US1154775A - Container for goods in transit. - Google Patents

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UNITED STATES HENRY H. JOHNSON, 0F SUMMT, NEW?? JERSEY?.

l I CONTAINER FOR GOODS Hi! TR .To all w71 om it may conce/rn Be it known that I. HENRY H. JOHNSON, a citizen ot' the United States, and a resident ot'Summit, New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Containers for (loods in Transit, the principles of which are set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, `*which disclose the form of the invention lvvhich I now consider to be the best of the ,various forms in which the principles of the invention may he embodied. "",This invention relates 'to improvements in containers for goods in transit. ot' the gen- 'ir eral flexible type disclosed in my prior Pat- No. 396,090 of 1889. The object of the invention is to provide a more simple and convenient container of the iiexible type, adapted for general use and for shipping goods which do not require either crating, or packing in boxes or trunks.

,i T he invention consists of the constructioni iown in the drawings, of which- Figure l is a perspective of the packed. and closed coi'itainer, locked as by the padlock or .lead vseal at .3, and r indy for ship- 1nent;.l `ig. 2 isa top plan, with the flexible wrapper A Open as far as necessary for packing, and showing. the empty interior of the container; and Fig. 3 is a vertical seetion of the special end construction C of Fig. 2 along the line thereof.

instead of the {iexihle wrapper constituting the entire body, including the ends, of the container, as in my said prior patent, where t'he wrapper was folded on itself to close the ends ni the container, the two ends here,'as at E, Fig. l, are made separate, and at least one end (the locked end at the right) is made rigid or at least with rigid houndaries as at U. 'ihe right hand locked-end is preferably made in one rigid piece, having a surface E (Fig. l) and a Harige there-A on as shown at C at tho right in Fig. 2., a section of this flange beingshown in Fig. 3. vWhen only the houiulary is rigid, as when the metal rings are used` as is permissible although not preferable, sonic lcxhh venteH rial like that of the main wrapper A (such as canvas, leather or theliitof), is mounted as at E, Fig. l, in any suitable nay ou the rings to close the ends of the container.y

',lhe rigid end piece at the looking end ,Gives permanent Vtorni lo the locked ond of the container, and permits oi* most conve-,nient use without altering;r the essential char- Specification of ,Letters atent.

Application' filed May 4, i915.

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acter as a flexihie container. where the wrapper is partially1 ogi'nei in receive the goods. The lett hand end.v aix though it may he constructed like the right end, ispieferal'lv leather or canvas seu'rd' to Wrapper A. niiiieteel thereto y The right end il (Fig. 3) ln. securing or reg the Wrapper i".

(lower) half et wrap; secured to this 1' rivets/rl; to ce to a pernianen although gen-er i iiexiblc. 'ff'rntainer. that is necessary that he upper i wrapper C {Fis :2), more espec' of the upper iztion. he reinov the Hoods.

mit the inserto tie entire ed@ per C (Fig. 2 is separate end C above, The Pekin ably seein-ed by .i

The impr-tr hand ens Hinge i pins n which i re wrapper l to guide the righten closing position.

ot' vvra :per are of the edge haring brought flown on the ing: the staples staples enter in,"r this ope ot' xvi-app. hand end i".

the registering holes per .t and the. 1 Leise 'n hi www has been applied as above deficriheih the pins p are thereby made pa` i, olf-ihr coni:- plete locking system so thai the im Yre completely locked or sealed together es mng as-the final lock is in place.

;5 Obviously the cross section -hlm' con- ,ininer may-be, not only eirenlnr ehevvn,

but of any desired sha/pe.

I c1ai1n:. f- 1. A container adapted for transit, Which comprises two end iif fiexible side-piece wrepp j to permitits side edges to i v 'Qther throughout their length; one nii smid dini-pieces :having "a rigid heumirny to :which ecQrreGPOndng end edge of the Hein ble yvrepperris connected; menne fer seein ngpcgetherfseid overlapping eide edg': ci

.`end-`edge of the Wrapper is to he 'Wrapped to bring its lsidifedges together to close the mntaiincr,l intermeshing registering ineens between the meeting eideecig the wA 'h pennnd between the end-'e e oi." the www l thewrnpper, and also the wrepperenchedge ind tIheend-piece rigid `lwundmxyn per and. said endqiiece; :1nd a lockingstrap hy which the side-edges of the. wrapper are locked, togetier und. the Wrapper is locked to the end-piece. Y

4. In :i emitz'xinnn, the combination with a liexihle wrapper, of two separate end-pieces around which the end-edge of the wrapper is to he w med to bring its sidefedges together to c th( 'initziinen one of the end.- ein;T iernmnently secured to the end eilgg'e of the wrapper which is wrapped :.uomnl it; the other end-piece having a. riejhl boundary, the lower part of which is pernmnentlj; Seemed to the lower part of the end-edge oi2 the wrapper which is wrelzwped ercnnd it; und u, detachable pinamlhole regist'erihg and locking means between the upper part of such end-piece und the parte of the end-edge of the Wrapper which are wrapped around it.

In a container, the combination with a eizihle wrzipl'ier, of two end-pieces separate from the wrapper but connected thereto, and :i1-mund which the end edges of the Wrapper are to he wrapped to close the coli? ,tnineg Staples und eyelets in the meeting side-edges of the wrapper; e locking strap secured et one end to the container near one end thereaf, and adapted to be threaded through seid. staples; and means for locking the .free end o? the strap to a, part near the oherend of the container.

` 'HENRY 1,1 JOHYSON.

llfitnesees Lernen M. linUNs, Aww C. ANDERSON.

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