US1153991A - Winter and summer ice-run. - Google Patents

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E. G. WOOD.

WINTER AND SUMMER ICE RUN.

- APPLICATION FILED JULY10.19I5.

1,153,991 PatentedSept. 21, 1915.

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WINTER AND SUMMER ICE-RUN.

Patented Sept. 21, 1915.

Application filed .TuIy 10, 1915. Serial No. 39,163.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ELLis Gr. 001), a citizen of the United States, residing at I-Iudson, in the county of Columbia and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vinter and Summer Ice-Runs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an ice run designed for use in ice houses or other location in which it may be convenient to locate runways upon which ice may be slid, the run being adapted for use in connection with others of the same type which may be hooked together or otherwise supported to form a continuous slide upon which ice may be moved from one place to another.

My invention provides a structure adapted for use under varying conditions, such as generally occur in the summer and winter seasons. In the winter, runs are generally used inside ice houses to carry ice from the door and door chute to different parts of the room in which it is to be stored. Under such conditions, the ice slides by gravity and it is desirable to provide the runway with sides to prevent the ice from running off the runway before the desired point at which it is to be stored has been reached. In the summer time runs are generally used to furnish surfaces on which the ice may be pushed from its point of storage to the door of the ice house from which it is loaded, which is generally but not always at a diflerent point from the door through which the ice enters the ice house in the winter. Under these conditions, sides are unnecessary for the runs, since the ice is pushed by hand and does not run by gravity as in the winter. Moreover, in placing ice on the runs in the summer, the sides of the run, the run being located at along the length of the same. Therefore, the high sides used to keep the ice on the run in winter would be objectionable for use on the summer runs, since the ice would either have to be lifted over the sides, or pulled around to the open end of a run.

My invention comprises a combination run adapted for use under either winter or summer conditions, the run being provided with side members which are so mounted as to form vertical side walls for the runway in one position, when the run is to be used the ice to be loaded on different points it is often desirable to pull it over under winter conditions, the sides being movable into a second position. for summer use, in which they present inclined outer surfaces over which the ice may easily be pulled. I

Specifically, I form my improved run of transverse members and longitudinal metal iron lee-bearing members secured thereon, together with side members each comprising a metal angle bar, pivoted to the transverse members of the runway. Each angle bar is plvoted at the inner end of one flange of the same, so that in one position this flange rests on the transverse members of the runway with its outer flange forming a vertical side wall. When desired the side members are swung inwardly about their pivots into inverted position, with the edges of the two flanges resting on the cross-members, so that an inclined outer surface is presented over which the ice may easily be pulled on to the run. In this position, the apex ofthe angle forms an additional ice supporting surface, which may be used when desired.

Other objects of my invention are the provision of improved forms of construction, as will hereinafter be more fully pointed out.

In order that a clearer understanding of my invention may be had, attention is hereby directed to the accompanying drawings forming part of this application and illustrating certain embodiments of my invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a plan view of my improved device arranged as a winter run, Fig. 2 is an end view of the same, Fig. 3 is an enlarged end view detail of one of the side members, shown in full lines in the same position as in Fig. 1 and in dotted lines in inverted position, and Fig. 4 is a vertical section on line l4: of Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawings, the run preferably comprises transverse members 1 and longitudinal members 2 suitably secured The side members a, 5 preferably consist of steel angles as shown, each having a vertical flange 6 and a horizontal flange 7 Each angle bar is pivoted at the inner edge of its flange 7 to the cross-members 1. The

preferred form of pivot or hinge connection is shown in Figs. 3 and 4 in which'the pivot pin 8 has a downwardly offset portion 9, which may be formed as a flat sheet secured to the under side of each cross-member 1.

8 to form a bearing for the same, the ends of the strap being suitably secured to the upper and lower surfaces of flange 7 of the side member, at one side of each crossunember l.

It will be obvious that when it is desired to use the run as a winter run, the side members are positioned as shown in full'lines in Fig. 3 with flanges 6 extending vertically to form the side walls of the run, and flanges 7 resting upon the end portions of cross-members 1. When it is desired to make a summer run, the side members are swung about pivot pins 8 into the inverted position shownin dotted lines in Figs. 2 and 3, in which the ends of flange-s 6 rest upon cross-members 1,. with the apex of each angle iron constituting its highest point. presented over which a cake of ice may easily be pulled toload the same on to runway. The effective width of the runway is less when the sides are inverted than otherwise, but this is an advantage since as stated, the ice is pushed along the runway in summer'and is more easily guided on the narrow run than wider run used in winter.

Preferably, the height of each side member when inverted is substantially the same as that of the longitudinal ice supporting members 2, although it is obvious that this height may be made slightly higher or slightly lower bers 2, by using a different size of angle bar, or by notching the upper edge of flange 6 of the bar at the points at which it rests upon cross-bars lwhen inverted. When a cake of ice remains upon the run for any length of time, it may be desirable to pull the sameove'r so that it partly rests on the inverted angle iron at one side as shown in Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Washington, D. G.

A strap 10 is bent about pivot pin" A sloping outer surface is thereby.

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Fig. 2, this preventing the ice from settling asmuch as it would if it rested simply upon the bearing surfaces of members 2. 1 It is obvious that considerable advantage is gained by the use of asingle combination run, such as described, in place of separate winter and summer runs, my invention also doing away with the necessity of bolting or otherwise securing additional sides upon a run, which is unprovided with the same,

Having now described my invention, what gitudinal and cross members constitutingan' ice runway and L-shaped side members pivoted thereto, one on each side of the same, each of said members being pivotedat the inner end of a flange to the runway, so that the same'may rest on the runway, with the other flange constituting a vertical sidewall, inflone position, the member resting on the runway in inverted position, topresent slop ing inner and outer'surfaces, inits other position, substantially as set forth. 7

3. Infan ice run, the combinationof a runway comprising transverse members,

and longitudinal metallic, members having rounded upper ce supporting surfaces, supported on said transverse members, and side members pivoted tosaid transverse mem-' bers, comprising angular bars, positioned to be supported in one position'in such mannor as to present vertical walls at the sides, of the runway, and to be swungabout their pivots into another 'positionrin which they are adapted to form This specification signed and witnessed this 29th day of May, 1915.

Witnesses: BENEDICT G rrono,

A. C. BENNETT.

additional ice support-j ing surfaces, substantially as set.fortl1..

ELLIS o. WOOD. I A

Commissioner of Patents;

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