US680591A - Hand brick-carrier. - Google Patents

Description

Patented Aug. I3, |901.,

G. J. 1L HOELSCHE-. HAND BRICK CARRIER. (Appncaeion med nec'. 'z, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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PATENT HAND BRICK-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 680,591, dated August 13, 1901. Application iiletlDecember 7', 1900. Serial No. 39,034. (No model.)

To aZZ who-m, it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE J. J. HOELSCHE, a citizen of the United YStates of America, residing at Allegheny, in the county of Allegheny and State ot' Pennsylvania, have inven ted certain new and-useful Improvements in Hand Brick-Carriers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in brick-carriers, and has for its object the provision of novel means whereby a number of bricks may be easily held together and conveyed from one place to another.

The invention further aims to construct a device of the above-described character that will be extremely simple in its construction, strong, durable, and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture, and, furthermore, one that will be highly efficient in its operation.

Another object of the invention is to construct a device in such a manner that it may be easily adjusted to tit any number ot' rows of bricks that are desired to be conveyed at a time from place to place.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part of this specification, and wherein like numerals of reference indicate correspending parts throughout the several views, in which-- Figure l is a perspective view of my improved brick-carrier. Fig. 2 is a side view thereof, partly in vertical section. Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the same.

In the drawings the reference-numerals 1 and 2 indicate a pair of L-shaped clamps, the latter terminating in outwardly-extending portions 3, said clamps having formed therein screw-threaded openings 4, the clamp l being provided with a right-hand screw-threaded opening and the clamp 2 with a left-hand screw-threaded opening for the reception of screw-threaded rods 5, which are also screwthreaded in opposite directions to register with the screw-threaded openings 4. Said screw-threaded rods carry upwardly-extending portions G and terminate in apertured lugs 7 for the reception of a pair of tongs 8, the jaws 9 of which engage in the apertured lugs 7. The said tongs are further provided with a handle 10.

The referencenumeral ll indicates inwardly-extending semicircular lugs which are formed integral with the u pwardly-extending portions 6 and are arranged in close proximity to the apertured lugs 7. The L-shaped clamps l 2 are further provided with handles 12, which are rigidly secured thereto and are arranged on the top face of said L-shaped clamps near the downwardly-extending portion.

The reference-numeral 14 represents semicircular shields which are connected by means of set-screws 15 to the under `face of the L- shaped clamps and are adapted to engage the upper edge of the bricks when the carrier is in position as shown in Eig. 3, while the downwardly-extending portions of the L-shaped clamps engage the outer faces of the two end bricks in the row.

The operation of my improvedbrick-carrier is as follows: The device is adjusted to correspond with the length of the row of bricks by turning the rods in the L-shaped clamps, thereby operating said L.shaped clamps either inwardly or outwardly, as the case may be. The carrier is then placed upon the rows of bricks, and by taking a grasp upon the handle 10 the L-shaped clamps by reason of the tongs will operate sufficiently to firmly engage and clasp the end bricks of the row. The bricks may then be carried to their destination, and by placing the same upon the ground and releasing the hold the carrier will automatically release the bricks sutliciently to allow the same to be removed from the row of bricks. The operation is then repeated. The semicircular lugs serve to limit the inward movement of the tongs and outwardlyextending portions of the screw-threaded rods.

The many advantages obtained by my improved carrier will be readily understood, and it will be noted that various changes may be made in the details of construction without departing from the general spirit of my invention.

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Having thus fully described my invention, whatIclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a brick-carrier, the combination of two L-shaped clamps having arranged therein two oppositely-inclined screw-threaded opentwo oppositely-inclined screw-threaded openings, two oppositelyscrew threaded rods carrying upwardly-extending portions, tongs engaging said upwardly-extending portions, and handles arranged on each of said L-shaped clam ps.

3. In a brick-carrier, the combination of two L-shaped clamps having arranged therein two oppositely-inclined screw-threaded openings, two oppositelyscrewthreaded rods carrying upwardly-extending portions, tongs engaging said upwardly-extending portions, handles arranged on each of said L-shaped` clamps, and shields arranged to the under face of said L-shaped clamps.

4. In a brick-carrier, the combination of two L-shaped clamps having arranged therein two oppositely-inclined screw-threaded openings', two oppositely-screwthreaded rods carrying upwardly-extending portions, said upwardly-extending portions terminating in apertured lugs, tongs engaging said upwardlyextending portions, handles arranged on each of said L-shaped clamps, and shields arranged to the under face of said L-shaped clamps, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

y GEORGE J. J. I-IOELSCHE.

Witnesses:

JOHN NOLAND, E. E. POTTER.

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