US1381892A

US1381892A - Knockdown hog-crate

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Publication number: US1381892A
Application number: US309393A
Authority: US
Inventors: William E Bute
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1919-07-08
Filing date: 1919-07-08
Publication date: 1921-06-14
Anticipated expiration: 1938-06-14

Description

W. E. BUTE.

KNOCKDOWN HOG CRATE.

j APPLICATION FLLED-JULYB. 1919. 3,381,892. PatentedJune 14, 1921;

2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

v Inventor WJZM M V T a,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAIII I]. BUTE, OF STANI-IOPE, IOWA.

KNOGKDOWN HOG-CRATE.

Application filed July 8,

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM Born, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Stanhope, in the county of Hamilton and State of Iowa, have invented a certain new and useful Knockdown Hog-Grate, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a knockdown hog crate of simple, durable and inexpensive construction.

A. further object is to provide a crate having end closure members for permitting access into said crate, and means for locking said closure members.

Still a further object is to provide a knockdown crate comprising a base, wall members, a top and means for removing the base so as to permit the collapsing of the remaining portion of said crate.

Still a further object is to provide a wheel mounted base having; a detachable crate mounted thereon, and means so that the device can readily be moved from place to place, and when the crate is detached from said base the base can be used as a cart or the like.

Still a further object is to provide a crate detachably mounted on wheels, where after detaching said crate from said wheels said crate may be collapsed.

With these and other objects in view, my invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of the various parts of the device, whereby the objects con templated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 shows a side view of my device.

Fig. 2 shows a top view of my device.

Fig. 3 is a central sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 1 shows a sideelevation of the truck after the crate has been detached therefrom.

Fig. 5 shows a view of the device'when collapsed.

Fig. 6 shows an end view showing the door members and the closing means for the doors; and r Fig. 7 shows a view taken on the line 7 -7 of Fig.2. 7

In the accompanying drawings I have used the reference numeral 10 to indicate generally base or platform. The'loase 10 is mounted on caster wheels 11. The base 10 comprises a pair of longitudinal angle Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 1 1, 1921.

1919. Serial No. 309,393.

irons 12, and the caster wheels 11 are secured to the angle irons 12 by means of the bolts 18. Resting upon one side of the angle irons 1s a floor 1 1-, which is comprised of a series of boards. Resting upon the boards are strap members 15, which are bolted through the boards and the lower portions of the angle irons by means of the bolts 16. The strap members 15 extend over all of the floor boards and thereby keep the door boards upon the lower portion or the angle irons.

The angle irons have a plurality of openings 17 in their ends, which are adapted to receive upright posts 18. The posts 18 have screw-threaded

portions

19 and 20 thereon, which are adapted to receive

nuts

21 and 22. Sleeves 23 are placed upon the upright posts 18. Between the sleeves 23 on opposite sides of the device are wall members 24 which hzwe their ends adapted to straddle the posts 18. The ends of each wall member 24: are arranged so that one end comes on the inside of one of the upright posts and the other end comes on the outside of another of said posts.

Rods 25 are fastened at their ends to the upright posts 18. The

members

24 and 25 form side wall members for the crate.

Pivoted on the upright posts 18 are end door members 26. The door members 26 i have secured thereto rods 27 which are adapted to wrap around the posts 18, thereby forming a hinge member.

Pivoted on one of the posts 18 at each end of the crate are hook members 28 which have elongated slots 29 therein. Fixed on the door 26 are projections 30 having openings therein. The members 28 having the slots 29 therein are adapted to pass over the projections 30. and a rod 81 is piacedinto the openings 30, thereby locking the door member 26 against movement.

A bar 32 which has its ends fastened around the posts 18 and resting upon the lower portion of the angle irons 12, is clesigned to act astopagainst the inward movement of the door. member 26.

Fixed on the posts 18 at their upper ends are cross rods 33 having inwardly extending hook portions 34. A red 35 is adapted to have its ends received in the hooks 3 1 of the cross rods 33, and acts as a top for the crate.

Bolted to the angle irons 12 are vertical, upwardly extending

angle irons

36 and 37. The vertical angle irons36 and 37 are also fixed to the member 24 by means of rivets 38. A cross member 39 is secured to the upper ends of the

angle irons

36 and 37 by means of the wing bolts 10. At the forward end of the crate and secured to the angle irons 12 are the extensions ll, which have openings therein'which are adapted to receive the handles or tongues 42.

In the practical operation of my device when the crate is substantially fixed as is shown in Fig.1., the end door members 26 are opened by the removing of the upright rod 31, from the lugs 30 and swinging the members 28' a quarter of a turn so that the door may be opened away from the crate. It is then very easy to place the animal in the crate, as it is only necessary to force the animal to walk forward into the crate.

When it is desired to remove the animal from the crate the door on the opposite end is opened and the animal again compelled to move forward.

It will be noted that with my improved construction the animal always enters and leaves the crate by moving forward.

When it is desired to detach the crate from the wheels the nuts 22 are unscrewed the

members

36 and 37 are unbolted and the entire crate isthen raised away from the platform and the wheels. When the crate is removed a truck comprising plattorm and caster wheels, having a tongue at the forward end, will be left, substantially as is shown in Fig. 4: of the drawings. In this way when the crate portion removed the remaining portion may be used for carting freight from place to place.

When it is desired to remove any of the boards from the floor of the platform, for repairing or replacing it, the bolts 16 are unscrewed and the straps 15 are taken ofi the top of the boards, thereby perini ting the board floor to be taken apart.

- It will be noted that when the crate portion is separated from the wheel-mounted platform, substantially four wall members The walls and the top member will-be left. being pivoted to the upright posts 18 can then be moved so that the side walls will come together and the end and side walls 7 will then form a parallelogram, substantially as is shown in Fig. 5 of the-drawings.

If it is desiredto collapse the entire crate and platform the bolts 16 are removed so as to permit the floor boards to be taken 'from'the platform and then the crate and walls can be collapsed in thesamemanner as if the crate had been removed from the platform. i

' It will be seenthat before the crate could be collapsed the cross bar 39, which is bolted tethe

upright angle irons

36 and 37, would have to be detached at one end.

'lhisis done removing one of the wing bolts 40 and using the other as an axis, and the cross member 39 could then be thrown around until it would stand adjacent to one of the invention, and it is my intention to cover 0 by my claims any modified forms of structure or use of mechanical equivalents which may be reasonably included within their scope.

l. claim as my inventioni .1. In a knock-down crate, a wheel mounted base comprising laterally spaced, longitudinally arranged, angle irons, caster wheels for supporting said angle irons, a floor resting on said angle irons, upright posts 'de' tachably mounted on said angle irons, side frame members on opposite sides of the crate, pivotally supported on said posts, doors pivotally supported 011 the posts at each end of the crate, cross members pivoted to the upright posts at each end of the crate, a central longitudinal member, pivoted at its ends to the respective cross members.

2. In a knock-down crate, a wheel mounted base comprising laterally spaced, longitudinally arranged, angle irons, caster wheels for supporting said angle irons, a door resting on said angle irons, upright posts detachably mounted on said angle irons, side frame members on opposite sides of the crate, pivotally supported on said posts, doors pivotally supported on the posts at the opposite ends of the crate, means for locking the doors in closed positions, cross members pivoted to the upright posts at each end of the crate, a central longitudinal member, pivoted at its ends to the respective cross members, upright members secured to said angle irons near the middle of the crate, and a cross member for connecting the upper ends of the said last descibed upright members. V

3. In a collapsible hogcrate, a base, side frame members pivotally supportedon opposite sides of the crate, doors pivotally supported on the posts'at bllG opposite ends