my invention is to provide an improved shelf and supply receptacle.

A further object is to provide a shelf and receptacle that, as a unit, may be quickly and easily applied to and removed from an accessible position at the handle of the reel.

Another object is to provide a combined shelf and receptacle which is simple, effective and handy.

Other objects and advantages will hereinafter appear.

In the embodiment shown in the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective of a shelf and supply receptacle applied to a portable package-binder trap reel;

Fig. 2 is a similar perspective of the reel with the shelf and receptacle removed, but in the position assumed at the beginning of its application to the reel-handle, to illustrate how the shelf and receptacle may be detached from and reassembled to the reel.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical section through the shelf and receptacle and the handle of the reel to show how the same are associated when they are combined, and

Fig. 4 is an end elevation, in partial section, of the shelf and receptacle in position on the reel handle.

This application is a division of my copending application Serial No. 94,199 filed August 4, 1936.

In general, my improved shelf and supply receptacle comprises a flat platform for holding tools and supporting light and smallish packages and a hopper-shaped depending receptacle for holding supplies, the two being provided with a guideway for adjustably and detachably associating them with a support, such as a reel-handle.

Fig. 1 shows the preferred application of my shelf and receptacle wherein the support comprises the two parallel horizontally disposed portions H1 and I l of the tubular handle of a portable package-binder strap reel. The shelf 12 is shown as a rectangular platform normally lying in a substantially horizontal position above the reel handle, and the supply receptacle I3 is shown as a hopper bottom box depending from the platform and disposed below the handle.

The tool shelf comprises a rectangular metal frame, the two sides 20 and M and the rear end 22 of which are formed from a single angle iron bent into generally U shape and having one flange 20' 2|'-22' horizontally disposed and the other flange upstanding. The fourth and front side of the frame consists of a metal bar 23 "6 which is bridged between and secured to the forward ends of the side members 20 and El. Preferably the ends of bar 23 abut the upstanding flanges of the side members 20 and 2! and rest upon and are secured to the horizontal flanges 20' 10 and 2| thereof. The bar may be secured to the flanges ofthe side members by rivets 24 or other suitable means, as shown most clearly in Fig. 3.

A bottom or platform 25 (preferably made of wood so as not to mar the tools) fits the rectangular frame, resting upon and being supported by the horizontal flanges thereof and abutting and having its top surface substantially flush with the bar 23. Screws 26 which thread into tapped holes in the horizontal flanges 26'2l 20 of the frame side members, or other suitable means such as rivets, may be utilized to anchor the bottom of the shelf securely to the frame thereof. The vertical flanges of the side and end member 22 should be high enough to extend above 25 the plane of the upper surface of the bottom or platform 50 that three sides of the platform may be bordered or bounded by a guard rail or fence which will retain thereon tools or other articles which may be placed upon the platform. Prefer- 30 ably the fourth or front side where the bar 23 is located is left unguarded to facilitate the placing and removal of tools etc. upon and from the shelf, to permit long handled tools to lie flat and to avoid marring the handles. The upstanding 35 guard about three sides of the shelf platform performs another function. In the binding of light and smallish packages it may be convenient to support them upon the shelf while they are being bound since in this position they are close to the 40 source of the binder (e. g., the reel-drum) and at a convenient height. And when a package is set upon the shelf bridging across the upstanding guard flange along two sides of the platform there is sufiicient clearance between the bottom of the 45 package and the surface of the platform to allow the binder strap to be easily threaded or passed beneath the package. The omission of a guard on the front edge of the platform eliminates a source of interference to thus passing the binder 5 under a package.

The shelf proper is adjustably and detachably retained upon its horizontal support, consisting of the two handle members l0 and II, by a pair of parallel

angle iron guides

21 and 28. The angle 55

irons

21 and 28 have their horizontal flanges secured to the horizontal flanges 20 and 2| of side frame members 20 and 2|, respectively, and their vertical flanges extend downwardly and are spaced apart by a distance such that they slidably, but rather tightly, receive the parallel horizontal supporting members It! and II.

Preferably a pair of

cross rods

29 and 30 bridge between and have their opposite ends extendin through holes in the downwardly directed flanges of

angle irons

21 and 28. These rods may be retained in place by suitable means such as cotter pins 3!. In order that these rods may help to retain the shelf upon its support, they are spaced below the horizontal flanges of angle iron guides 21 and 28 a distance which is slightly more than the depth of the supporting members l0 and II. By this construction the angle iron guides and the cross rods form, in effect, a socket into which the supporting members I0 and II will slidably fit so that the shelf may be readily applied to (as shown in Fig. 1) or detached from (as shown in Fig. 2) its support.

The shelf may be positioned upon its support by sliding it lengthwise thereupon with the members l0 and II in the! socket formed by the flanges of the guideways and the cross rods. It may be readily detached from its support by sliding it in the opposite direction. And while the shelf is positioned upon its support, its position may be adjusted such as by sliding it forwardly to render the tools thereon or the supplies in the receptacle more readily accessible or by sliding it rearwardly toward the reel-drum (as shown in Fig. 1) to uncover the reel handle for ready grasping by the operator when it is desired to move the reel. 7

The supply receptacle or bin comprises a metallic box having side members and 36, which are perforated to permit the

cross bars

29 and 30 to pass therethrough, and two

end members

31 and 38 appropriately attached to the side members. Preferably the side and end members of the receptacle are formed from sheet steel and the side members are so shaped as to give the receptacle, which is suspended from

cross rods

29 and 30, a tapering or hopper bottom shape. The side members are preferably so shaped that the opening in the top of the receptacle lies in front of and somewhat below the forward end of the shelf.

This shelf and receptacle provides a readily accessible place for accommodating such tools as ordinarily may be needed in the binding of packages with metal strap, a handy support for holding smallish packages while they are being bound, and a bin for storing small supplies, such as joint reinforcing metal sleeves, which are commonly employed in this art. The shelf and receptacle may be applied to its support so that, if the support is a portable strap reel, they may be moved about with the support. However, should it be found desirable or necessary to move the tools and supplies independently of the support, the

combined shelf and receptacle may be readily detached from its support and, when occasion requires, as readily re-associated with its support. Its position on the support may be adjusted forwardly to bring the handles of tools resting on the shelf and the supplies in the receptacle into a position readily accessible to an operator standing in front of the reel,-the position commonly taken when binding packages. Or the position may be adjusted rearwardly to render the reel handle readily accessible when the operator desires to move the reel.

Depending the supply receptacle from the shelf by easily removable tie rods, the shelf and receptacle may be readily separated for shipment in a small container. The rear tie rod serves also as a binder straightener,particularly in the event the strap feeds from the reel drum with an upward curvature.

In combination with the preferred support (i. e., the normally substantially horizontal extremity of the handle of a portable strap-reel, as shown in Fig. 1), the normal center of gravity of the shelf and receptacle, even when they are loaded with tools and supplies, is to the rear of the sliding connection therebetween. Thus, there is a normal tendency for the shelf to tilt in a clockwise direction as viewed in Figs. 1 and 3. This tendency is, of course, resisted by the tie rod 29 engaging the underside of the two parallel handle portions Ill and II. That engagement-particularly if a package is resting on the shelfhelps to retain the shelf tightly in place on its support against accidental displacement, even though the sliding connection is sufliciently loose to enable them to be easily separated when desired.

Having thus illustrated and described the preferred embodiment and application of my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is as follows:

A shelf for detachable and slidable association" with a pair of parallel supporting members and comprising a pair of spaced parallel sideframe members, each frame member including two right angularly related flanges one of which is upstanding and the other horizontally disposed and the two horizontal flanges extending inward: ly toward each other, a platform bridging between and carried upon the horizontal inwardly directed flanges of the side-frame members, a pair of angle-iron guides secured to the horizontal inwardly directed flanges of side-frame members with one flange of each guide lying along thehorizontal inwardly disposed flange of a sideframe member and the other flange directed downwardly, the two downwardly directed flanges of the guides being spaced apart a distance sufficient to embrace the supporting members, and a cross bar bridged between the two downwardly directed flanges of the guides and spaced from the other flanges of the guides to form therewith a socket for the slidable reception of the parallel supporting members.

HOWARD C. PORTER.