US2639032A

US2639032A - Separator member for use in packing articles for shipment

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Publication number: US2639032A
Application number: US71235A
Authority: US
Inventors: Larry J Budd
Original assignee: Pallet Devices Inc
Current assignee: Pallet Devices Inc
Priority date: 1949-01-17
Filing date: 1949-01-17
Publication date: 1953-05-19
Anticipated expiration: 1970-05-19

Description

L. J. BuDD May 19, 1953 SEPARATOR MEMBER FOR USE IN PACKING ARTICLES FOR SHIPMENT Filed Jan. 17, 1949 flue/150;" fan" Edd c0 Patented May 19, 1953 .2:

Larry J. Budd, Chicago, IlL, ass'ignor to'Pallet' Devices, 'Inc., 'Melrose Park, 111., a corporation of Illinois Application January 17, 1949, Serial No. 71,235

This invention relates to improvements in separator members for use in packing articles for shipment and it consists of the matters hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

Certain articles, because of their outline as well as cross sectional shape, along with the surface finish thereof, present a difficult problem in packing for shipment, in a manner wherein the articles are held to that limit of relative movement as will not damage the same or mar the finish thereof. As an example of such articles, automobile radiator grilles are mentioned, as they generally include rearwardly extending marginal flanges and a highly polished front surface and generally the sides of such a grille splay or turn toward the rear. I

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a simple member adapted to beplaced between the articles being packed to keep them separated from each other, while holding them against such relative shucking or shifting as will damage the same.

Another object of the invention is to provide a separator member for this purpose which is so inexpensive to produce as to be expendable after a single use.

Also, it is an object of the invention to produce a member of this kind which is of a flexible character so that it will bend to conform to the shape of the article at least in one direction.

Again, it is an object of the invention to provide a member of this kind which may be made from paper board and tubing.

The above mentioned objects of the invention, together with others as well as the advantages thereof, will more fully appear as the specification proceeds.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a separator member embodying the preferred form of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary perspective view showing the improved member in use between a plurality of articles to be packed in a carton for shipment, which articles in this instance are shown as grille guards for automobile radiators.

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view through a, number of the grille guards and separators therebetween of Fig. 2 on a scale enlarged thereover.

Fig. 4 is a vertical detail sectional view through a part of the member appearing in Fig. 1 but on a scale enlarged thereover and more particularly illustrates one form of construction whereby the spacing element of the member is attached to the body of the member.

1 Claim. (Cl. 206-65) In general the improved separating member includes a body of sheet-like material, which is of such length, thickness and material as to be bendable and on one face thereof is secured one end of at least two spacing elements, each preferably in the form of a short annulus of a diame ter considerably greater than its axial length or depth;

Referring now in detail to that embodiment of the invention illustrated in the drawing and especially to Figs. 1 and 4 thereof, the improved separating member includes an elongated rectangular body It of sheet material and spaced equal distances from each end thereof on its longitudinal median line and projecting outwardly from one face of the-body are short annular spacing elements H-l I.

The body In is preferably made from kraft board and the spacingelements are preferably made of lengths of thickwalled paper tubing of a diameter several times the axial length thereof.

To attach each spacing member to the sheetlike body member I0, sets of portions of said body are punched out on the circles of the inner diameter of the annular spacing member II and then bent to extend perpendicularly as ears I2|2. These ears are engageable with the inside of said annular spacing member II and are secured thereto either as by means of an adhesive or by means of staples I4, as shown in Fig. 4. Thus the ears are arcuately spaced apart and therefore the attachment for these members does not appreciably interfere with the bending or bowing of the separator members as a whole within reasonable limits.

The improved separator member is of especial advantage for use between adjacent articles such as automobile radiator grilles in packing a number of such grilles in a container for shipment from the supplier to the point of insulation in an automobile.

Such a grille, which is indicated as a whole at I5 in Fig. 2, is usually of a horizontally elongated shape and bows rearwardly from its mid portion toward each side. It usually includes a rearwardly extending marginal flange I6 and within the area thereof is generally provided vertically spaced horizontal bars I! which define the openings l8 at each side of a center bar H! in the grille. The inner faces of the horizontal and center bars I! and [9 are spaced forwardly of the plane of the rearwardly extending marginal flange Hi.

In packing such grilles for shipment, a group of such grilles are disposed in a container 20, such as shown in Fig. 2. Such a container is 3 as wide as the grilles which are stood upright in the carton with the bottom of the grille resting upon the bottom of the carton. After one grille is placed in the carton, a separating member is disposed at the rear of the grille with the spacing members I I facing toward the rear of the grille. By pressing the mid portion of the body of the member forwardly toward the grille, said body l bows to conform to and engage with the contour or curvature of the edge of the marginal flange N5 of the grille, at which time the free edges of the spacing elements II engage with the rear faces of parts of the horizontal bars I! of the grille. Another grille I5 is then placed within the container with its front face, which is usually highly polished, engaged with the rear face of the body Ill of the separator member now in place. This alternate arrangement of grille and separating member is continued until the container is filled toits capacity.

When thus filled, with grilles and separators, the top margins of the separators will extend slightly above the top edges of the grilles, after which the open top of the container may be closed in any suitable manner.

By the use of the separators described, the grilles cannot contact each other and therefore the highly polished front faces there do not become nicked or scratched by reason of such engagement. As the elements II are engaged with the rear face of the grille in advance 01' ahead of the same, they function to stiffen that area or zone of the body I0 to which they are attached and therefore reinforce the same and at the same time solidify the stack of alternately arranged grilles and separator members making up the pack within the container so that said grilles cannot shift or shuck relatively, to cause a damage to the grilles.

The improved separator member is lnexpen app nded claim.

I claim as my invention:

In a package of spaced bowed articles arranged in generally parallel form and each having a peripheral flange projecting laterally from an outer surface of the article, a separator for disposition between the articles comprising a sheetlike member having attached to one face thereof a plurality of annular spacers in contact with an inner surface of an article inside its peripheral flange and said member having its marginal portion on said same face in engagement with the flange of the article, the other face of the member being in contact with the other and adjoining article, said member being flexibly formed into a bowed shape corresponding to the bowed shape of the articles and being snugly and tightly fitted into the space between the bowed articles.

BARRY J BUDD.

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