US3318459A - Device including a chain drive for storing and displaying rolled-up merchandise - Google Patents

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US3318459A
US3318459A US495150A US49515065A US3318459A US 3318459 A US3318459 A US 3318459A US 495150 A US495150 A US 495150A US 49515065 A US49515065 A US 49515065A US 3318459 A US3318459 A US 3318459A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G1/00—Storing articles, individually or in orderly arrangement, in warehouses or magazines
    • B65G1/02—Storage devices
    • B65G1/04—Storage devices mechanical
    • B65G1/12—Storage devices mechanical with separate article supports or holders movable in a closed circuit to facilitate insertion or removal of articles the articles being books, documents, forms or the like
    • B65G1/127—Storage devices mechanical with separate article supports or holders movable in a closed circuit to facilitate insertion or removal of articles the articles being books, documents, forms or the like the circuit being confined in a vertical plane
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B81/00—Cabinets or racks specially adapted for other particular purposes, e.g. for storing guns or skis
    • A47B81/005—Devices for storing or displaying rifles, guns, pistols or elongated objects such as fishing rods storing fishing rods
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
    • A47F7/00—Show stands, hangers, or shelves, adapted for particular articles or materials
    • A47F7/16—Show stands, hangers, or shelves, adapted for particular articles or materials for carpets; for wallpaper; for textile materials
    • A47F7/166—Show stands, hangers, or shelves, adapted for particular articles or materials for carpets; for wallpaper; for textile materials with mechanical or electrical handling means
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
    • A47F7/00—Show stands, hangers, or shelves, adapted for particular articles or materials
    • A47F7/16—Show stands, hangers, or shelves, adapted for particular articles or materials for carpets; for wallpaper; for textile materials
    • A47F7/17—Show stands, hangers, or shelves, adapted for particular articles or materials for carpets; for wallpaper; for textile materials in rolls or rolled tapes
    • A47F7/175—Show stands, hangers, or shelves, adapted for particular articles or materials for carpets; for wallpaper; for textile materials in rolls or rolled tapes of carpets, wallpapers or fabrics

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  • This invention relates to devices for storing and displaying Iolls of merchandise in sheet-form as, for instance, floor coverings of various materials, which materials are rolled-up and stored in the form of a roll.
  • This invention refers more particularly to devices of the above desciiption including a stand supporting four sprocket wheels arranged in spaced pairs in parallel vertical planes, each of said pairs supporting an endless revolving chain intended to support a horizontal rod at the axially outer ends thereof, which rod, in turn, is inserted into a roll of rolled-up merchandise and supports the latter.
  • the roll-carrying chains are provided with pairs of hooks intended to engage the ends of a rod arranged inside of a roll of merchandise and projecting beyond the axially outer ends of such a roll.
  • the roll of merchandise is placed on a carriage or cart supporting the roll exactly in the center region thereof, and when the carriage is raised and tilted in an appropriate fashion the aforementioned hooks on the revolving chains engage the axially outer ends of the aforementioned rod and lift the roll of merchandise from the carriage or cart.
  • rolls of oor covering have a diameter in the order of, say, 18 to 22 inches, a width of, say, 2-4 yards, and a weight of, say 4,000-S,000 lbs.
  • handling such a roll of merchandise in the aforementioned way amounts to an extremely diicult task.
  • Another way of securing the rolls of merchandise to the chains of the storing and displaying device is to perform this operation while the chains stand still rather than while the chains are revolving.
  • This requires the cooperation of two persons of which one person lifts the projecting ends of the roll-supporting-rod arranged inside of the roll by means of a lever or bar, and the other person places the ends of the hooks which are supported by the chain under, and into engagement with, the raised ends of the roll-supporting-bar.
  • FIG. l is a side elevation of a device embodying this invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a front elevation of the structure of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 3 is a side elevation of details of the structure of FIGS. 1 and 2 showing these details in a first position and on a larger scale than FIGS. 1 and 2;
  • FIG. 4 is a front elevation of the details shown in FIG. 3;
  • FIG. 5 is a side elevation of the details Ashown in FIG. 3 on the same scale as FIG. 3 showing these details in a second position, or other position than in FIG. 3;
  • FIG. 6 is a front elevation of the details shown in FIG. 5;
  • FIG. 7 is a longitudinal section of two plate chain links forming part of the chain of the structure of FIGS. 1 and 2.
  • FIG. 1 has been applied to indicate a pair of spaced uprights or columns.
  • Columns 1 are joined by a pair -of prismatic horizontal beams 2.
  • Beams 2 are rectangular in cross-section and form jointly with uprights 1 a stand which is dimensionally very stable.
  • Each upright 1 supports a bearing 1EL adjacent its upper end.
  • Bearings la support a shaft 3 which, in turn, supports a pair of sprocket wheels'4.
  • the bearings 1b are provided with means (not shown) for changing their level within predetermined limits.
  • the left pair of sprocket wheels 4 (FIG. 2) supports a chain 6 made up of plate links, and the right pair of sprocket wheels 4 supports a chain 5 identical to the rst-rnentioned chain.
  • Reference numeral 4a has been applied to indicate the spaces between contiguous sprockets of sprocket wheels 4. These spaces are substantially semicircular in cross-section, and their diameterconforms to that of hollow pins 6a used for joining contiguous plate links to form a link chain 6.
  • Shaft 3 is provided with an appropriate drive (not shown). This may either be Va motor drive or a manual drive, as desired.
  • Reference letter W has of material in sheet-form which may have a considerable weight.
  • a hollow supporting rod 7 is inserted into the hollow cardboard core of roll W.
  • Hollow rod 7 supports on the axially outer ends thereof a pair of tubular extensions 7a dening passages 7b.
  • Extensions 7@ engage the radially inner surface of hollow supporting rod 7, and are 'ar-- ranged eccentrically inside of rod 7.
  • Both extensions 72v f are arranged in registry, i.e. along the same lgeneratrix of cylindrical supporting rod 7.
  • Supporting rod 7 and roll W may be'attached to the two chains 6 supported by wheels 4 by'means of pins 8, Sa inserted into the cylindrical passageways 6b'of hollow chain pins 6a.
  • Pins 8,v 8,a include a head 8 by means of which they are ma- Y nipulated andY a shank 8f1L which projects into one of the passageways 7h defined by extensions 7a of hollow rod 7.
  • VReference numeral Si? has been applied to indicate pin members in the nature of cotter pins projecting transversiely through extensions 72L and shanks 8a for precluding -relative movements of these parts in a direction longi-V tudinally thereof.
  • This mechanism includes a pair of plates 9 having an integral pin 9a, 9b arranged at right angles to thek plane definedY by plate 9 and inserted into the passageway 6b formed by one -of the pins 6a by which the plate links of the two chains 6 are joined together.
  • Reference character 9a has been applied to indicate the side of pin 9a, 9*? projecting into one of the passageways 6b defined by one of the hollow pins '6a and reference character 9b has been applied to indicate the side of pin 9a, 9b projecting from the opposite side -of plate 9.
  • Each of the pair of plates 9 is provided with aV secondV pin 9C which Vis integral with it and arranged parallel, andv inspaced re- Y lation, to pin 93, 9b.
  • Reference numeral 9e has been applied to indicate a pair :of -rods each having a transverse aperture 9d at the upper end thereof engaged by the pins 9c integral with plates 9.
  • Each rod 9e forms on the lower end thereof a hook 9f.
  • YHooks 9 are intended to engage the axial extensions 7a of rod 7 while the chains 6 on wheels 4 are revolving, and thus to lift roll or rolls W from the floor.
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 show how hooks 9f engage extensions 7a in the process of lifting a rollrW of ⁇ mechandise from the door upon which it had ybeen resting.
  • pins 8, 8a can be inserted at any time into passageways 6b of pins 6a, but in order to be able to push pins 8a in a direction longitudinally thereof into extensions 7 of hollow rod 7, the passageways 6b and 7b must be aligned, or arranged in coaxial relation.
  • This can readily be achieved by operating bell-crank-shaped handle levers 9g of which one is tarranged'immediately adjacent to each upright 1.
  • Each lever 9g is provided with two holes 9h, 9i for receiving the ends 9b of pins 952, 9b and for receiving pins 9C.
  • the stand 1, 2 is adapted to receive'rolls W of merchandise ofidifferent width. This callsfor a change of the distance between the two uprights 1.
  • beams 2 include a telescoping portion 2'
  • shaft 3 includes a telescoping portion 3'
  • hollow rod 7 includes a telescoping portion 7.
  • Thesetelescoping portions 2', 3' and 7' make is possible to vary at will the Adistance between the two Vuprights 1.
  • Parts 2, 3 and 7 are provided with transverse holes intended to receive cotter'pins to mainf tain the length of pa-rts 2, 3 and 7 once it has been selected.
  • vShaft 3 may -be operated by an Yelectric motorby the intermediary of a self-locking worm ygear drive (not shown) adapted to move the chains-6on Wheels 4fselectively in either of two directions. If it is preferred to operate the device manually rather than by an electric motor, shaft 3 is preferably arranged in such a way that it supports the two lower sprocket wheels 4 rather than the upper sprocket wheels 4 and one of the lower sprocket wheels 4 is associated with an appropriate manually operable crank mechanism.
  • uprights 1 may be provided with casters (not shown) to make it possible to readily change the location of the device.
  • extensions 7a are not arranged in coaxial relation to roll W of merchandise.
  • roll W has no tendency to roll about extensions 7a and thus to unroll, or unwind, unintentionally some of the merchandise.
  • the structure or toggle mechanism 9b, 9 9 for lifting a roll W of merchandise may also be used for lowering the level of a roll W of merchandise. Assuming that it is intended for one reason or another to remove a -roll W of merchandise from the stand of FIGS. l and 2; this can be achieved 'by arranging the structure 9g, 9e 9 on the system of chains 6 in the position shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, thereupon removing pins 8, 8a supporting hollow rod 7 on its extensions 7a, and thereafter lowering levers 9g as a result of which the constituent parts of the device are moved from their positions shown in FIGS. and 6 to their positions shown in FIGS. 3 and 4. It will thus be apparent that the process of removing a roll W of merchandise from the revolving chain drive is the reverse of the process of securing a roll W of merchandise to that drive.
  • a device for storing and displaying rolls of rolledup merchandise in sheet-form, such as oor coverings of various materials, comprising in combination:
  • ('h) pin means for supporting rolls of merchandise said pin means being inserted into a pair of hollow linkconnecting pins and projecting-at right angles axially inward from the pair of said pair of chains.
  • a device for storing and displaying rolls of rolled-up merchandise in sheet-form, such as iloor coverings of various materials, comprising in combination:
  • each of said pair of toggle mechanisms including a hook forming a fulcrum at one point thereof, and each of said pair of toggle mechanisms further including a manually operable lever for varying the spacing between said iirst pair of hollow link-connecting pins and said fulcrum of said hook;
  • pin means for supporting rolls of merchandise said pin means being inserted into a second pair of said hollow link-connecting pins and projecting at right angles axially inwardly from the pair of planes generally defined lby said pair of chains.
  • a device for storing and displaying rolls of rolled-up merchandise in sheet-form, such as iioor coverings of various materials, comprising in combination:
  • pin means for supporting rolls of merchandise said pin means being inserted into a second pair of said hollow link-connecting pins and projecting at right angles axially inwardly from the pair of planes generally defined by said pair of chains.
  • a device for storing and displaying rolls of rolled-up merchandise in sheet-form, such as floor coverings of various materials comprising in combination:
  • a supporting bar for rolls of merchandise having tubular extensions projecting axially outwardly from the ends thereof and being arranged in registry parallel to the longitudinal axis of said supporting bar and in spaced relation from said axis;
  • a device for storing and displaying rolled-up merchandise in sheet-form, such as oor coverings of various materials, comprising in combination:
  • a cylindrical hollow supporting bar for rolls of merchandise having tubular extensions integral with said bar, inserted into the ends of said bar and projecting axially outwardly from the ends of said bar, said extensions being arranged along the same generatrix of said bar and in spaced relation from the longitudinal axis of said bar;
  • each of said pair of toggle mechanisms including a hook forming a fulcrum on one end thereof and being shaped on the other end thereof for engagement of one of said tubular extensions of said supporting bar, each of said pair of toggle mechanisms further including a manually operable lever for varying the spacing between one of said iirst pair of hollow link-connecting pins and said fulcrum of said hook of one of said pair of toggle mechanisms;
  • a device for storing and displaying rolls of rolledup merchandise in sheet-form, such as door coverings of various materials comprising in combination:
  • a device for storing and displaying rolls of rolledup merchandise in sheet-form, such as floor coverings of various materials, comprising in combination:
  • pin means for supporting rolls of merchandise said pin means being inserted into a pair of hollow linkconnecting pins and projecting at right angles axially lnward from the pair of planes generally defined by said pair of chains.
  • a cylindrical hollow supporting ⁇ bar for rolls of merchandise having tubular extensions integral with said bar, inserted into the ends of said bar and projecting axially outwardly from the ends of said bar, said extensions being arranged along the same generatrix of said bar and in spaced relation from the longitudinal axis of said bar, said bar comprising telescoping portions to vary the length thereof;

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