US1222143A

US1222143A - Holding device for fire-extinguishers.

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Publication number: US1222143A
Application number: US2376315A
Authority: US
Inventors: Frank F Rowell
Original assignee: Johns Manville Corp
Current assignee: Johns Manville Corp
Priority date: 1915-04-24
Filing date: 1915-04-24
Publication date: 1917-04-10
Anticipated expiration: 1934-04-10

Description

F. F. ROWELL. HOLDING DEVICE FOR FIRE EXTINGUISHEHS.

APPLICATION FILED APR-24,19I5.

Patented Apr. 10, 1917.

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FRANK F. HOWELL, OF BAYSIDE, NEW YORK,,ASSIG1\TOR TO H.'W. JOHNS-"VIANVILLE COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

HOLDING DEVICE FOR FIRE-EXTINGUISHERS. I

Application filed April 24,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK F. RowELL, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Bayside, county of Queens, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Holding Devices for Fire-Extinguishers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to hand fire extinguishers and comprises a convenient form of rack or holding device for supporting. such fire extinguishers or similar articles in the proper position ready for use and easy detachment from the holder. I

The best form of apparatus at present known to me embodying my invention is illustrated in the accompanying sheet of drawings in which,

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the holder, the fire extinguisher designed to be held thereby being shown in dotted lines.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same parts.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the top clip, and

Figs. 4, 5 and 6 are horizontal sections taken respectively on lines 4i, 55 and 66 of Fig. 1. "i

Throughout the drawings like reference characters indicate like parts. 1, represents the upright member forming the backbone of the apparatus which is adapted to be fastened to the wall of a building by means of screws or other convenient fastening devices passing through holes 11, '11, in the flanges of the upright, which is preferably given a T-cross section, as shown in Figs. 3 to 6, with a central rib 10.

2, is a foot clip riveted to the lower end of the upright 1, as indicated at 3, 3. Preferablythis foot clip is formed with two diverging channeled

jaws

21, 22, each of which jaws has an inner lip 23, and an outer lip 24, so as to conveniently grasp any projecting rim B, upon the bottom of thefire extinguisher. I prefer to form this clip by stamping up a single pieceof metal in the shape shown in the drawings.

At the 11 per end of the upright there is fastened a -shaped metal stamping 7, as by I rivets 8, 8, which comprises an arch shaped clip 1,-designed to grasp thehandle D, of the fire extinguisher A. Preferably this handle clip is recessed on its under side so'that the handle D, may fit into it, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. j v j 5, is a bifurcated spring clip formed on a Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedApr. to, 1917.

1915. Serial No. 23,763.

.its length is located a socket piece 9, which has a recess in its face approximately elliptical shaped, the horizontal dimension of which is approximately equal to the diameter of the filling cap G on the fire extinguisher, while its vertical dimension is somewhat greater with the result th at the projection formed by said filling cap may'engage this socket piece so as to prevent lateral motion but permit slight vertical motion of the fire extinguisher. Thfi socket piece is fastened to the upright 1, in any convenient manner, as by rivet 12.

' The fire extinguisher for which my invention is primarily designed as a holder consistsof a cylinder A, with piston rod C, projecting from the upper end thereof provided with a handle D and a radially projecting lug F, arranged to swing under the piston lock E, when the piston rod is forced into the cylinder as far as it will go, the parts then bein in the position shown in Fig. 2 in dotted lines. These extinguishers usually bear upon one side opposite to that where the filling cap G, is placed, an elaborate label bearin the name of the device, that of the ma er, and instructions for use. The purpose of the invention is to provide a convenient and secure holding de vice'which will insure the operator placing his extinguisher securely in the holder and with the label side outward and the piston handle upward. To do this, the holder is first placed so that its annular base B, will fit into the

channel jaws

21, 22, and the same are then fiexed slightly downward far enough to permitthe handle D, to slip under the recess in the handle clip 4. The filling cap G, then engages the lower portion of the socket piece 9, and the piston rod C, is firmly grasped by the bifurcated spring clip 5. When the downward pressure upon the extinguisher. is relieved, the foot clip bends ack to its proper position,

Kid

forcing the extinguisher upward so that the handle firmly engages the handle clip 4, the filling cap G, moving into the upper position in the socket piece 9. The fire extinguisher is then firmly held against rotation and the proper exposure of the label on the outer side is insured by the fact that if a careless operator endeavors to force the ex tinguisherinto the rack with the label side inward, the piston lock E will strike the lug 6, so that it will be impossible to get the handle of the fire extinguisher into engagement with the clip 4, or the piston rod into engagement with the clip 5.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. A holding device for portable fire extinguishers and the like comprising in combination a back bar of a length approximating that of the extinguisher, a foot clip projecting from the lower end thereof, adapted to grasp the bottom of the extin-' guisher, a holder for the handle, and a bifurcated spring clip for the piston rod of the fire extinguisher extending from the upper end of the back bar, saidclip being provided with a projecting lug adapted to strike a projection on one side of the extinguisher, and prevent the piston rod entering the clip when the extinguisher is presented to the holder with said projection on the inside.

2. A holding device for portable fire extinguishers and the like, comprising in combination a back bar, a spring foot clip projecting from the lower end of the back bar and provided with upwardly extending lips to engage recesses in the bottom of the extinguisher, a handle clip extending from the upper end of the back bar recessed on its under surface, and a socket piece on the face of the back bar, adapted to engage a filling cap on the side of the extinguisher, having a recess whose vertical dimension is greater than the diameter of the cap whereby the necessary vertical motion of the extinguisher to free the handle from its clips is permitted while the cap is seated in the socket piece.

3. A holding device for portable fire extinguishers and the like, comprising in combination a back bar, a spring foot clip projecting from the lower end of the back bar and provided with upwardly extending lips to engage recesses in the bottom of the extinguisher, a handle clip extending from the upper end of the back bar recessed on its under surface, and a socket piece on the face of the back bar, adaptedto engage a filling cap. on the side of the extinguisher, having a recess whose vertical dimension is greater than the diameter of the cap whereby the necessary vertical motion of the extinguisher to free the handle from its clips is permitted While the cap is seated in the socket piece,

together with a bifurcated spring clipadapted to engage the piston rod of the extinguisher provided with a downwardly proecting lug at its inner edge.

FRANK F. ROWELL.

Witnesses:

W. W. FROTHINGHAM, HOWARD F. HUBER.