US971678A - Ear for pail and bucket bails. - Google Patents

Description

T. JEROLAMAN.

EAR FOB. PAIL AND BUCKET BAILS.

APPLICATION FILED MARI. 1, 1909.

971,67. Patented Oct. 4, 1910.

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EAR FOR PAIL AND BUCKET BAILS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented @et. 4, 1910.

Application filed March 1, 1909. Serial No. 480,563.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THEODORE JEROLAMAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Belleville, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ears for Pail and Bucket Bails, of which the following is a specification.

he invention relates to improvements in ears for pail and bucket bails or handles, and it consists in the novel features and structure hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

A great deal of inconvenience and loss have been occasioned by the insecurity of ears fastened to the sides of wooden pails, buckets and the like to receive the ends of the bails or handles. Those ears of the prior art have customarily been made of sheet metal and secured in position by small nails driven through holes in them and into the wood of the pail or bucket. It is matter of common knowledge that with the natural use of wooden pails and buckets and also under the rough treatment to which they are at times subjected, the ears frequently become loosened and finally detached.

The purpose of my invention is to provide ears of very durable character having as integral parts thereof means whereby they may be efiectually and with the maximum degree of permanency, quickly secured to the sides of a pail or bucket.

In carrying out my invention, I form the ears of sheet metal and cut from the interior portions thereof and bend at an angle thereto, a suitable number of prongs to be driven into the sides of the pail or bucket for holding the ears rigidly in place. I preferably provide said prongs at opposite sides of the vertical center line of the ears and in addition form on the lower end of the ear a transverse prong beveled upwardly on the lower side of its pointed end so that when said prong is driven into the wood it will be deflected slightly upwardly and form in effect a hook not only securing the lower end of the ear but resisting in an effectual manner the strain exerted by the weight of the bucket and its contents on the ears when the bucket is suspended by the handle or bail. The ears for pails and buckets above the smaller sizes, will preferably have two prongs on each side of their vertical center line and said prongs will be arranged in staggered order and by preference one prong on each side will be beveled on the inner side of its pointed end so that when driven into the wood it will be deflected outwardly from a straight line, said two prongs thus when driven into the wood taking diverging lines and resisting the detachment of the ear. The other two side prongs of the ear, one being at each side, will preferably be straight and of sufficient length to pass through to the inner side of the pail or bucket and be, at their points, bent over or clenched.

The invention will be fully understood from the detailed description hereinafter presented, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a vertical section through a portion of a bucket equipped with an ear embodying my invention, the ear being in section on the zigzag dotted line 1-1 of Fig. 2 so as to show the four securing prongs, two being on each side of the vertical center line of the ear; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same; F ig. 3 is a horizontal section of the same on the dotted line 83 of Fig. 2 and is presented to show the two diverging prongs; Fig. l is a horizontal section of the same on the dotted line 4:4: of Fig. 2 and is presented to illustrate the two side prongs which project through the wood and have their pointed ends bent over or clenched; Fig. 5 is a view corresponding with Fig. 1 showing an ear having one prong at each side, the section being on the zigzag dotted line 5--5 of Fig. 6 so as to illustrate both prongs; and Fig. 6 is an inner face view. of the ear presented in Fig. 5.

In the drawings, referring to Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive, 10 denotes a portion of a pail or bucket, 11 the ear of my invention, and 12 the usual bail or handle. The ear 11 is formed of sheet metal and vertically elon gated in outline, and at its upper end said ear is provided with a hole 13 to receive the end of the bail 12 in a customary manner.

The body of the ear 11 is formed with four pointed prongs ll, 15, 16 and 17 which are of triangular shape and out from the interior portions of said body and bent therefrom, leaving in said body the openings 18 previously occupied by the metal of the prongs. The prongs at their broad ends remain integrally connected with the ear, and said prongs are in staggered order with those numbered 14, 16 at one side of the vertical center line of the ear and those numbered 15, 17 at the other side of said center line. The prongs 1%, 15, 1G, 17 will pref erably be formed with serrated edges, as shown in Fig. 1, so as to increase their binding action with the wood, and the diago nally opposite prongs 15, 16 will be beveled at the inner facing sides of their outer portions, so that when driven into the wood said prongs will take diverging lines or become spread apart while entering the wood, as shown in Fig. 3, thereby increasing the hold of the ear on the pail. I prefer to have the diagonally opposite prongs 14:, 17 straight and of such length that they may pass slightly beyond the thickness of the pail or bucket so that their pointed ends may be clenched over, as shown in Fig. t.

The lower end of the ear 11 is formed with a securing prong 19 which is preferably beveled at the lower side of its outerv portion so that when driven into the wood it may take a slightly upward course, as shown in Fig. 1, and thereby not only increase its hold on the pail or bucket but be enabled the more effectually to resist the strain exerted by the weight of the bucket and its contents on the ears when the bucket is suspended by the handle or bail.

The ear shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4. is intended for buckets adapted to hold considerable weight, and hence the ear is provided with the four side prongs and one lower end prong, so as to be entirely eflicient and durable for the purposes intended. The ear is in one integral piece and is fastened to the side of the bucket or pail by the prongs being driven into the material there of, no nails or other separate fastening means being employed.

I have found that a bucket ear constructed in accordance with my invention is entirely durable and maintains its connection with the bucket in a most satisfactory manner regardless of the rough treatment to which the bucket may be subjected. The prongs are driven into the wood until the body of the ear is pressed into intimately close relation with the side of the bucket, and thereafter any swelling of the wood of the bucket due to moisture will result in I portions of the wood swelling into the openings 18 in the ear and in the latter becoming thereby additionally adapted to resist strains exerted against it when the bucket is lifted by the handle. By forming the prongs let, 15, 16 and 17 from the interior facture but in its construction and arrange ment it is entirely durable and highly eflicient for the purposes intended.

For pails and buckets of smaller capacity than that intended to be represented in Figs. 1 and 2, I prefer to form the ear in the nanner indicated in Figs. 5 and 6, in which 20 denotes the ear and 21 a portion of the side of a pail or bucket. The ear 20 is formed of sheet metal and has at its upper end a hole or eye 22 to receive the end of the bail and at its lower end a prong n3 corresponding exactly with the prong 19 of the car 11 hereinbefore described. The ear 20 is formed with side prongs 24:, 25 cut from interior portions of the body of the ear and corresponding exactly with the prongs 1s, 17 of the ear 11. The ear 2O differs from the car 11 only in that it is smaller than said ear 11 and omits the prongs 15, 16 with which the ear 11 is equipped, and hence it is not necessary to enter into a minute description of the ear 20. The ear 20 will be applied to the side of the bucket or pail by the prongs 24:, 25, 23 being driven into the wood, and said prongs will be found to be entirely sufficient for rigidly and durably maintaining the ear in position.

I do not limit my invention in every instance to the number and arrangement of securing prongs illustrated in the drawings, but I have disclosed the most satisfactory construction of ears known to me. In every instance the car will be of sheet metal and in one integral piece with the securing prongs, and the prongs will be of such number and disposition that they will effectually hold the ear in place without the use of nails, tacks or other separable fastening means.

lVhat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is:

1. A, bail-ear in one integral piece of sheet metal formed at its upper end with a hole to receive the bail and having integral prongs disposed at opposite sides of its vertical center line out from the interior portions of the body of the ear and on difierent horizontal planes, to be driven into the wood for holding the ear in place; substantially as set forth.

2. A bail-ear in one integral piece of sheet metal formed at its upper end with a hole to receive the bail and having integral prongs disposed at opposite sides of its vertical center line out from the interior portions of the body of the ear and on different horizontal planes and also an integral prong at its lower end, all said prongs to be driven into the wood for holding the ear in place; substantially as set forth.

3. A bail-ear in one integral piece of sheet metal formed at its upper end with a hole to receive the bail and having integral prongs disposed at opposite sides of its vertical center line out from the interior portions of the body of the ear and on diflerent horizontal planes and also an integral prong at its lower end, all said prongs to be driven into the wood for holding the ear in place, and a prong at each side of the ear being beveled at the inner side of its end so that said two prongs when driven into the wood will expand outwardly, and said lower prong being beveled on the lower side of its pointed end so that it will be deflected upwardly when driven into the wood; substantially as set forth.

4. A bail-ear of sheet metal having integral side prongs 14, 15, 16, 17 in staggered order and to be driven into the wood, two of said prongs being beveled 011 the inner sides of their pointed ends so that they may deflect outwardly when driven into the wood and the other two prongs being of sufficient length to pass through the wood and be clenched on their ends; substantially as set forth.

5. A bail-ear of sheet metal having in tegral side prongs 14k, 15, 16, 17 in staggered order and to be driven into the wood, two of said prongs being beveled on the inner sides of their pointed ends so that they may deflect outwardly when driven into the wood and the other two prongs being of suflicient length to pass through the wood and be clenched on their ends, and said ear also having a transverse integral prong at its lower end to enter the wood; substantially as set forth.

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 27th day of February, A. D. 1909.

THEODORE J EROLAMAN.

Witnesses AR'JHUR MARION, CHAS. C. GILL.

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