US1988651A

US1988651A - Attachment for container carriers

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Publication number: US1988651A
Application number: US684485A
Authority: US
Inventors: Frederick K Fildes
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1933-08-10
Filing date: 1933-08-10
Publication date: 1935-01-22
Anticipated expiration: 1952-01-22

Description

Jan; 22, 1935.

F. K. FILDES ATTACHMENT FOR CONTAINER CARRIERS 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Aug. 10, 1933 v INVENTOR: Fmdvrwk 1t -fiZ/das, BY W ATTORNEYS.

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ATTACHMENT FOR CONTAINER CARRIERS Filed Aug. 10, 1935 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 @Zf/ 1 J08 I I llllllllln 2f INVENTO R: Wraiariok YLFLM w,

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ATTORNEYS.

Patented Jan. 22, 1935 I UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFF-ICE ATTACHMENT FOB, CO TAI ER omnnzns Frederick KiFildes, Almeria, a. Application A gl a 10;, 1933, Serial; No. 684,485

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invention relates: to container. c rt suchas railway-cars, motor trucks or trailers, and more specifically .to attachments for holdin a container against. shifting while it rests on the arrieryyet facilitating its removal ,incident to the raising of the. container from its seat.,..1n certain respects the invention represents an improvement upon thetype of container carrier disclosed in U. S. Letters Patent No. 1,845,594,'granted to me on February 16, 1932. I

One object of the invention is to. provide at.- tachments for a container carrier characterized by seating abutments effective to prevent both lateral and longitudinal shifting of.,a containe and movable to positionsabove and beneath the container supporting surfaces. 1* 4 I Another object of the invention is to provide attachments of such character affording adequate clearanceabove the floor of the carrier for the, insertion of, a lift truck, or other container transfer apparatus, below. the individual contain rs whereby they maybe readily removed fromthe carrier to'an adjacent platform orvehi le. .13:

. Still another object of the inyentionistheprovision .of a containeroarrier embodying the above features-and yet having a substantially unob-J, structed floor jspace wherebythe carriergmaybe readily converted to ,otheruses than for the car riage of containers.

The foregoing and other objects and advantages will .become'more fully apparent from the .description hereinafter set forth of one embodimen or example of my invention, having reference to the accompanying drawings, whereof:

- Fig. I represents a part side elevation of a rail: way flat car fitted with attachmentsof my in: vention with certain partsbroken away to. better disclose important details. i

Fig. II represents anenlarged' cross secti on of the same, taken as indicated by the, lines :II,I,I ofFig.I. o I

Fig. III represents an enlarged plan view of one individual container supporting attachment showing its relation to the corners of twoadj acent containers. 1

'Fig. IV represents a perspective view of :the

container supporting attachment. u

Fig. V represents a perspective view-ofx'onesnf the movable shift-restraining abutments; and,

Fig. represents a perspective view of aiocking -pinassociated witheach' container support ing attachment. j 1

Withparticular reference to Fig. I of the drawings, the numeral 1 designates, comprehensively,

a portion of a railroad flat car, and 2 the support- (o1. us es) in-g ;fi0or org-platform thereof.; jAt spaced inter valsalong the'side sills 3,"I dispose a seriesofcontainer supporting attachments comprehen sivelydesignatedatd, 4 and in View of thefact that the several units are duplicates of one another, exceptingthe end ones 4', the following description is limited to an ;explanation of one individual' attachment, thereby avoiding repetition.' r I Each supporting attachment 4, the illustrated example of-my invention, is in the formof a sub-. stantially rectangular casting and includes'parallel top and -loase surfaces 5, 6, respectively. I The base surfaces 6, together with a depending vertical fiangefl and an inw dly p o ec ng. r

zontal flange 8, are secured by rivets to the underframe at theside sills 3 of the car, Each support ing attachment. 4 has

upstandin arms

9, 11 and is interiorlyrecessed in the spaces between these arms.

which supports a pair ofswinging abutments '13 .hereinafter more particularly described.

tral rib 15, and there are

holes

16, 17 at the sides d of the attachment, and a part circular cavity 1 8 in the central rib 15, which holes are adapted to accommodate a locking pin 19, the latter element being removable and serving to maintain the swin ing abutments 13in raised position.

most clearly; illustrated in Fig. V, each swinging abutment 13 is generally in the form of a hook having a bearing 20 fitting on the pivot pin 12 and having .a heel 21 adapted to engage the bottom'of a container, such as representedat 22. Each swinging abutment 13 has aflat surface 23 which, when containers are seated on the car, assumes a subsantially horizontalposition aplproximating the level of theadjacent .top surface 5 .of the supporting attachment 4. Above the flat surface 23 of each container seating abutment .13 are upstanding members 25, 26, one such member .25;extending transversely of the car platform 2 .and'the other member. 26 extending longitudinally of s the car platform outside the side sill 3. Theiupstanding members 25, .26 together define abutments 13 are in the raised position they are Through holes in the'upper ends of H the

arms

9, 10, 11 there extends a pivot pin 12 effective to: prevent both lateralv and longitudinalshiftingiof a container. There are four Swinging abutments 13 for each container to be cazrriedjon the car, and inanrobvious manner each set of four'abutments .definesa rectangular. seat." for accommodating the base of a container.

The end attachments 4' inmost respects structurallyconform with the foregoing description of ward by gravity into the recessed interior of the

abutment

4, 4" as indicated in dot and dash lines at the left hand-of liigqII. The short heel 21 of the swinging abutment enables the same to recede automatically into therecessed interior of the supporting attachment d assoon as .the'container has been raised a short distance above the container supporting surfaces 5. f

The locking pins 19 are utilized for fthevpure. pose of temporarily maintaining the swinging abutments 13 in raised position preparatory to thelcwering of a. container onto the car platform-=2. locking pin -:is= pjrereram con structed as shown in Fig. VI and'hasat one end an eye 28'by means of which it is attached to the "end ofa chain 29 and thus protected against loss.- The opposite endfof the locking pin'19 is slotted and provided with a swinging keeper 30 which holds the.'locking pin in place when it is insertedthrough the-openingslfi, 17 of the supporting attachment 4. As the locking pin 19 passes through the hole '16 tl1e, keeper 30 swings upward and then downward automatically locking itself against dislodgment. At the openings 17 in the upstanding arm 11 of the supporting attachment 4 there isprovided a recess 31 of a size sufticient to accommodate the'keeperBO. The recess 31 allows thelocking pin 19 to' be withdrawn completely out of the way of both swinging abutments 13 so as not to obstruct their movement, and yet permits the locking pin to be retained within the attachment 4.

\ It will be' observed that each

attachment

4, 4

affords elevated support for the bottom corners of two adjacent containers. The gap intervening bet'ween the-bottom'of 'a container and the floor 2 of the container carrier permits a lift truck or other hoistin'g'mea'ns to be inserted between the carfloor and the container whereby the container may be removed from the carrier-onto an adjacent platform or vehicle. It will also be'observed that when containers are seated on the swinging abutments 13- the load is not carried on the lockingpins'19 and these pins may be readily-reitainers 22 are to be transferred to the railway car by a lift truck, there is ordinarily no ne'ces sity of utilizing the locking pins 19. When"con tainers are seated on the car, the formation of.

the seating abutments 13 is such as to effectively prevent shifting in any direction, and there is no danger of-dislodgment of a container.

'-When it is desired to remove the containers 22 1 from the car 1, by'meansof a lift truck, if the locking pins 19 are in place they are shifted to the extreme outward position. Then when the lift truck raises the container 22 from the supporting surfaces 5, the abutments 13 are caused to recede automatically by gravity into the interior recesses of the attachments 4, 1' with which they are associated. When a container is to be raised and shifted by an overhead hoisting apparatus, it is notnecessary to disturb the locking pins 19.

It is to be especially noted that the container carrier of my invention can be used with many types of container transferring apparatus, and that inasmuch as the central floor space of the carrier is unobstructed, the carrier may also be at once converted to ordinary flat car use.

While I have described and illustrated one particular example of my invention, it will be apthe annexedclaims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

=1. In combination with a container carrier having-a substantially unobstructed central floor space,spacedattachments on the sides of the carrier affording elevated support for a container, and seating abutments movableonsaid supports, said abutments being effective to prevent both lateral and'longitudinal shifting of a' container, and being adapted automatically to recede below the container supporting surfaces when a container is raised'theref-rom. T

2. In combination with a container carrier, spaced attachments above the floor of the carrier afiording elevated support for a container, and seating abutments pivotally mounted on said supports and adapted to recede by gravity below the container supporting surfaces when a container is raised therefrom, said abutments having-upstanding members defining corners of a container seat and being effective to prevent both lateral and longitudinal shifting of a container. 3.-In combination with a container carrier, spaced attachments above the floor of the carrier affording elevated support for a container, seating abutments pivotallymounted on said supports and .oif balance so as to recede by gravity when a'containe'r is raised therefrom, said abutments having upstanding members defining corners of a container seat and being effective to prevent both lateral and longitudinal shifting of acontainer, and means for locking said abutments in raised position. i V 4 4. In combination with a' container carrier, spaced attachments mounted on the sides of the carrier, seating abutments pivotally mounted on said attachments an'd off balance so as to recede by gravity when a container is raised therefrom, said abutments having upstanding members defining corners of a container seatand being effective to prevent both lateral and longitudinal shifting of acontainer, and locking pins removably inserted between the attachments aforesaid and the bottom surfaces of the abutments for maintaining'the abutments'in raised position;

5. In combination with a container carrier, spaced attachments on the sides of the carrier, seating abutments in the form of hooksswingably mounted on saidfiattachments with their heels adapted to engage the bottom of a container, and 01f 'balance'so as torecede by gravity when a container-is raised therefrom, said abutments having upstanding walls defining corners-of a container seat, and means for locking said abutments in raised position.

' FREDERICK K; FILDES;