US2233899A - Assembling rack - Google Patents

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March 4, 1941. c. D. REED Erm.

ASSEMBLING RACK Original Filed April 21, 1938 (uid Patented Mar. 4, 1941 PATENT OFFICE ASSEMELING RACK Claude D. Reed and Robert L. Riley, Lebanon, Pa.,

assignors to Bethlehem Steel Company, a, corporation of Pennsylvania Original application April 21, 1938, Serial No. 203,306. Divided and this application April 12,

i939, serial No. 267,525

(Cl. iso-si) 7 Claims.

This invention relates to assembling racks for use in forming bundles of rods or the like arranged and bound together in spaced relation and is more especially adapted for assembling bundles of sucker rod sections used in oil wells which have enlarged and threaded end portionsI It is necessary that the threaded ends of the sucker rod sections should be fully protected at all times during the shipping operation and hadling, otherwise difliculty in assembling may be experienced in the eld or the threads yat the coupling joints might fail during the pumping operation.

To protect these threaded end portions of the sucker rods a coupling is usually threaded on 2U one end of each rod and a cap on the opposite end.

Sucker rods on account of their enlarged end portions and the couplings and caps for protecting the said threaded end can not be shipped loose or bundled directly together as the intermediate portions ofthe rods would become bent or twisted during shipment or handling.

As shown in the drawing the sucker rods are adapted to be assembled in sets of wooden spacing blocks and bound together at spaced intervals to form bundles in which the rods are arranged in Vertical and horizontal rows held per' fectly straight with the ends and intermediate portions in spaced relation to each other in such a manner as to obviate scratches and abrasions and prevent relative longitudinal and lateral movement of the rods in the bundle during handling and shipment.

One of the objects of our invention relates to the manner of holding the sets of wooden spacing blocks in spaced vertically aligned position during the formation of the bundle.

Another object of our invention relates to the manner of assembling the vertically aligned rows of spacing blocks so they can be easily and quickly bound together at the end of the assembling operation. p

With the foregoing and other objects in View, the invention will be more fully described hereinafter, and will be more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring now to the accompanying sheet of drawings which forms a part of this specification and on which like characters 'of reference indi- ,1 cate like parts:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the bundle assembling rack with parts of the longitudinally extending angular side frame members broken away to allow the figure to be drawn on a larger scale; 5

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of one of the guiding brackets of the assembling rack for holding the spacing blocks during the formation of the bundle, but drawn on a larger scale than in Fig. l; and

Fig. 3 is a transverse section through the assembling rack taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2 and showing part of the assembled bundle in dotted lines.

Referring now to the various characters of,15 reference on the drawing: f i

The numeral I indicates the sucker rods, and 2 a plurality of wooden spacing blocks adapted to be vertically arranged in sets and each having kerfs or notches 3, the contour of which may 2O be rectangular, V-shaped or curved, cut in one side in spaced relation to each other for receiv ing the sucker rods. v

For illustration we have shown the assembling rack adapted for holding five vertically ar- 15 ranged sets of spacing blocks in forming a bundle of rods, but this number of sets of spacing blocks may be varied if desired.

The assembling rack 4 comprises a pair of longitudinally extending side frame angular mem- 30 bers 5 connected at spaced intervals by means of transversely extending plates 5 having five sets of side guide brackets l, reinforced on their vouter sides by means of vertically extending angles 8 which are adapted to form supporting legs 35 for the assembling rack, and on the inside by vertical angular guides 9 for engaging one side of theends of the sets of spacing blocks 2 during the formation of the bundle. Apair of spaced iiat plates I0 are welded to the tops of each of 4.3 the side longitudinally extending angular frame` members 5 adjacent to each Vertical angular guide 9, between which straps Il are inserted before the bottom spacing block for each set is placed in the assembling raakt.

The bottom spacing block for each of the sets` of spacing blocks with their kerfs 3 uppermost are then inserted in position above each of the straps Il and pairs of spaced flat plates lll, with their side ends engaging the vertical angular 50 guides 9, as indicated in Figs. 2 and 3. Operators at opposite ends of the assembling rack then insert a horizontal row of sucker rods in the kerfs 3, and then add another spacing block abo-ve each bottom block with their kerfs 3 uppermost Y. .55

and then assemble anotherv horizontal row of sucker rods I in the kerfs 3. Thisoperation is repeated until the desired number of horizontal rows of rods is obtained. A top spacing block is then placed over the top of each set of spacing blocks, which may be a plain block without kerfs or a similar block turned over so that the keris will be disposed in the lower surface of the block. As illustrated the spacing blocks 2 are all duplicates and are each formed with ten kerfs which are substantially the same width as each of the sucker rods I and about half the'depth of the same and all spaced an equal distance apart both horizontally and vertically andv arranged to form a bundle comprising eight horizontal rows of sucker rods of ten each and. ten vertical rows of eight each. When this bundle of eighty rods i has been assembled, as shown in full and dotted lines in Fig. 3, bent metal angle pieces I2 are placed over the upper and lower corners of the assembled top and bottom spacing blocks of each set and the ends of the straps I I are then brought up over the tops of the sets of spacing blocks and' a sealing joint I3 inserted thereon, the ends of the straps are then stretched to bind the spacing block tightly together by means of a suitable machine adapted for this purpose and the seals crimped by slitting the opposite side edges as at I4 and bending a portion downwardly as shown and described more clearly in our copending application above mentioned. The straps are further secured to the top spacing blocks by means of staples I5.

After the bundle has been assembled and bound by means of straps it is hoisted by means of a ytraveling crane and a pair of lifting devices and transported to a car or to any other desired location, and the operation above described may then be repeated.

For illustration we have described our inven tion as a rack particularly adapted for use in assembling and bundling sucker rods. We wish it understood, however, that we do not limit ourselves to sucker rods as it is equally applicable for other kinds of rods or bars which it is desired to form and bind in bundles in a similar manner.

Although we have shown and described ourv invention inv considerable detail, we do not wish to be limited to the exact and specific details shown and described, but may use such substitutions, modifications or equivalents thereof, as are embraced within the scope of our invention, or as pointed out in the claims.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentis:

l. An assembling rack for forming bundles of rods, comp-rising horizontally disposed angular side members, each having a vertical and inwardly horizontally extending leg, connecting plates secured to the inwardly horizontally extending' legs ofthe side members at intermediate points for holding the'side members in spaced parallel relation, a plurality of pairs of guide brackets arranged in pairs .in transverse alignment vrigidly secured t0 the vertically extending legs and extending upwardlyfrom the side members; and

vertical reinforcing angles` secured to the outside of each of the guide brackets.

2. An assembling rack for forming bundles ci rods, comprising a pair of horizontally disposed angular side members, each having vertical and inwardly horizontally extendingk legs, connecting l plates secured to 'the inwardly horizontally extending legs at intermediate points for holding the side members in spaced parallel relation, a plurality of guide brackets secured to each of the vertical legs of the side members andl extending upwardly therefrom, said brackets secured to one side member being in transverse alignment with each of the brackets secured to thel other side member, and a vertically extending aligning guide secured to each of the guide brackets.

3. An assembling rack for forming bundles of rods, comprising a pair of horizontally disposed angular side members having vertical and inwardly horizontally disposed leg portions, plates at intermediate points secured to the inwardly horizontally disposed leg portions for holding the side -members in spaced parallel relation, a plurality of guide brackets rigidly secured to each of the vertical side legs of the side members and extending upwardly therefrom, said brackets securedto one side member being in transverse alignment with each of the brackets secured to thefother side member, a vertically extending angular aligning guide secured tothe inner face of each of the guide brackets, and vertical reinforcing angles secured to the outer face of each of the guide brackets.

4An assembling rack for forming a bundle of rods or the like secured` together in. spaced relation by means of a plurality of vertically arranged sets of spacing blocks bound together by means of straps, comprising a pair of angular horizontally disposed side members, each having vertical and inwardly extending legs, connecting plates secured to the inwardly extending legs at intermediate points for holding the side members in spaced' parallel relation, a plurality of vertically extending at plates forming guide brackets rigidly secured. to the vertical legs ci 'the side members andV extendingupwardly therefrom, said brackets secured to one side member being in transverse alignment with eachr of the brackets secured to the other side member, a vertically extending angle securedF to the inner face of each of the upwardly extending guide brackets for aligning the spacing blocks, and a pair of spaced flat plates secured vto the tops of each ofY the side members adjacent to each guide bracket adapted to hold the binding straps in position.

5. An assembling rack for forminga .bundle `of rods or the like secured together in spaced ing plates secured to the inwardly extending legs at intermediate points for holding the side mem bers in, spaced parallel relation, a plurality of guide brackets rigidly secured tothe vertical legs l of the side members-and arranged in pairs trans versely of the assembling rack for aligning-each set of spacing blocks, and a` pair ef spaced flat plates secured to the tops of saidside members for supporting the lower spacing block of each set and between which binding straps are adapted to be inserted and held in position.

6. An assembling rack for bundling a plurality of rods secured in spaced relation by means of a series of vertically. arranged sets of spacing blocks bound together by'means of straps, comprisi-ng angular longitudinal sidemembers, each having vertically and inwardly`- extending legs, plates for connecting the inwardly extending legs of the side members together at spaced ln'- tervals, guide brackets riveted to the vertical legs arranged transversely in pairs at a plurality of points valong the longitudinal side members, and a vertically extending guide angle secured to the inside of each guide bracket adapted to vertically align the ends of the spacing blocks during the assembling of the bundle. y

7. An assembling rack for forming a bundle of rods or the like secured in spaced relation by means of a series of vertically arranged sets of spacing blocks each bound together by means of a metal strap, comprising longitudinal angular side members each having vertically and inwardly extending legs, plates for connecting the inwardly extending legs of the side members together at spaced intervals, guide brackets arranged transversely in alignment in pairs at a plurality of points along the side members, vertically eX- tending angles for reinforcing the outside of the guide brackets adapted to form supporting legs for the assembling rack, a pair of spaced at plates secured to the top of each side member adjacent to each guide bracket between which binding straps are adapted to be inserted, and a vertically extending guide angle secured to the inside of each guide bracket adapted to vertically align the ends of the spacing blocks during the assemblage of the bundle.

CLAUDE D. REED. ROBERT L. RILEY.

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