US1130378A - Method of producing article-holding devices. - Google Patents

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, G. GL-LIS. METHOD 0F PRODUOING' ARTICLE VHOLDING DEVICES.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 29,11914. y

Patented. Mar. 2, 1915.

- Swank-vint Geojg Collis' WineoM/o M GEORGE COLLIS, 0F CLINTON, IOWA.'

METHOD OF PRODUCING ARTICLE-HOLDING DEVICES.

Origine. application filed June 9, 191.3, Serial Serial No.

To all whom t may concern.' Be it known that I, GEORGE CoLLrs, a citizen, of the United States, residing at Chnton, in the county of Clinton and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Methods of Producing Article-Holding Devices, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing. This invention relates to methods of pro-` ducing metallic article holding devices.

The present application` is a true division of one heretofore filed by me, to-wit, on June 9th, 1913, Serial No. 7 72,644.

The method constituting the subjectanat# ter of the present case includes the welding to a metal bar of relatively large diametral dimension of a series of article-hlding'elements or wires of relatively smaller diametral dimension; and, then, attaching (as by. welding) to the bar and wires suitable reinforcing-plates adapted securely to hold the wires to the bar and, also, to maintain them in proper spaced relation. These reinforeing-plates, acting in the nature of clamps, are suliciently elongated. to extend beyond the portions of the wires which have been heated and, thus, the wires have restored to them what, in effect, is their original stiffness and strength.

With this object in view, the invention resides in the aforementioned method,`the details of which -will appear hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, a form of the articleand the components of which it is constructed are, by way of example, illustratedas embodied in a so-called rack forming anelement in apparatus for coating or icing articles of food and the like.

In these drawings: Figure l is a view in perspective of the rack; Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view, in section, and on an enlarged scale, illustrating a section of the bar with a pair of wires attached thereto; Fig. 3lis a similar view showing one of the strengthening or reinforcing-.plates attached to the structure; Fig. 4 is a similar view showing another of the pair of strengthening plates employed; and Fig. 5 is a view on an enlarged scale of one of the strengthening plates.

In practising my improved method, I lprefer tovutilize, as a supporting element, a

bar or rod l, elongated and, if desirable, cy-

lindrical. .At-predetermined points on said .Sp'cication of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 2, 1915.

No. 772,644. Bivided and this applieatcor filed Apri129, 1914.

. rod, wires, 2, 3, or the like, are disposed-1n pairs, for instance-whereupon they are suitably heated, electricallyv by preference, until they are properly welded to the bar. These wires'may, as shown, occupy a position at right angles to the bar, and on oppo-I site sides thereof, whereby they are spaced approximately the distance of the thickness of the bar. Then, to effect a more rigid securement of these wires to the bar, reinforcing plates 5.and 6 are welded to the bar and to the wires. v

In welding the different Wires to the barwhich may be' done separately or all together-it is not essential, nor 'in fact desirable, to subject the metals of the wire and bar to a very high degree of temperature because reliance is not had solely uponthe welding of the wires to the bar to `attach ployed, it would, by reason of the factthat the Wires are of smaller diametral dimension l than is the bar, tend to melt or unduly soften the small wires at the point ofcontact and therebv make them weak. Hence, I resort to strengthening media, preferably in the form of the aforementioned pair of plates which encompass the bar and, also, each wire of the pair. The plates are Welded to the bar and also to the wires.

v After the 'welding of the wires has brow completed, as aforementioned, the whole structure is dipped in molten tin or the like which not only produces a smooth and clean surface but also effects the further function of soldering all of the joints together. As the particular use of this form of structure is such as to require that it shall be rctinned after it has been completed, it is obvious that, unless the wires have been properly secured to the bar by electric welding, it would not be possible to dip them into the molten tinning metal without producing disintegration of the parts.

It is to be understood that the method herein disclosed may be utilized for producing articles other than those hereinabove referred to.

'W hat I claim is:

l. '.lhe method of producing article-holding devices, and the lile,.\\hich consists in welding to' a metallic bar of relatively large diametral dimension apair of article-holding wires of relatively smaller diametral di: mension; then attaching to :nid barv and Wires metallic strengthening plates; and finally soldering said' plates to the bar, to the Wires, and to each other.

2. The method of producing apparatus for coating or icing articles of food and the like, which consists in Welding to a metallic bar of relatively large diametral dimension a series of pairs of article-holding Wires of relatively smaller diametral dimension; then attachingto the bar and Wires at one side of the latter a metallic strengthening plate;

then attaching to thebar and Wires at the opposite yside of the latter another metallic Copies ofthis patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Eatents, v

strengthening plate; and then soldering the plates together and to the Wires and bar by dipping the structure in its entirety into .molten tin and whereby soldering of all joints and surfacing ofthe elements of which the structure is composed are eected.

In testimony whereof l aiX my signature in presence of-two Witnesses.

GEORGE COLLlS. Witnesses:

CARL C. FEDDERSEN, FRIEDA E. TRITSCHLER Washington, E. C.

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