GB2053335A

GB2053335A - Hod

Info

Publication number: GB2053335A
Application number: GB8022917A
Authority: GB
Original assignee: Lester P D
Current assignee: Lester P D
Priority date: 1979-07-14
Filing date: 1980-07-14
Publication date: 1981-02-04

Abstract

A hod comprises a lower portion 12 in the form of a trough which is V- shaped in cross-section having two side walls 14 extending upwardly from the upper edges of the sides of the trough, and an end wall 16 extending between the sides of the trough, and the side walls at one end of the hod. A handle 20 is secured to and extends downwardly from the lower portion of the hod. <IMAGE>

Description

SPECIFICATION An improved hod This invention relates to a hod and more particularly, to a hod which is used for carrying building materials.

A conventional hod which is used for carrying building materials such as, bricks, cement, mortar or plaster normally consists of a simple trough of substantially V-shape in cross-section having one closed end, the trough being mounted on a carrying handle. The carrying handle is normally secured to and depends downwardly from the Vshaped trough, thus enabling conventionally shaped bricks to be stacked in the trough portion of the hod and then carried on the shoulder of the user in the normal manner. It is possible, when using a coventional hod to stack conventional building bricks therein so that the hod is balanced which reduces the effort required by a user when carrying the hod.It is, of course, only possible to arrange conventional building bricks in such a Vshaped hod so that it is balanced due to the relatively small size and the particular dimensional relationship between the bricks and the V-shaped hod.

However, this known type of hod suffers from the disadvantage that it is not suitable for carrying the relatively new type of building blocks which are used extensively in the building industry as it is difficult to position building blocks in the trough of the known V-shaped hod so that the hod is balanced and the object of this invention is to provide a hod in which the above disadvantage is alleviated.

According to this invention, a hod comprises a lower portion in the form of a trough, two side walls extending upwardly from the upper edges of the side of the trough, an end wall extending between the sides of the trough and the side walls at one end of the hod, and a handle which is secured to and extends downwardly from the external surface of the lower portion of the hod.

Preferably, the lower portion in the form of a trough is V-shaped or substantially V-shaped in cross-section. Preferably, also, the side walls are parallel to or substantially parallel to one another.

The handle which is secured to the external surface of the lower portion of the hod, preferably, extends parallel to the side walls.

Preferably, the handle is secured to the nadir of the trough along the centre line thereof.

Preferably, also, the external surface of the lower portion is provided with a projection at or adjacent to the open end thereof. The lower portion, the side walls, and the end wall are, preferably, formed of a plastics material.

Preferably, the external surface of the lower portion is provided with a socket which is adapted to receive therein one end of the handle.

Preferably, also, one or more strengthening ribs are formed on and extend between the socket and the external surface of the lower portion of the hod.

A preferred embodiment of this invention will now be described, by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying drawings of which: Figure 1 is a side elevation of a hod viewed from one side thereof; Figure 2 is a side elevation of the hod from the other side; Figure 3 is a front elevation of the hod; Figure 4 is a rear elevation of the hod; Figure 5 is a top view of the hod; and Figure 6 is a bottom view of the hod.

Referring now to the drawings, a hod indicated generally at 10 comprises a lower portion 12 in the form of a trough which is substantially Vshaped in cross-section. Two parallel side walls 14 extend upwardly from the associated upper edges of the lower portion 12 and an end wall 1 6 extends between the sides of the lower portion 12 and the side walls 14 at one end of the hod.

A socket 1 8 is formed in the external surface of the lower portion 12 on the longitudinal centre line thereof and the socket 1 8 is adapted to receive and have secured therein a handle 20. The handle 20 extends downwardly from the socket 1 8 in a direction which is parallel to the plane of the side walls 14.

Strengthening ribs 22 are formed on the lower portion 12 of the hod and extend between the socket 1 8 and the sides of the lower portion 12 and between the socket 1 8 and the front lower surface of the lower portion 12. Additional strengthening ribs 24 are also provided on the external surface of the sides of the lower portion 12. It will be appreciated that when the hod is in use the major load and stress on the hod is exerted on the connection point of the socket 1 8 to the lower portion 12 and the strengthening ribs 22 increase the strength of this connection between the socket 1 8 and the lower portion 1 2 of the hod 10.

A projection 26 is formed on the external lower surface of the lower portion 12 of the hod 10 at the front end thereof and forms a support on which the hod 10 can rest when the hod is being loaded as will be hereinafter described.

The internal surfaces of the side walls 14 are each provided with a longitudinally extending shoulder portion 28 which can be used to provide a support when building blocks or bricks are being carried in the hod 10.

When the hod is to be loaded with building blocks such as the blocks marketed under the Registered Trade Marks THERMALITE and CELCON, the hod is loaded directly from a stack of such building blocks by placing the hod in a position where the handle 20 is substantially horizontal and then sliding the hod downwardly over the blocks. Once three blocks 30 have been positioned in the hod 10 in a position shown in broken lines in Figure 3 of the drawings, the projection 26 engages additional blocks in the stack of building blocks and forms a pivot point about which the hod can be rotated to move the hod into a position where the handle 20 is substantially vertical.

The loaded hod 10 is then carried on the shoulder of the user in the normal way and it will be appreciated that the hod 10 loaded with building blocks 30 is substantially balanced which makes it easier to carry the loaded hod.

It will be appreciated that the hod 10 can also be utilised for carrying other building materials such as cement, mortar or plaster and the provision of the side walls 14 enables a larger quantity of material to be carried than is possible with a conventional hod and with less inconvenience to the user as the sides 14 of the hod 10 reduce the danger of spillage of the material which is a common fault with the existing known hods.

Although the lower portion 12, the side walls 14, the end walls 1 6 and the socket 18 could be formed from various material such as wood or aluminium, it has been found to be particularly beneficial to form the hod 10 from 1 plastics material by a moulding process thereby enabling all of the portions of the hod 10 with the exception of the handle 20 to be formed from a single piece.

Claims

1. A hod comprising a lower portion in the form of a trough, two side walls extending upwardly from the upper edges of the sides of the trough, an end wall extending between the sides of the trough and the side walls at one end of the hod, and a handle which is secured to and extends downwardly from the external surface of the lower portion of the hod.

2. A hod according to Claim 1, wherein the lower portion in the form of a trough is V-shaped or substantially V-shaped in cross-section.

3. A hod according to Claim 1 or Claim 2, wherein the side walls are parallel to or substantially parallel to one another.

4. A hod according to Claim 3, wherein the handle extends parallel to the side walls.

5. A hod according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the handle is secured to the nadir of the trough along the centre line thereof.

6. A hod according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the external surface of the lower portion is provided with a projection at or adjacent to the open end thereof.

7. A hod according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the lower portion, the side walls, and the end walls are formed of a plastics material.

8. A hod according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the external surface of the lower portion is provided with a socket which is adapted to receive therein one end of the handle.

9. A hod according to Claim 8, wherein one or more strengthening ribs are formed on and extend between the socket and the external surface of the lower portion of the hod.

10. A hod constructed and arranged substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.