US1337178A - Receptacle for pneumatic-tire tubes - Google Patents

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M. F. SWERER. BECEPTACLE FOR PNEUMATIC TIRE TUBES. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 21, 1919.

Patented Apr. 13, 132%;

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JW' 4 tS'wfirfir' B Y A A TTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MIDLARD FILLMORE SWERER, or JAMES'IOWN, CALIFORNIA.

RECEPTACLE FOR PNEUMATIC-TIRE TUBES.

Application filed June 21, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MILLARD F. SWERER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Jamestown, in the county of Tuolumne and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Receptacles for Pneumatic-Tire Tubes; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this application.

This invention relates to improvements in a means for holding a supply of tire tubes when it is desired to carry the same around in the vehicle on the wheels of which the tubes are to be used.

At present the extra tubes carried on a car are either packed separately in light cardboard boxes, or thrown loose and at random under the seats of the car or in the tool box, in either of which cases the tubes are subjected to constant jarring, and are very apt to become ruined before ever having been used by reason of their becoming crushed and the rubber broken by contact with tools and other articles that are very likely to be thrown in the compartment or box into which the tubes have been placed.

The principal object of my invention therefore is to do away with the waste of material and loss of money incident to the above practice, and to provide a suitable container or receptacle for these inner tubes, the construction of the same being such that the tubes therein are absolutely and positivelyheld against the destructive vibration and rubbing which soon wears them out, this being accomplished regardless of whether there are one or more of such tubes in the container.

A. further object is to provide separate compartments in the same container so that new and unused tubes may be kept in one of them, and old tubes in the other, thus eliminating the annoying chance of replacing a punctured tube by one in a similar condition.

Still another object is to provide a simple and inexpensive container, and yet one which will be exceedingly useful for the purposes for which it is intended.

These objects I accomplish by means of such structure and relative arrangementof parts as will more fully appear by a perusal of the following specification and claim.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 13, 1920.

Serial No. 305,775.

showing a new and a punctured or worn tube carried therein.

Referring now more particularly to the figures of reference on the drawings, the numeral 1 denotes the casing or exterior member of the receptacle, preferably of rectangular construction of any suitable dimensions, and provided with lids 2 and 3.

on the top and bottom thereof, such lids being hinged to the sides of the member 1 on opposite sides thereof as at 4, and provided with suitable hooks or fasteners 5.

The lid 2 is marked on the outside with bold and legible lettering as at 6 to indicate the good or new tubes carried in the container under this lid, and similarly the lid 3 is marked with the words Used tubes or similar wording to designate the kind of tubes to be placed in the container through the lid 3.

Adapted to be placed in the container 1 is what I term a double false bottom member 7, which consists of a pair of smooth plane members 8 adapted to fit into the box 1 lengthwise thereof. These bottom or floor members 8 are connected together by coiled springs 9 which exert their spring force to keep the members 8 spaced from each other. These springs are relatively light, and when in their fully expended condition space the floors 8 apart to an extent such that the unit 7 will fit into the box with only a slight amount of room to spare between the lids 2 and 3 and the floors 8.

Thus in order to insert a new tube 10 into the container through the lid 2, such tube being first folded up in the preferred way, the floor member 8 adjacent the lid 2 must be pressed down a certain distance before the tube will fit therein, so that when the lid is closed, the upward pressure of the springs 9 will hold the tube firmly between the floor 8 and the lid 2, and thus prevent the same from slipping from end to end in the box with the vibration of the vehicle on which the box is carried.

Similarly, when a used tube is placed in the box through the lid 3, a further compression of the springs 9 takes place, and whether one or more tubes are placed therein, or whether at one end of the box or the other, the flexible mounting of the floor members on the springs will always cause the same to press against the tubes.

The box is to be light but substantial, and whether made of wood or metal, the joining of the lids with the box is preferably of such design and construction that a watertight container Will be had.

In order to accommodate spare tube and tire accessories, such as valves, valve caps and springs and the like, I provide shallow drawers l1 slidably mounted under the upper one of the floors 8 and transversely thereof. 7

From the foregoing description it will readily be seen that I haveproduced such a device as substantially fulfils the objects of the invention as set forth herein.

While this specification sets forth in detail the present and preferred construction of my device, still in practice such deviation from such detail may be resorted to as do not form a departure from the spirit of the invention, as defined by the appended claim. 7

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and useful and desire to secure by Letters Patent is A receptacle for tire tubes comprising in combination; a casing, oppositely hinged lids on the top and bottom thereof, removable false bottoms in the casing, helical springs forcing the same apart, and sliding drawers mounted to one such bottom on the inner side thereof, whereby some of the vertical space. necessary utilized. 7 7 v In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

MILLARD FILLMORE SWERER.

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