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Patented Nov. 14, 1922.
UNIIETD TSTATET ENT (OFFICE
CHARLES E. SHIP, OF DETROIT, TEXAS.
PROTECTIVE RUNNER FOR COTTON-PICKERS' SACKS.
Application filed September 20, 1921. Serial No. 502,013.To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, CHARLES E. SHIPP, a
citizen of the United States, residing at De-
troit, in the county of Red River and State
5 of Texas, have invented. new and useful
Improvements in Protective Runners for
Cotton-Pickers' Sacks, of which the follow-
ing is a specification.
The object of my present invention is the
10 provision of an efficient protective runner
for cotton pickers' sacks, and one to which
sacks may be expeditiously and positively
connected so as to enable the runner to be
used in succession on a number of sacks.
15 To the attainment of the foregoing, the
invention consists in the improvement as
hereinafter described and definitely claimed.
In the accompanying drawings, forming
part of this specification
20 Figure 1 is a perspective showing my
novel protective runner properly applied to
a cotton picker's sack.
Figure 2 is an enlarged transverse section
taken in the plane indicated by the line
25 2-2 of Figure 1 and showing the relative
arrangement of the sack and the runner.
Figure 3 is a plan view of the runner per
se.
Figure 4 is a side elevation of the runner
30 per se.
Figure 5 is a detail longitudinal vertical
section taken through one of the lateral sack
receiving portions at the upper edges of the
runner.
35 Figure 6 is a detail view showing one of
the sack fasteners of the runner in raised
position.
Similar numerals of reference designate
corresponding parts in all of the views of
40 the drawings.
The sack 1 is provided with a shoulder
strap 2, and is provided with a forward open
end and a rear closed end in the ordinary
well known manner.
45 My novel protective runner is designed to
be dragged along the ground through the
medium of the sack 1, and is adapted to pre-
vent frictional wear of the lower and rear
portion of the sack against the ground.
50 The runner is preferably, though not
necessarily, formed of metal, and among its
elements it comprises a trough shaped body
d, preferably of galvanized sheet metal. The
said body 3 is closed at its rear end by a wall
55 4, and is open at its forward end and has
its said forward end inclined upwardly asindicated by 5 so as to prevent the runner
from catching against obstacles in its path.
On each of its longitudinal edges the body 3
is provided with lateral outwardly extending 60
sack edge receiving portions 6. These por-
tions 6 are of loop form in cross section and
are extended throughout the length of the
body 3 and are opn at their inner sides as il-
lustrated. The upper walls'7 of the said por- 65
tions are provided adjacent to their ends
with apertures 8, and the lower walls 9 of
the portions 6 are provided with apertures
10 in alinement with the said apertures 8.
Normally resting in the pairs of apertures 8 70
and 10 are pointed sack fasteners 11. The
said sack fasteners 11 are connected to the
free portions of spring strips 12 adjacent to
the outer ends of the said strips 12; the
strips 12 being arranged in superimposed re- 75
lation on the upper walls 7 and being con-
nected at their inner ends to the said upper
walls 7. by solder, indicated by 13, or any
other appropriate means.
In associating a sack such as 1 with my sa
novel runner, it is simply necessary for the
operator to arrange the closed end portion
of the sack in the runner, and to introduce
the edge portions of the sack into the lateral
portions 6 of the runner. It is also incum- 85
bent on the operator to raise the fasteners
11 against the action of their spring strips
12 so as to place the edge portions of the
sack between the apertures 8 and 10, and
then when the fasteners 11 are released, they 90
will manifestly force portions of the sack
through the lower portions 10 or into said
apertures 10 with the result that the sack
will be positively connected to the runner,
notwithstanding the connection is a detach- 95
able one, and at the same time the portions 6
will serve as guards for the edge portions
of the sack. Manifestly the fasteners 11
may be manipulated in the manner de-
scribed in succession, and it will also be ap- 100
preciated that when it is desired to disasso-
ciate the runner from a sack, it is simply
necessary for the operator to draw the fas-
teners 11 upwardly, and pull the sack out
of the portions 6 while the fasteners are in 105
their raised positions.
I have entered into a detailed description
of the construction and relative arrange-
ment of parts embraced in the present and
preferred embodiment of my invention in 110
order to impart a full, clear and exact under-
standing of the same embodiment. I do not
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Shipp, Charles E. Protective Runner for Cotton-Pickers' Sacks., patent, November 14, 1922; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259065/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.