US1204308A - Wire-holding stand. - Google Patents

Description

l. W. PETER.

WIRE HOLDING STAND..

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 19 1915.

l 294,308 Patented; Nov. 7, 1916.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 7, 1916.

Application filed November 19, 1915. Serial No. 62,307.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Jol-IN I/V. PETER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Fostoria, in the county of Seneca and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Vire-Holding Stands, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention is an improvement y in wire holding stands of the type set out in my Patent Number 1,176,486, granted March 2i, 1916.

The device forming the subject of that application consists, generally speaking, in a skeleton frame having a plurality of pairs of rings arranged thereon, the rings being open and having their lower ends outturned to provide a bearing surface for the wire as it is unrolled. It has been found that in drawing the wire from the open rings, the outturned portions of the v,rings tend to scratch and mark the wire, and it is to obviate this disadvantage that the present improvements have been made, the object thereof being to provide a pan or tray upon which the wire rolls may in each case rest, said tray having an overturned portion forming a smooth edge across which the wire may be drawn in unrolling the' same.

l.Vith these and other objects in view which will become apparent as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which like characters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several figures, of which-e Figure l represents a view in perspective of an improved wire holding stand, constructed according to my invention. Fig. 2 represents a view in section taken vertically and transversely through a portion of the same, showing the arrangement and method of securing the wire holding trays.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, A represents in general the skeleton framework, and B represents the pairs of split rings arranged thereon. The particular construction and arrangement of these parts and their method of operation is set out in my patent before mentioned, and it is therefore deemed unnecessary to describe them in detail here.

The present invention ycontemplates the provision of each pair of rings with a transe1 versely curved tray or pan 5 having its front and rear edges underturned as at 6 and 7 respectively. The edges are turned over to# ward but not against the lower convex surface of the pan or tray, and the rear edge 7 `is provided at spaced intervals with openings for receiving the Shanks of bolts 8. The latter are arranged apart a distance equal to the distance between the central portion of the pair of rings with which each pan is adapted to be connected, and in assembling the device these bolts pass through openings provided at 9 in the rings B. lhen the trays or pans are used in connection with the wire holding stands, the lower ends of the split rings are not outturned, but lie in the circumference of the circle defined by the rings, and in assembling the device the forward underturned edges 6 engage over the lower ends of the rings in the manner indicated in Fig. 2, whereby to help retain the pans in place and to house these free ring ends. The pans 5 receive the rolls of wire, and support them throughout their length so that the rolls will not sag or give at their middle portions. Furthermore, the overturned forward edge of the pans in housing the ring ends, prevent engagement thereof with the rolls of wire, and these overturned edges present smooth rounded surfaces over which the wire may be drawn, so that the wire will not become scratched or lacerated.

Although I have described the preferred embodiment of my invention, I may desire to make such changes in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts thereof, as do not depart from the spirit of the invention and the scope of the appended claims.

l. The combination with a wire stand including a plurality of pairs of spaced split rings, of a plurality of transversely curved pans arranged one upon each pair of rings and having its forward and rear edges overturned, the forward overturned edge of the pan engaging upon the lower free ring ends, and bolts arranged in 'spaced openings in the rear overturned edge and adapted to be eX- tended through lopenings provided in the rings, said bolts having their heads housed between the body of the pan and the rear overturned edge thereof.

2. In a wire holding stand, the combination with a plurality of split spaced. rings,

of a wire roll receiving device mounted on the rings including a surface having a forward portion curving over and housing the lower free ends of the rings, said wire roll receiving device having an underturned rear portion, and means carried by the underturned rear portion and protected from the wire roll receiving surface for connecting the wire roll receiving device to the rings.

3. The combination in a Wire stand with a pair of split spaced rings, of a pan. having its forward edge overturned whereby to house the lower free ends of the rings, said pan having its rear edge overturned downwardly and provided with means for attaching the pan to the rings.

JOHN W. PETER. Signed in presence 0f GEO. E. REED, DELLA MANEGKE.

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

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