US943970A - Delivery apparatus. - Google Patents

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Patented Dec. 21, 1909 v 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

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APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 21, 1908.

Patented Dec. 21, 1909.

9423, SHEETS*-SH ALBERT GOLDENETZ, OF DEFIANCE, OHIO.

DELIVERY APPARATUS.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 91, 1909.

Application filed September 21, 1908. Serial No. 454,084.

To all 107mm it may concern:

Be it known that T, ALBERT GoLouNn'rz, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Defiance, in the county of Defiance and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Delivery Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to delivery apparatus and more particularly to racks for use on delivery wagons to hold cans.

My device is constructed so that it can readily be fastened to the side board of an ordinary delivery wagon and is provided with means to retain the cans firmly but releasably in position.

This apparatus is particularly useful in delivering oil and gasolene.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of my delivery apparatus with the cover up. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section. Fig. 3 is a perspective detail of the handle cam and clip. Fig. 4- is a vertical section between the clips of a pair, the cover and curtain both being up. Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. at, the cover and the curtain both being down. Figs. (3 and 7 are perspective views of modified forms of clips.

My delivery apparatus comprises a rack having a back wall 1 and end walls 2 and 3. The back wall has a fixed extension 4 which may or may not be integral therewith and v y are located at substantially the thlekness of which constitutes a part of the cover.

5 is the movable cover. As shown both the parts i and 5 are curved on corresponding arcs, the movable cover 5 being provided with end supports (5 which are pivoted to the end walls in any suitable manner as by bolts 7. The tops of the end walls are suitably curved to permit the rotation of the movable cover The cover 5 is provided also with a longitudinal groove 9 along its front edge and with an ordinary curtain roller 10 provided with a water proof curtain l1 and journaled in extensions l213 of the end supports 6. The end walls are provided with stops 1 t against which the extensions 12-13 rest when the cover is in its lower or closed position. The end walls are also provided with flanges l617 within which the curtain moves and which serve to keep it in place.

The means for supporting and retaining the cans 18 in position is as follows: 19 is a ledge projecting outward from the wall 1 at or near its bottom and is designed to form the support on which the rear parts of the bottom of the cans rest. This ledge is suitably narrow since this facilitates the removal and the replacing of the cans enabling them to be turned down around the ledge without being pulled forward first. As shown the apparatus is constructed of sheet metal and the ledge is integral with the back wall, being folded back upon the front of the wall and curved into a flange substantially U-shaped in cross section and having its opening downward. Of course it is not essential to construct the apparatus of sheet metal or in precisely the manner stated, although the construction illustrated is simple and ellective. This ledge is provided with pairs of grooves or slots 20 spaced apart the width of a can so that each groove receives the bottom of the side of the can, the bottom of the can being raised slightly above the bottom of the side as indicated at 21.

Spring clips 92 are provided to retain the can releasably in position. These clips except the clip at each end of the rack are arranged in pairs and are spaced apart slightly more than the width of a can so as to be located to grasp the same. They are fastened to the back wall and project outward therefrom. They are provided with transverse portions which, as shown, are substantially at right angles to the body of the clip and a can in advance of the back wall. The transverse portions of the clips acting upon a given can project toward each other and the clips are arranged to spring over the front corners of the cans and rest against the front thereof. It will be apparent that if the clips of a given pair be considered the t'ansverse portions extend in opposite directions.

A very convenient feature of my invention is that whereby the cans are adapted to cooperate with the rack to effect their ready release therefrom. Each can is provided with a handle pivoted to the sides thereof at 26, and having extensions 27 below the pivots. These extensions are provided with cams 28 which I have illustrated as formed by merely bending the ends of these extensions outwardly at substantially right angles and curving them suitably. The inclination and form of these cams may be varied. These cam projections are so 10- cated with respect to the clips that when the cans are in position the upper side of each cam extension is just under the lower edge of the corresponding clip. IVhen it is desired to remove a can from the rack the movable cover is turned back on its pivots, the handle of the can is grasped and pulled downward and forward around its pivots. As the handle moves downward and forward the cam projections move upward and rearward between the can and the clips and the cams force the clips sidewise, thus releasing the can and enabling it to be pulled out by the handle. It is obvious that the cans may be readily reinserted in the rack.

29 are strengthening ribs which I have shown located at the back of the wall opposite the spaces between the cans. These are shown as held in position by bolts 30 in Fig. at. As many of these ribs as are desired may be provided with bolts 31 to retain the rack in position on the side of the wagon body.

It will be obvious that the construction of the aforesaid clips may be varied and I have illustrated three different forms of clip.

Preferably, I employ a wire clip as illustrated in the principal figures of the drawing. Such a clip or pair of clips I construct of a piece of wire which works around a pin 36 in a support 37 which is conveniently, as shown, of sheet metal being formed from a fiat blank by making parallel cuts therein folding the sides of the blank at right angles on the line of the cuts, and overlapping the ends 38-39 and &0-4E1, this being possible by reason of the cuts referred to. The pin 36 extends through all four ends. This sup port is conveniently fastened to the back wall in the manner illustrated. The clip itself is formed out of a single wire as follows: One end 42 of the wire is anchored by one side 43 of the support. From the point at which it passes through the side 43 the wire is coiled around the pin, then extended outward to form one side std of the clip, then bent transversely to form the part 45, then bent and extended across in a direction generally speaking parallel to that of the pin to form the end 46 ofthe clip, then bent back transversely to form the part 47 parallel to the part 45, the parts, 45, I6 and at? forming a. transverse portion, then extended inward to form the side 48 of the clip to the pin around which it is coiled a number of times to form the spring 49, from the end of which it is extended outward and bent to form the companion clip to the one just described and its end 51 is finally anchored in the side 52 of its support. Sheet metal pieces 60 are provided on each clip to permit the cam action of the handles and to strengthen the clips.

Modified forms of clips are shown in Figs. 6 and 7, the clip illustrated in the former figure being constructed of a single piece of sheet metal bent to form a pair of clips and having transversely bent portions 55 having their outer ends 56 bent back at an angle to facilitate the insertion of the cans.

The clip illustrated in Fig. 7 comprises a pair of clips each of which is a separate piece of metal fastened as shown to a block of suit-able shape, as shown in this figure, in which individual clips 57 and 58 are fastened in any suitable manner to a block It will be apparent that my device is compact, that it holds the cans firmly preventing rattling or jarring out of position while at the same time permitting them to be readily removed, and that it is arranged to afford complete protection to the cans while at the same time making it as easy as possible to obtain access to them.

hat I claim as my invention is:

1. In apparatus of the character described, a rack for cans comprising a wall, a ledge on said wall only partially supporting the cans, spring clips projecting from said wall and located and constructed to retain the cans releasably in position with respect to said wall and ledge, the width of the ledge being such that the center of gravity of the filled cans is forward of the edge of the ledge whereby the weight of the cans aids in their removal.

2. in apparatus of the character described, a rack for holding cans comprising a wall, a ledge projecting from said wall, clips projecting from said wall and spaced to correspond with the cans, said clips being provided with substantially right angular portions at substantially the thickness of the can from the wall to spring over the front corners of said cans and take against the front thereof.

3. In apparatus of the character described in combination, a wall, a support beneath the ca ns, clips projecting from the wall in pairs, spaced apart slightly more than the width of a can, each clip of each pair being provided with a portion extending transversely at substantially the thickness of the can from the wall in the direction opposite to that of the corresponding portion of the other member of the pair, said transverse portions being so located with respect to the wall and can as to spring over the front corners of the can to retain it in position with its back against the wall.

a. Apparatus of the character described comprising in combination, a wall, a ledge projecting therefrom and provided with grooves or slots spaced apart the width of a can to receive the lower edges of the sides thereof to assist in holding the cans in position, and spring clips projecting from said wall spaced apart substantially the width of a can and provided with means to take against the front of the cans to retain the same in position.

5. Apparatus of the character described neath the rear portion of the bottoms of the cans and only partially supporting the cans,

spring clips to retain the cans in position with respect to the back wall and ledge, and I a cover pivoted to the end walls and constructed to be turned back to allow tree ac- 1 clips apartand anchored in said support.

cess to the cans.

6. Apparatus of the character described, 1

comprising in combination, a wall, means for releasably supporting ans adjacent thereto, and a cover "for the top of the structure comprising a stationary section and a movable section, the movable section being provided with a roll curtain adapted to cover the front of the structure.

7. Apparatus of the character described, comprising in combination, a back wall provid ed with can retaining means, a ledge projecting therefrom, and end walls, said parts constituting a structure having an open front and a partially open bottom rendering the cans accessible and readily removable, a cover pivoted to said structure and carrying a curtain, and means for releasing individual cans, the width of the ledge being such that the center of gravity of the tilled cans forward of the edge of the ledge whereby the weight of the cans aids in their removal.

8. Apparatus of the character described comprising in combination, a back wall, end walls, means for supporting cans releasably adjacent to the back wall, a cover having angular extensions pivoted to the end walls, 1

and a curtain mounted at the front edge of I adapted to be retained in such position by said cover.

5). Apparatus of the character described comprising in combination, a back wall, end walls, flanges adjacent the front edges of said end 'alls and projecting transversely toward each other, means for supporting 5 cans releasably adjacent to the back wall, a pivoted cover, a roller journaled at the front edge of said cover, and a curtain on said roller so located and of such width as to be capable of being pulled down in front of the cans with its edges within the flanges on the end walls.

l0. Apparatus of the character described comprising in combination, a back wall, end walls, means to support cans releasably adjacent to said back wall, said back wall having at its top an extension curved forwardly and upwardly, a ctufrespondingly curved cover pivoted to the end walls and serving when turned forward to complete with the extension referred to the cover of the rack, stops on said end walls for said pivoted cover, a longitudinal groove along the front of said pivoted cover, a roller supported adjacent said groove and projecting into it, and a water proof curtain on the said roller.

11. In apparatus of the character described, a support, and a wire anchored in said support and bent to term a pair of clips and a spring acting to -force the clips apart.

12. in apparatus ol the character described, a support, a pin therein, and a wire located to work around the pin, formed into,

clips and into a spring acting to force the t ln apparatus of the class described a support, a pin therein, and a wire bent around said pin and mitavardly tlwrc'lrom to form a spring and a pair of clips oppositely pressed thereby, the two ends of said wire being anchored in said support.

l t. In apparatus of the class described, a support, a pin therein, and a wire anchored in said support, bent around said pin and outwardly therefrom and back again thereto, to form a spring and a clip pressed thereby.

to. In apparatus of the character described a support, a double spring clip comprising a pin in said support, a wire bent around said pin, extended outward therefrom, substantially parallel therewith, back upon itself to the pin, coiled into a spiral spring around said pin, and then extended outwardly from the pin, parallel to the pin, back upon itself to the pin and. around it to form a pair ot oppositely pressed spring clips, both ends o'lt' said wire being anchored in said support.

16. Apparatus of the character described comprising in combination, a wall, a support thereon for cans, means projecting from said wall for normally retaining cans on said support adjacent said wall, cans such means, and releasing means movably mounted on individual cans for engaging their respective retaining means to release the cans retained thereby.

l7. Apparatus of the character described comprising in combination, a wall, a sup portthereon tor cans, clips projecting from said wall to hold cans releasably, cans' adapted to be retained in position by said clips, handles pivoted on said cans and provided with means adapted and arranged to act upon the clips to release the cans.

18. Apparatus of the character described comprising in combination, a wall, means projecting therefrom to hold a can releasably adjacent thereto, cans adapted to be retained in position by said means, and handle controlled cams on said cans adapted and arranged to release the holding means.

19. Apparatus of the character described comprising in combination, a all, cans supported thereby, means on the wall adapted to support the bottoms of the cans, spring clips suitably spaced and related to the cans to hold them in position with respect to the back wall and supporting means, and handle controlled cams on the cans adapted and arranged to act upon the spring clips to release the same to permit the withdrawal of a can.

20. Apparatus of the character described comprising in combination, a wall, a. ledge on said wall, spring clips projecting outward from the wall, cans resting on said ledge and adapted to be retained in position by said clips, the clips being suitably spaced and being; provided with transverse portions arranged to spring toward each other and embrace the front corners of the can between them, handles pivoted to said cans and provided with cam projections below the pivots adjacent said clips and adapted when the handle is moved downward about its pivots to act against the inner sides of the clips to j comprising in combination, a support for 20 cans, cans on said support, clips adjacent the cans tor retaining them in position, and

cams carried'by individual cans and n10v able with respect thereto to act on the respective clips to release the cans retained thereby.

Signed by me at Defiance ()hio this 18 day of Sept. 1908.

ALBE 1T GOLDENETZ. Witnesses JOHN VVLNN, IIARRIET BLAIR.

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