US1811730A - Grapple for storage batteries and the like - Google Patents

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June 23, 1931. H. E. NEWTON 1,811,730

GRAPPLE FOR STORAGE BATTERIES AND THE LIKE Filed May 28, 1930 E" .1. 1 7 1/ Q L 5 10 i4? jf/fi I 7 H Mil f0.

Z j 3%? w Patented June 23, 1931 HARRY E. NEWTON, OF HARDY, IOWA GRAIPLE FOR STORAGE BATTERIES AND THE LIKE Application. filed May 28, 1930. Serial No. 458,479.

The invention relates to means for handling storage batteries and other like devices, and has for its principal object the provision of a grapple that is reasonable in cost of manufacture, easy and comfortable to manipulate, and that is extremely effective in operation.

The invention will be described in detail hereinafter and will be found illustrated in Lhe accompanying drawings, in which F igurel is a side view in elevation of the improved grapple showing it applied to a conventional storage battery,

Figure 2 is an end view of Figure 1, Figure 3 is a top plan view of the grapple, Figure 4 is a longitudinal sectional view on a plane indicated by the line l4 of Figure 3, and

Figures 5 and 6 are detailed sectional views on planes indicated by lines 55, and 6-6,

respectively, of Figure 4.

In the drawings similar reference characters are used to designate corresponding parts in all of the views.

' In Figures 1 and 2, the improved grapple is shown applied to a conventional storage battery A having loop handles B secured to the ends thereof, and the grapple is indicated at 1 and comprises two members 2 and 3, each 1+ 01: which are formed of elongated strips of metal or other suitable rigid materialthat are hingedly connected together end to end as shown at 4. The strips 2 and 3 are pro vided with downturned portions 5 and 6, respectively, and have their free ends offset outwardly as shown at 7 and 8, respectively with the extremities of said offset portions 7 and 8 inturned as shown at 9 and 10, respectively. The extremities 9 and 10 and the adjacent portions of the offset portions 7 and 8, respectively, slotted as shown at 11 and 12, respectively, to provide means by which the grapple may be employed to lift batteries and other articles having T-shaped h andles, the slots 11 and 12 being provided to receive the stems of such T-shaped handles.

In order to strengthen the portions of the plates 2 and 3 adjacent to the hinged portion a, and also to provide a comfortable handhold for supporting the grapple, the opposite edges of said strips are curled upwardly as shown at 13 and 1%, respectively, said curled edges being tapered outwardly from the hinged portions l, to more effectively strengthen the grapple adjacent to the hinged portions, and also providing a more comfort-able handhold.

lVhat is claimed is 1. A grapple for storage batteries and the like, comprising two strips of rigid material hingedly secured together end to end, each of said strips being downturn-ed intermediate of their ends, the extremities of said clownturned portions being inturned to provide grappling jaws, and the side edges of the hinged ends of the strips being curled upwardly to strengthen said portions of the strips and to provide a handhold, said upwardly curled edges tapering in width from the hinged portion outwardly therefrom.

2. A grapple for storage batteries and the like, comprising two strips of rigid material hingedly secured together end to end, each of said strips beingdownturned intermediate of their ends, outwardly offset portions on the free ends of said downturned portions having inturned extremities providing grappling jaws, and the side edges of the hinged ends of the strips being curled upwardly to strengthen said portions of the strips and to provide a handheld, said upwardly curled edges tapering in width from the hinged portion outwardly therefrom.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

HARRY E. NEWTON.

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