US1052222A

US1052222A - Pallet.

Info

Publication number: US1052222A
Application number: US68458412A
Authority: US
Inventors: Charles A Denney
Original assignee: RICHARD P STEWART
Current assignee: RICHARD P STEWART
Priority date: 1912-03-18
Filing date: 1912-03-18
Publication date: 1913-02-04
Anticipated expiration: 1930-02-04

Description

C. A. DENNEY.

PALLET.

APPLICATION FILED MARIS, 1912.

Patented P01014, 1913.

Fly. a'.

/m//YTO Tra/mfr n//r/VESSES.-

EMTED sTATEs PATENT i OEEicE. A

CHARLES A. DENNEY, or LEHIGH, IOWA, AssIGNoR or ONE-HALF To RICHARD P.

f STEWART, or LEHIGH, IOWA.

PALLET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 4, 1913.

v Application filed March`18, 1912. Serial No. 684,584.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES A. DENNEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lehigh, in the count-y of IVebster and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pallets, of which the following is a full, clear, and comprehensive specication, being such as will enable others.r tol make and use the same with absolute exactitude.

The object of my present invention, broadly speaking,- is to provide a pallet which will be strong and durable in construction, easily operated and controlled, Capable of producing a maximum of etticiency in practice, and which can be manufactured and sold/at a comparatively low price.

More specifically stated, my object is to provide 'a pallet to be employed in connection with the manufacture of clay products, such for instance as large tile or the like, by the employment of which the tile may be easily handled while green or otherwise, with a minimum of danger thereto; also affording means whereby the drying of tile thereon may be greatly accelerated; and preventing the tile from becoming damaged on the end which comes into contact with the pallet. 1H

Other objects and particular advantages of my invention will be brought out and will be made apparent in the course of the following specification, and that which 1s new and which involves invention will be correlated in the appended claims.

I am aware that heretofore, in some places, pallets have been formed by two cross-pieces covered with a top ofl lumber, forming a square pallet on which the tile may rest,-however there are several im-V portant objections to them: The boards swell and contract and thereby damage the end of the tile resting thereon; such palletsare exceedingly bunglesome and require a great amountI of room. All of these` objections are overcome in my construction herein shown and described, in addition to which there are other minor advantages which will be apparent to the mechanic.

The preferred manner for carrying out my invention in a practical manner is shown in the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure l is a plan view of the surface of my pallet. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the i111- der-side of the pallet. Fig. 3 is a side elevation, showing one edge of a pallet, showing a portion of tile as resting on the pallet. Fig. et is a central cross section, as taken on line 2 2 of Fig. 1. And Fig. 5 is a central cross section, as taken on line g/-y of Fig. 1.

Similar indices denote like parts throughout the several views of the one sheet of drawings.

In order that the construction, the operation, and the advantages of my invention may be more fully understood and appreciated, I will now take up ardetailed description thereof, in which I will set'forth the invention as ybriefly and as comprehensively as -I may.

The frame of my pallet consists of a metal bar bent to describe a square, thereby dividing it into four equal sides, A, A, A and A corresponding with the four edges of the pallet.

Let-ters B, C, D and E'denote the four metal cross-bars, which are all identical with each other, each having both ends thereof bent at right-angles thereto, thereby forming a foot at each end of each of said cross-bars. The feet located on one end of each of said cross-bars are secured to the side A, and the feet on the other end of the cross-bars are all secured to the side A', substantially as indicated in Fig. 2. The material of which the cross-bars and the sides A, A', A and A are formed is preferably all of the same slze or gage.

The angle-

bars

1 and 2 are disposed across under the cross-bars and in contact therewith, the bar l being located nearer the side A and the bar 2 being located nearer the side A. One end of each of the angle-bars is bent up and secured to the side A, as bv the respective bolts a. and b; and inlike i manner the other end of each of the anglebars is bent up and then secured to the side A by similar bolts, for instance a and b. The above forms a very rigid and secure frame capable of supporting a comparatively great weight.l However in practice the number of cross-bars B, C, D and E may be increased or diminished-as desired, depending on the size of the pallet and the weight to be supported thereby.

The frame as described is to be covered over by the top 3, which is formed of a single section of sheet metal, the edges there- :of beingturned down and secured to the sides A, A', A and A", substantially as indicated, in which position the top 3 Will f rest on all of the cross-bars B, C, D and E.

Through the center of the top 3 is formed the comparatively large round aperture X,

to provide for which the cross-bars C and E- indicated in Figs. 1 and 3, in which position it should remain until dry, and from which it is removed direct to the kiln. After the tile is placedon the pallet it'may be easily moved from place to place as required, as the pallet is adapted to rest on a truck or the like. The tile and the pallet are first moved to the drier, the construction of the pallet is such as to accelerate the drying process, for

the reason that the air may pass under the pallet, between the angle-bars 1- and 2, and then pass up through the aperture X, thereby causing the tile to dry upon its inside fully as rapidly as it will dry upon .the outside.

I desire that' it be fully understood thatv various changes may be made in the several details of cnstructlon from that herein shown and described without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacricing any of the advantagesl thereof.

Having now fully shown and described my invention and the best means for its construction to me vknown at this time, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent. of the United Statesis- 1. pallet comprising a frame having four equal sides, four cross-bars which are identical with each other having their ends bent at right-angles to form a foot at each end of each cross-bar, the said feet secured to twosides of the frame, the angle-

bars

1 and 2 disposed across under said `cross-bars and in cont-act therewith, the ends of said angle-bars being secured to two of the sides of the frame, resting on-all of said crossbars, and vsecured vto said frame, a top covering said frame there being a round lcentral aperture formed through said top, all subs'tantially as shown and described.

2. A pallet composed entirely -of metal,

-comprising a frame formed of a single bar bent to describe a square, the end being secured together, a plurality of cross-bars extending across between two of the sides and secured to said bar, angle-bars disposed across under the cross-bars and secured to lthe first named bar, a sheet metal top covering the frame and extending down over the edges thereof, there being a large central aperture formed through said top, all substantially as shown and described and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name to this specification in the .presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

CHARLES A. DENNEY;

Vitnesses CHAs. HESKETT, E. D. MCANAILY.