US1639227A

US1639227A - Tool kit

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Publication number: US1639227A
Application number: US4408A
Authority: US
Inventors: Charles L Lawrence
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1925-01-24
Filing date: 1925-01-24
Publication date: 1927-08-16
Anticipated expiration: 1944-08-16

Description

Aug 16 1927 c. L.. LAWRENCE A TOOL KIT Filed Jan. 24. 1925 i y (1 1 Y 1 m n 1 m m LVII, fm

Patented ug. 16, 1927.

usaran! STATES PATENT oFFice.

' CHARLES L. LAWRENCE; 0F NEW YORIL-NZ Y.

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Application led Januaryl, 1.9585.v Serial No. V4,408.

i invention vrelates to kits for inechanics tools and particularly for the con-` venience of automobile mechanics7V although, Vof course,4 the invention is not limited. to v their use. ln current mechanical practice there are so' many sizes of nuts and bolts that a mechanic is obliged toi have a complete graded set ol wrenches7 and usually two setsone for nuts andthe other for cap screws.. When these wrenches are carried loosely in a tray or box, an enormous amount miscellaneous tools which a mechanic is obliged. toy carry. This combination tray and. case also provides spacefor carrying overalls and. waste as well as miscellaneous small parts such ask cotter pins7 washers, nuts bolts-,. and etc.

The accompanying single sheet of draw-l ings shows one form of construction for car-- ryifng out my invention.

the cover of the case closed. I y

Fig. 2 is a transverse `sectional view of the case showing an end view of the tray andthe cover being open.

' provided with some sui-tablev 'form of han.-

dile 9. The case may be of any suitable construction, suoli asV aluminum, wood or fibre..

The tray 10 is provided with two spaced.-

' apart longitudinal partitions lil. which are higher in the center than at the ends `and provided with some suitable form. of" handle or may be formed by cutting out parts ot the sides and curling them up as shown. These partitions leave side compartments. 1'3-13 for the reception of

miscellaneous articles drawers

23 and 23".

Fig.y 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of I the carrying case showing the tray in a sid-e elevation butpartly broken away and with. Y

handles, such asv 12-l2.. These handles and tools: The space between the partitions Il is divided up into a series ot small compartments -by means ofV partitions, such as and 18'.. These artitions are arranged so as. tofprofvide compartments 19 and: 2O atv the ends and. a central compartment 2l.

-These

end compartments

19 and 20 may be used'. for miscellaneous articles and tools. The central compartment 2l may be used'v for miscellaneous long-handled tools or for waste and the like. The. compartments intervening between 20 and 21l yare graded? in depth so as to conveniently hold the various wrenches of a set beginningat the outer end with the. small, short wrenches and with the long wrenches near the center. This artray is much better balanced than `it the long and` heavy wrenches were nea-r the outer ends of the` tray. The bottom of the ltray may be provided with protuberances 2 2 which will serve as casters lto facilitate the sliding of the'tray along the floor or bench.

In the cover of the case I pre-ler to provide one or more compartments in thev form of These drawers are heldin. place by plates 24 fixed in thecover of the case. Each drawer may be provided with a handle 25 if desired or with a projecting lip such as 26 by means oi' which it may be slid back and forth. A space 27 is left between the drawers so that there is room for either drawer to be pulled out or forboth drawers t0 be y.i'illed out part 'way simultaneously. It will) be understood, of course, that the drawers would not be open except when the cover is open, as s-hown in Fig. 2'.

l also'preier to reinforce the case withl strips or bands such as 28 at the bottom and 29V at the top, since the kits should be made as light as possible and yet must withstand very severe handling. It will be noted that this form of reinforcing leaves the case.

rangement distributes the weightv so'that thev in case one of the small Wrenches is accidentally dropped int-o one or' the deeper compartments it will be possible to extract it easily by the insertion ot some small tool, such as a screw-driver' or wire through the slot. W'ithout some such provision it is obvious that it would be necessary to turn the whole tray upside down in order to get a small wrench out ot the deep compartment. This would, of course, necessitate disturbing all of the tools or other articles in the tray and would cause great inconvenience as well as annoyance. i

It will be seen that when the tray is in position in the cas-e, there is still asubstantial amount of room above the center of the tray :tor any long-handled tools o-r articles which can be placed in the center compartment. There is also a substantial amount of room in the opposite ends of the case above the tray for such articles as overalls or bunches ot' waste or cleaning cloths.

l claim:

l. A mechanics tool lrit comprising a case composedoii a body and a cover hinged thereto, a tray removably mounted in said body, said tray having longitudinal partitions and transverse partitions, said longitudinal partitions being materially higher n the center than at the ends and the trans- 'verse partitions being graded in height so as to provide oppositely'disposed compartments oi graded depth;

[a mechanicls tool lrit con'iprising a e having a body and a hinged cover, and may removably mounted in said body, said 4#ay having longitudinal partitions and sverse partitions, said longitudinal parieing materialiv higher in the cenv. at the ends and the transverse is being grad-ed in height so as to e oapositely disposed compartments graded depth, said cover having comvartments located in its oo aosite' ends i ving a. space betweenthem which is above center or the tray when the cover is ed. 5. A mechanics kit comprising a case laving a body and a hinged cover, a tray removably mounted in said body and provided with longitudinal partitions disposed on opsides ot the center, a series ot transerse partitions between said longitudinal partitions, said transverse partitions being graded in height from the central portion outwardly toward the opposite ends of said tray to provide a series of compartments of graded depth, and a handle for said tray.

4:. A mechanics kit comprising a case having a body and a hinged cover, a tray removably mounted in said body and provided with longitudinal partitions disposed on opposite sides ot' the center, and a series of transverse partitions between said longitudinal partitions, said transverse partitions being graded in height from the central portion outwardly toward the opposite ends of said tray to provide a series of compartments ol, graded depth said longitudinal partitions being provided with vertical slots at the. edges or some of said compartments to facilitate the removal of wrenches therefrom.

5. A mechanicstool carrying tray having longitudinal walls, at least one of said walls being higher in its central portion than at its ends and provided with a handle portion in the center, transverse partitions extending between said longitudinal Walls to form a series of compartments adapted'to receive and hold a graded set of wrenches, and said tray having a. shallow lateral compartment extending alongside of said wrench compartments.

6. A mechanics tool tray having longitudinal partitions higher in the center than at the ends, transverse partitions between the longitudinal partitions to form two sets of compartments adapted to hold graded sets of wrenches, and having a longer waste-receiving compartment in the center and shallower longitudinal compartments for y miscellaneous tools on opposite sides of the wrench compartments. Y 1

7. A tool carrying tray having longitudinal partitions connected by transverse partitions, said transverse partitions being gradedv in height from the lcenter outwardly `toward the ends O'-the tray to provide oppositely disposed sets of compartments of graded depths tor the purpose of systematically classi'fying graded sets of wrenches to be carried therein, thus making each wrench of the said graded sets, readily and easily accessible at all times, at least one of said longitudinal partitions having vertical slots at the edges of the deeper compartments to permit the insertion of an instrument for extracting wrenches therefrom.

8. A tool carrying tray having longitudinal partitions connected by transverse partitions, said 'transverse partitions being graded in height trom the center outwardly toward the ends ot the tray to provide 0ppositely disposed sets of compartments ot' graded depths for the purpose of systematically classitying graded sets of tools to be carried therein, thus making each tool of the said graded sets readily and easily accessible at all Limes.

9. A tool carrying tray having longitudinal partitions connected by transverse partitions, said transverse partitions being graded in height from the center outwardly toward the ends of the tray to provide oppositely disposed sets of compartments of graded depths for the purpose of systematically classitying graded sets of tools to be carried therein, thus making each toolV of the said graded sets readily and easily Vac'- cessible at all times, and a handle at the central portion of said longitudinal partitions.

10. A 4tool boX having a base portion divided into compartments, the central of said compartment-s being further divided into a series of spaced sub-compartments of dierent depths each sub-compartment adapted to receive vertically therein tools of l1. A tool box having a base portion divided into compartments, the central of said compartments being further divided into sub-compartments by transverse partitions positioned vertically at various heights graded from the center outwardly toward the outer Walls of the tray to provide compartments or' graded depths for tools of dierent lengths.

CHARLES L. LAWRENCE.