US1077834A - Wooden packing-case. - Google Patents

Description

. B. JUSTEN.

WOODEN PACKING CASE. APPLICATION I-ILBD MAR.12, 1913.

Patented Nov. 4, 191-3.

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-WO0DEN PACKING CASE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.12, 191a.

Patented Nov. 4, 1913.

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To all whom it may concern: a

Be it known that I, BERNARD Jnsrama citizen of theUnited States, and a resident of Tampa, in the county of Hillsboro and State of Florida, have invented a new andmediate the ends, and the wireso'f the end-.-.

cleats are laced through said cleats, through" the ends of the side boards and through the end frames of the case. An additional wireis laced through the end frames transversely wires are sealed in any approved manner.

The detail construction and arrangement, as well as the advantages, will appear from the following description.v

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar-characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in" all the views, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective viewof a packing case embodying my invention; F1g. 2 is a cross-section-taken adjacent to an end 'ofthe case; Fig. 3 is a cross-section taken through the intermediate cleat; and Fig. 4-

is a detail longitudinal vertical section takenthrough an end ofthe case. 2' 1 In forming a packing case in accordance with the illustrated example, side boards constitutethe four sides; the ends thereof preferably mitered. Around the case at the ends cleats 12 are secured, extending around the four sides of the case, so that the ends of the side boards 10 lie beta-eon" the end frames 11 and said cleats. Between the ends of the case intermediate cleats 13 are se-' cured, extending around the four sides. In connection with the intermediate cleats a wire 14 is employed which is laced through the cleats and boards, passing alternately to the inside and to the outside, as clearly shown in Fig. 3, and the meeting endsof the wire are brought together, twisted as at 15,

Speeifica ti on'of Letters Patent. Asp-neuron mm mm 12, 1913. seriai in. 758,726.

' and then secured by any on the interior of the case edwcent to the Patented Novr l, 1913.

suitable seal 16,

or its equivalent. A's the seal .16 lies onthe exterior of the case and might possibly, by contacting with other objects, be knocked OE and permit the ends-15 to separate, I '1 provide means within the case to prevent the wire from being pulled out of place. Thus,-

end holes 17, through which the wire passes at one side of the case, say the top,-loops 1 8 are provided'b'y twistinga wire 19, and

through these loops the wired; is passed and itselfgiven a looped form, asst 14*. 10

It will be obvious that, should tlie 'seal 16 bebroken, the loops 18 will prevent the wire '14 from being withdrawn: {A wire -20 is laced through the'e'n'd 12-,th'rongh the endsw'of the boards 10 beneatliflsaid cleats, and through the-end frames 11, thesa'id wire -exteri'or'of the caee,=as clearly shbwn in El 1 and 2,'the e nds of the wire being broug t together as at '20 and secured by a seal 21, or-its equivalent. It will be-seen that the seal lies within the end frame 11. and is thus protected against accidental breakage by terior of thecase through end ,overlie end frames 11', the end frames being 3 required for ordinary contacting with,another object.f.-.-.An additional' wire 22 is laced horizontally, that is transversely. to the direction of the lacing oi the .wire 20, and passes through the end frame lljalternately to the interior and ex anels 23, which are secured to the inside 0 each end frame 11.- Each wire 22 extends around an end-frame, and at the interior of thecase the ends of the wire are twisted together, as

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It will be observed that the cleats 12' and 13 extend across the joints 10" between the side boards, and thus a cutting tool cannotbe entered in a joint or seam and run along the latter to sever the wire. 1

In practice, the cleats are nailedand are clenched on the inside, as indicated in Fig. 3,

to use much thinner lumber than is usually packing cases. Since the cleats cross the cards it will be necesthe size of the acking case.- The wires14 and 20, itwill e observed, extend over the corners of the case on the exterior, firmly bonding .the separate cleat members together.

The wire lacing forms a firm union between passiflgfalternately to the interior and the at 24. The provision of the cleats and the .wires as specified enables the manufacturer sary only to formfour holes in a cleat, to

secure the latter in position, regardless of the boards and cleats, and in the case of the lacing at the ends forms a union also between the cleats, the boards and the end frames, thereby giving the maximum strength and security.

The panels 23 may be in the form of a single'panel or 'separate'boards, and in the latter'case the i'vire 22 overcomes the defect in the ordinary case in which the middle end 10 board'- can readily'be displaced to permit tampering; Whereas the Wire 22 will absolutely"prevent this, since it firmly secures the end boards to the frame.

Having thus described my invention, 1

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:' I

l. A packing case composed of side boards, end frames overlapped by'theends of the side boards, end. panels secured to the end frames at "the inside, exterior cleats extend mg 'around the four sides over the side boards at the ends, an intermediate cleat extending around the case between the ends, said cleats crossing the joints between the side boards, a Wire laced through the interniediate 'eleat and through the side boards, running over the corners of the cleats at the exterior of the case, Wires laced through the end cleats, through the ends of the side boards and through the end frames, and

Wires running around the end frames and laced transversely to the lacing of the other Wires through the end frames and end panels,

2. A packing case composed of side boards, end frames overlapped by the ends of the side boards, cleats extending around the case at the four sides, a Wire laced through the cleats and side boards, and loops on the interior of the case through which the said laced Wire is looped.

3. A packing case comprising side boards, end frames overlapped by the side boards, cleats extending around the case at each end over the ends of the side boards, and a Wire laced through the said cleats, through the ends ofthe side boards and through the end frames.

In testimony whereof-I have signed my BERNARD JUSTEN.

' Witnesses:

Gus SECKBACH, PAUL RODRIQUEZ.

Copies of th'is patent he obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

' Washingten, D. E.

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