Basket for handling machine parts
AssigneesRegie Nationale des Usines Renault, Automobiles Peugeot
InventorAndre Dalencon
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Abstract
The invention relates to a basket for handling delicate machine parts, such as gears in machine shops, which comprises a conventional outer body and an internal block forming a rack for separation and support of the parts. The internal block is made up of a stack of separator elements and support elements of molded plastic strung on threaded metal rods which pass through supporting bosses of the elements. The rods are clamped in position against one another by means of self-locking nuts.
Claims4
A basket for handling heavy machine parts having an outer body and an internal block forming a rack for separation and support of said part while holding them fixed in position and preventing them from striking one another, the improvement characterized by said internal block comprising:
- a plurality of transversely extending wall-type separator elements composed of a plastic material and each having a lower transversely extending section, an upper transversely extending section, a plurality of vertically extending sections connecting said upper and lower sections, and a plurality of flat supporting bosses formed on each of said upper and lower sections at the ends thereof and at least at one intermediate point;
- a plurality of transversely extending support elements composed of a plastic material and each having a plurality of vertically extending sections, a lower transversely extending section connected between each adjacent pair of vertically extending sections, said lower sections being of substantially an open V configuration, a plurality of first longitudinally extending supporting bosses formed on each of said vertically extending sections at the upper and lower ends thereof, and a plurality of additional longitudinally extending supporting bosses formed on said lower sections being of slightly greater longitudinal extension than said first bosses;
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- a plurality of metal clamping rods passing through said flat and said first longitudinally extending supporting bosses on said separator and support elements, respectively, for clamping said separator and support elements against one another, said separator and support elements being arranged longitudinally in an alternating fashion so as to define storage cavities between each adjacent pair of separator elements;
- said heavy machine parts being able to be respectively disposed within said storage cavities and separated from each other by said separator elements while being supported upon said support elements in such a manner that peripheral portions of said machine parts are able to be supported upon said support elements while front and rear surface portions of said parts are able to be supported by said separator elements.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.