US1589038A - Combined shipping crate and tilting can support - Google Patents

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June 15 1926.

L. E. ANDERSON COMBINED SHIPPING CRATE AND IILTING cAN SUPPORT Filed Jan. 28. 1925 Patented June 15,1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE..-

LOSSIE E. ANDERSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AVSSIGNOB. TO STANDARD OIL COMP-ANY,V 0F WHITING, INDIANA, AND CHICAGQ, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF INDIANA.

COMBINED SHIPPING CRATE AND TILTING CAN SUPPORT.

Application led anuary This invention relates to improvements in combined shipping crate and tilting can support. By the use of m invention the ordinary rectangular-shape oil can can be shipped in the device and protected against .damage in transit. The device also serves as a tilting support for. the can in use.

By the use of my invention, such a can of oil is protected by the crate in shipment; and the crate also may be used for tiltably supporting the can to facilitate the pouring of the contents therefrom in use. The crate, -as embodied in this invention, is of substantially the same size as the ordinary livegallon can crate now used for holding rectangular shaped oil cans.

Other featuresI and advantages of my invention will appear more fully as I proceed with my specification.

In that form of device, embodying the `features of my invention, shown in the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a crate,l Fig. 2 is a view in rear elevation, partly in section, of the same, Fig. 3 is a view ofthe same in side elevation, partly in section, showing the top of the crate removed and with a can or container in pouring position therein, and Fig. 4 is a top plan viewof a crate with a can therein, and with the top removed.

.As shown in the drawings, the body of the crate is made .up of ,a bottom member 5 on the opposite sides of/ which are secured the side boards or members 6 which are preferably rectangular s aped boards, each forming one side of th crate. Each of these side .members 6 is provided with a centrally arranged vertical slot 7 extending downwardly from the upper edge to about the center of the member. In juxta f position to each of these slots in front there-` of at the. upper end is vprovided a shorter l parallel slot 8, say, about one-third of the length' of the slot 7. The portion of the side Vmember between the slots is cut away.A

' to leave a low shoulder 9 therebetween, and

`the lower endof the slot 8 is rounded and liesva short distance below said shoulder.

At the base'of the-crate there are provided ,two vertical members or boards 10, one at the front and oneat the back, which are secured-to the side .members 6 by an suitable means, for example, byl nailing, an if desired, reinforcingA strips 11 may be 28, 1925. Serial' No. 5,252.

secured to the lower edges ot the side members 6 on the outside. The boards 10 have a height' equal only to about one-fourth of the height of the crate; so that their upper edges will notI offer an obstruction around the bottom of the can, and has its ends securely fastened to the sides of the band 13, in any desired manner as by welding.- At the points where the bottom mem; ber 17 of the cradle is securedto the en circling band 13, pins, pivots, or trunnions' 18 are secured to the cradle in any suit able manner as, for example, by welding,

lthese pins being on opposite sides of the can and in a positionso that they. extendinto the slots 7. The slots 7 are of such length as to accommodate the pins 18 with the can resting on the bottom of the crate. In shipping, the can in the cradle is placed in' the bottom of the crate, the pins 18 being in the slots 7, and is secured therein by placing on the crate a cover 19 having y the depending cross members 20 which engage the front and back of the can at the upper edge and hold it firmly in place. The cover 19 may be secured by any suitable nlans such as by tying, nailingl and the It is believedy that the operation of the device is clear. The can. is shipped in the crate as`it is shown in Figs. 1 and 2 with the cover on andis well protected. W'hen it is desired to use the can, the cover 19 is removed, whereupon the. can may be entirely lifted out of the crate, if-desired, or

it maybe raised, untilthe pins -18 clear the, shoulders 9, and moved slightly for ward and lowered until these pins 18 -rest will A-orm bearings for them can .to be tiltedv as shownin ig. 3 so that 'the contents maybe discharged from the spout. When the pms 18 are thus resting in the slots 8, the can is high enough so .that it will clear the members l0 to permit the tilting While l have .shown and described certain embodiments of my invention, it is to be understood that it is capable of many modifications. Changes, therefore, in the construction and arrangement may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as disclosed in the append- 'ed claim, in which it is my intention to claim all novelty inherent in my invention as broadly as possible in view of the prior art.

that I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

Means for enclosing an oil can of commercial form and for serving the contents of such can while Within such enclosing means, comprising a crate of box-like form provided in its side walls with slots of unequal length merging at their upper ends and cut away to form a shoulder between said slots, a clamping cradle embracing the can formed of an encircling member having tightening means at its free ends and equipped with pivot pins extending info the slots in the side walls of the crate, and a U-shaped member extending from said last referred to member and forming a rest for the can, thecan and cradle normally extending to the bottom of the crate and both so proportioned to the height of the crate as to permit of their being raised to cause the pivot pins of the cradle to ride over the shoulder between the slots and to drop into the slot beyond the same whereby to permit the forward tilting of the can to serve oil therefrom.

Witness my hand this 24th day of Januv ary, A. D., 1925.

/ LOSSIE E. ANDERSON.

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