Pipe bundling racks

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING AND BUNDLING PIPES INCIDENT TO MANUFACTUREING STEPS, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING A PAIR OF SUBSTANTIALLY IDENTICAL RACKS DISPOSED IN SPACED PARALLEL RELATION, EACH OF SAID RACKS INCLUDING A BASE, FRONT AND REAR VERTICALLY EXTENDING WALLS SECURED TO SAID BASE AND DEFINING A SPACE THEREBETWEEN, SAID WALLS BEING SO CONSTRUCTED AND ARRANGED AS TO PROVIDE A PAIR OF END UPRIGHT MEMBERS, A ROLLER ROTATABLY CARRIED BY THE UPPER END OF EACH UPRIGHT MEMBER, A FLEXIBLE NON-ELASTIC STRP TRAINED OVER THE TOPS OF SAID ROLLERS AND SUPPORTED THEREBY, SAID ROLLERS EACH HAVING A FRICTION SURFACE OF A KNOWN CHARACTERISTIC RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID STAPS SAID STRAP INCLUDING A PIPE SUPPORTING AND PIPE CONFORMING PORTION DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID ROLLERS AND UPRIGHT MEMBERS AND HAVING END PORTIONS LYING ADJACENT TO SAID UPRIGHT MEMBERS, YIELDABLE STRAP ANCHORING MEANS DISPOSED BETWEEN THE ENDS OF SAID STRAP AND SAID BASE TO MAINTAIN SAID STRAP IN A SUBSTANTIALLY TAUT CONDITION WHEREBY THE APPLICATION OF PIPES ON SAID PIPE SUPPORTING PORTIONS OF SAID STRAP RESULTS IN THE ELONGATION OF SAID YIELDABLE ANCHORING MEANS TO MAINTAIN THE LOADING LEVER FO SAID RACK AT A SUBSTANTIALLY CONSTANT HEIGHT, AND MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY LOCKING THE ROLLERS AGAINST ROTATION AS DESIRED, WHEREBY MORE WEIGHT IS REQUIRED TO LOWER THE STRAPS TO A SELECTED AREA.

Claim 2

AN APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING AND BUNDLING PIPES INCIDENT TO MANUFACTUREING STEPS, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING A PAIR OF SUBSTANTIALLY IDENTICAL RACKS DISPOSED IN SPACED PARALLEL RELATION, EACH OF SAID RACKS INCLUDING A BASE, FRONT AND REAR VERTICALLY EXTENDING WALLS SECURED TO SAID BASE AND DEFINING A SPACE THEREBETWEEN, SAID WALLS BEING SO CONSTRUCTED AND ARRANGED AS TO PROVIDE A PAIR OF END UPRIGHT MEMBERS, A ROLLER ROTATABLY CARRIED BY THE UPPER END OF EACH UPRIGHT MEMBER, A FLEXIBLE NON-ELASTIC STRP TRAINED OVER THE TOPS OF SAID ROLLERS AND SUPPORTED THEREBY, SAID ROLLERS EACH HAVING A FRICTION SURFACE OF A KNOWN CHARACTERISTIC RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID STAPS SAID STRAP INCLUDING A PIPE SUPPORTING AND PIPE CONFORMING PORTION DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID ROLLERS AND UPRIGHT MEMBERS AND HAVING END PORTIONS LYING ADJACENT TO SAID UPRIGHT MEMBERS, YIELDABLE STRAP ANCHORING MEANS DISPOSED BETWEEN THE ENDS OF SAID STRAP AND SAID BASE TO MAINTAIN SAID STRAP IN A SUBSTANTIALLY TAUT CONDITION WHEREBY THE APPLICATION OF PIPES ON SAID PIPE SUPPORTING PORTIONS OF SAID STRAP RESULTS IN THE ELONGATION OF SAID YIELDABLE ANCHORING MEANS TO MAINTAIN THE LOADING LEVER FO SAID RACK AT A SUBSTANTIALLY CONSTANT HEIGHT, AND MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY LOCKING THE ROLLERS AGAINST ROTATION AS DESIRED, WHEREBY MORE WEIGHT IS REQUIRED TO LOWER THE STRAPS TO A SELECTED AREA.