US3197826A

US3197826A - Support for assisting in inverting articles

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Publication number: US3197826A
Application number: US282052A
Authority: US
Inventors: Luis T Sanchez
Original assignee: United States Steel Corp
Current assignee: United States Steel Corp
Priority date: 1963-05-21
Filing date: 1963-05-21
Publication date: 1965-08-03
Anticipated expiration: 1982-08-03

Description

Aug. 3, 1965 T. SANCHEZ SUPPORT FOR ASSISTING IN INVERTING ARTICLES Filed May 21, 1963 INVENTOR LUIS 7: SANCHEZ B Attorney United States Patent 0 "ice 3,197,826 SUPPORT FOR ASSESTING IN INVERTING ARTICLES Luis T. Sanchez, Bay Village, Ohio, assignor to United States Steel Corporation, a corporation of New Jersey Filed May 21, 1963, Ser. No. 282,052 1 Claim. (Cl. 22-95) This invention relates to a support for assisting in inverting a tall massive article, such as an ingot mold.

An object of the invention is to provide a support adapted to receive and tilt an article delivered by an overhead crane, enabling the crane to pick up the article from the opposite end in inverted position.

A further object is to provide a support of the foregoing type which is of simple construction, free of moving parts, and readily formed of tWo similar castings.

In the drawing:

FIGURE 1 is a side elevational view of the support showing an ingot mold in three different positions thereon; and

FIGURE 2 is a vertical section on line II1I of FIG- URE 1.

The support of my invention includes a body formed of two similar metal castings 10 and 190, each of trapezoidal shape when viewed in side elevation. The castings have outwardly projecting lugs 12 at their narrow ends, which lugs are bolted together to join the two castings in a unitary structure. The outside edges of the castings have upstanding flanges 13 which define a shallow trough 14 on the upper face of the body. The trough slopes downwardly from both ends of the body toward the middle at angles of about 30 from the horizontal, although the exact angle of slope is not critical.

In operation, an overhead crane (not shown) carries a tall massive article 15, such as a big-end-up ingot mold, to a position A in which one of the lower edges of the article engages trough 14 adjacent one of its upper ends.

, The article is suspended from chains 16 which are looped around lifting lugs 17 near the top of the article. The crane lowers the article which slides down trough 14 to position B. In this position the article is tilted on its side with its lower edge at the low point of the trough. Flanges 13 guide the article laterally as it moves along the trough. Chains 16 are disengaged from lugs 17 and engaged with lugs 18 near the bottom. The crane next lifts the article while its former upper edge slides down trough 14 to the low point and up the trough on the other side to position C. Thereafter the crane can carry away the article inverted from its original position.

3,197,826 Patented Aug. 3, 1965 In the example of a big-end-up ingot mold, it is diflicult to cool and clean the mold and apply a coating with the mold in its normal position. Hence there is a need to invert the mold after each use. The support of the present invention enables the mold to be inverted with out scooping dirt into the mold or breaking a concrete structure, as when the mold is inverted on the ground or on a concrete pad.

While I have shown and described only a single embodiment of my invention, it is apparent that modifications may arise. Therefore, I do not wish to be limited to the disclosure set forth but only by the scope of the appended claim.

I claim:

In combination, a big-end-up ingot mold having a first pair of lugs projecting from opposite sides near the big end and a second pair of lugs projecting from oppo site sides near the other end, chains engageable with said first lugs for supporting said mold in upright position and with said second lugs for supporting said mold in inverted position, and a support for assisting in turn ing said mold from one position to the other, said support comprising a cast metal body, and a pair of opposed upwardly extending flanges along opposite edges of said body defining a shallow trough on the upper surface of the body, said trough sloping downwardly from both ends toward the middle where the trough has a low point, said trough receiving said mold when said chains support the mold in either position with the lower edge of the mold engaging the trough near one of the upper ends of the trough, said trough guiding the mold as said chains lower it into a tilted position in which the lower edge of the mold is at said low point where said chains can engage the lugs near the other end, said trough also guiding the mold as said chains apply a lifting force to the latter lugs.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 770,510 9/04 Stullken 188--32 1,371,352 3/21 Christians. 1,643,544 9/27 Cushnyr 18832 1,759,131 5/30 Miller 11961 2,822,930 2/ 5 8 MacGregor. 2,844,909 7/58 Pcrchinsky 18832 X 2,880,896 4/59 Key 214-311 2,990,512 6/61 Gewartowski.

HUGO O. SCHULZ, Primary Examiner.