US1083792A - Basket-anvil. - Google Patents

Description

A. BODJAGK.

BASKET ANVIL.

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 22, 1912.

Patented Jan. 6, 1914.

ADAM BODJACK, OF ST. JOSEPH, MICHIGAN.

BASKET-ANVIL.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 22, 1912.

Patented J an. 6, 1914:.

Serial No. 727,259.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ADAM BODJACK, citizen of the United States, residing at St. Joseph, in the county of Berrien and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Basket-Anvils, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to nailing anvils and more particularly to an anvil designed for use in nailing or tacking the handles of fruit baskets to the sides of such baskets.

It is one aim of the invention to provide an anvil for the purpose stated, so constructed that a basket disposed thereon in position for the application of its handle, will be firmly supported so that the nails may be readily and quickly driven into place without likelihood of splitting either the handle or the basket body.

Another object of the invention is to provide an anvil so constructed that it will serve not only as a support for the basket and handle and as a means for riveting the nails when driven into place through the handle and sides of the basket, but also as a means for holding the basket body and its handle in proper relative position during the nailing operation without the use of any clamping device.

The invention also aims to provide an anvil for the purpose stated which may be readily secured upon any flat sided base and which may, if desired, be used without being secured in place and without likelihood of its overturning during the nailing operation.

For a full understanding of the invention reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the anvil embodying the present invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof, the view illustrating also in section, a basket and its handle arranged upon the anvil in position for the attachment of the handle. Fig. 8 is an end elevation of the anvil. Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2 illustrating the manner in which the basket body and its handle are held properly relatively positioned during the nailing operation.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

In the drawings, the base of the anvil is indicated by the numeral 1 and is preferably of greater length than width and the base at one side and at and adjacent its rear end is cut away as at 2, the greater length of the edge of the cut away portion being of right line extent and indicated at 8. The base is formed with an opening through which is fitted a screw 4 for the purpose of securing it in place upon any suitable base, such for example as indicated at B in Fig. 1.

The shank of the anvil is indicated at 5 and is formed integral with the upper face of the base 1 and extends upwardly and forwardly at an angle therefrom and by referrlng to Figs. 1, 3 and 4 of the drawings, it will be observed that the shank 5 is located at the rear end of the base 1 at that side thereof opposite the side which is cut away. It will further be observed that that face of the shank 5 which is presented toward the cut away side of the base and which is indicated by the numeral 6, is plane and parallel to the edge 3 of the cut away side of the base. For a purpose to be presently explained, the distance between the face 6 of the shank 5 at its lower end and the edge portion 3 of the base is equal to the width of the ordinary basket handle, or substantially so.

The head of the anvil is indicated by the numeral 7 and is integral with the upper end of the shank 5, its connection with the shank being braced by means of a web as integral with the face of the shank and the under side of the said head.

It will be observed from inspection of Figs. 1 and 3 that the head 7 is oifset laterally and forwardly with respect to the shank 5 so that it overhangs the portion of the base between the lower end of the shank and the edge portion 3. It will also be noted that the forwardly ofiiset portion of the head projects beyond the plane of the forward side of the shank 5, as indicated at 9. The upper face of the head 7 is plane and is indicated by the numeral 10 and this face is inclined downwardly in the direction of its ofi'set portion 9 as clearly shown in Fig. 2. In other words, the planes occupied by the upper face of the head 7 and the upper face of the base 1 converge in the direction of the attached or broader end of the said base.

From the foregoing it will be understood that the U-shaped handle which is to be attached to the body of the basket and which is indicated by the numeral 11, has one of its arm disposed upon the upper face of the base 1 and resting at one edge in the corner between the said upper face of the base and the face 6 of the shank 5 and the other arm extending above the upper face of the head 7 and that after thus arranging the handle, the body of the basket is disposed between the arms of the handle with one side 12 resting upon that arm which rests upon the base 1 and the other side 12 disposed beneath the second mentioned arm of the handle and also resting upon the upper face of the olfset portion 9 of the head 7. The body of the basket is so positioned that the edge of its side 12 will rest against the forward edge of the shank 5 inasmuch as this edge of the shank is in a plane at right angles to the plane occupied by the face 6 of the shank, the body of the basket and the handle thereof will be properly relatively positioned, provided the ends of the arms of the handle are brought into registration with the bottom 14 of the basket body. The usual attaching nail is then driven through the upper arm of the handle, supposing it to be positioned in the manner shown in Fig. 2, and through the rim of the side 13 of the basket body, the point of the nail being riveted against the upper face of the head 7. Another securing nail is then driven through the end of the upper arm of the handle and into edge of the bottom 14-. The basket is then inverted and this operation is repeated. It will be noted that the disposition of the lower arm of the handle and the edge of the lower side of the basket body against the face 6 of the shank 5 and the forward edge of the said shank will serve to properly position these parts of the basket, and inasmuch as the handle is of a width substantially equal to the distance between the shank 5 and the edge 3 of the base, the fingers of one hand may hold the handle and basket body properly in position while the nail is being driven through the upper arm and through the rim of the upper side of the basket, when in the position shown in Fig. 2.

It will also be apparent that inasmuch as the upper face of the head 7 is inclined with relation to the upper face of the base 1, and this inclination corresponds to the degree of divergence of the sides of the basket body toward the top thereof, the said body will be firmly supported when arranged as shown in the said Fig. 2.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new is 1. An anvil of the class described including a base, a shank upstanding from the base, one face of the shank being parallel to one lateral edge of the base and spaced therefrom, whereby one side of a basket handle may be positioned on the base with one edge against the face of the shank and a head carried by the shank and overhanging the surface of the base between the shank and the said edge of the base to support the opposite side of the handle, the body of the basket being supported by the base with its edge at one side bearing against the shank and overlying the adjacent side ofthe handle and at its opposite side overlying the head.

2. An anvil of the class described including a base, a shank upstanding from the base, one face of the shank being parallel to one lateral edge of the base and spaced =therefrom,whereby to position one side of the handle upon the base and a head carried by the shank and overhanging the surface of the base between the shank and the said edge of the base to support the opposite side of the handle, the head being also offset beyond one edge of the shank to sup- .port the upper portion of the basket body.

, 3. An anvil of the class described including a base to support a basket body and the lower side of a basket handle, a shank and spaced therefrom whereby to accurately position the handle relative to the basket body upstanding from the base, the base having an edge extending parallel to one side of the shank, and a head carried by the shank and laterally offset with relation to the side thereof to support the upper side of the basket handle.

4. A basket anvil comprising a base to support a basket body and the lower side of a basket handle, a shank rising from the base and inclined forwardly, the upper face of the base being planeand the shank being located at the rear end of the base with one face parallel to and spaced from the edge of the base whereby a basket body supported on the base with its edge against the front edge of the shank and a basket handle supported on the base againstthe face of the shank will be in proper relative positions, and a head carried by the upper end of the shank and having a plane upper side, the

,plane upper side of the head converging forwardly toward the base and the head being offset laterally from the side of the shank and ofiset forwardly from the edge thereof whereby to support the upper side of the basket handle and the upper side of the basket body in proper relative posit-ions.

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ADAM BODJACK. [1 s.] Witnesses:

SAML. W. HONEY, WILL R. STEvnNs.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents Washington, D. G.

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