US1188129A - Container. - Google Patents

Description

E. J. YORK.

CONTAINER. APPLICATION FILED APII. I7. I9I5.

Patented J une 20, 1916.

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CONTAINER.

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Patented J une 20, 1916.

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EDWARD JACKSON YORK, OF HOUSTON, TEXAS.

CONTAINER.

Specification of Letters atent.

Patented l une 2U, 1916.

Application filed April 17, 1915. Serial No. 22,007.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that l, Enwano .lmiuisoN YORK, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Houston, in the county of lilarris and State of Tex: s, have invented a new and Improved Container, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to containers, such as crates, barrels i nd other members adapted for containing merchandise, fruits, vegetables and the like. Y

More particularly stated, my invention comjirehends a container adapted to be made up in so-called collapsed form and to receive its final shape after a comparatively small expenditure of labor and work, its iinal shape being suitable for the ultimate use of the article, considered as a container.

My invention further con'iprehends a container con'iprising a number of staves secured at their ends and flexible strips of sheet metal, the latterl being adapted to be bent in a direction crossing their general length, 'and the portion thus bent suitable to form a limiting stop for alining the ends of the staves and preventing relative displacement of the same1 Reference is made to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this application and in which like letters indicate like parts.

Figure 1 is a perspective showing my improved container, while being made up as a barrel and also showing various auxiliary parts used in conferring upon the barrel its proper shape; Fig. 2 is a perspective showing the barrel complete; Fig. 3 is a sulo stantially central longitudinal section through the mechanism appearing in Fi 1; Fig. 1 is a plan view of the form of the container appearing in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, but showing the same in its initial or collapsed condition; and Fig. 5 is an end view partly in elevation and partly in section, showing another form of my container, which in this instance is made up into a crate with flattened sides.

The general form of the container as originally made up, is shown more particu'- larly in Fig. 4. A number of staves 6 which are of uniform cross section, or in other words, are free from bilge, are disposed edge to edge and their' ends brought into alineinent. Two strips 7 of sheet metal, preferably steel or iron, are laid across the ends of the staves and so disposed that portions 8 of these strips slightly overhang the adjacent ends of the staves. The strips 7 are provided with integral portions 9 having facets 10. ly means of nails 11 or other appropriate fastenings, the strips 7 are secured to the adjacent end portions of the staves. At 12 are head boards made somewhat like the end pieces of any other barrel.

'lhe device thus completed constitutes the container as ready for shipment in large quantities or for handling in bulk. ln this form, the container occupies practically no more room than would be necessarily occupied by the staves and strips, no matter in what form the saine may be arranged. l/Vhile in this form, the containers may be grouped together and made up into a bale or package containing any convenient number and such bales or packages may be shipped and otherwise handled at a minimum of cost.

For convenience in assembling the various parts of this form of container, I employ a pair of massive hoops 13, provided with ends 14, adapted to be brought close together. These massive hoops 13, because of their use, I designate as reducing bands. The container, shown in Fig. 4, is bent round, substantially into cylindrical form, so that the projecting portions 9 of the strips 7, slightly overlap the opposite end portions of these strips, as may be understood from Fig. 1. This done, the reducing bands 13 are slipped over the ends of the container. A number of mandrel bars 15, each having its middle portion wider than its end portions, as indicated in Fig. l, are spaced substantially equi-distant and in enga gement with the reducing bands 13. Two hoops 16 of large diameter are next slipped over the ends of the mandrel bars and driven, by hammering or otherwise, so as to grip upon the comparatively thick or wide portions of the mandrel bars, The mandrel bars thus exert pressure upon the reducing bands 13 and :in doing this, they form the container in the shape of a barrel, which, however, has no bilge. The overlapping portions of the strips 7 are then secured together by nails, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Thenprojecting portions 8 of the strips 7 are next bent inwardly or cupped, as shown at 8. Before thus cupping the portions 8, however, the head boards 12 are placed in position, so that the eupping of the portions vducing bands 13 are removed.

8 secures the head boards and this fixes the barrel heads as indicated `more particularly kin Fig. 2. This done,'the hoops Y16 are slipped off and the mandrel bars l5r and re- If desired, additional bands 17 whichfmay be ymerely wires or narrow strips of metal, can be placed around the container. This is preferably Ydone before the mandrel bars are removed as indicated at 17 in Fig. 3.

In some instances,- as shown inFig. 5, metallic strips 18 are secured upon staves 20,

Vin such a manner that the staves are spaced widely apart. Y`The strips 18 areprovided with 'f portions'lf), which are bent over Vand caused to overlap or overhang the adjacent Y' i portions of the head boards 21. These head Vbeards'are of `such Vform that when'placed together, they constitute heads, which, howeyer, are not 1n this instance, circular. 71th the boards thus arranged, the finished container is a crate with lattened sides, as may Vbereadily understood from Fig. 5,-the staves 1. In a device ofthe characterdescribed,

a `number'of staves disposed parallel with eachother, and a pair ofV strips `secured to VVtheend `portions of the staves and project- Y ing beyond'the ends thereof, said Vstrips be' ing of such thickness and inalleability that Vthey are adapted to be bent in the direction of their length and in a direction lateral to their length, whereby when the staves are formed into a hollow body the projecting portion of each strip serves as means for securing a head on said body.

2. A device of the character described, comprising` a plurality of staves disposed substantially parallel with each other and having their ends in alinenient, a pair of strips secured to said staves and projecting beyond the ends thereof, said strips heilig made of metal and free to be bent in the general direction of their own length, said strips being of proper thickness and malleability to be bent each in a direction crossing its length,`so as to occupy a plane crossing the general direction in which said staves extend, and heads resting upon the staves encompassed and engaged'by the projecting portions of said strips to hold theni in position.

3. A container, comprising a plurality of staves, metal strips secured to the stares at their ends and having portions projecting beyond the ends of the staves, and heads resting upon the ends of the staves and of less thickness than the distance the projecting portions of the stri ps project beyond the staves, whereby the portions of the strips beyond the heads are adapted to be bent iii wardly to form a flange overlying the heads.

In witness whereof I have signed my naine to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDW'ARD JACKSON YORK.

Witnesses P.' C. DiciisoN, Gno. JONES.

Copies of this patent Vmay be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents f Washington, D. C."

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