US1404348A - Collapsible canning rack - Google Patents

Description

G. DINCOGNITO.

COLLAPSIBLE CANNING RACK.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. I3. 1920.

1,404,343, Patented Jan. 24,1922.

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GUY DINCOGNITO, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

COLLAPSIBLE CANNING RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 24, 1922.

Application filed March 13, 1920. Serial No. 365,582. v

To all whom t may conc-ern.'

Be it known that I, GUY DrNCooNITo, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in CollapsibleY Canning Racks, of which'the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in collapsible canning racks, and has for its object the provision of an improved construction 0f this character which is simple and efficient in use, and capable of economi* cal manufacture.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which,

Fig. l, is a longitudinal section of a collapsible canning rack embodying the invention,

Fig. 2, a top plan view of the same,

Fig. 3, a perspective view of one of a plurality of supporting bars employed in the construction, and

Fig. 4, an end view, on a small scale, of the rack.

The preferred form of construction, as illustrated in the drawings, comprises a lower open work wire frame 5 and an upper open work wire frame 6 adapted to be arranged one above the other, as shown, the cross bars of said frames being staggered or out of registration with each other, as indicated. The frames 5 and 6 are connected together at their opposite sides by means of supporting bars 7 in the form of comparatively wide metallic strips or bars having eyes or loops formed therein and having comparatively tight frictional engagement with the side bars of the frames, as indicated. The bars 7 are extended at their lower ends somewhat beyond the frame 5 to form supporting legs 10 adapted to support said frame 5 well above the bottom of a boiler or the like. Suitable lifting handles ll, in the form of wire loops, are pivotally connected with the end bars of the frame 6, as shown, to facilitate handling of the rack.

In use, the frame is distended as indicated, with the frame 6 positioned above the frame 5, the openings in the frame 6 coming directly above the cross bars in the frame 5, whereby cans or jars, for preserving fruits` vegetables, or the like, may be inserted through the openings in the frame 6 and will rest upon the cross bars of the frame 5. The rack is then employed in the usual way to facilitate cooking of the material in the cans or jars, and when this is completed the handles 11 facilitate removal thereof from the boiler. In collapsing, all that is necessary is to swing the upper frame laterally to one side, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 4, whereupon the frame 6 may be brought down to a plane just above that of the frame 5, and the handles ll folded inwardly. By providing supporting bars or legs 7 in the form of comparatively wide flat strips bent to engage the side bars of the frames with a tight frictional fit, the frame is held in distended position with sutlicient rigidity to support and position the cans or jars. The breadth of the bars 7 also has sufficient longitudinal stiffening effect on the rack to obviate any necessity for longitudinal bracing. The rack thus provided is especially adapted for use in canning or preserving fruits and vegetables, although canable of use for other purposes. The specific form and arrangement of parts is a simple and effective one for the purpose.

lVhile I have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable of variation and modification without departing from the spirit of the invention. I, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as come within the scope of the appended claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is l. A `collapsible rack of theclass described comprising upper andi lower frames; and connecting bars extending between opposite sides of said frames', said bars being in the form of strips bent to form'y loops frietionally engaging. the sides-cf said frames, said bars being extended beyond said lower frame to constitute supporting legs,substan tially as described. f

2. A. collapsible rack of the class described ccmprismg upper and lower frames; connecting bars extending between opposite Y sidesl of sind frames, said bars being 1n the Y forni of strips bent toV form loo s frictionelly engaging the sides of said rames, said bers being extended beyond said lower frame to constitute supporting legs; fand handles pivotelly connected with the ends of said upper'iraine, substantially as described.

. A collapsible canning rack comprising upper and lower' frames, said frames consisting of open wire workyconnecting bars extending between opposite sides of sind frames, 'said bars being in form compera-V tively wide strips bent to forni' loops frictionally engaging the sides of said frames, said 'bars being extended beyond said lower frame to constitute supporting legs;V and handles for said rack, said handles consiststantially as described.

In testimony whereof I Vhave signed my name to this specification in the presence of: two subscribing witnesses. f l GUY DINCOGNITO. Witnesses: Y

W. A. LAEFIN, GEORGE O.' TRIER.

Ving of wire loops pivotally connected withv the opposite ends of said upper frame, sub-

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