US1644155A - Checking device - Google Patents

Description

Oct.l 4. '1921.

R. SCOTT CHECKING DEVICE Filed April 11. 1927 Patented Get. 4, 1927.

PATENT RUSSELL e. SGQTT, or DAYTON, nruvrucmr.

Vonnoirrive nnvlcn.

Application filed April 11,

Y This invention relates to checking devices andgparticularly to a Vcharacter of device 'which may be used in segregating and supporting Vgroups of laundry. y

It isv therefore an object et this invention to provide key lracks and tag sets t'or use in a system in which eachl rack has special characteristics which render it capa-V 'ble for receiving only'a certain let or similarly tagged laundry pieces permitting indiscriminate Vcommingling ot the tagged pieces of each lot in washing operations and positive asserting subsequently by the act et' racking the tagged pieces, thereby preventing any erroneous seGrega-tion et the laundry. Y

Another object is. to provide a checking system et a sort in whichsets et laundry carrying tags or checks are adapted to tit upon key racks whereby the operator in asserting the laundry `Can visionally and quickly observe the particular rack adapted to receive the tagged piecewhich he is about to segregate'in the system, thereby eliminating loss of time in Vtumbling er attempting to tit the checks or tags to the wrong key rack.

t Other objects reside in the particular' construction and mounting of the key elements, cooperating with the respective group of tags, on the rack, these key elements being easily finsertable ina standard or uniform 1 rack te provide unlimited range of key combinations. e A

Further objects vand advantages will he more fully set forth in the description ofthe accompanying drawings-.forming a part et' this specicatien, in which:

`Figure 1 is side view of the rack showving it mounted upon a wall and illustrating a plurality of tags or checks hung thereon.y

" Fiofure 2 is a plan view of Figure l fur- Y ther illustrating the rack.

Figure 3 is a sectional View taken on line 3 3, Figure 2, detailing the key arrangement at the'end of the rack.

Figure 4 is a face view of one of the laundry carrying tags or checks showing the cut-out portionV therein for coop-eration with the key rack.

Figure 5 Vis a Yside view of the tag or check shown in Figuree, showing the laun- Y dry attaching pin depending trom the tag.

FA Y key racks Figure 6 is a View showing a series et the mounted on a wall in systematic order. i

elements more specifically 1927. serial No. 182,595".

The device concerned herein cernprises a key bar or rack having key elements at the outer end thereof adapted to cooperate with laundry carrying tags or 'l to be slid pastfthe key eleinentsento the supporting` portion ofl the rack. The key described are figures punched out of Hat metal `and'facing the tag receivingl end et' the bar. The upper and lower portions of the figures extend above and below` the outline of the flat rack bar in which they are mounted so as 'to either block introduction of the tags onto the bar or to coeperatewith slots in the tags, when the tags are correctlyy 'applied` for permitting them to berslid and hung on the rack. The figures are arranged in ldierent combinations for the respective racks, these combinations being arranged across the width of the bar or rack end-and readable from the tag receiving end of the, bar.

Referring to the drawings,` the rack is indicated generally at l. It is shown as supported or hung on a wall 2 by means of a slotted portion 3 of the rack engagingover a screw 4 extending from the wall 2. I Only a single key rack er support `member has been illustrated in detail, the general view (Figure 6) showing a plurality of these s 5"thereof extending horizontally from the wall. 'A comparatively wide piece of bar rnetal is used in the construction of the rack so aste give the necessary width for the arrangement of the key elements 6, `at the outer end of the horizontally extending portion of the rack. The outer end of theportion has a rectangular opening 7 therein, the key elements being mounted along. the rearyzvardly disposed marginof this opening Each key element comprises a ligure indicated at 8 stamped from Hat metal and secured to a mounting block 9 having a dovetailed portion at the rear secured by spreading the metal within a corresponding cut-out portion in the rearwardlydisposed margin of the opening 7. The range of ligure combinations isyef course, unlimited, 'since all that need be done to incorporate more figures in the key combination is to Widen the han The laundry carrying checks l0 are also of at metal, a set being provided for each rack.

checks which are t The tags of a set are punched out at the upper end in precisely kthe'outline of the rack and key elements or figures mounted thereon. That is to say there is a punched out portion l1 corresponding to the cross-sectional shape of the bar forming the rack and the cut-out portion in the upper and lower margin of the rectangular portion corresponding to the portions of the figures 8 extending above and below the bar. Pins l2 of a standard type are inserted or hung from apertures 13 at the lower end of each tag, the pins being adapted to be attached to the various pieces of laundry comprised in that group. The various numbers and their respective mounting blocks are easily assembled in the bar, inasmuchas they are held in place by slightly spreading the mounting so as to engage the groove in which they fit.

In using the rack the operator can distinguish which rack the particular laundry carrying tags he has in hand are adapted to be fixed upon, since the numbers making up the key elements are read from the rack end at which he stands when he slides the tags on the rack. The use of numbers as a key system eliminates the loss of time in trying to insert the tag upon `a rack to which it does not belong. As the vvarious identifying tags carrying their respective pieces of laundry are picked from the wash it is noted to which rack they belong and they are thus readily segregated by this system of assorting or grouping the laundry. Not only is it made impossible to place the laundry upon the wrong rack but it is made easier to select the proper rack. y

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. A system of the class described, comprising, a series of brackets and a set of check tags adapted to be inserted on each bracket, each bracket having a different arrangement of cut-out figures inserted at its tag receiving end, and each set of check tags having apertures therein configurated to correspond to the outliney of the cut-out figures of its particular bracket for allowing only the tags of a certain set to be slid past its corresponding bracket figures andV supported on the bracket. y

2. A system of the class described, comu prising, a plurality of key racks and a set of check tags for each key rack, each key rack having thereon a different combination of cut-out figures interposed in the path of i entrance of' the tags onto the rack, and each set of check tags having an aperture configurated to correspond to the outline ot the particular cut-out figures of its respective bracket, and said tags having means aitached thereto for supporting various articles to be segregated on the racks.

3. A checking device for the purpose described and for use in a system, comprising. a set of tags, a bar having an attachment portion and a tag supporting portion, a set of figures formed from flat stock and ai ranged across the width of the bar in the tag receiving end thereof, .said figures arranged to be read from said receiving end, and said tags having cut-out portions corresponding to the outline of' the figure combinations and the bar cross section so as to be slid past the figures onto the bar.

4. A checking device of the class described` comprising, a set of check tags, a rack bar having an attachment portion and. a check supporting length, cut-outfigures secured at the outer or check receiving end oft said bar, said figures arranged to extend beyond the outline of the bar cross section so as to be in the pathy of entrance of the checks onto the bar, said set of check tags having apertures therein configurated to correspond to the cross section of the bar and the outline of the figures so as to be slid past the same.

5. A checking device of the class described, comprising, a set of check tags, a rack bar having an attachment portion andA a check supporting length, said check support "fr length having an aperture in its outer end, cut-out key figures formed from fiat stock, mounting blocks for each figure, said mounting blocks do-ve-tailed into the margin of the aperture, said figures extending beyond the outline of the bar, and said check having apertures therein corresponding to 'the outline of the bar and figures,`whereby they may be slid past the figures and sul'ipcrted upon the bar. f y Y In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name.

i RUSSELL O. SCUTT.

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