US1791019A - Detachable hanger - Google Patents

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Feb. 3, 1931. J. E. WILSON 1,791,019

DETACHABLE HANGER Filed April 4. 1929 INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Feb. 3*, 1931 malt-l9 DETACHABLE HANGER Application filed April 4,

The immediate object of my invention is the provision of an inexpensive hanger for fire buckets which may be quickly and easily attached to or detached from a supporting column, which may be adjusted to any desired height and which, while permitting the fire buckets to be instantly removed, main.- tams them in a vertical position and also pro-.-

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columns from which fire buckets may be con veniently suspended. However, the attachmentof suitable hangers is generally difficult since the columns are either of steel so that they have to be drilled and tapped for machine screws, or of concrete to which the secure attachment of the hanger iseven more difiicult. It often happens that the suspension hooks become loose so that the pails are likelyto fall. Furthermore, in many fao-- tories there is a great deal of vibration,

-which frequently causes the lire pails to swing and to spill part of their contents. Obviously, such conditions are not only annoying but dangerous since the buckets are likely to be found only partly filled when emergency arises requir ng the1r use My 1nvent10n is designed primarily to a]:- ford an elficient support or hanger for lire buckets and the like which will eliminate these defects and diliiculties and which will 40 provide suspension which is not only safe and eficien but inexpensive, easily applied and adjustable] Y r. p

in the drawings accompanying the specification Figures 1 and 2 are elevations illustratinga preferred form of my invention applied to cylindrical column; e Figure 3 is a plan view of the same form of my invention; and V.

Figure 4 is a plan view showing'a form of 1929. Serial no. 352,534.

my holder adapted for use with columns of rectangular cross section. I

. The same reference numerals refer to the same elements in all the figures. i 1 v ,7 l is a column of circular, rectangular or other cross section, such as is ordinarily found infact'ories, loft building s, an d the like. Around this columnatany desired height, my holder may be clamped. The holder consistsof :yokes, 2 and-v 3, each of I which; are. suitably shaped ,to fit closely around a little less than. one-half of the column. One end of each yoke terminates in an arm 4, which when the hangeris in position, projects outwardly at right angles to'the tangent of the column-in the case of. a cylindrical column or at. right anglestofthe face of the column inthe case of a teenage; lar. or square'Column; The outer end of arm l may-be notched or otherwise shaped to afford a definite point ofsupport for the bail of the bucket. Theother end 5 of each yoke is so bent thatit'lies in the same plane as the arm l or in aplane parallel thereto so that when the hanger ,is assembled on the column] w'ith'the arms extendingjin diametri cally opposite directions,the end 5]of' one half will be parallel to and slightly eparated from the, innerend of arm,. l' of, the other half. Then by means of bolts '6 pass to ing through suitable holesinends 5 and the of arms 4, the hanger maybe tightly clamped to'the column as shown in Figures Sandl.

It will be observed that my -hanger be made of ordinary'materials," as for example, strap iron, the only consideration being-that. it must be sufficiently-rigid to support the weight of the buckets. Furthermore, it may consist of only two partajexclusive of the to bolts,'-which parts may be readily stamped out or formed by any other quick and ineX- pensive manufacturing method. 7 a

In many factories, vibration of a periodic nature occurs so that fire buckets which are freely suspended are caused to swing and spill at least part of their contents. The formofmy invention illustrated in the 'draW- ings provides against this obviously serious, matter in the followingmanner: 10c

A downwardly projecting arm 7, which 7 may be made of the same material as the hanger proper, is bolted or riveted at one end to each yoke adjacent the base of arm 4: in such a manner that when the hanger is in position the arm 7 rests against the column f and extends vertically downward. At the loWer end of each arm 7 is affixed at its midpoint, a horizontally disposed arcuate member 8 formed on a radius of curvature to approximately coincide with the curvature of the fire bucket it is designed to support. It

is not necessary that this supporting member 8 Should be particularly strong or ,rigid'so that its curvature may be varied by bending to suit the shape of any particular bucket. It will be noted that the support 8 engages only a fraction of the circumference of the bucket and in no Way interferes with the removal thereof from the hanger, while at the same time it efiectively keeps the bucket from swinging.

Inorder' that the bucket may be properly supported and yet hang Vertically,the outer end of arm 4: may be oiiset as muchas required as shown in Figures?) and 4:, so' that the hook will be symmetrically positioned with respect'to the arcuate member.

Obviously numerous structural modifications arepossible without departingfrom the essential idea disclosed in my invent on. For "example, if desired, both hooks may be j formed on one-half of each hanger, the other half consisting of simply a similar yoke with V out hooks. i

What I claim is: p

A suspension hanger for pails comprising a pair of strap members each having a short arm at one end and a long arm at the other and an intermediate yoke portion, the yoke portions forming complemental clamping members adapted to engagearound a supporting column, means to secure the short arm of one strap member against the long arm of the otherstrapmemberto clamp said complemental yoke members around the supporting column and a depending member secured to each strap member and formed with arest portion at its lower end, said depending member being so positioned that the rest member is directly below and symmetrically disposed with respect to the long arm.

- JAMES E. WILSON.

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