US1077624A - Wire-bound crate. - Google Patents

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H. G. MEAD. WIRE BOUND CRATE. APPLICATION FILED P13111 1911.

Patented Nov. 4, 1913.

UNITED 'STATES PATENT oEEIoE.

HOWARD G. MEAD, 0F ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO' WILLIAM I. HEALY, O1? CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

WIRE-BOUND CRATE.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 1, 1911. Serial No. 605,910. Y

To all ywhom 1f-may concern Be it known that I, HOWARD G. MEAD, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of St. Louis, Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to the manufacture of Wire-bound boxes and crates of that kind in which the sides are Ina-de from blanks composed of sheets or strips of veneer or other similar material flexibly connected together by wire or other similar binding and reinforced at their edges by cleats secured to the inner surface thereof.

The object of my invention is to provide a crate which is made in the manner of the ordinary wire-bound box, except that instead of having t-ightor closed sides it is made with sides composed of slats which are spaced apart to provide the crate Wit-h open spaces in the sides thereof, and in which the construction is such that during the making of the blank no mechanical provision is necessary for spacing the slats apart to form the openings in thesides of the crate, the formation of the cleats being all that is necessary for this purpose, such formation being also adapted to insure a better and more satisfactory attachment of the binding Wires than was possible ivith the methods heretoore proposed for making Wire-bound crates, as will hereinafter more fully appear.

A To these and other useful ends my invention consists in matters4 hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings-Figure l is a perspective of a Wire-bound crate embodying the principles of my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation or edge view of the wire-bound blank from which the sides of said crate are made. F ig. 3 is an inside plan view of the said blank, with a portion thereof broken away for convenience of illustration. Fig. 4e is an end elevation of the crate shown in Fig. l, with the cover thereof open and partially broken away for convenience cover are flexibly con- LL wi vn and a. Cover D. The saidat I by the sharp ends of the b2 in the upper surface of each end thereof to receive the slats and thereby make the latter l flush with the said outer surface of the ment 1n lVire-Bound Crates, of which the z cleats. Thus each side consists of two slats and tivo cleats, and the slats are properly spaced apart by the formation of the cleats.

, The bottom C consists of three slats c secured to tivo end cleats c1 said cleats having end and middle recesses or gains c2 in the outer surfaces thereof to receive the said sla-ts. The cover D is like the said bottom, as will be seen from the drawing, and does not, therefore, need further explanation. The said cleats, as shown, are all step-mitercd at their ends to engage each other uhen the blank is folded, and at such time the slats preferably lap at the corners of the crate as the recesses or gains at the ends a are open at the outer side thereof. The ends of the cleats may, however, have any suitable or desired formation. The end walls A are nailed or stapled to the cleats in any suitable manner. As shown, these end walls arc of such size that their edges, which arc straight, do not. extend to the outer. edges of the cleats, whereby each cleat has a portion of its inner surface left uncovered. It is in this uncovered or outer portion of each cleat that the .gains or notches are formed for the slats.

During the making of the blank, on asiliu `Patented N ov. 4, 1913.

able machine, no mechanical provisimis arc necessaiivv for spacing thc slats apart on the cleats, as the formation of the cleats is sufficient for this purpose. Furthermore, the staples G by which the binding wires of the .blank are secured in place are all driven home, even those that are inserted in the cleats at points between the slats. In this Way the binding wires are all secured in place ina proper and effective manner` and there is no necessityv for making the stapler skip the spaces between the slats. The staples that pass through the ends of the slats enter the cleats to secure the latter in place on the inner surface of the blank. The cleats ofthe cover are, of course, not fastened to the end Walls. The ends of thc Wire are twisted `together and then bent around inside of the crate, as shown, Wherewire will not be likely to do any damage.

The recesses or gains in the cleats are very important, as they not only in eect provide. integral raised portionsthatspace the slats apart While the blank is being made, but also serve to prevent displacement of the slats after the box is finished. and permit the wires to'lbe securely fastened-'at points In other words, the' between thel slats. raised port-ions, which are preferably integral with. the cleats. not only space the slats apart, but also support the binding wires horizontally between the slats.

What I claim as my invention is:

A Wire bound crate comprising end Walls.l cleats secured along the edges of said end walls, with the outer edges of the cleats disposed a distance outside of said edges of the end walls, thereby leaving a portion of each cleat uncovered by the end wall secured thereto, the said uncovered portions of the cleats having; gains therein. slats disposed in said gains. Flush' with thc einer edges of said cle-rits, binding iviies streiihed around the crate, staples for securin both the binding wires and slats, in place, and other staples for securing the binding' Wires directl; to ille cleats between tlvl slats. said slits spaced apart to provide the eran? with side cpc-nings, and said cleats having tongues occupy ing said spaces, to Which tongues said wires are directly secured. as' setfortl'i.

- Signed by ine at St. Louis, Mo., this 27th dav of January 1911.

HOWARD G, MEAD. Witnesses: 4

D. H. JoHxsoX, E. F. JOHNSON.

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