US1941428A - Bobbin crate - Google Patents

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Dec. 26, 1933. L.. A. BEARDSLEY BOBBIN CRATE Filed June l5, 1931 fgfd A@ Vlr/:riss de 7 @am 'Patented Dee. 26, 1933 vvnomma CRATE `Y Lester-A. Beardsley, Norwich, N. Y.,vassgnor to Norwich Wire Works, Inc., Norwich, N, Y., a, e corporation of NewV York f Application June: 15, 1931. serialize. 544.629 1s`C1aiins.'(C1.2'4z-13o) ,.1

This invention relates to certain newA and usefuliinprovements in bobbin crates.

The main object of the invention is tov provide a bobbin crate of strong', rigid and lasting con- '5 struction adapted to effectively support bobbins to permit subjection `of the materialupon the bobbins toa steaming processor the like. e A further object resides in the provision of a bobbin crate which maybe formed of aluminum strips or sheets to eliminate the danger of the 'u yarn or thread being-contaminated by rust".l

'A'furthen 'more detailed advantage, resides. in means for supporting a crate in spaced' relation Y with respect to its support, such means also acting to permit stacking ofthe crates one'uponanother and maintainingfthe crates infspaced rela-4 tion with respect to each other and atthe same time, locking or holding the stacked crates in exact registration.

clined guide members for receiving yboloibi'n spindles .to permit tilting of vthe crate forjtle yready insertion or removal of bohloins,without*dangerV of the bobbins rolling or sliding out of the'guides.

Other objects and Vadvantages relate to the details of the structure, the form and relation lofi-1 the parts thereof, al1l as will more fully kvappear from the following description taken in connecjtion with the accompanying drawing infwhichf-L y so Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bobbincrate on line l2--2, Figure 1.

erably formed entirely from aluminum strips vor e sheets secured together where, necessary-by meansA of aluminum rivetsso that lthere VisfT no vpossibility of any portion ofthe devicebecoming rusty. n

As shown, the crate comprises two similaren'd pieces 1, and two similar side pieces 2. The end `pieces and theside piecesmay'. be of any'desired klength and relative width. Each. end piece, 1 comprises a stripoi aluminum provided .fat its ,upper and lower edges with inwardly extending flanges 3 and 4 respectively. Y

These nanges 3 and 4 are arranged .to extend inwardly of the frame. Each side piece 2 may Aalso be formed of a strip of aluminum provided at its upper andloweredges with inwardly eX- tendingflanges 5 and 6 respectively. The over all widthl 'ofthe side pieces. preferablyA such A further object residesin thezpovisienef in- 'to atreating fluid.A such as steam.

that thel side pieces will iit tightly Within-the anges 3 and 4 of the endpieces. Any suitable means may beprovided for connectingtheside and end pieces together atthe corners of the frame: but in the particular construction illustr'at- 1GO ed, novelmeans is provided for performing this functionwhicnin this instance, also performs an additional function of spacing the crates from the supporting surface and from each other when 1 stacked and for assuring` maintenance off the stacked, crates in aligned position., This means takes the form ,ofA angle bars 7, one beingprovid'- ed at each corner of thel frame, which angle bars may have one `iiangeriveted to the side piece and the other liange riveted/to the. end piece, `these angle :bars 7 constituting corner pieces which project, as shown. some distance below the lower edge oftheside and end Apiecesto constitute supporting legs for a crate. v y

- Further, these corner pieces 7 terminate some 75y distance short lof the upper edge of therk sidefand end pieces so that when av` second crateis stacked upon thetop iof an underlyingcrate, the vcorner pieces 7 upon `the upper crate Ywill rest upon the upper-edge of the cornerpieces'r '7:.of` the lower 80 crate `and will grip theside and end. pieces of the lower crateraty the'corner so as to` assure align,-

.ment of stacked crates.v l K Further, the length of thev legs issuch that when vthe cornerV piecesof the upper crate rest 85 upontheupper: edge of the corner pieces'of a@ lower `clzrafte, the-"stacked crates will be spaced @some distance apart to permit; uniform subjection of the yarn or thread carried bythe bobbins l eo , In order to support a vplurality lof bobbins in therframe so Afarfdesc'riloed,.the upper'flanges e ofthe side pieces 2 are provided with cut-out por.-

tionsforming recesses 8 lwhich may extend substantially theentire width` of ,theanga In this particular illustration, eachy endpiece is provided with eight-.such recesses. A plurality of intermediate barsextendingparallelwith the side bars [f2-Lis provided and jin general form, these barsy are Vofuniform s haposimilardn shapeto -the side bars; that is, they may be formed of aluminum y.strips havingfupper andlloweranges v`5.and` 6 withrecesses 8 provided in the upper anges.

, Each vintermediate bar isa composite bar`v 9 formed yoftwo similar reversely arranged -bars 20 105 similar iny form and shape tothe'bars' 2 andar-r ranged with their flat surfaces in contact and the .flanges 4 and'5 .onone bar extending inthe opposite direction Vfrein-the flanges'V 4.31.1@ 5.; on

vthe 1o-operating bar. Threesuch-wmwsitebars 11,0

support these short journals, each of the bars 2` and each of the composite bars 9 are provided with a plurality of U-shaped metallic guide members 14 equal in number to the number of recesses 8 in the upper iiange of the-side'member 2. These U-shaped guide members open upwardly, and the distance between the legs of the U-shaped member is preferably substantially the same as the width of the recesses 8, and these guidemembers or clips are arranged between the iianges of "the members 2 and open upwardly so that the -openingsin the U-shaped members register with respective-recesses in the flange 5 of the members These U-shaped members may be of 'a width substantiallyequal to the width of the iianges 5 and-6 vso as to be positioned within the channel of -the members 2, and as shown, are arranged in an inclined position so that when the journals -oi bobbins pass through recesses 8 and into the yrable tilting of the frame `without danger of the j lbobbin sliding out of lthe guide members.

In order to secure these U-shaped guide members to the side-members 2 and the similar members constituting the composite intermediate -strips1-9, each U-shaped guide Ymember is formed with -a laterally extending U-shaped ange 116 at the edge adjacent the member 2 so' that this 4flange will rest in contact vwith the member 2 or the'similar members constituting the composite strips 9, and rivets are then passed through the `strip v2 and through the ilange 6 to secure ythe lguide members-to the side members.

It will be understood thatn with 'respect to the intermediate compositestrips, each of these strips carries a plurality of guide members and as the recesses 8 in the members constituting the composite stripsl are i-n alignment, the U-shaped guide members 'upon' opposite sidesv of the composite strip will also be in alignment, and v'in the construction of the compositel strip with their guide members,the rivets may be passed through the ange 16 rofn-one guide member through both of the members or strips vconstituting a composite intermediate strip and through theV other U- shaped guide member aligned -with the" firstnamed guide member so that these rivets not only secure the yU-shaped guide members to respective strips constituting a composite strip but also act tofsecure the strips of a composite strip together and to the opposed aligned guide members.

The intermediate strips 9, in like manner as the side walls 2, are of a width to t withinV the anges 3 and 4 of the end pieces 1. f l

It -will be Yapparent that inthe manner described, a bobbin crate is produced from strips of aluminum, many of which are of simi1ar form and shape and can, therefore, be` more economically Vproduced.y Further, a rigid and practical- 1y unbreakableframe is produced for eiectively supporting bobbins for processing and which are capable of being stacked in overlying relation and are maintained in exact registration or alignment and in spaced position to permit uniform subjection of the materials to the processing. Preferably, a cross bolt 18 is providedY extending laterallyv of the frame between' the sidefpieces 2 and securing them together iniany suitable manner as bythe use of a nut 19.

In order to cause this bolt to act as an exact -spacing means for the composite strips 9 and the side pieces 2, sleeves 21 are mounted upon the bolt between each side piece, and its adjacent intermediate,strip and between adjacent intermediate strips, and ywhich sleeves act to hold the intermediate strips and the side strips in predeterminedy spaced relation.

Although I have shown and described a particular detailed construction of bobbin crate, I do not desire to restrict myself to the exact form and relation of the parts or to the speciiic material described, as Various and many changes may be made in each of the same,` without departing from'the scope of this'invention, vas set forth in n the appended claims.

I claim: 1. A. bobbin crate comprising end walls and side walls's'ecured together to form a frame, an intermediate strip extending between and secured to the end'walls, and guide members adapted to ref ceive bobbin'parts secured to the inner side of the side walls and to the opposite sides o1 the intermediate wall, the side Vwalls being or channel shape and having their flanges extending towardL l,

eachother and the upper flanges having' recessesr` registeringwith theupper end of the guide mem'- lbers toperrnit 'the passage of bobbin .parts into lthe guide members.

y2. A bobbin crate comprising-end wallsV Yand side walls secured together to form a frame, an?- 'interm'ediate nstrip extending between and securedto the end'w'alis, and U-shaped guide members secured to the inner sideV oijthe sidewalls andv to lo'ppositesides of the intermediate wallfor receiving bobbin parts, the side walls being of :channel shape vandhaving their flanges extending toward eachother and ythe upper ianges hav- -'ingfrecesses registering with the upper end'of theguide members to permit the passage of bob- 'fbin parts vinto the guide members.

3. A Abobbin crate comprising 'end walls and side wallssecuredl together to form aframe, an intermediate strip extending between and secured to the end walls, and U-shaped guide members secured in an inclined position to the inner `side of the sidewalls and to ropposite sides of the intermediate Vwall for receiving bobbin parts, the

sidewalls being of channel shape and having their flanges extending toward each other and 'the upper ianges having recesses registering with `the upper endf'of the guide members to permit the passage of bobbin parts into the guide members.

LAtbobbin crate comprising end walls and lside walls'secured together to form a frame, 'an

vintermediate strip extending between andsecured to the end walls, and guide members adaptedto' receive bobbin parts secured to the inner side of the side walls and to the opposite sides ofthe intermediatey wall, the side and end wallsfelach being of channel shape and having their flanges extending inwardly of the frame and theupper iianges on theside walls having recesses registering with the upper l,ends of the guide members to permit the' passage of bobbin parts to iso 'the guide members.andthe side wallslbeiner tted. into the channel the-endzwallsy". an;

betweenv lthe -fianges `on 5. A bobbinfcratewcomprising 'endv walls and side walls-secured:togetherto .forma frame an intermediatel 1 stripl extending between4 Jand securedto the end walls, and U-shapedguide memberssecured tothefinnerside of ,theside :walls and to opposite sides ofthe intermediate;wall4 for-receivingbobbinpartspthe side and end walls each .being `of lchannelshape =and .having their a'ngesT extending inwardly'- of, fthegframe, andl the upperangesonthe sidefwallslrhaving recesses registering with the upper endsA of the -guide membersto permit. the passage Eofv` bobbin'rparts to the' .guide vmembers and the side wallsgbeing tted into the channelbetween ,the anges onfthe endrwalls.; f t i 1 .z i

6; A b'obbincrate comprisingeend wallsl and v sideifwallssecuredtogetherto; form a frame,

an intermediate stripiextending between'andv seev cured =to the; end- .,walla'- andj U`shapedz guide `members securedr infaninclined position-to the inner side-of the sidewalls and tooppositesides of tthe..,interme dia'te wall 'for-rec'eivingfbobbin parts;;the;side and end'wal-lseachbeing of channel shape and having their. Vflanges extending inwardly-:of the frame, and thevupperangeslon the .side wallszhav'ing recesses registering/with',

the upper ends. ofrthe-guide members to permit the passage. of bobbin ,parts to thev guide Amem-v bers andthe sidewalls 'being fitted-vinto the channel between `theflanges on thev end .wa-lis.. f

7. A ,bobbin crate .comprising lendfwwalls and` side" Walls secured ltogether vtof-form va frame, vea'chofpsaidvvallsbeingy of channel, torride-'Ja` pluV ralit-y ofl v intermediate strips. extending between and secured to the; ,end rwalls and being substane tially parallel 'with xthevsideA walls, eachfzofsaid Y intermediate strips` Vecornprisinggytwo...channel-k shaped members arrangedback to -bac'kiwith their Y flanges extending in oppositefdirections, and guide members for receiving bobbins' secured .tothe inner side ofthe side walls and to opposite sides of the intermediate walls.

- A bobbin crate comprising end-'wallsand side walls secured together to form a frame, an intermediate strip extending between and secured to the end walls, U-sh'aped guide membersseeured in .an inclined position to the inner side of theside walls and to opposite sides of the intermediate wall for receiving bobbin parts, and a separate suppcrtingmember secured to the framev at each ofits corners and terminating short of the upper edge of the side and end wallsY of the frame and extending below the lower edge of the side and end walls of the frame.

9. A bobbin crate comprising end walls` and'k sidewalls secured together to form a frame, anintermediate strip extending between and se-v cured tothe end Walls, U-shaped guide members secured to the innerv side of the side walls and to oppositesidesrof the intermediate Wall for re-` ceiving bobbin parts, the sidewalls being of channel shape and having their flanges extend-l ing toward each other and the upper flangeshaving recesses registering with the upper end or" the guide members to permit the passage of bobbin partsl into the guide members, and a separate supporting member secured to the frame at each of its corners and terminating short of the upper'edge of the side and yend walls of the frame and extending below the lower edge ofthe side and-end walls of the frame. l Y f 10. A bobbin crate comprisingv end walls and extending below the lower edge of the intermediate strip extending ,between andrsecured" tojrthe end walls, Uf-shaped guide membersV s ecuredin an `inclined -`position'to the innerl side vof the sidewalls and-to opposite sides of'the interjmediate, wall for receiving Abobbirrparts, the vside Walls being of channel shape and'having-their anges extendingtoward each otherand `the upper flanges having recessesrregistering with the upper end of :the guidemembers to permit .the -85' passage of bobbin parts into the guidemembers, and aseparate Supporting member securedtotliey frame-atjeach of its cornersand .terminating short 'of the uppervedgeof vthe side and end walls ofthe frame and extending below the lower edgeof the 90 side and endwalls ofthe frame. .l x

1l. A bobbin crate comprising end Walls-*and side walls; securedltogethertofiorm a frame; ,an

side walls `secured" together to form` affframe, an.

intermediate stripextending between and secured totheend walls", guide members adapted to receivefbobbin parts secured to the inner*- side ofathe side walls-and to the opposite'sides ofthe inter,- mediate wall; the side "and end walls .each being of lchannel shape. andhaving theiriianges `extending inwardlysof4 the frame andtheuppei-iianges on `the-[side walls having recesses registering with ythe upper ends of `4the guide membersto permit theV passage of bobbin parts to the guide members and theside wall's'being fitted intothechannel be- Y tween the nflanges oni the end walls, andaseparate supportingmember secured to the framer at eac-h of-its corners andv terminating ,shortof vthe upper to the inner 'side ofthe sidewalls and toopposite .Y .sides ofthe .intermediate wallfor receiving ,bobbinV parts; the side andfend-wallseach beingnf channel shape and having'their flanges extending inwardly of the frame andthe upper flanges on the vside walls having recesses registering with the upper ends of the guide membersV to permit the 1 passage of bobbin parts to the guide members and Y the vside walls being tted into the channel between the flanges on the. end walls, and a separate supporting member secured to the frame at each of its corners and terminating short of the upper edge of the side and end walls of the frame and side and end walls of .the frame. Y

13.=A bobbin crate comprising end wallsand Yside walls secured together to form a frame,l an

intermediate strip extending between and secured to the end walls, U-shaped guide members secured in. an inclinedV position tothe inner side of the side walls and to opposite sides of the intermediate Y Wall for receiving bobbin parts, theeside and end Walls each being of channel shape and` having their flanges extending inwardlyof-the'frame and f Vthe upper anges on the side walls having recesses -registering with the upper ends of the guidememr bers to permit the passage of bobbin parts to the guide membersand the side walls being fitted into the channel between the flangeson the end walls, and a separate supporting member secured to the frame at each of its corners and terminatingshort of the upper edge of the side and end walls of the frame .and extending'below the lower edge of the side and end walls of the frame. c

' 14.- A bobbin crate comprising end walls and side Walls secured together to form a frame, each of said walls being of channel form, a'plurality of intermediate strips "ext'endingb'etwe'en and secured to the end walls and Ybeing substantially parallel with the side walls, each of said intermediate strips comprising two channel-shaped members arranged back to back with'their anges extending in opposite directions, guide members for receiving bobbins secured to the inner side of the side Walls and to opposite sides of the intermediate walls, and a separate supportmg member secured to the frame at each of its corners and terminating short of the upper edge of the side and end-Walls of the'frame andextendin'g Abelow the lower edge of the side and end walls of the frame.

154. A bobbin crate 'comprising end walls and side walls secured ltogether to form a frame, each of said Walls being offchannel form, a plurality of intermediate strips extending between and secured to the end Walls and being substantially parallelwith the side walls, each Voi? said intermediate strips comprising tw'o channel-shaped members arranged back to back With'th'eir flanges 'extending in opposite directions, guide members for receiving bobbins secured to the inner 'side of the side walls and A`to opposite sides of the intermediate walls and the upper flanges on saidside walls and said intermediate strips being formed with recesses registering with vsaid guide members to permit the passage of bobbin parts vto the guide members, and a 'separate supporting member secured t0 the frame at each of its corners and terminating short of the upper edge `of the 'side and end walls of the frame and extending below the lower edge of the side and end walls kof lthe frame.

16. A' bobbin crate comprising a frame having means for supporting it in horizontal position, said frame including end- Walls and side walls secured together at Vtheir contiguous'ends to form a rigid structure, a plurality of intermediate strips yextending between and secured to the'end Walls and spaced from each other and from Vthe side` wallsy a substantially'uniform distance for receiving bobbins in the spaces so formed, and a'p'lurality of U-shap'ed guide members secured to opposite faces of the intermediate strips and the inner face of the side members and having their Uportions extending obliquely at a substantial angle to the horizontal when the frame vrests on its horiends to form a rigidistructure, a plurality of flat metallic strips 'of greater lwidth than thickness extending. between and secured to the end Walls with their width vertically disposed and spaced v vfrom each other and from the side walls a substantially uniform distance for receiving bobbins in the spaces so formed, and a plurality of U shaped metallic guide members secured to opposite faces of the intermediate strips and the inner face 'of the side members .and having their U-portions extending obliquely at'a substantial angle to the horizontal when the frame rests on itsV horizontal support.

18. A bobbin crate comprising a irame'having means for supporting it in horizontal position, saidfframe including end Walls and side walls secured together at their contiguous ends .to form a rigid structure, a .plurality of intermediate strips extending between and secured to the end walls and spaced from each other and from Ythe side Walls a substantially uniform distance for receiving bobbins in the spaces soformed, and a' plurality of U-shaped guide members secured to opposite faces of the intermediate strips and the inner face of the side members, and opening upwardly for receiving bobbin journals when the

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