US1585950A

US1585950A - Packing-house equipment

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Publication number: US1585950A
Application number: US748443A
Authority: US
Inventors: Frank S Varney
Original assignee: BOOTH FISHERIES Co
Current assignee: BOOTH FISHERIES Co
Priority date: 1924-11-07
Filing date: 1924-11-07
Publication date: 1926-05-25
Anticipated expiration: 1943-05-25

Description

' May 25, 19 55. 1,585,950

I F. s. VARNEY I PACKING HOUSE EQUIPMENT Filed Nov. '7, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 If! V f I lio? Patented May 25, 1926 UNITED STTES PATENT OFFIC.

FRANK S. VARNEY, F EASTPORT, MAINE, ASSIGNOR TO BOOTH FISHERIES COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPOBATZON OF DELAWARE.

PACKING-,HOUSE EQUIPMENT.

Application filed November 7, 1924. Serial" No. 748.443.

The present invention is related to packing-room or space 11. Preferably, the

ing house equipment, and more particularly has to do with such equipment as employed in the packing of fish and s1m1lar products.

Its main and primary object is to provide a compact arrangement of the packing tables whereby to promote economy in the floor area for their accommodation, and enable their grouping with respect to each other in such manner as to permit the free work ing of a maximum force of operatives in a minimum amount of space.

A. further object is to provide equipment of the character specified the elements of which are so organized and related as to facilitate access by the operatives to the product to be packed, as well as to the containers for receiving the product. The packing operation thus may be expedited, the operatives being relieved of trips to remote points for procuring additional supplies of the product and the containers in which to pack the same. a

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent as the nature of the improvements is better understood, the invention consisting substantially in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and finally pointed out in the appended claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is delineated herein, but this is to be con si-dered from the illustrative standpoint, and not as imposing restriction or limitation upon the invention.

In the drawings,

Fig. 1 is a plan View illustrating in schematic arrangement the herein described invention -Fig. 2 is an end view thereof;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of two of the units in their associated relation with the feed chute for delivery of the containers for receiving the product to be packed;

Fig. 4 is a top plan view, partially in section, of the construction illustrated in Fig. 3.

Referring nowin detail toth-e accompany-' ing drawings, and particularly to Fig. 1,

the herein described equipment includes a plurality of units 10 which are aligned with each other across one dimension of a packaligned units 10 are arranged in tiers spaced apart to provide .a trucking aisle 12, whereby to permit trucks to pass between the tiers for supplying the units with the material to be pack-ed, and likewise removing the filled containers therefrom, as well as the refuse discarded in connection with the packing operations. A convenient arrange ment of this sort contemplates the positioning of the tiers with the units back to back.

Each of the units'lO comprises a table, as clearly illustrated in Figs. 2, 3 and 4, of appropriate construction, the tables in the tiers being space-d apart so that an operative may stand at each .side of the table, and two or more operatives be received by the space between a pair of tables. These tables .are also arranged in transverse relation to the length of the tier, and extending between adjacent tables is a supporting shelf 13, said shelf serving to join the tables throughout the tier.

Supported by each shelf 18 is a hopper 14, which is substantially rectangular in form and closed at its sides and ends, with the exception of the lower portion of the front side, or that side which faces the space between the contiguous tables 10. At that part of the front side the hopper has a discharge openingl5. This hopper is designed to receive empty cans or similar containers in which the product is tobe packed, and being positioned opposite to the working space between a pair of the tables 10, the cans or containers which pass through the discharge opening 15 are immediately available for convcnient access by the operatives occupying that space. The front face of the hopper 14: is set back from the extreme front edge of the supporting shelf 13, so that a platform is provided on to which the cans or containers may discharge as they pass out of the opening 15. To prevent the containers passing-over such edge, and dropping to the floor, a guard flange 16 surrounds the front edge of the shelf 13, and likewise extends forwardly at the edges of the tables 10 bordering the working space. These forwardly extending portions of the flange 16 also prevent; the product, as the same is deposited on the tables, being displaced from the tables.

That the hoppers 1 1- may be supplied with containers from time to time each of the same is provided with an upwardly extending feed chute 17. Thesechutcs are connected with suitable openings in the floor above the floor on which the tables are arranged, as designated by the numeral 18, or this floor may be a loading platform.

Each of the chutes preferab'l'yis formed of corner supportingposts 1 9 bet-wcen which are located forannnous walls 20. The walls 20 may be of open mesh wire fabr c or any other suitablematerial. In the descent of the"conta1ners through the chutes 17 "they-pass into the'ht'ippers 1 1, and readily" may be d awn through the openings of these lio pper s, or t'thefhoppers 15 be hlled the containers w ll pass out of the opening and become; deposited on the portion of the shelf l; "inn'nediately in front ofthe" respecgitudinally'with one of the tables 10. The traysreadily may be inserted into-the slides 21 from the trucking aisle 12, and as the material contained in the trays is'required by the operatives, the. trays readily may be re moved by the operatives and deposited on the'tables 10, thus providingforthe operatives a continuing'supply ofthe product,and eliminating necessity forthe operatives to leave the tables, pass to remote points to obtain new supplies of" the product, and then return to the tables with suclrs'upplies. 1 Each of the muss 10"also isprovided in the top tl1BI80f"Wltl1 an opening 22 from which extends an inclined pendent; discharge chute 23. The chute 23 and the opening 22 of each tablereceives the refuse of the prod not being packed,which refuse is conveyed by the chute 23 to a collecting receptacle 24, suchas a box or similar receiver. The" dis charge point of the chute 23 preferably is directed towards-therear otthe table, or

towards the'trucking'aisle 12, so'as to de posit the refuse in'receptacles which may conveniently be collected bythe trucks passing up and down the aisle 12. This relieves the space occupied by the operatives from congestion, and permits the filled recepta cles 24 to be removed Without interfering with the operatives as they stand at the tables. H

In the use of the hereindescribed equipmentthe material to be packed and the containers in which thematerial packed are continuously supplied to'th'e operatives." A's ast asthe trays withthe product are re-' moved from the slides 21', additional trays ends of the chutes. tore, prov1des such an organization of the or the containers.

are introduced to the slides from the aisle 12. The-hoppers 14 also are likewise continuously supplied with the containers, and

as thelatter are removed from the hoppers the containers grayitatethrough the chutes 17 into the hoppers, the chutes in turn being replenished from the floor above by introduction of the containers into the upper The equipment, theretableswitli respect to'the supply of the product to be packed and the containers for the same that the operatives are not required to leave their stationsat the several tables to procure trash. supplies either of the product Furthermore, with the tables arranged in' the form of units and "grouped in tiers','ec'onomy of floor area is obtained, so that the floor space of the packing-roonr-may be utilized to'the' maximum extent, as well as torthe accommodation of the maximum number 01" employees.

Obviously, the equipment'is capable of use for thepacking of tarious products, but, as above indicated, it 1s primarilyintended for the packing of fish and similar commodities, in which industry it has particular advantages because of the chute 23 by which the refuse readily may be conveyed from the surface of the tables 10.

I claim 1. Packing house equipment, comprising a plurality of tables arranged in spaced relation to and parallel with each other, supporting shelves connecting said tables at one oi their ends, a vertically-disclosed chute arranged above each of said shelves for supplying containers thereto for access to the Working space between the tables, and means a-rral'iged between said'chutes, whereby supplies of the product to be packed may be positioned at the respectivetables.

2. Packing house equipment, comprising a plurality of tables arranged in spaced rela tion to each other,supporting shelves arranged across the ends of said tables, means located with respect to each of said shelves for supplying containers thereto for access to the working space'between the tables, and aplurality of tray-supporting devices disposed" between the container-supplying means, whereby to support a plurality of trays in alignment with the tables for access to the working space between the tables.

3. Packing house equipment, comprising a pluralityot' tables arranged in spaced relationto each other, supports arranged across the ends of said tables, open-sided hoppers mounted on said supports and discharging towards the latter forsupplying containers to" the working space between the tables, and meansdis'posed between said hoppers for positioning at the respective table's supplies of the product to be packed. V

l. Packing house equipment, com arising a plurality of tables, arranged in spaced relation to each other, supports arranged across the ends of said tables, open-sided hoppers mounted on said supports for supplying containers to the working space between the tables, and a plurality of traysupporting devices associated with the hoppers, the tray-supporting devices at the ends of contiguous hoppers cooperating for the support of a plurality of trays in alignment with the table opposite to the space between said contiguous hoppers.

5. Packing house equipment, comprising a plurality of tables arranged in spaced relation to each other, supports arranged across the ends of said tables, hoppers mounted on said supports for supplying containers to the working space between the tables, chutes connected to said hoppers for feeding containers thereto, and means associated with the hoppers for positioning at the respective tables supplies of the product to be packed.

6. Packing house equipment, comprising a plurality of tables arranged in spaced relation to each other, supports arranged across the ends of said tables, hoppers mounted on said supports -for supplying containers to the working space between the tables, chutes connected to said hoppers for feeding containers thereto, and a plurality of tray supporting devices associated with the hoppers, the tray supporting devices at the ends of contiguous hoppers co-operating for the support of a plurality of trays in alignment with the table opposite to the space between said contiguous hoppers.

7 Packing house equipment, comprising a plurality of tables arranged in spaced relation to each other, supports arranged across the ends of said tables, means located with respect to each of said supports for supplying containers thereto for access to the working space between the tables, means disposed between said container-supplying means for positioning at the respective tables supplies of the product to be packed, and means associated with each table for conveying therefrom the refuse incidental to the packing operations.

8. Packing house equipment, comprising a plurality of parallel tables arranged in spaced relation, supporting shelves arranged across said tables at one of their ends, a hopper supported by each of said tables and provided with an open side discharging towards the tables, avertically-disposed chute projecting upwardly from each of said hoppers and in communication therewith for supplying the hopper with containers from an elevated point, and means disposed between said hoppers and opposite said tables for positioning at the respective tables supplies of the product to be packed.

9. Packing house equipment, comprising a plurality of parallel tables arranged in spaced relation, supporting shelves arranged across said tables at one of their ends, a hopper supported by each of said shelves and provided with an open side discharging towards the tables, a vertically-disposed chute projecting upwardly from each of said hoppers and in communication therewith for supplyingthe hoppers with containers from an elevated point, and a plurality of tray-' supporting devices disposed between the hoppers, the tray-supporting devices at the ends of contiguous hoppers co-operatinp; for the support of aplurality of trays in alignment with the table opposite to the space between said contiguous hoppers.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name.

FRANK s. VARNEY;