US1225229A - Jar-holding device. - Google Patents

Description

W. O. ELLiS.

JAR HOLDlNG DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 6, 1915.

Patented May 8, 1917.

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@Homw e130 WILLIAM OSCAR ELLIS, OF DALLAS, OREGON.

JAR-HOLDING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 8, 1917.

Application filed July 6, 1915. Serial No. 38,221.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WVILLIAM OSCAR ELLIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dallas, in the county of Polk and State of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Jar-Holding Devices; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in holders and more particularly to jar holders and the primary object of the invention is to provide an improved jar holder which is to be used in canning fruit, whereby the jars will be held in the boiler during the boiling operation in a fixed position to keep them from knocking against each other and breaking.

A further object of the invention is to provide a ar holder of this character which is simple and durable in construction, inexpensive to manufacture and one which will be very efficient in operation.

With these and numerous other objects in view my invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts which will be herein referred to and more particularly pointed out in the specification and claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a top plan View;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation;

Fig. 3 is a bottom view; and

Fig. 4 is an end view.

In describing my invention I shall refer to the drawing in which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views and in which the numera 1 designates the top plate of my improved jar holder in which are formed two parallel rows of openings 2 through which the jars are adapted to be positioned.

The numeral 3 designates a plurality of U-shaped supporting members which are adapted to be positioned beneath the apertures in the top plate and form supports in which the jars rest. These U-shaped supporting members have their upper ends bent laterally as shown at 4 and are secured to the lower surface of the plate 1, by any preferred means, preferably such as rivets as shown at 5. The Ushaped members 3 have flat base portions that are disposed in a single nlane when the members are secured to the top plate. The laterally bent upper ends of the supporting members are secured to the-lower surface of the plate adjacent the edge of the openings 2 and at points intermediate the shortest distance between contiguous openings, whereby the ends will not overlap and place any undue strain upon the narrowest parts of the plate. By this arrangement, the U-shaped members will all be positioned diagonally with respect to the plate as clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. This will permit the openings in the top plate to be spaced closely together, thus making a great saving in the width required for said plate, so that it is adapted to be'used in very narrow wash boilers. The diagonal positioning of the supporting members will prevent any undue strain being placed on the narrow portions of the plate between the openings, no matter how closely spaced they will be.

Positioned below the plate 1 is a rectangular frame 6 which has its longitudinally extending channeled sides 7 formed of vertical strips with horizontally inwardly bent upper and lower flanges 8 and 9. The lower horizontally bent flanges 9 of the strips 7 are connected by transversely extending cross bars 10.

These longitudinally extending strips 7 are positioned directly below the two parallel rows of openings 2 in the top plate 1, and the bottom sections 3' of the U-shaped supporting members 8 depending therefrom are connected with the horizontally bent upper flanges 8 of the said strips, and form a connection between the plate and the rectangular frame 6.

This jar holder when the parts are assembled as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings is adapted to be positioned in the bottom of a boiler, the. side edges of the top plate 1 loosely engaging the inner wall of the boiler and the horizontally bent lower flanges 9 of the strips 7, and the transversely extending bars 10 are adapted to rest upon the "bottom of said boiler, to support the holder therein. Owing to the fact that the depending U- shaped supports 3 are connected with the rectangular frame 6 at the horizontally bent flanges 8 of the sides of said frame this holder when positioned in a boiler, will space the bottom of said U-shaped supports from the bottom of the boiler. The jars are adapted to be positioned in this holder through the openings 2 in the plate 1 thereof, and are held therein by the U-shaped depending supporting members 8 of the said v other and breaking during the boiling op eration. By the peculiar shape and construction of the rectangular supporting frame 6, the bottom of the jars will be held spaced from the bottom of the wash boiler,

- and a free circulation of boiling water around said jars will be allowed thereby.

From the foregoing description of the construction of my improved jar holder the manner of applying the same to use and the operation thereof will be readily understood, and it will be seen that I have provided a simple, inexpensive and eflicient means for carrying out the objects of the invention.

While I have particularly described the elements best adapted to perform the functions set forth it is obvious that various changes in the minor details of construction may be resorted to, within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the principles of the invention.

I claim as my invention:

1. A. holder for fruit jars comprising a plate having parallel rows of closely spaced opposed openings therein, longitudinally eX- tending strips disposed beneath said open-- ings, U-shaped ar supporting members having their base portions secured to said longitudinally extending strips, and said jar supporting members having laterally bent upper ends secured to the lower surface of said plate adjacent the edges of the openings and at points intermediate the shortest distance between contiguous openings, whereby the ends will not overlap and place any undue strain upon the narrowest parts of said plate.

2. A holder for fruit jars comprising a plate having parallel rows of openings disposed therein, vertical longitudinally extending strips positioned beneath said openings, said strips having inwardly bent flanges, transversely extending bars connecting the ends of said strips, U-shaped jar supporting members with laterally bent upper ends and fiat base portions, said upper ends of each member secured to the lower surface of the plate at diametrically opposite points adjacent the edge of each opening, said base portions of the members being connected to the upper flanges of the vertical longitudinally extending strips, and said supports positioned diagonally with respect to the plate.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM OSCAR ELLIS. Witnesses:

WM. I-I. WEAVER, CHAS. H. LANE.

copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0."

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