Improvements in the Means or Method of Mounting Trays, Racks, or the like in Tiers on Trucks or other Supports.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Sept., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 16th June, 1899-Accepted, 22nd July, 1899
Improvements in the Means or Method of Mounting Trays, Racks, or
the like in Tiers on Trucks or other Supports.
1, HARRY CROWTHER SLINGSBY, of 13, Bath Street, Leeds Road, Bradford, in
the County of York, Wholesale Bottler, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in the manner or method of mounting
trays, racks or their equivalent in tiers one above the other on trucks or other
supports, and its object is to enable the trays to be raised from either side from
a horizontal to an approximately vertical position and be supported in the latter
position in a simple manner, and also enable them to be readily lowered and
removed.
To carry out my invention I provide a vertical support for the trays at or
near to each corner and for each tray I provide a suitably formed bracket or
projection on each support adapted to support the sides of the trays intended
to be lifted when they are horizontal and support the trays in an approximately
vertical position after they are lifted. To this end the said brackets or trays
project from the supports a distance equal to, or a little more than, the thickness
of the trays and at this distance from the said supports a vertical or slightly
inclined projection is formed on the brackets. The trays normally rest upon
the tops of these projections but when they are lifted, sufficiently on either side
the opposite side drops down between the projections and the supports on that
side and is thus retained in an approximately vertical position. To lower the
tray again it is first lifted to disengage it from the projections holding it up.
The said supports may be advantageously made from angle iron of "L" section
suitably connected together. In this case the corners of the trays may more
or less fit into the angles of the angle iron to prevent horizontal displacement.
Or other means may be employed to keep the trays in position.
This way of supporting trays or their equivalent may be employed whenever
movable trays are required and particularly when trays are used one above the
other.
Dated this 15th day of September 1898.
DRACUP & NOWELL,
Patent Agents, Bradford.
Improvements in the Means or Method of Mounting Trays, Racks, or
the like in Tiers on Trucks or other Supports.
I, HARRY CROWTHER SLINGSBY, of 13, Bath Street, Leeds Road, Bradford, in
the County of York, Wholesale Bottler, do hereby declare the nature of this
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page_text: invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement: --
This invention relates to improvements in the manner or method of mounting
trays, racks or their equivalent in tiers one above the other on trucks or other
supports, and its object is to enable the trays to be raised from either side from
a horizontal to an approximately vertical position and be supported in the latter
position in a simple manner and also enable them to be readily lowered and
removed.
To carry out my invention I provide a vertical support for the trays at or
near to each corner and for each tray I provide a suitably formed bracket or
projection on each support adapted to support both sides of the trays when they
are horizontal and support the trays by one side in an approximately vertical
position after they are lifted. To this end the said brackets project from the
supports a distance equal to, or a little more than, the thickness of the trays
and at this distance from the said supports a vertical or slightly inclined projec-
tion is formed on the brackets. The trays normally rest upon the tops of these
projections but when they are lifted sufficiently on either side the opposite side
drops down between the projections and the supports on that side and is thus
retained in an approximately vertical position. To lower the tray again it is
first lifted to disengage it from the projections holding it up.
The said supports may be advantageously made from angle iron of "L" section
suitably connected together. In this case the corners of the trays may more
or less fit into the angles of the angle iron to prevent horizontal displacement.
Or other means may be employed to keep the trays in position.
This way of supporting trays or their equivalent may be employed whenever
movable trays are required and particularly when trays are used one above the
other.
To fully describe my invention, reference is made to the accompanying sheet
of drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of
reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the figures.
Figure 1, represents an elevation of a truck fitted with my improved tray|
holding device. The upper tray is shown in the raised position
Figure 2, is an end view of the same.
Figure 3, is a plan view of the same with the upper tray lowered to its norma!
position.
Figure 4, is a view on a larger scale of a portion of one of the supports or
uprights showing a corner of one of the trays in section supported on one of
said brackets. Figure 5, is a similar view showing the tray in the raised position.
A support D of "L shaped cross section is fixed to each corner of the truck
and the brackets 12 are secured to the inner faces of the sides, a portion of the
When the trays H
angle iron in Figure 2 is broken away to clearly show this.
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are down each corner rests upon the top 13 of one of these brackets but when the
tray is lifted from either side as shown the opposite side slips down between
the brackets and the inner face of the angle irons and remains supported in
that position.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
1 claim is:--
The means or method of supporting trays or the like in both a horizontal o
an approximately vertical position as may be desired, substantially as herei
shown and described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
DRACUP & NOWELL,
Patent Agents, Bradford.