US1204372A - Hay-rack. - Google Patents

Description

J. A. MALCIK.

HAY RACK.

APPLICATION Flu-:n Nov. 6. 19:5.

Patented. Nov. 7, 1916.

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HAY-RACK.

Application filed November 6, 1915.

T 0 all whom t may concern Be it known that I, JOHN A. MALCIK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cistern, in thecounty of Fayette, and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful lay-Rack, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved hay rack, and has for an object to provide a device of this character which is portable for carrying loads of hay, and which may also be used as a stationary rack for feeding purposes.

It is another object of the invention to provide a rack of such construction that it will retain the load of hay placed therein from scattering or falling from the top of the rack when the latter is subjected to jarring, incident to its transportation, and which is of such structure that it may be readily placed and removed with respect to the running gear of an Iordinary wagon without knocking down or adjusting any of the parts of the rack or running gear.

A further object of the invention is to provide a rack which is light in weight, which may be manufactured from galvanized sheet iron, or other light material, which may be easily handled, and which requires no fastening means and no adjustment for applying the same to the running gear of a wagon or mounting the rack on a stationary support.

Other objects and advantages of this invention will be fully brought out in the following` description of the present preferred embodiment of this invention, the same being disclosed in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective `view of the present form of this invention; Fig. 2 is a` bottom plan view of the same; Fig. 3 is a transverse section, taken centrally through the rack; and Fig. L is a fragmentary enlarged sectional view of the bed frame of the rack, taken longitudinally through one of the side bars thereof.

Referring` to the drawing, the rack comprises a bed frame composed of the elongated side bars 10 joined by spaced apart bars 11 supporting between the side cross bars 10 a plurality of slats 12 comprising The side bars the bottom of the bed frame. 10 are preferably of angle iron construction, each having one of its flanges extending horizontally inward and having its op- Speccation of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 7, 1916.

SeriaI No. 60,004.

posite ange extending upward. The cross bars 11 are also of angle iron construction, each having a horizontal flange, engaging at its opposite ends against the lower faces of the side bars 10, and being secured thereto at such point of contact by reinforcing clamps 13. As shown to advantage in Fig. t of the drawings, the depending flange df each cross bar 11 is notched in its lower edge immediately beneath the adjacent side bar 10. The clamping device 13 is in the form of a bolt threaded at one end for passage through registering apertures provided in the horizontal flangesof the side and cross bars, and having its lower end overturned or hooked as at 14; for engagement in the notch. The bolt or clampihg Idevice 13 lies preferably against the inner facev of the depending flange of the cross bar 11, and serves as a reinforcement for the cross bar, in that the bolt 13 prevents the flattening or bending of the flange of the cross bar. The upper threaded end of the bolt 13 receives a binding nut 15 which bears against the upper face of the hori- Zontal flange of the side bar 10, and which, when tightened, draws the bolt 13 upward and secures the hook 14 in the flange ,and binds the bars 10 and 11 together. rlhese clamping devices 13 are employed at the opposite ends of the cross bars 11, or at those points only where the side bars 10 are connected to the cross bars. Any number i of cross bars 11 .may be employed, but in the construction disclosed in the drawing, three are used, a central cross bar, and forward and rear cross bars. The slats or bottom sections 12 rest upon the cross bars and preferably extend longitudinally of the bed frame. In the present instance the slats are secured by bolts 16 to all of the cross bars although if desired their opposite ends may imply rest upon the forward and rear cross ars.

Spaced above the bed frame and offset outwardly therefrom are upper side bars 17 of angle iron construction, and which have one of their flanges extending inwardly and downwardly, while their opposite or reinforcing flange extendsv outwardly and downwardly. The upper side bars 17 are supported upon the bed frame by a plurality of pales 18 which are secured at their lower ends to the vertical flanges of the side bars 10, and which rise from the bed frame and diverge laterally therefrom. With this construction, the upper end of the rack is considerably wider than the lower end thereof, and the upper side bars 17 are held from spreading by end braces 19, which comprise preferably flat bars or strips of metal apertured at their opposite ends for the reception of rounded studs 20 and 23 projecting from the ends of the upper and lower side bars respectively and having transverse openings therethrough for the reception of cotter pins 21, or other suitable fastening devices. For the purpose of closing the forward and rear ends of the rack, and also for the purpose of reinforcing the upper portion of the rack, a pair of cross braces 22 is placed on each end of the rack, the upper ends of the braces 22 being suitably apertured for engagement over the studs 20 behind the fastening devices 21, while the lower ends of the braces 22 are suitably apertured for engagement over the studs 23 projecting from the opposite ends of the lower side bars 10. The lower studs 23 are provided with cotter pins or like fastening devices 24 to retain the lower ends of the braces 22 in place. The end braces 22 are preferably formed from sheet or strip metal and are secured together by bolts 25 at their crossed portions, which serve to reinforce the ends of the rack.

The pales 18 preferably comprise a plurality of flat strips of metal projecting slightly above the upper side bars 17, and being pointed for engagement with the top of the load of hay placed in the rack, the points catching in the top of the load and serving to prevent the jarring or accidental dislodgment of the hay at the top of the rack. These pales 18 are spaced apart longitudinally of the rack a sufficient distance to admit of the feeding of the contents of the rack, and at the same time to provide open side frames which will support the load and prevent the hay from falling through the rack.

The rack is adapted to be used for feeding by placing the rack upon a suitable support so as to position the bed frame of the rack within two or three feet of the ground. The rack is also adapted to be lifted bodily with its contents and placed upon the running gear of the wagon so as to rest flat upon the holsters of the wagon.

While the weight of the rack and its contents will hold the rack on the wagon to some extent, it is an object of this invention to provide means for preventing the slipping of the rack upon the running gear without the employment of any fastening devices, and without requiring any adjustment of the parts of the rack or wagon. To this end, each of the lower side bars 10 is provided, adjacent its rear end, with a depending bracket 26. These brackets 26 register transversely and are each composed of a single length of strip metal bent to provide a pair of depending arms 27 which are longitudinally spaced apart for engagement against the forward and rear edges of the holsters of the running gear, the arms 27 being reinforced by the diagonal braces 28, which comprise the returned ends of the arms, and which are flanged, as at 29, and engage flat against the horizontal flanges of the adjacent side b-ar l0, and are secured thereto by bolts 30 or the like. Each strip is so bent that the arms 27 are joined at their inner or upper ends by a cross piece 31 which not only reinforces the bracket, but serves as a bearing plate to rest upon the upper face of the bolsters.

It will thus be noted that the rack of this invention may be made entirely from sheet metal, which is galvanized or otherwise treated to prevent rusting of the rack. By thus forming a complete rack of sheet metal, a very light and economically manufactured rack is produced, and a rack which may be readily lifted from its stationary support to the wagon running gear, or which may be carried and handled with relatively great ease. The rack may be used not only for the purpose of carrying loads of hay in the manner of an ordinary hay wagon, but may also be used as -a feeder for hay, or for small grain provided the bottom be made sufficiently tight.

Of course the embodiment of the invention herein shown may be modified within the scope of the following claims, without departing from the spirit of this invention.

What is claimed is 1. A hay rack comprising upper and lower angleside bars, angle cross-bars joining the lower side bars, said lower side bars and said cross bars having their horizontal flanges abutting and having their opposite flanges extending respectively upward and downward, bracing clamps securing the overlapping portions of said horizontal flanges together and engaging the vertical anges of the cross bars for supporting the same, a plurality of slats placed between said lower side bars and resting upon the cross bars, and an open body rising Vfrom said lower side bars.

2. A hay rack comprising side bars of angle iron having their horizontal flanges extending inwardly, cross bars of angle iron having their horizontal flanges resting against the lower faces of said side bars, means for securing said horizontal flanges together at their abutting portions, pales rising fromthe vertical flanges of said sideV from the extremities of said upper and lower side bars, end bars oining the opposite ends of said upper side bars, and cross-braces joining the opposite ends of the upper and lower side bars.

3. In a hay rack, longitudinal angle bars having horizontal flanges, cross bars of angle forni having their horizontal flanges abutting the horizont-al flanges of said longitudinal bars, the vertical flanges of said cross bars eXtending downwardly and having notches in their lower edges immediately beneath the horizontal flanges of said longitudinal bars, hook-bolts passing through the abutting horizontal flanges of said longitudinal and cross bars and having the hooks thereof engaging in the notches of said vertical flanges, said bolts passing upwardly against the inner faces of said vertical -a-nges to reinforce the same, and binding nuts upon the upper ends of said hook-bolts adapted to draw said hori- Zontal flanges together' and bind the hooks in said notches.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aliiXed iny signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN A. MALCIK.

IVitnesses Jos. KUNsCHIK, CHALMERs GOSCH.

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

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