US1692631A - Ware rack - Google Patents

Description

Nov. 20, 1928.

D. DENELSBECK ET AL WARE RACK Filed April 2, 1924 Patented Nov. 20, 1928.

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.UNITEDSTATES PATENT orties@` DAVID DENELSBEOK AND CLARENCE D. DrLLE, OE iiEwnRs, Oii'ro, Ass? `s 'rnE OWENS BOTTLE COMPANY, OF TOLEDO, OHIO, a' consola-irren er o o, l

WARE Raon;

Application meanprn e,

i ceiving and transporting from one place to another, various materials, articles of manufacture, merchandise, etc.

An object of the invention is to provide a simple and practical `apparatus adapted for handling such articles or materlals, with a minimum amount of labor and effort, particularly where such articles are received at one level .and are to be stored or placed at a higher or lower level. y Other objects of the invention and the precise nature thereof will appear more fully hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a-part sectional side elevation of an apparatus,constructed .in accordance with our invention. f

Figure Q, is a partvsectional end elevation of the same. f

Figure?) is a detail view showing a latch for holding a tray in elevated position.

Figure 4 is a sectional detail showing the hinge connections for the trays.`

As herein shown, ware racks are mounte on a truck 10, adjacent its two tends. The truck may be a trailer of usual construction. Each rack frame is supported on a vbase 11, which may be bolted to the truck, said base having an integral vertical stem or shaft 12. The rack-supporting frame istriangular in shape and comprises horizontal base strips 13 and inclined side strips 14. The frame is mounted for rotation on the shaft 12 bl means of bearing members 15 and 16. frame piece 9 extending lengthwise of the frame forms a connection between the bearsA ing member 16 and the strips 14. Strips 8 vat the base of the frame form a connection may have a pivotal connection with the shaft" 17 by means of hinge straps 19 secured to the bottoms of the trays and pivoted to the shaft 17. This construction permits either tray 18 to be swung from its downward position, upward to a position in line with the other tray, as indicated at the left hand side of 1924. Serial No. 703,687.

Figure 1. The uppertray held in its elevated pos1 ion by a latch 21 having a hinge connection with the ottoni of tletray. The frame carrying the trays can be. rotated aboiat the vertical axis of the shaft :isidjis normally held against rotation hy a sleeve riesling` leer may he lreferred to.' For this purpose, the ti Ver1() moved to a convenient posit n at the delivery end of the leer and the bottles 29 or otherarticles are placed on 'the trays 18 while the latter-are in their lowered position. After all the trays are loaded, the trailer may he moved to 'position for unloading. TWhen the; ware is to be stacked up or placed in a position higher than can be conveniently reached by a' person unloading froin a tray in its lowered position, the tray is swung upward to the elevated position shownv at the left of Figurel. Theattendant can then, by standing on a platform,

or at a suitable elevated position, readilyv transferthe ware from the elevated rack to has been emptied, it may be lowered and the other tray on the same frame elevated to position for unloading. The swivel connection permits both trays to be brought to the same elevated position without shifting the truck. I

' It will be noted that the-bottles are supported in an upwardly inclined positionl convenient for handling, both when the tray is in its lowered position and also when swung up 1 to its elevation position. The present invention obviates the need oftier machines which,

. prior to this invention, have ordinarily been used for elevating the truclnand also greatly lreduces the amount of handling of the ware, heretofore found necessary.

The use of the present invention in the handling and storing of glassware l'has been described merely as an example of the various uses to which the invention may be applied.

Modifications' of the apparatus and its manner of use, maybe resorted to within the spirit and scope of our invention. i

What we claim is:

l. The` combination of a base comprising a pair ot' horizontally spaced interconnected y triangular frames, each having downwardly having its sides downwardly and outwardly and outwardly divergent sides, a horizontal pivot rod interconnecting the upper ends of Y said frames, trays hinged to the rod and normally restingon said sides, said. trays bein free to be individually swung upward- 1 a ove the pivot rodvinto `alignment with the other tray, and means to hold either tray in the-upward position.

2. The combination of a triangular frame divergent, a horizontal pivot rod at the apex ofsald frame, trays hinged to said rod andv respectively supported on the inclined sides of the frame said pivot rod extending along the upper e ges of the tloors of the trays,

" each said'tray comprising article supporting plates extending upwardly and outwardly rom the floor ot' the tray at the ends theref of, each tray being free to be swung upward to a position substantially above and in line 'Y with the other.t1ay while the latter is in its y of said frame, trays hinged to said rod and respectively supported onthe inclined sides oithe frame, said pivot rod extending along the upper edges of the floors ofthe trays, each said tray comprising article supporting plates extending upwardly and outwardly from the iioor of the tray at the ends thereof, each tray being free to be swung up-` ward" to a position substantially above and in line. with the other tray while the latter is in its lowered position, means to hold the 'upwardly swung tray in its upward position,

the adjacent said ends'of the tray being arranged to abut when the trays are aligned and thereby limit the upward swin ing movement of the upper tray, a standar on which the frame is mounted for rotation about a vertical axis, and a spring detent to hold the frame in a predetermined rotative Vposition. A i

4. The combination of a truck, vertical standards mounted thereon, triany lar frames swivelly mounted on the stan ards, each saidframe comprising a horizontal base and upwardl convergent sides, a horizontallydisposed inge rod at the apex of each frame, tra hinged to each said rod and extending r ownwardly along the sides of the frame, each tray `being arranged to be swung upward about its hinge rod to a position in line with the other trayV on the frame, each tray having at each end an article supporting end piece projecting upwardly and outt wardly from the door of the traywhereby cach tray is provided with an end plate in article supporting osition whenthe tray is in either its upwardly or downwardly swung position, the adjacent" end platesA oteach pair of trays being arranged to abut when the two trays are in line and thereby limit Y the upward tray. Y i f Signed at Newark, in the county of Licking and State of Ohio, this26th day of March, 1924. i A t y Y DAVIDDENELSBECK.

.i `CLARENGE D. BILLE?l YSwinging movement of the upper

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