US1764737A - Method and apparatus for shipping engines - Google Patents

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June 17, 1930.

G. L. LUNDBORG Er AL METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHIPPING ENGINES Original Filed April 11, 1927 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 ATTORNEY.

June 17, 1930. LUNDBORG ET AL 1,764,737

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- lumber cost as well as in labor in construcping engines in .freight cars and other con- Patented June 17, 1930 UNITED, STATES PATENT OFFICE GUSTAV L. LUNDIBORG'AN D RICHARD B. ISRAEL, OF MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOBS TO CONTINENTAL MOTORS CORPORATION, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF VIRGINIA METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHIPPING ENGINES Original. application filed April 11, 1927,- Serial No. 182,557. Divided and this application filed September 20, 1928. Serial No. 807,104.

This invention relates to loading and unloading methods and apparatus and refers more particularly to an improved method and apparatus for shippingengines such as internal combustion engines. I

Heretofore it has been customary in shipveyances to construct individual crates ordinarily made of wood, for each engme. Thls practice lnvolves considerable expense 1n ing the crates,'placing the engines in the crates and generally handling the crates both at the shipping end and at the receiving end or destination. Aside from the cost of the lumber many of the crates are broken and otherwise damaged by general depreciation. A further expense and diificulty under the practice heretofore resides in checking up the'crates shipped. Frequently the crates are not returned to the shipper and a check up must be made to determine such a situation. The crates frequently are damaged in removing the engines and the period of usefulness of a crate is relatively short, i. e.

only a relatively few number of shipments,

the consignee often being charged for lost and damaged crates. Hence under the past practice of. shipping engines considerable expense is incurred ,both to the consignor and consignee.

Our invention provides a novel method and apparatus for eliminating the individual crates for the engines and generally materially reduces the labor and material costs involved both to the consignor and consignee. I 4 I A further feature of our invention resides in providing novel means for securely locating the engines in place in a freight car or other conveyance whereby the engines may be closely nested and securely fixed against accidental displacement during shipment, and yet may be quickly and conveniently removed from the freight carat the destina-;

tion. One advantage resulting from this feature of our invention resides in the ability to so closely nest the engines that the established minimum load per car may be obtained without decking the motors. Heretofore, in order to receive the full benefit of the shipping cost per car it was often necessary to deck the crated engines since the crates took up a relatively great amount of the available floor space of the freight car.

W'ith the above and other. objects in view our invention further resides 1n the novel combination and arrangement of parts more particularly hereinafter described.

This application is a division of our copending application Ser. No. 182,557, filed April 11, 1927.

Referring to the accompanying drawings in which like reference characters indicate corresponding parts,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the interior of a freight car illustrating one manner of shipping engines according to our invention,

Fig. 2

Fig. 3 is a view corresponding to Fig. 1

is a like view at right angles to illustrating a modifiedform of our inven tion,' and Fig. 4 is a view of the modification corresponding with Fig. 2;

In the drawings reference character A represents a typical freight car, such as ordinarily used for shipping engines and otherarticles, 10 representing the floor, 11

the end walls, 12 the side walls, and 13- the doors and door openings.

In carrying out our invention We anay q son of the spaced supporting rails By 1 reason of our travelling hoist apparatus C the engines B may be readily and quickly loaded into the freight car, or unloaded therefrom. The particular operation or con struction of such loading apparatus forms ferring to Figs. 1 and 2 the engines are placed in position as by our loading apparatus, upon spaced supports 33, preferably of wood extending transversely across the floor of the car, the ends of the supports 33 being properly spaced according to the longitudinal dimension of the engine by the spacers 34 secured as by nails to the supports 33. In order to prevent displacement of the supporting units formed by the members 33 and 34, unit spacers 35 may be provided. To further securely fix the engines in position end boards 36 may be placed at the ends of each transverse row of engines across the supports 33 and adjacent the end engines of each row. As shown in Fig. 1 engine spacing blocks 37 may be located between adjacent engines of each row, these blocks for convenience being located below upper positioning boards 38 overlying each row of engines. We next tie the engines of each row together by passing a. tie member, wire, or metal strip 39 preferably entirely around the engines of each row, fixing the ends of the tie member in any convenient manner. Next, other ties 40 are passed preferably at several points along the length of each row of engines taking up any slack in the tie member 39 and serving to further secure the engines in position. It is generally desirable to pass the ties 40 beneath the sup-v ports 33 and above the boards 38, these ties for convenience being placed on the floor of the car before placing the supports 33. In this manner the engine supports 33 may 'be quickly placed in position, the engines then being positioned by the loading apparatus, followed by placement of the boards and the ties. If desired the boards 33 may have their upper faces grooved to receive the engines, the grooves corresponding in general with the lower shape of the engine.

Instead of positioning the unit rows of engines transversely of the car, these rows might also be .formed longitudinall of the car as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. 11 these views the supports 33 and 11 per boards 38' extend longitudinally of t e car, ties 39 and 40' being employed substantially as described above with reference to Figs. 1 and 2. In Fig. 3 we have shown the ties 39 extending longitudinally of the car, passing around the engines of each row respectively.

In unloading the cars the ties and upper boards are removed, the apparatus shown in Fig. 1 being employed to remove the engines from the cars. If desired the loading and unloading apparatus may be left in the car during shipment or may be built permanently in the car.

Our invention provides means for securely fixing the engines in position without the use of individual crates-used heretofore. Furthermore a saving is made possible in the elimination of much of the lumber used heretofore in crates as well as crate losses and deterioration expenses. With our invention the engines may be closely nested, making it possible to obtain the minimum required load in a freight car without the necessity of decking the engine.

We do not limit ourselves to the particular apparatus and arrangement of engine location as shown and described as it is apparent that many changes may be resorted to and still utilize the benefits of our invention. We believe our invention to be of a very broad scope since we are aware of no method or apparatus makingh it possible heretofore to ship motors wit out the use of the individual crates.

What we claim as our invention is:

1. Means for grouping internal combustion engines for shipment in freight cars comprising a frame support mounted within the car for receiving a plurality of engines, a member overlying the en ines, and

flexible material wound about the rame and said member for preventing relative movement of the engines during shipment.

2. Means for groupinginternal combustion engines for shipment in freight cars comprising a frame support mounted within the car for receiving a plurality of engines, a member overlying the en ines, and flexible material wound about the rame and said member, and also about the engines for preventing relative movement of the engines during shipment.

3. Means for grouping internal combustion engines for shipment in freight cars comprisinga frame support within the car, said support formed ofmembers extending substantially longitudinally and transversely respectively of'the'car, said engines being mounted on said frame, means overlying the engines, and flexible tie means connecting the frame support and overlying means serving to prevent relative displacement of the engines during shipment.

4. Means for groupmginternal combustion engines forshipment in freight cars comprising a frame support within the car,

said support formed of members extending substantially longitudinally and transversely respectively of the car, said engines being mounted on said frame, with their longest dimensions extending longitudinally of the car, means overlying the engines in a direction transverse to the longest dimension aforesaid, and flexible tie means connecting the frame support and overlying means serving-to prevent relative displacement of the engines during shipment.

5. The method of grouping and relatively securing internal combustion engines for shipment in freight cars consisting in providing a plurality of enginegroup supports extending transversely of the car, mounting said engines on said supports respectivelywith the longest dimension of the engines transverse to the suipports and in the longitudinal direction 0 the car, and tying the engines to said respective supports to prevent their displacement in transit.

6. Themethod of grouping and relatively securing internal combustion engines for shipment in freight cars consisting in providing a plurality of engine group supports extending transversely of the car, mounting said englnes on said supports respectively tudinal direction 0 with the longest dimension of the engines transverse to the su ports and in the lon if the car, and tying t e engines to each other relatively in groups and to the said respective supports to prevent displacement of the engines in transit.

viding a plurality of engine 1nountin said engines on sai supports with.

securing internal combustion engines for shiipment in freight cars consisting in pro vi ng a plurality of engine group supports, mounting said engineson said supports, and tying the engines to said supports in groups to prevent relative displacement ofthe engines of any group.

- 9. The method of grouping and relatively securing internal combustion engines for shipment in freight cars consisting in prooup supports,

- the long stdimension of the engines transverse to said supports, and tying the engines to each other relatively in groups and to said sup orts to prevent relative displacement of t e engines of any group. I

10. The method of grouping and relatively-securin internal combustion engines forshipment in freight cars consisting'in providing a plurality of engine group supports,

mounting said engines on said sup orts with the longest dimension of the engines transverse to said supports, overlying the engines of each group with a stiffening member extending parallel with the sup rts, and

tying the supports, engines, an 7 stifiening 'members asunits against relative displacement in transit.

- In testimony whereof, we hereunto aflix our signatures, this 8th day of Sept, A. D.

GUSTAV L. LUNDBORG. RICHARD B. ISRAEL.

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