US767884A - Package-carrier. - Google Patents

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No. 767,884. PATENTED AUG. 16, 1904. T. HARRIS & O. B. SGHOBERT.

PACKAGE CARRIER.

APPLICATION rum) mm 16, 1904.

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N0 MODEL.

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T. HARRIS & 0. E. SGHOBERT.

PAGKAGE CARRIER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 16, 1904.

10 MODEL.

THOMAS HARRIS AND OSCAR E.

Patented August 16, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

SCHOBERT, OF WEST PITTSTON,

PENNSYLVANIA.

PAC KAG E CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 767,884, dated August 16, 1904.

Application filed 11 6 LS, 1904.

To all whom 71/? may concern.-

Be it known that we, THOMAS HARRIS and OSCAR E. SoHoBEET, citizens of the United States, and residents of West Pittston, in the county of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Package- Oarrier, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in devices for carrying packages, particularly boxes containing dynamite for use in mines, the object being to provide a carrier that may be readily adjusted 'to the size of load or number of boxes placed in the carrier, thus preventing the shaking about of the dynamite, and consequently preventing accident when lowering the device in-a mine.

Another object is to so construct the device that it may be compactly folded when not in use.

WVe will describe a package-carrier embody ing our invention and then point out the novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a packagecarrier embodying our invention, showing the same as open. Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the device closed. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 20 w of Fig. 4. Fig. 4 is a section on the line m of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a section on the line 3/ y of 4, and Fig. 6 is a section on the line .2 of Fig. 5.

It may be here stated that the carrier will be constructed of sheet-steel. It comprises corner-posts 1, which are here shown as L- shaped in crosssection, and the end walls of the posts are provided at the top with slots 2 and at the bottom with slots 3, these slots of course extending vertically, and the object of which will hereinafter appear. The ends of the carrier consist of crossed and pivotallyconnected bars 4 5, the bar 4 having aheaded lug 6 at its upper end engaging in the slot 2 in the upper end of one of the posts, and at the lower end the said bar has a headed lug 7 for engaging in the lower slot of the opposite Serial No. 212,818. (No model.)

end post. The'bar ,5 has at its top a headed lug 8 for engaging in the slot at the upper end of said other post, while a lug 9 on its lower end engages in the lower slot of the opposite post.

The sides consist of upper bars 10 11, which converge downward and are pivotally connected together, as indicated at 12, and the upper ends of these bars are pivoted to the upper ends of the posts, as indicated at 13. The sides also comprise lower bars 14 15, which converge upward and are pivotally connected together, as indicated at 16, and their lower ends are arranged to swing on staples or loops 17, attached to inwardly-turned portions 18, forming the bases of the posts. It will be noted that the upper and lower bars at the sides are interlockedthat is, the bar 10 engages against the outer side of the bar 14 while the bar 11 engages against the inner side of the bar 15. While the lower bars 14 and 15 of one side are mounted to swing on the staples 17, as before mentioned, the lower bars of the opposite side are pivotally connected tothe side bars of the angular posts, as indicated at 19.

The bottom of the carrier is formed of a plurality of toggle links or barsthat is, it has crossed bars 21, pivotally connected together at 22, and crossed bars 23 24, pivoted together at 25. .The meeting ends of the bars 20 23 are pivotally connected, as indicated at 26, while the meeting ends of the bars 21 24 are pivoted, as at 27. The outer ends of the bars 20 23 are mounted to swing on the staples 17 and the outer ends of the bars 21 24 are provided with openings 28 to receive lugs 29, extended upward from the bottom portions 18 of the corner-posts at one side. The openings 28 are sufiiciently large to pass over the heads of the lugs 29, and as a means for locking the bars in position or in connection with said lugs we employ lockingplates 30, mounted to slide on said bars. Each locking-plate has a slot 31, which opens outward at the end and is designed to receive one of the lugs 29; but as the slot is narrower than the head of the lug the bar cannot he accidentally swung upward.

On the locking-plate is a stud 32, which passes through a slot 33 formed. in the bar, thus permitting the plateto slide freely on the bar, and it is held in its locking position by a locking-stud 34: on the plate engaging in a perforation 35 in the bar, and it is held in its released position by engaging said stud 34: in a perforation 86, formed in the bar, it being understood that the locking-plate has sufiicient resiliency to permit its being swung up Ward to disengage the stud 2% from the perforation in which it may be placed. Slingchains 37 are attached to the upper ends of the corner-posts. I

When it is desired to fold the carrier, as indicated in Fig. 2, the locking-plates 30 are to be moved inward on the bottom bars to which they are attached and the said bars released from the lugs 29. Then the bottom bars are to be swung up against one side, and then the whole device may be collapsed. When dis tended for use, the sliding connection between the end bars A and 5 and the posts will permit of a considerable inward and outward movement or adjustment to accommodate the carrier to the size of the load.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A package-carrier comprising cornerposts, crossed pivotally-connected end bars having sliding connection with the posts, pivotally-connected side bars having swinging connection with the side posts, and a plurality of pairs of crossed pivotally-connected bars forming the bottom of the carrier.

2. A package-carrier comprising cornerposts, crossed pivotally-connected end bars having sliding connection with the posts, crossed pivotally-connected bottom bars having swinging connection with the post of one side, and detachable pivotal connection with the post of the opposite side, and crossed pivotally-connected bars forming the sides.

3. A package-carrier comprising cornerposts, sides for the carrier comprising upper bars converging downward,the said upper bars being pivotally connected together at their meeting ends and also pivoted to the cornerposts, lower bars upwardly converging and pivotally connected together and crossing the first-named bars, the said lower bars being pivotally connected to the lower portions of the corner-posts, and collapsible bottom bars for the carrier.

4. A package-carrier comprising cornerp osts, collapsible end bars having connection with the posts, collapsible side bars having connection with the posts, and a bottom'for the carrier comprising two pairs of crossed pivotally-connected bars, the bars of one pair being connected to the bars of the other pair at their meeting ends, onebar of each pair having swinging connection with the cornerpost at one side and the outer ends of the other bars of the pairs being provided with perforations, studs at the lower portions of the posts at the opposite sides designed to pass into said perforations, locking-plates of resilient metal mounted to slide on the perforated bars and having slots for receiving said studs, and means for holding the plates as adjusted.

5. A package-carrier comprising cornerposts, substantially L-shaped in cross-section, the end walls thereof being provided with vertical slots at the upper and lower portions, crossed pivotally-connected bars, lugs on said bars for engaging in said slots, and pivotallyconnected side bars having swinging connection with the posts.

6. A package carrier comprising metal corner-posts, collapsible end portions consisting of metal bars, collapsible bottom bars piv- 'ally connected together, and collapsible side bars.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

THOMAS HARRIS. OSCAR E. SCHOBERT.

WVitnesses:

P. K. RIcHARDs, H. W. KETCHNER.

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