US1414900A - Generator and motor support - Google Patents

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A. N'. SAMMARONE.

GENERATOR AND MOTOR SUPPORT. APPLICATION FILED MAY '29, 1920.

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PATEN OFFICE.

AMATO N. SAIMARONE, OF AKRON, OHIO.

GENERATOR AND MOTOR SUPPORT.

To all whomit may concern:

Beit known that I, AMA'ro N. SAMMA- RoNE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Akron, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Generator and Motor Supports, of which the following 1s a specification. I

My invention relates to improvements in generator and motor supports, and it consists substantially in the construction and combination herein described and claimed.

One of the foremost objects of the in vention is to provide pressed metal feet, to besuitably secured to the frame of a generator or motor to constitute the supporting base therefor.

A further object of the invention is to provide pressed metal supporting feet which are so shaped as to constitute an ample base for the generator or other machine to which thev may be secured, and also which are so shaped as to partially follow the contour of an adjacent part of the generator machine wherein this combination can be utilized.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification, reference being had. to the accompanying drawing, in

p which Figure 1 is an end elevation of a generator or motor with the improved base feet attached, I

Figure 2 is a side elevation also illustrating the improved base feet in place,

Figure 31is a detail section taken substantially on the li m'=;;33 of Figure 1, and

Figure t is a detail perspective view of a slight modification in the constructlon of the base, wherein the flange is carried up at each end to additionally strengthen the structure.

Referring first to the principal form of the invention, it is to .be observed that the base foot 1 in Figure 1 consists of a steel structure stamped into the shape shown and pressed out so as to provide the vertical pose of resting on the floor. To this end,

and thus constitute an attached base in com- 1920. Serial 170. 385,377.

of the adjacent portion of the cap or bonnet.

a far more stable and secure base is provided for the machine than would be provided -were the base feet simply secured to the machine without recognition of the benefit derived from the arrangement illustrated. It is to be observed in Figure 3 that the generator G includes an annular rin 5 which is flanged at-6 to provide a recess for the flange 7 of the cap or bonnet 4.

This arrangement provides a perfectly flat outermost surface against which the vertical wall of thebase foot on-each side is se'curable by two or more bolts 8, which pass through the entire structure and hold all intervening parts together. It must also be observed that the bottom surface of the flange 2 comes slightly below the lowermost part of the machine, this arrangement being I necessary topermit the flanges of the base to fully rest on the foundation.

Figure 4 illustrates a slight modificatlon wherein the base flange 2 has vertical continuations 9 at the ends, the upper edges Specification of Letters Patent. Patented 2, 1922 Application filed May 29, i

10 of which are cut to accurately fit the forward curvature of the machine bonnet 4. The reader can readily picture the application of the modification in Figure 4 to the generator. The continuations 9 will aid materially in supporting the machine,

and not,- only that, but will serve to stabilize each base foot to a considerable extent.

According to the present universal custom, generators, motors, and many other types of machines are mounted on bases which are cast integrally therewith. It not infrequently happens that breaking oif or perhaps cracking only of the supportmg feet occurs. This of course requires the -making of repairs which are not alwa s easily accomplished in cast metal. By ma ing the base feet separate, as is herein proposed, the likelihood of supportlng feet cracking or breaking off can never occur.

An important item also resides in the cheapness and ease with which the support ing feet can be manufactured. By employing a suitable class of steel, no amount of rough usage will ever cause these base feet to break. It is contemplated that these base feet are to be used as part of dynamo-electric machinery which itself is made up and shipped in sections, and by thus-having the feet separate, they may be supplied as separate or spare parts.

I claim 1. The combination of a generator and the closure capthereof, and a base foot attached to the generator, With a part fitted around the adjacent portion of the cap to constitute a stable support.

2. The combination of a generator and the closure cap thereof, and a base foot including a flange-to rest on the floor and another portion securable to the generator, said portion being shaped toclosely fit the adjacent cap.

3. The combination of a generator and the closure cap thereof, a base foot of metal, pressed to provide a base flange and a portion facing the generator, the upper .edge of said portion being shaped to fit and receive 'the adjacent part of the cap, for support and stability and securing means passing through said facing portion into the generator.

4. A section-built generator or the like, including closure caps, a stamped metal base foot for each end, with a portion shaped to form a cradle in which the caps recline,

and with flanges resting on the floor; and" common fastening means securing the base, caps and other parts of the generator together.

5. A section-built generator or the like. including end rings with annular peripheral flanges providing recesses; closure caps with flanges seated in the recesses and providing flush outer surfaces with said annular flanges, pressed metal base feet including vertical portions fitted against the flush sides of said flanges, shaped to provide cradles in which the caps recline for support, and including base flanges slightly below the lowermost periphery of the generator; and common fastening means securing all of the aforesaid parts through the flanges. I

6. A generator support, of metal pressed to provide a vertical wall, with a horizontal base flange, and end flanges merging with a supporting flange on a semi-circular depression in the vertical wall.

AMATO N. SAMMARONE.

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