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dill/6 95 Patented Sept. 6, 1932 CLARENCE HLYOUN G, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS sorrow Application filed June 19, 1981. Serial No. 545,394.

My invention relates tosupports for cylindrical tanks and like articles, and has among its objects the provisionof a cheaply constructed collapslble support adapted to be fabricated from standard structural parts, such as angle-irons. The invention, however, will be best understood from the following description when read in the light of the accompanying 1 drawing of one embodiment of the invention,

the scope of which latter will be more particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawing Fig. 1 is a perspective of the support in open position;

Fig. 2 is a perspective of the support according to Fig. 1 when viewed from the opposite side;

Fig. 3 is a perspective of the support acgo cording to Figs. 1 and 2 in collapsed or closed position; and

Fig. 4 is an end view of the support according to Figs. 1, 2 and 3 showing the support in open position and carrying a tank.

Referring to the drawing, the supportat each end comprises a pair of angle-irons 1 and 3 having flanges 5 in a vertical plane in abutting relation and pivotally secured together at'7. Rigidly secured at its opposite 3o ends to the other flanges 9 of the angle-irons 3, by rivets 8 or the like, is an angle-iron 11,

the projecting flange13 of which latter is adapted to contact with the edges of the flanges 5 of the angle-irons 1 when the support is in open position as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. As illustrated, carried by the flanges 15 of the angle-irons 1 are short pieces of angle-iron 17, the flanges 19 of which latter project at right angles to the flanges 15 and are adapted to contact with the flanges 5 of the angle-irons 3 when the support is in open position. Increased rigidity of the support is imparted by an angle-iron 23 secured at its 5 opposite ends to the flanges 15 of the angleirons 1 near the lower ends of the latter.

It will be observed that the angle-irons 11,

17 and 23 are all horizontally below the pivotal connections 7 and disposed at' opposite i0 sides of the support, thus permitting the latter to be collapsed or folded into the position shown by Fig. 3.

'It will be further. observed that in the submitted embodiment of the invention the support is composed wholly ofan le-irons,

the angle-irons l1 and 23 acting to race the support, while the angle-irons 11 and 17 act as stops coacting with the angle-irons '1 and 3 to determine the open position of the support, and take the strain caused by the tank positioned upon the flat sides of the flanges 9 and 15 of the angle-irons 1 and 3. It will thus be observed that the support comprises a minimum number of parts and avoids the use of long diagonal braces, which secures a light weight structure yet one sufliciently rigid to meet the needs of the use to which the support is put.

It will be understood, however, that within the spirit of the invention wide deviations may be made from the embodiment thereof above described.

I claim:

A collapsible s port for tanks and the like having, in com ination, pairs of spaced angle irons having flanges in vertical planes pivotally connected in substantially abutting relation and having their other flangesuppermost, a bar extending from one of said uppermost flanges of one angle iron of said pairs of angle Irons to the uppermost flange of the corresponding angle iron of the other pair, said bar being secured to said uppermostflanges adjacent the pivotal connection of said angle irons and arranged to-contact u with the edges of the vertical flan es of the other angle-irons of said pairsan to serve as stop members therefor,-and additional stop means carried by the last mentioned angle irons adjacent the pivotal connection of said N angle irons arranged to contact with the edges of the vertical flanges of the angle irons which carry said bar when the latter contacts with the ed es of the vertical flanges which carry said ad itional stop-means. 95,

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this' specification. V

CLARENCE H. YOUNG.

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