US2717111A

US2717111A - Siphon tube basket

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Publication number: US2717111A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1955-09-06
Anticipated expiration: 1972-09-06

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Sept. 6, 1955 W. D. GILARDI SIPHON TUBE BASKET Filed May 19, 1952 WILLIAM D. G/LA RD/ INVENTOR HUEBNER, BEEHLER,

WORREL 8 HERZ/G ATTORNEYS United States Patent SIPHON TUBE BASKET William D. Gilardi, Dos Palos, Calif.

Application May 19, 1952, Serial No. 288,680

3 Claims. (Cl. 224-45) The invention relates to holding devices and more particularly to a siphon tube basket conducive to the convenient stacking, carrying, and storage of arcuate siphon tubes in nested arrangement.

It is a well known practice in irrigable farm lands to distribute water in a multiplicity of furrows. A head ditch is usually formed transversely of the furrows and water delivered in regulated quantities to the furrows from the head ditch. Originally it was the practice to bury pipes or other conduits in the head ditch in alignment with the furrows for delivery of water therethrough and to regulate the flow of water by partially plugging the pipes. Elongated arcuate siphon tubes are now utilized in place of the pipes. The tubes are usually filled with water by immersion in the head ditch and then laid over a bank of the head ditch to provide an end in a furrow to which water is to be supplied lower than an opposite end of the head ditch.

The siphon tubes obviate the difficulties incident to burying pipes in the head ditch and the How of water therethrough can be conveniently regulated by varying the relative elevational positions of the extended ends of the siphon tubes relative to the water level in the head ditch.

Although the siphon tubes are much more convenient to use than the distributing pipes, they are so cumbersome to stack, carry, and store that their utility is substantially diminished. When a quantity of the tubes are carried by a workman to their position of use, they must be laid down and reassembled as each successive tube is installed along a head ditch. Their arcuate form makes their assembly for carrying purposes a clumsy operation which wastes time and is thoroughly aggravating.

An object of the present invention is to provide an improved basket adapted to contain a plurality of similar elongated arcuate elements in nested arrangement.

Another object is to provide a siphon tube basket adapted compactly to contain a plurality of arcuate siphon tubes in nested arrangement.

Another object is to obviate the wasted time and inconvenience conventionally experienced in the handling, distribution, collection and storage of siphon tubes.

Another object is to provide a means for carrying a plurality of siphon tubes which may be selectively rested in horizontal or inclined positions for convenience in removing siphon tubes therefrom and which when so rested retains the siphon tubes not removed therefrom for convenience in further carrying and distribution.

Another object is to provide a siphon tube basket of the character described that is light weight.

Another object is to provide a siphon tube basket adjustable to receive varied quantities of siphon tubes in stacked relation therein.

Further objects and advantages will become apparent in the subsequent description in the specification.

In the drawing:

Fig. l is a perspective view of a basket embodying the principles of the present invention.

2 ,7 l 7 ,1 l l Patented Sept. 6, 1955 Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the basket shown in Fig. l showing'conventional siphon tubes rested therein.

Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the basket shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a somewhat enlarged section taken on line 44 of Fig. 2 having a portion thereof broken away for more compact representation.

Referring in greater detail to the drawing:

As clearly evident in Fig. l, the basket utilizes a substantially rectangular open frame 10 having elongated side members 11 and transverse end members 12. The side members 11 and end members 12 are preferably disposed in a common plane. A trapezoidal frame 13 is downwardly extended from each of the side members 11 in supporting relation to the rectangular frame.

The side members 11 constitute upper edges of the trapezoidal frames 13 which are formed by extending legs 15 downwardly from each of the side members in substantially parallel relation. The legs are right 'angularly related to their respective side members 11 and each thereof is substantially equally spaced from its respectively adjacent leg and from its respectively adjacent end of the side member on which it is mounted. It will be observed in Fig. 2 that the legs divide their respective side members 11 into substantially three equal portions. A base strut 16 interconnects the downwardly extended ends of each pair of legs in substantially parallel relation to the plane of the rectangular frame. Oblique struts 17 interconnect the downwardly extended end of each leg and the respectively adjacent end of the side member 11 on which the leg is mounted. It will be clearly apparent that the trapezoidal frames 13 are substantially identical in shape and disposed in parallel planes right angularly related to the plane of the rectangular frame 10.

A pair of lower transverse members 19 interconnect the downwardly extended ends of corresponding legs 15 of the trapezoidal frames 13 in substantially parallel relation to the end members 12.

A plurality of elongated division fingers 21 are mounted on each of the end members 12 in a substantially equally spaced" relation and upwardly extended therefrom normal to theplane of the rectangular frame. The fingers are correspondingly positioned on their respective end members 12 and one such finger positioned midway between the side members 11 on each of the end members 12.

An elongated handle 23 interconnects the mid fingers 21 in substantially parallel relation to the plane of the rectangular frame. Support or medial division rods 24 individually interconnect the handle 23 and the transverse members 19 midway between the trapezoidal frames 13 and preferably in substantially parallel relation to the legs 15. For grasping convenience a sleeve 25 is mounted on the handle 23 intermediate the rods 24.

Side guards 27 are mounted on each of the side members 11 intermediate the end members 12 and upwardly extended therefrom in substantially right angular relation to the plane of the rectangular frame 10. The side guards are conveniently upwardly arched and have opposite ends welded or otherwise secured to their respective side members 11 at the juncture of the legs 15 therewith.

With the exception of the handle 23, the elements of the basket now described are conveniently formed of metal rods or other suitable material weldably interconnected in the described association. It will be noted that the welded fabrication of the basket from metal rods is facilitated and made more economical by the junctures of numerous elements in single points of convergence so that, a single operation can, for example, interconnect the extended end of the leg 15, its base 3 strut 16, its oblique strut 17, and its transverse member 19.

In some instances, it is desirable to provide division fingers 21 which may be adjustably extended or contracted to accommodate various numbers of irrigation tubes, such as that shown at 29, therebetween. When this is desired, each of the fingers 21 is provided with a plurality of detent receptacles 30 in longitudinally spaced relation therein. For convenience, the receptacles preferably circumscribe their respective fingers. Tubular extensions 31 are slidably fitted over the fingers 21 for telescopic adjustment relative thereto. A leaf spring 32 riveted or otherwise secured to the lower end of each extension 31, as at 33, and downwardly extended therefrom to provide an arcuate portion 34 engageable in the receptacles 30, constitutes a simple and economical form of detent resiliently engageable in the receptacles 30.

Operation The operation of the device of the present invention is believed to be clearly apparent and is briefly summarized at this point. A plurality of irrigation tubes 29 are rested between each of the division fingers 21 in upwardly disposed concave positions. Such tubes are usually of aluminum, plastic or other light weight material but cumbersome to stack and/or carry because of their arcaute shape. Opposite end portions of a first layer of tubes is rested on the end members 12, the legs 15 being provided of such length that the transverse members 19 are disposed in downwardly spaced relation to the irrigation tubes. Successive layers of tubes are rested between the fingers 21 on the first layer thereof.

Where it is desired to stack, carry, or store an extra quantity of tubes 29, the extensions 31 are utilized and slid upwardly on their respective fingers where they are releasably held in telescopically adjusted position by engagement of the arcuate portions 34 of the springs 32 in their respective receptacles 30.

The upwardly extended side guards 27 confine the portions of the uppermost tubes 29 intermediate the fingers 21 to the basket.

With the irrigation tubes 29 arranged in the basket in the manner described, they are in compact association and may be disposed in substantially horizontal attitude by resting the basket on the base struts 16 and transverse members 19 or selectively in oppositely inclined attitudes by resting the basket on a base strut 16 and adjacent oblique struts 17.

It will be apparent that a quantity of tubes 29 contained in the basket of the present invention may be conveniently rested or carried without inconvenience incident to any derangement of the nested association of the tubes. The baskets also facilitate storing of the tubes and their ready access for use. The baskets are economical to produce, fully effective in accomplishing their intended purposes and have proved durable even when fabricated from light weight material.

Although the invention has been herein shown and described in what is conceived to be the most practical and preferred embodiment, it is recognized that departures may be made therefrom within the scope of the invention, which is not to be limited to the details disclosed herein but is to be accorded the full scope of the claims so as to embrace any and all equivalent devices and apparatus.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A siphon tube basket comprising a substantially rectangular open frame having elongated side members and transverse end members rigidly interconnected and located in a common plane with the side members extended between the end members, the end members being adapted to support a plurality of adjacent stacks of siphon tubes in upwardly disposed concave relation therebetween, a pair of legs rigidly mounted on each side member and extended therefrom in normal relation to the plane of the rectangular frame, said legs being mounted on the side members in positions dividing the lengths of their respective side members into three substantially equal parts between the end members, base struts interconnecting the extended ends of the legs of each side member of the frame in substantially parallel relation to their legs respective side member, an oblique strut interconnecting the extended end of each leg at the juncture of such leg with the base strut associated therewith and the adjacent end of the side member on which such leg is mounted, lower cross members interconnecting the extended ends of corresponding legs of the side members and connected to the juncture of such leg with its base and oblique strut in substantially parallel relation to the end members is further adapted to lie in vertically spaced positions beneath the lowermost siphon tubes in said plurality of stacks, said base struts and lower cross members constituting means for resting the basket in horizontal attitude and the base strut, oblique struts and transverse end member at each end of the basket constituting means for resting the basket in oppositely inclined independently balanced attitudes and a plurality of elongated fingers mounted in corresponding equally spaced relation on each of the end members and extended upwardly from the plane of the rectangular frame adapted to separate stacks of said siphon tubes from adjacent stacks thereof.

2. A siphon tube basket of rod-like material comprising a substantially rectangular open frame having elongated side members and transverse end members rigidly interconnected and located in a common plane with the side members extended between the end members, the end members being adapted to support a plurality of adjacent stacks of siphon tubes in upwardly disposed concave relation therebetween, a pair of legs rigidly mounted on each side member and extended therefrom in normal relation to the plane of the rectangular frame, said legs being of equal length and be ing mounted on the side members in position dividing the lengths of their respective side members into three substantially equal parts between the end members, base struts adapted to rest on a supporting surface and to support the frame in substantially parallel relation thereto connected between the extended ends of the legs of each side member of the frame in substantially parallel relation to their legs respective side members, an oblique strut interconnecting the extended end of each leg at the junction between such leg and the base strut associated therewith and the adjacent end of the side member on which it is mounted, lower cross members interconnecting the extended ends of corresponding legs of the side members at the junction between such leg and the base strut and oblique strut associated therewith in substantially parallel relation to the end members and cooperating with said base strut to position the frame in said parallel relation, the lowermost siphon tubes of each stack adapted to lie in upwardly spaced relation from the cross members, said base strut, oblique struts and transverse end member at each end of the basket constituting means for supporting the frame in oppositely inclined, independently balanced attitudes, a plurality of elongated substantially straight fingers mounted in corresponding equally spaced relation on each of the end members and extended upwardly from the plane of the rectangular frame, a side guard mounted on each side member having opposite ends rigidly connected to its respective side member at the juncture therewith of the legs and a centralportion disposed in spaced relationto its respective side member oppositely from the legs, each of the side guards being located in a plane common to its respective side member of the rectangular frame and the legs connected thereto and adapted to confine the stacks of tubes in the basket.

3. A siphon tube basket comprising a substantial rectangular open frame having elongated side members and transverse end members rigidly interconnected and located in a common plane, a pair of legs rigidly mounted on each side member and extended therefrom in normal relation to the plane of the rectangular frame, said legs being mounted on the side members in positions dividing the lengths of their respective side members into three substantially equal parts, base struts adapted to rest on a supporting surface and to support the frame in substantially parallel relation thereto rigidly conneected between the extended ends of the legs of each side member of the frame in substantially parallel relation to its legs respective side member, an oblique strut rigidly interconnecting the extended end of each leg and the adjacent end of its respective side member, corresponding oblique struts of the side members being adapted concurrently to rest on a supporting surface and to support the rectangular frame in inclined position relative thereto, lower cross members interconnecting the extended ends of corresponding legs of the side members in substantially parallel relation to the end members, each lower cross member lying in a plane common to the pair of oblique struts connected to its respective legs and the transverse end member to which said struts are connected as well as in a plane angularly related thereto common to the base struts and the opposite cross member, a plurality of elongated substantially straight fingers mounted in corresponding equally spaced relation on each of the end members of the frame and extended therefrom in substantially parallel relation normal to the plane of the frame, there being an odd number of fingers on each end member so as to provide a central finger midway between the side members, an arcuate side guard rigidly mounted on each side member having opposite ends connected to its respective side member at the juncture of the legs therewith and a central portion in spaced relation to said side member oppositely from the legs and lying in a plane common to its respective side member and legs, a medial division rod rigidly mounted on each of the lower cross members midway between the legs interconnected thereby and extended therefrom in substantially parallel relation to the legs having extended ends located in spaced relation to the plane of the frame and opposite from the lower cross members relative thereto, and an elongated rod interconnecting the central finger of each end member and the extended ends of the division rods.

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