US2526009A

US2526009A - Support

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Publication number: US2526009A
Application number: US605333A
Authority: US
Inventors: Joseph S Daniels
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1945-07-16
Filing date: 1945-07-16
Publication date: 1950-10-17
Anticipated expiration: 1967-10-17

Description

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Patented Oct. 17, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT DFFICE SUPPORT Joseph S. Daniels, Rhinelander, Wis.

Application July 16, 1945, Serial No. 605,333

2 Claims.

This invention relates to supports and more particularly to a support for fuel gas tanks or the like.

One object of the present invention is to provide a support for fuel gas tanks which will both support the tank and lock it to the support.

Another object is to provide a support which will provide a locked enclosure for tank auxiliaries to preclude tampering with the same.

Another object is to provide a support for fuel gas tanks which will accommodate a plurality of tanks simultaneously and tanks of different sizes.

A further object is to provide a support for fuel gas tanks which may be mounted in relatively soft ground without need for special foundation.

Other objects will become apparent from the following specication, which when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, illustrate one form of the invention.

According to the present'invention, the support comprises a post, a platform on the post, adapted to support and retain the lower end of a fuel gas tank, an auxiliary housing hinged to the upper end of the post, and means to lock the housing to retain the gas tank on the support.

In the drawings:

Fig. l is a front elevational view of one form of the support comprising the present invention, with certain parts thereof being broken away to more clearly illustrate certain other parts;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary cross-sectional detail View taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. l;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary cross-sectional detail view taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a side elevational view of the support, partly in cross-section;

Fig. 5 is a top view looking down on the support, with parts broken away and in section;

Fig. 6 is a perspective detail View of a bracing Spud; and

Fig. 7 is a transverse cross-section of spud viewed as indicated at l-l in Fig. 6.

Referring to the drawings, the fuel gas tank support comprises a hollow metallic post l 0, preferably square in cross-section and provided with a pointed lower end adapted to `he driven into or buried in the ground. A collar I2 is mounted on the post iii and either permanently fixed to the post I0 as by welding or limited in downward movement as by a pin lf3.- passing through the post on which the collar is adapted to rest.

The collar l 2 is secured to and supports a horizestal shelf le braced by a spider i8. The upper surface of `the shelf I6 close to the rim thereof, on the sides and in the rear, is provided with a plurality of upstanding tabs 20 formed thereon and lying on the periphery of a circle the inside diameter of which is substantially the same as the exterior diameter of the base of a standard fuel gas storage tank 24.

Spaced slightly inwardly from the rear tabs 20 are retaining tabs 20A likewise secured to the shelf I6 the same being located so as to fall within the rim of the base of a standard gas storage tank 24. By reason of this arrangement the tabs are adapted to retain the lower end of the tank in the desired position on the shelf positively precluding the sliding of the tank base with respect to the shelf I6 when the tank 24 is in 'normal position. A tank 24 in forward tilted position, however, may be easily slid onto or off of the shelf l5 to facilitate handling of tanks during replacement. As soon as a tank 24 has been slid while tilted to the proper location on shelf I6 and then brought to upright position, it becomes held against further horizontal movement as described.

The upper end of the post l0 is provided with a plate 26 which is fixed to the rear face of the post l0 opposite the shelf i6, and forms a back for an auxiliary box or housing generally designated 30. The box 3B comprises a top 32 hinged to the back plate 26, a pair of

ends

33 and 34 fixed to the top 32, and a front plate 35 fixed to one edge of each of the ends :i3-34 and to the front edge of the top 32. The bottom of the box 3D is left open so far as need be to accommodate the upstanding tops of the tanks 24.

A bar 36 is secured to the post l0 and is adapted to project through a hole 3l in the front 35 of the box 30. A padlock 33 may be 1ocked through a hole in the bar 3B to maintain the box 3l] locked on the tanks 24 and prevent unauthorized removal of the tanks. To preclude tampering with auxiliaries contained in the box 30 by access gained from beneath, bar 36 is preferably extended laterally in the form of wings 36A secured to the lower margin of back plate 26, although the bar alone without the wings 36A serves to preempt adequate hand space thus discouraging all but the most persistent tamperers.

A bracket generally designated 40 (Figs. 2 and 3) has a horizontal mounting loop 42 formed integrally with a pair of spaced vertical legs 44 adapted to bear against the exterior of the back plate 26 of the h-ox 30, and a third leg 45, spaced from the legs 4d which projects inwardly through the back plate 2E and then Vextends downwardly within the interior of the post l0 to a U-shaped 3 foot at its lower extremity. The bracket 40 is held in position by a screw 48 which extends to the inter-lor oi post it as shown in Fig. 2. The bracket 49 may be used to secure a signalling device to indicate when a tank is empty and ready for replacement, particularly in cases where automatic change over between tanks is provided by appropriate auxiliaries contained within box 30.

In normal use where tanks 24 are used to supply fuel gas, auxiliaries to be housed will include pressure reducing valves and in certain cases automatic change over mechanism which disconnects an empty tank and shirts the connection to a previously unused tank. Such devices are preferably supported independently of the tanks themselves so that they need not be disturbed when tanks are changed. To provide for such independent support a universal mounting bracket 59 having vertically extending attachment slots as shown is held in place on the post i9 within the box 30 at its upper end by a screw 48 previously described and by a similar screw 663 at its lower end. In this way different types of pressure reducing valves and change over devices may be mounted by reason oi the scope ci adjustment allowed by the attachment slots. Piping extending outwardly from the box 30 may pass downwardly therefrom through openings in the bottom of the box and thence downwardly along the post l0.

The fuel gas tank support may at times be erected in soft or loose soil, and if so, it may be necessary to supply additional support. To accomplish this the lower end of the post I9 is v provided with horizontal apertures 58 and 59 y,

spaced from each other in which angle iron spud braces 60 and 6l may be inserted. The ends of the angle iron braces 60 and 6l may be attached to spuds 83 (Figs. 6 and 7) by means of 'tabs punched from the spuds and contacting the angle various changes in shape, size and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

That which is claimed as new and is desired to be secured by Letters Patent is:

1. A support for holding captive a fuel gas tank having a downwardly projecting circular rim at its lower end and an upwardly projecting valve tting'at its upper end which comprises supporting base for said gas tank, upstanding retaining means on said base adapted to engage the sides and rear of the bottom rim of said gas tank and the inside of the rear of said rim when said tank is in position on said base adapted to facilitate positioning of said tank on said base by movement of said tank from a forward tilted position to an upright position and to restrain lateral movement of the bottom of said tank when in `upright position, a vertical post rigidly associated with said base, an upwardly opening openbottomed protecting box hingedly attached to the upper part of said post adapted to occupy a closed position bearing upon the top of said gas tank and enclosing said valve fitting and swingable to an open position permitting tilting of the top of said gas tank, and locking means adapted to lock said box in closed position whereby unauthorized removal of said tank may be precluded.

2. In a bottom support adapted for use in connection with a mounting for a gas cylinder having a rimmed base which support includes an `upright post and a cap secured to the upper end of the post for retaining the upper end of a gas cylinder the combination comprising a horizontal lower shelf member, means for securing said shelf member to said post near the lower end thereof, external side and rear upstanding rim retaining means secured to said shelf member in position to externally embrace the sides and rear f' ol the rimmed base of a gas cylinder, internal rim retaining means adapted to restrain forward removal of a gas cylinder disposed on said shelf member comprising upstanding means secured to said shelf member in position near the rear thereof and spaced inwardly from the rear retaining means a distance suiiicient to accommodate the thickness of the base rim of a gas cylinder, the forward portions of said shelf member constituting an unobstructed cylinder sliding face free of upward projections which would obstruct the sliding of a gas cylinder base in engagement with said shelf member with the cylinder in tilted position.

JOSEPH S. DANIELS.

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