US3161477A - Stacking ingots and stack formed of same - Google Patents

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US3161477A
US3161477A US230565A US23056562A US3161477A US 3161477 A US3161477 A US 3161477A US 230565 A US230565 A US 230565A US 23056562 A US23056562 A US 23056562A US 3161477 A US3161477 A US 3161477A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B22—CASTING; POWDER METALLURGY
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    • Y10T428/12264—Intermediate article [e.g., blank, etc.] having outward flange, gripping means or interlocking feature
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T428/12271—Intermediate article [e.g., blank, etc.] having discrete fastener, marginal fastening, taper, or end structure
    • Y10T428/12285—Single taper [e.g., ingot, etc.]
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T428/12389—All metal or with adjacent metals having variation in thickness
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    • Y10T428/12451—Macroscopically anomalous interface between layers
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  • This invention relates to ingots designedifor stacking and it relates more particularly to a form of ingot which can be stacked in a plurality ofglayers with a plurality of ingots in each layer to form a stable stacked relationship.
  • ingots have been molded with anchoring nipples in their narrow side walls for purposes of establishing an inter-fitting relation which enables the ingots to be stacked.
  • the described method has been found to be impractical with ingots of such metals wherein a considerable taper is provided for ejection from the mold.
  • Thekeying of each layer with adjacent layers becomes .only approximate, leaving an undesirable amount of play which makes mechanical stacking impractical or unsafe.
  • FIG. 1 is a top plan View of an ingot embodying the features of this invention
  • FIG. 2 is a side elevational view of the ingot shown in FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 3 is an end elevational view of the ingot shown in FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 4 is a top plan view of two layers of stacked ingots of the type shown in FIG. 1
  • FIG. 5 is a side elevational View from the direction A of the stack shown in FIG. 4;
  • FIG. 6 is an end elevational view from the direction B of the stack shown in FIG. 4;
  • FIG. 7 is a top plan View of two layers of ingots of FIG. 1 stacked in an arrangement differing from that of F1614;
  • FIG. 8 is a side elevational view of the stack shown in FIG. 7;
  • FIG. 9 is an end' elevational view of the stack shown in FIG. 7.
  • the ingots which are all identical, are formed, in accordance with the practice of this invention, with six faces including top and bottom rectangular faces it) and 12, narrow end faces 14 and 16, and longer side faces 18 and 20, with one of the two faces 10 and 12 having at least one nipple and with the side faces having notches for receiving the nipple when the ingots in one layer are arranged crosswise of the ingots in adjacent layers.
  • the ingots are intended to be placed in each layer with ingots having their large faces in one direction alternating with ingots having their large faces in the opposite direction and preferably with the ingots arranged with five in each layer.
  • each ingot is formed with one face 10 of smaller dimension than the opposite parallel face 12.
  • Each ingot is formed 3,lfil,477 Patented Dec. 15, 1964 with anchoring nipples 22 extending upwardly from its narrow end faces 14 and i6 beyond the adjacent parallel face it).
  • the nipples 22 are preferably in the form of extensions of the end faces 18 and 26. They are dimensioned to have a width less than the width of the adjacent face 16 or 12 and they are formed to curvilinear contour.
  • the nipples are dimensioned to be spaced one from the other by an amount corresponding to the combined width of the ingots arranged in each layer.
  • the side faces 18 and 20 are formed with longitudinally spaced apart notches or recesses 24 and 26 of trapezoidal shape having their base of larger dimension adjacent the face lll of smaller dimension.
  • the notches extend continuously from the face it! to the face 12.
  • the taper from the top face to the bottom face, defining the inner wall 36 of said notches, is slightly less than the corresponding taper of the side faces 14 and 16 so that the notches will have a greater width at the bottom face portion than at the top.
  • the side faces 14 and 16 are formed to a uniform taper between the top and bottom faces 10 and 12 so that the ingots will interfit one alongside the other when they are arranged in side by side relationship with the ingots having their larger faces lowermost alternating with ingots having their larger faces uppermost in the-row.
  • the notches 24 and 26 are dimensioned at their base of smaller length to have a length which is slightly greater than the width of the nipple 22 so as to enable the nipple of one ingot in one layer to extend into the notch of the vertically aligned ingot in adjacent layers.
  • each ingot is formed with an outwardly extending bottom leg or handle 32 having a central notch 34 through which a strap is adapted to extend for binding the stack.
  • the ingots are adapted to be arranged in layers of five ingots to the layer, as illustrated in FIGS. 4 and 7 with the ingots having their large faces 12 lowermost alternating with ingots having their large faces 12 uppermost in each layer.
  • the ingots in one layer are arranged crosswise of or perpendicular to the ingots in adjacent layers. It will be understood that layers having less than five or more than five ingots can be used.
  • the ingots 40, 42 and 44 comprising the first, third and fifth ingot in the bottom layer, are arranged with their large faces 12 lowermost while the intermediate ingots 46 and 48, constituting the second and fourth ingots in the layer, are arranged with their smaller faces 16 lowermost and with their larger faces 12 uppermost thereby to interfit the adjacent inclined side faces to form a solid, compact layer.
  • the first, third and fifth ingots 5t 52 and 54 are arranged with their smaller faces 1t) lowermost while the ingots 56 and 58 in between are arranged with their smaller faces upper- 1 most.
  • the ingots would be arranged as in the first layer.
  • the first, third and fifth ingots 66, 62 and 64 of the first layer are positioned with their faces 10 of smaller dimension lowermost while the ingots 66 and 68 in between are positioned with their larger faces 12 uppermost to provide the desired interfitting relationship.
  • the first, third and fifth ingots 7d, 72 and 74 are arranged with their larger faces 12 lowermost while the ingots '76 and '78 in between have their larger faces uppermost.
  • the combined width of the five ingots aligned in side by side relation will substantially correspond to the distance between the nipples 22 of the underlying ingots 66 and B3 68 so that he nipples will extend into the narrow base of the notches 24 and 26 to hold the ingots in the stacked relationship.
  • the downwardly directed nipples such as the nipple 22. in FIG. 6, confront the side faces of the ingot below without engagement of the notches while the upwardly extending nipple 22 as in FIG. 7, will be receivexl for anchorage in the notches 24 and 26 of the ingot directly above.
  • 0 corresponds to the length of the ingot between the pair of nipples 22;
  • B is the width of the large face 12
  • b is the width of the small face 1%
  • a symmetrical layer where the n ingots have their large faces lowermost comprises n ingots resting on their large faces and (n-1) ingots resting on their small faces.
  • notches will be found to reduce each side of the large face by the taper d in the same places and (11-1) notches should be provided if the position of the larger faces of the n ingots is reversed in stacking the layers. On the other hand, it notches should be provided if identical layers are stacked.
  • a symmetrical ingot comprising two parallel rectangular upper and lower faces joined by four lateral faces arranged in symmetrical pairs of different dimension, one of the rectangular parallel faces having at least one nipple and the larger of the lateral faces having notches dimensioned to receive the nipple.
  • An ingot as claimed in claim 5 which includes a notch in an intermediate portion of each of the end extensions.
  • a stacked layer of ingots claimed in claim 1 with the ingots in one layer arranged crosswise of the ingots in adjacent layers, with each layer comprising n ingots arranged with the larger face in one direction and (11-1) ingots arranged with the larger face in the opposite direction, the n ingots of consecutive layers being reversed in relation to one another, and with the side faces of larger dimension having (n-l) notches of a depth equal to the taper of the side walls of the ignot.
  • a stacked layer of ingots claimed in claim 1 with the ingots in one layer arranged crosswise of ingots in adjacent layers, each layer comprising 11 ingots arranged with their face of large dimension in one direction and (:z1) ingots arranged in the reverse direction with the ingots in consecutive layers being identical in arrangement and having their longer side faces provided with n notches of a depth equal to the taper of the ingot.
  • An ingot as claimed in claim 2 including a pair of said nipples wherein e corresponds to the length of an ingot between said nipples, and wherein a group of said lngots are adapted to be stacked in layers which include 11 ingots having their large faces uppermost, said layers alternating with layers having n ingots with their large faces lowermost, and wherein B comprising the width of the large face and b comprising the width of the small face of said ingot.

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US3385678A (en) * 1965-11-30 1968-05-28 Reynolds Metals Co Corrugated ingot
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US3385678A (en) * 1965-11-30 1968-05-28 Reynolds Metals Co Corrugated ingot
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