US2102479A

US2102479A - Tobacco hanger

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Publication number: US2102479A
Application number: US54681A
Authority: US
Inventors: Newfield Albert
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1935-12-16
Filing date: 1935-12-16
Publication date: 1937-12-14
Anticipated expiration: 1954-12-14

Description

A. NEWFIELD Dec. 14, 1937.

TOBACCO HANGER Filed Dec. 16, 1935 Patented Dec. 14, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

My invention relates to the class of devices employed for hanging tobacco for conditioning purposes to make it suitable for handling for sorting, grading, and other operations, and an object of my invention, among others, is the provision of a hanger that may be constructed at a minimum cost and that shall be extremely convenient and efiective in use for the purposes hereinbefore set out.

One form of a hanger embodying my inven- 7 'tion and in the construction and use of which 'the objects herein set out, as well as others, may be attained is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which Figure l is an end view of my improved hanger shown as attached toa lath.

Figure 2 is a side view of the same.

Figure 3 is a top view. Figure 4 is an isometricperspective view illustrating the manner of use of my improved hanger. i

During the preparation of tobacco for manufacturing purposes a very important step in the process is the conditioning of the tobacco leaves by dampening them so that they may be readily handled for grading, sorting, and other operations. This dampening process is a very important matter as it is essential that the leaves shall be evenly moistened but not to an excessive degree, forif the leaves become too moist they are thereby injured and decreased in value. I have developed an improved process for thus conditioning the leaves which forms the subject matter of another invention. 7 When the leaves are hung in the sheds for curing purposes they are generally suspended upon cords threaded through the stems of the leaves, the opposite ends of the cords being secured at or near opposite ends of a lath. When this tobacco is taken from the sheds the leaves on a single lath are pushed together at one end forming a bunch and this is called a hand. My improved process hereinbefore referred to contemplates the hanging of these hands of tobacco upon racks in such a manner that they may be conditioned in a most effective way. The hanger forming the subject matter of this application is particularly adapted for use in connection with this process as it enables the hands of tobacco to be easily and quickly attached to laths from which they are suspended and with practically no liability to injury to the leaves, particularly while they are in a tender condition before being moistened. It will be'understood, however, that my invention is not limited to use in connection with my improved process as such hangers may be employed in any casewhere it is required to hang or suspend the tobacco for any particular purpose.

In the accompanying drawing my imposed hanger is shown as formed from wire bent to shape and comprising a base and supporting 5 arms. This structure is formed from a piece of wire doubled at its lengthwise center and bent to form an eye 5 to receive a screw'by means of which the hanger is fastened to the lath. From the eye the wire is bent to form branches 6 10 which diverge from the eye downwardly, these branches and the eye constituting the base. From the lower ends of the branches 6 the wire is bent outwardly at substantially right angles to said branches to form spring supporting arms 15 1 which terminate in loops 8 at their outer ends, the loops being formed to protect the leaves when the stalk or stem is being thrust in between the spring arms.

A number of these hangers are secured to a 20 lath 9 and these laths are placed with their opposite ends resting upon rails l0, and as shown in Fig. 4 of the drawing, and in. order to hold the laths in upright positions the ends may be placed in notches ll formed in the rails. 25

It will be readily understood and appreciated that my improved hanger provides means whereby the tobacco may be easily attached to the laths with a minimum amount of effort and with little liability to injury and also that such tobacco 30 may be removed from the laths in a speedy and expeditious manner with little efiort in removing them for sorting, grading, or for other purposes.

In accordance with the provisions of the patent statutes I have described the principles of 35 operation of my invention, together with the device which I now consider to represent the best embodiment thereof; but I desire to have it understood that the device shown is only illustrative and that the invention may be carried out 40 by other means and applied to uses other than those above set out.

I claim:

A tobacco hanger formed from a piece of wire 45 doubled at substantially its lengthwise center and 'thereat shaped into a substantially closed eye constituting a firm seat extending substantially fully around the under side of the head of a tially parallel relation to receive the stems of tobacco leaves.

ALBERT