US1561210A - Method of packing enamel brick - Google Patents

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Nov. 10,

J. F. BOORAEM METHOD OF PACKING ENAMEL BRICK Filed June 9, 1922 2 Sheets$heet 1 Nov. 10, 1925- 1,561,210 J. F. BOORAEM METHOD OF PACKING ENAMEL BRICK Filed June 9, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 M 61 1 13024 WA! Patented Nov. 10, 1925.

. UNITED] STATES rai'rtz ri'r OFFICE.

- JonNwnANCIs BOORAEMfOF snEENwICH, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNQR To AMERICAN ENAMELED BRICK & TILE COMPANY, or NEw YORK, N. Y., n CoRroaATIoN or NEW YORK.

METHOD OF PACKING ENAMEL BRICK.

Application filed June 9, 1922 Serial No. 567,067.

To all whom it mag sconcern:

Be it known that I, JoHN FRANCIS BOORAEM, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Greenwich, ounty of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut, have 1nvented a certain new and useful Method of Packing Enamel Brick, of which the following is a specification. I This invention relates to an improved method of packing enamel brick or other friable articles to protect the same against breakage during trans ortation. I

Heretofore, in the s i ment of brick-two general methods ofpacking the same in the cars have been employed. In one method of packing, the bricks are placed in individual paper jackets or wrappers, the wrapper extending over one end of the brick. These individual wrappers are relatively expensive and also, considerable time is consumed in placing the bricks in such Wrappers prior to acking the brick in the cars. Another met 0d which has been usd is to lay. long straw between the adjacent brick rows, The enameled faces ,of the bricks are uppermostand straw is also laid between the superposed layers of brick. Frequently, this straw is of very poor quality and due to carelessness in placing the straw,considerable breakage ,often results from shifting movements'of the brick rows caused by inertia in stoppingand starting the train arid non-uniformthickness.

of straw.

It is, therefore, the primary object and purpose of my present invention to provide a new method of packing enamel brick which may be easily performed with a'minihereinafter more fully described,- illustrated in the accompanying drawings and subsequently incorporated in the ,subjoined claim. a

In the'drawings wherein I have disclosed several practical embodiments of the. present invention andin which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the first step in preparing the packing material;

Figure 2 is a perspective view showing the arrangement of the packing strips in Connection with the individual rows of brick extending transversely of .the car,

Figure 3 is a perspective view of a slightly modified form of the packing which In carrying out my invention, in one embodiment thereof I preferably use corrugated paper as the packing material. As

shown in Figure -1 of the drawings this'paper may be obtained in the form of a roll 5,

wound upon a suitable mandrel 6. The paper roll is supported upon one end of the table 7, and as the paper is withdrawn from the roll over the surface ofthe table it is cut off in lengths substantially equal to the interior width of thecar, to be loaded. This width varies from 4 6 to 6 6?. The table 7 may be provided with a suitableadjustablegauge as will be obvious, so as to properly position the end of the paper sheet with relation to the point at which the cutting knife is located, in accordance with the predetermined width of the car. The corrugated paper sheet either as it is withdrawn from the roll or subsequently, is scored on a line in spaced relation to one edge thereof, as indicated at 8. The distance between the score line and the longitudinal edge of the sheet is equal to or greater thanthe width of the brick, approximately 4", for bricks of the standard size which are 8" long, 2

'thick and 3 in width.

In packing the bricks in the cars the strips of corrugated paper are laid transversely of the car floor as each transverse row of bricks is packedin the car. 'The bricks are positioned on edge with their longer dimensions extending longitudinally of the car and the enameled surfaces of the bricks at the top.

lower edge faces of bricks and the car floor.

The longitudinal edge portion of the packing strip is then bent upwardly along the score line 8 to provide an upstanding cushioning web 10 over the ends of the bricks. The next transverse row of bricks is laid upon a second packing strip in a similar manner'with said bricks engaged at one of their ends against the outer side of the upstanding web portion 10 of the pack ing stripwhich was transversely laid. In this way the packing of the bricks in transverse rows continues for the fulllength of the car. Before packing the next superposed-transverse rows of bricks upon those previously laid, the packing strips of corrugated paper are first positioned with their wider portions 9 upon the enameled surfaces of the brick rows previously laid so that when the bricks are arranged upon said packing strips, the enameled faces of the lower row of bricks will be protected against injurious abrasive action or chi ping. In this manner the packing-of the hricks continiies until the car is entirely filled. It will be seen that the corrugated' packin paper is interposed between the oppose faces of the adjacent brick rowsboth longitudinallyand vertically of the car. Thus if any shifting of the bricks should occur through inertia in stopping or starting the train, the corrugated PfiCkHlg StIlpS acting as a cushioning medium will prevent chipping or breakage of the brick ends or injury to the enameled faces of the brick. The corrugated packing paper in strip form is easily handled and may be very quickly arranged in proper position as the brick are packed into the car, thus greatly expediting the packing of the car over the time consumed in the use of methods heretofore in vogue.

as the transverse rows of bricks are packed in the car substantially provide a. continuous packing sheet extending the entire length ing may be most readily placed in position by first layin two transverse rows of bricks in spaced re ation to each other and then' placing the packing sheet with the respective brick rows extending into the channels 12 on the underside of the sheet. Another transverse row of bricks is then laid in the upper intermediate channel of the section of packing material between the spaced brick rows which were first laid. y

In Figures 5 to 8 of the drawings I illus- 'trate another alternative method wherein a transverse row of bricks is first laid upon the car floor with one of their ends slightly spaced from the end Wall of the car, as shownin Fig. 5. The rolled sheet of corrugated paper 5 having a width approximately equal to the car width is then arranged in the car and the end 5" of the corrugated sheet is positioned between the end of the bricks and'the end Wall of the car. The roll is then carried longitudinally and extended over the enameled upper faces of the transverse row of bricks, as seen in Figure 6 of the drawings. In laying the next transverse row of bricks the corrugated paper is drawn downwardly between the opposed ends of the bricks in the adjacent rows. As seen in Figure 7 of the drawings,

the same relative arrangement of the corrugated paper and the bricks is attained as in the form of the packing sheet illustrated in Figures 3 and 4 of the drawings, which is cut into sections and provided with the brick receiving channels. After a complete layerof bricks has been laid upon the car floor, the next superposed layer of brick is laid and the paper roll is manipulated so that the corrugated paper is positioned between the Vertical and horizontally adjacent bricks, as seen in Figure 8 of the drawings. Of course it will be apparent that if desired, as the laying of each horizontal layer of brick is completed, the corrugated paper sheet may be cut off from the roll. Howprovided for handling or manipulating the roll of corrugated paper, I prefer to use a rolled sheet of sufficient length that the packmg sheet may extend continuously between the adjacent brick rows for the full capacity of the car.

From the foregoing description consid-- ered in connection with the accompanying drawings, my improved method of packing enamel brick and the several advantages thereof will be fully understood. It will be apparent that by this method of packing, using the corrugated sheet or strip material, the expense incident to properly protecting the brick against injury during transportation may be appreciably reduced in com- .parison tothe expense incurred in the use of the prior methods of'packing, as previously referred to, Moreover, considerable time which has heretofore been consumed in placing the bricks in individual jackets or wrappers. in the warehouse, is saved and as the placing'of the, packing material takes place concurrentlywith the packing of the brick into the car, it is ev dent .i that the packing operation is very greatly expedited y means of my present invention.

I have herein referred to several embodiments of my improved method, but it is possible that other alternatives thereof might be devised and accordin ly, it is .to be understood that I reserve the privile e of adopting such legitimate changes therein as may be fairly embodied within thespirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

I claim: I 7

The method of packing brick in cars for transport which consists in arranging the brick in superim osed horizontal courses within the car wit a plurality of transverse having portions extending alternatel above and beneath the transverse rows 0 bricks and between the opposed ends of the bricks in adjacent rows to bond said. transverse rows of bricks together and prevent relative shifting movement of the individual brick or contact of the horizontally or vertically adjacent brick with each other.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as.

my invention, Ihave signed my name hereunder.

J. FRANCIS 'BO'IO-RAEM.

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