US1254688A - Shipping-case. - Google Patents

Description

F. L. HAMILTON.

SHIPPING CASE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 3. |914.

Patented 3311.29, 1918.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I INVENTOR FZ. Ham/'lm AT'roRNEvgI/ Patented Jan. 29,1918.

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mwN-rom` pin ar ibn FRANK L. HAMILTON, 0F FORD CITY, PENNSYLVANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-IIALF 'I'OY WILLIAM GREGG, OF FORD CITY, PENNSYLVANIA.

SHIPPING-CASE.

Specification of Letters Patent. ftPghtigniggd ,1t an, 299 1911 Application Vfiled March 3, 1914. Serial N o. 822,14*?.

.To all whom t may concern.' A

Be it known that l, FRANK L. HAMILTON, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Ford City, in the county of Armstrong and State of Pennsylvania, have 1nvented certain new and useful improvements in Shipping-Cases, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing. n

This invention relates to shipping cases, more particularly of the braced knock-down class, and has for its object to provlde a ship ping case particularly adapted for the shipment of plate glass, and which, when set up, presents a rigid structure capable of withstanding rough usage to which it is subjected during transportation, to prevent listing of the case during transportation, and further thoroughly protecting the contents of the case.

A further object of' the invention is to provide, in a manner as hereinafter set forth, a shipping case designed primarily for use in the shipment of plate glass, and having the various elements thereof detachably connected together whereby the case can be conveniently knocked down, and the elements constituting the case used again when occasion so requires, providing a great saving in material. Y

A further object of the invention is to provide a. braced plate glass shipping Case Capable of being assembled and disassembled, and which, when used, will save time in the packing of the glass, loading the case upon a car, unloading the case, and furthermore save time in the unpacking of the case, and also obtain a greater shipment per car than by the method and means now employed for shipping plate glass. c

A further object of the invention is to pro vide a braced shipping case for plate glass whereby greater security is obtained in shipment than is secured by the method and means now employed.r

A. further object of the invention is to provide a `braced shipping case whereby, when employed, the kcost of packing, shipping and unpacking will be materially decreased over the means and method now in vogue for packing, shipping'and unloading plate glass.

v Further objects of the invention are tov provide a braced shipping case for plate glass which is comparatively simple 1n its construction and arrangement, strong, durable, readily set up and conveniently knocked down, efficient in its use, unusually compact vi hen knocked down, comparatively inexpensive to manufacture, and capable of being employed over and over again for storing and shipping plate glass.

Vith the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists of the novel con struction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more specifically described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein is shown an embodiment of the invention, but it is to be understood that changes, variations and modifications can be resorted to which come within the scope o-f the claim hereunto appended.

In describing the invention in detail, reference is `had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters of reference denote corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which :f-

Figure l is a perspective view of a braced shipping case in accordance with this invention;

Fig. 2 is an end view thereof;

Y Fig. 3 is arvertical sectional view, broken away;

Fig. 4: is a vertical sectional view;

Fig. 5 is a disassembled view, broken away, and in perspective of certain elements of the case;

ig. 6 is an end view of a modified form; an

Figs. 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 are views illustrating details of the forni shown in Fig. 6.

Referring to Figs. 1 to 5 of the drawings, the body portion of the case consists of a pair of end walls 12-13, side walls 14.-'15, a bottom 16 and a cover 17.

The side and end walls are formed of metallic plates of the desired thickness and weight and each of said end walls has the top and bottom thereof provided with outwardly .projecting lateral flanges 18-19 respectively, and each of the side walls is provided at its top and bottom with outwardly extending lateral flanges 20-221 The flanges 18, 19, 2O 21 are of the same length as the length of their respective walls, and each of said flanges at each end, is formed with a plurality of openings 22, and the openings of the upper flange register withV the openings of the lower flange. When the lbody portion is set up, the side and end walls abut against each. other as illustrated in Fig.

5, and the said side and end walls are connected together by corner pieces 23 which are angle-shaped, and each of said corner pieces is providech'at its top and bottom, with an outwardly projecting angle-shaped lateral flange, and the legs of eachY of said flanges are indicated at 241-25, and each of said legs is formed with a plurality of openings 26. The corner pieces are positioned against the outer faces of theside and end walls between the flanges 18-19, and 20-21, and the legs 25 of the flanges of the corner pieces yabut against the inner faces of the flanges 2O 21, and the legs 2-1 of the flanges of the corner pieces abut against the inner faces of the flanges 18-19. .The openings Y 26 .register with the openings 22 for the pur- Vpose of passage of hold-fast devices to be presentlyreferred to. The cover 17 and bottom 16 rare formed ofa series of woodenl bars, or if desired, one piece material, and the said series of bars of the bottom 16, and of the cover 17, are secured together by longitudinally extending cleats l27---28 and 29, or if desired, the cleat 2S can be dispensed with. lVhen the cleat 28 is employed, it is disposed centrally with respect to the cover, or the bottom. The cleat 27, as well as the cleat 29, is arranged inwardly with respect to the longitudinal edOe of the cover `17, or the bottom 1G.

The bottom 16, andtheV cover`17, have secured to the outer faces thereof, spaced metallic plates30,7providedwith openings 31. Openings 32 are provided in the bottom 16 v and cover 17 and the said openings 32 register with the openings 31 in the plates 301. Securing devices 33 are .employed for connecting the lplates 30 in position.

The corners of the cover, as well as the corners of the bottom, project over the space 341' formed at the ends of the flanges 18 to 21 whereby the ends of the flanges are protected.

The bottom 16 and cover 17 are provided with openings which register with the openings 22 of the flanges 18 to 21 for a purpose to be presently referred to.

y The bottom 16 is detachably secured to the flanges 19 and 21, by headed bolts 36, which extend through the said flanges 19 and 21, and through Vthe openings 35 in the bottom 16, and further through the openings 31, of the plates 30, which are secured to said bottom 16. The bolts 36 project outwardly from the bottom V16 and have 1nounted thereon nuts 37 which abut against the plates 30. The cleats 27 and 29 act as a protecting medium for the nuts and projecting ends of the bolts in view ofthe fact that the said cleats are of greater height vthe plates 30. The cleats 27-29 oit' the cover 17 protect the nuts 39 on the projecting ends of the bolts 3S.

lVith the foregoing construction and arrangement of parts it is evident that the body portion of the shipping case is formed of a series of elements detach-ably secured together, and which permits of the body portion being conveniently knocked down and set up when occasion so requires.

The legs 2+-25 of the flanges of the corner pieces 23, at the ends of the side wall 15, and one end of the end walls 12-13 are secured to thellanges 18 to 21 by short bolts l() passing through the openings 22-26 and 35, and nuts 41 carried by the bolts L10, and which abut against the bottoni 16 and cover 17.

The legs 25 of the flanges of the corner pieces 23, arranged at the end of the side wall 11, are secured to the flanges 20-21 by bolts and nuts corresponding to the bolts andV nuts Lt0 and h11. The bolts` pass through the said legs 25, flanges 2021, and through the cover and bottom, and the nuts abut against the cover and bottom. A part of the bolts extend through the opening 26-22 and 35.

The legs 2st of the flanges of the corner pieces 23 which are arranged at the other end of the end walls 14.*--15 are secured to the flanges itl- 19, bottom 16 and cover 17 by elongated headed bolts 4:4, and which are provided with nuts L15 abutting` against the cover 16. The elongated bolts 4l fur ther constitute means for securing to tht` body of the case a flanged coupling plate t6@ The flanges of the plate 46 are indicated at 17 and abut against those legs 2l ofthe flanges of the corner pieces 23 through vwhich extend the elongated bolts tllaeh of the coupling plates-16u is provided with an outwardly extending threaded member In for the purpose to be presently referred to.

The shipping ease further includes extensible and contractible pivoted brace nient bers which maintain the case on edge and which extend in opposite directions with respect to each other. and at their upper ends are connected to the threaded inen1 bers 46, and at their lower ends are pir-- otally connected to an anchor. Each of the braces consist of an upper section 4'7". a lower section 48, a turnlmcklo #19. a pair ot jam nuts 50. and an anchor 5l. The upper section 47 has its lower end peripherally 'threaded as at 52, and the lower section 418 has its upper end peripherally threaded as at 53. The turnbuckle 4-9 engages with the peripherally threaded ends 52 of the Leagues sections 471--48 and one of the jam nuts 50 is mounted upon the threaded portion 52 above the upper end of the turnbuckle, and the other jam nut 50 is mounted upon the `threaded portion 53 below the lower end of the turnbuckle 49. The upper end of the section 47a is liattened as at 54 and formed with an opening for the passage of the threaded member 46, and the said flattened end 54 of the section 47a, is secured upon the threaded member 46 by a nut 55. The lower end of the section 48 is iattened as at 56, and extends between a pair of vertically disposed lugs 57, carried by a plate 58. Extending through the lugs 57 and the end 56 ot the section 48, isa pin 59 for pivotally connecting the lower end of the section 48 to the lugs 57. The plate 58 is provided with openings 60 for the' passage olf'hold-tast devices to lixedly secure said plate 58 to a support, by way of example, the floor or wall of the car. The lugs 57, plate 58, and pin 59 constitute an anchoring device for pivotally connecting the lower end of the brace member to a lixed support.

In the modilied form shown in Figs. 6 to 11 of the drawings, the body portion of the box is constructed of wood in lieu of metallic sheets, and referring to said figures, 61 and 62 denote the end walls, and 63-64 the side walls. The side walls overlap the end walls as indicated at 64. The side walls are connected to the end walls by corner pieces 65 in the form of angle members, and the said corner pieces are xedly secured to the said side and end walls by bolts 66, provided with nuts 67.

Each of the side and end walls has provided in its top edge a plurality of rectangular pockets 68, and each of said walls is Yfurthermore provided with vertically extending openings 69, which at their upper end communicate with the pockets 68 and extend to the lower edge of the wall. The openings 69 are disposed centrally with respect to the pockets 68, and are cylindrical in contour.

llhe top 70 and bottom 71 in Figs. 6 to 11 are constructed in the same manner( as the top 17 and bottom 16 employed in connection. with the form shown in `lEigs. 1 to 5, and the openings 32' in the top 70 register centrally with the top of the pocket 68, and the openings 32 in the bottom 71 register with the lower ends of the openings 69.

i series of bolts are employed for coni'iecting the bottom 71 to the side and end walls, prior to the securing of the cover in position, and each of said bolts consists of an elongated tubular shank 72 provided at the lower end with peripheral threads 73, and at the upper end with peripheral threads 74. Each of the Shanks 72 in proximity to the threaded portion 74 is provided with a pair of laterally extending rectangular lugs 75 which are disposed in opposite directions with respect to each other and are adapted to seat in the pocket 68. rllhe portions of the Shanks of the bolts 72 above the lugs 7 5,

project through the cover in position. The lugs 75 prevent turn-.y

ing of the bolts when in position. Nuts 77 are mounted upon the threaded ends 74 and engage the cover or top.

'l`he bolts 66 arranged at one end of thel end wall 63, and at one end of the end wall 64, are extended outwardly to receive a coupling plate 78 which is secured in position by nuts 67. The coupling plate 78 has a depending lug 79, which carries an outwardly projecting threaded bolt 8O provided with a nut for connecting the end 54 ot the section 47 a of the brace member to the box.

From the foregoing construction and arrangement of parts it is obvious that the elements of the body portion of the case can be easily and quickly assembled and disassem bled, and that when the elements of the box are disassembled they can be packed in a compact manner and can be returned to the original shipper in a knocked down position at a comparatively small rate for transportation. lt is also obvious that the brace members can be positioned at different an gles for maintaining the case on end to prevent shifting thereof, or to prevent listing during transportation, and it is furthermore obvious that the anchoring devices can be secured to any suitable support for the purpose ot' maintaining the braces in position.

It is furthermore obvious that the knockdown body portion of the case can be repeatedly used for the transportation of plate glass or other kinds ot merchandise, and vit is furthermore obvious that the box can be made of various sizes and proportions.

What I claim is In combination, a plate glass shipping boa adapted to be supported in shipment upon one edge, a brace pivoted at one end to the end of the box adjacent the other edge of the box, and a toot piece pivoted to the other end of the brace and adapted to be secured to the body of the car in which the box is shipped.

In testimony whereof I aiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

FRANK L. HAMILTON. Witnesses -gfj VMax H. SRoLovITz, Y

NICHOLAS L. BoeAN.

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