US2944759A

US2944759A - Wire stand

Info

Publication number: US2944759A
Application number: US679571A
Authority: US
Inventors: Gordon I Donovan
Original assignee: Triangle Conduit and Cable Co Inc
Current assignee: Triangle Conduit and Cable Co Inc
Priority date: 1957-08-22
Filing date: 1957-08-22
Publication date: 1960-07-12
Anticipated expiration: 1977-07-12

Description

July 12, 1960 G. I. DONOVAN 2,944,759

WIRE STAND Fnew 22, 1957 f W l H H H I l /0 I i l I i a i 1 /2 i 1| IQ fr 1 INVENTOR 6 FIG. 1 GORDON zpo/vol/A/v n ed St teme (1? T This invention relates to a device which is known in the art as a wire stand.

The basic object of the invention is to provide a transportation package for wire, preferably soft wires of steel, bronze, brass and the like, which is so constructed as to facilitate its shipment and handling with modern handling equipment.

Another object of the invention is to provide a stand of this kind with which relatively large amounts of wire can be transported and from which it can be dispensed at the point of use.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a construction for a stand of this type which facilitates stacking a'number of them one on top of the other.

Other and more detailed objects of the invention will be apparent from the following description of the em-' bodiment thereof illustrated in the attached drawings.-

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is an elevational view of a wire stand in accordance with this invention showing a portion of the upper and lower ends of the drum broken away to show the interior construction; and

Figure 2 is a partial top plan view of the stand.

Users of wire frequently require that the package containing it shall be of such construction that in the first place relatively large quantities of wire can be included in a single package. production of zipper elements by modern high speed machine methods, it is desirable that the wire from which the elements are made be supplied in packages containing from one thousand to fifteen hundred pounds of wire in one continuous length.

In the second place it is desirable that the package be so constructed that the wire may be fed from its upper end, that is in a generally axial direction.

In the third place it is important that the stand which forms the heart of the package be so constructed that it is adapted to safe handling with modern handling equipment such as overhead cranes, forked trucks, and the like.

In the fourth place it is desirable that the stands be so constructed that they can be safely and easily stacked one on top of the other for compact storage purposes.

The device described herein meets all of these requirements.

As' illustrated in the drawings it consists of a smooth surface cylindrical body portion which is essentially a tube of suflicient diameter for the purpose, as for example approximately 17" in diameter and of a suitable height as for example 28". This cylindrical body or drum like portion 10 can be made in any suitable manner, as for example it can be formed from a sheet of suitable metal such as steel into a cylinder of uniform diameter and welded at its abutting edges to complete its circular form.

Welded to the bottom peripherial edges of the drum 10 is a steel collar 12 of a greater diameter, as for example for the dimensional case selected 28'' in outside 2,944,159 Barman diameter. isvof a lesser diameter than the internal diameter vof the drum 10 to form an annular ledge 12 concentric with the drum. The radialwidth of the flange 1 2 is not critical and can be of the .order of 2 or three inches.

Welded to the end face ofthe collar 12 is a truncated conical sleeve 14 which has an internal diameter at its larger end of approximately 18%" and at its smaller end 17%7. This sleeve is welded to the collar concentrical- 1y with it and the drum, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 1'. At16 is a "steel plate of suitable thickness which dimensioned to lie internally of the drum 10 on its diam- For example, in the automatic I eter so that it may be welded to the interior face thereof, as indicated. The plate 16 has an opening 18 as shown through which a crane hook or a fork of a fork lift truck may be passed. The plate '16 is secured to the drum 10 so as to project sufiiciently above the upper end of the drum to leave the opening 18 fully exposed.

'At W there is indicated in outline the wire wound on the drum of the package. The end of the wire can be pulled off at the upper free end 'of the package more or less in an axial direction as it is fed to whatever subsequent processing it is to be subjected.

The wire manufacturer prepares the package, using the stand of this invention, usually by slipping previouslift truck; in which latter case the fork engages the stand under the collar 12 or in the opening 18 as conditions require. An important feature of the invention is the provision of the truncated conical collar 14 at the bottom of the package which serves as a guide so that when one package is lifted and set on top of another package, it will be guided to a centered position on the underneath package as it is lowered onto it by the collar 14. The conical form of the collar makes it easy to sufiiciently align the upper package with the lower package so that as the upper package is lowered it will be guided to a centered position on top of the upper edge of the drum 10 of the lower package. The upper end of the lower package engages the end face of the collar 12 directly under the drum of the upper package since the outside diameter of the drum 10 is but a little less than the smallest diameter of the collar 14.

With this arrangement three or more packages can be stacked one on the other without fear of them toppling and stacking is facilitated as explained above. It will be noted that the internal diameter of the collar 12 is larger than the maximum dimension of the upwardly projecting handle portion of plate 16, so that no interference occurs when the packages are stacked.

The stand of this invention is of a relatively permanent nature in that when the wire user has emptied the package he returns it to the wire manufacturer who reloads it and sends it back to the wire user. For emphasis it is noted that the nature of this stand is such that relatively large'quantities of wire can be packaged, trans ported and used all within the capabilities of modern handling equipment.

Prior to the development of this stand in one field of use at least, it was common practice to supply wire of this kind in coils of from to pounds in Such relatively small quantities of wire slowed down the manufacturing processes and this difiiculty has been overcome by the development of this package which is capable of transporting and storing wire in units having a weight of the order of 1000 or 1500 pounds per package.

Those skilled in this 'art will appreciate that the details of this invention are capable of variation without departure from the novel subject matter and the advantages The central opening which defines the collar herein disclosed. It is desired, therefore, that the scope of this invention "be determined by the appended claim rather than by the preferred form of the device selected for illustration herein.

Whattis claimed is: a v

i -A rack .of the character described, comprising a cylindrical frame'tor mounting .prewound material externally thereon, and means onsaid frame externally thereof for supporting the material, said supporting means comprising a flange extending laterally of said cylindrical frame externally thereof adjacent one endpor-tion of the frame and tprojeotingtlaterally inwardly of the frame for engaging the opposite end of a similar rack for support thereon when two or more racks are disposed in vertical stacked relation, and a means positioned below said flange pro- 15 2,352,684

viding a supporting base for the rack and adapted to overlap the upper end portion ot the cylindrical frame of an adjacent lower rack in the stack, and handle means secured to said cylindrical frame internally thereof and projecting outwardly of the end of the frame opposite the end at which said flange is provided, said inwardly projecting flange terminating 'in an edge defining an opening in which a handle on a lower rack-is received.

References Cited in the file of this patent "UNITED STATES PATENTS 800,579

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