US1322962A

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Publication number: US1322962A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1919-11-25
Anticipated expiration: 1936-11-25

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G. W. SESSIONS. CORNER FASTENING.

APPLICATION FILED mm 24, Ian.

Patented Nov. 25, 1919.

A TTORNE WITEE) TATE PATENT @FFIQE. I

GEORGE w. SESSIONS, or NEW YORK,1\I. Y., ASSIGNOR To HERVEY, BARBER & MeKEE, OF NEW YORK, n. Y., A FIRM'COMPOSED 0F EVERETT r. HERVEY; ARTHUR WILLIAM BARBER, AND LANIER MQKEE.

CORNER-FASTENING.

To all whom itmag concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. Snssrons, a-citizen of theUnited States, and a resident of the borough of Manhattan, in the city, county, and State of New York, have mvented a new and useful Corner-Fastening, of which the following is a specification.

The invention is an improvement in corner fastenings for containers or hollow structures, and the object is to provide a fastening, operated from the outside, which is particularly simple and inexpensive, easy to apply and remove, and economical of space in the container. A further object is to provide improved means for retaimng the inner member of the fastening in place during assembling. The invention is particularly applicable to containers of the type covered by the Cochrane Reissue Patent No. 14,294, dated May 1, 1917, which discloses a structure built up of separate flanged wall or side sections united and stayed at the apical corners by pyramidal or virtually pyramidal locking fasteners.

In the drawings illustrating the invention:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of a portion of a container or hollow structure equipped with the novel corner fastening;

Fig. 2 is a similar View illustrating parts in the act of being assembled;

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 33 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a section of a particular form of the inner member of the fastening; and

Fig. 6 is an elevation of an alternative form of the same.

The drawings illustrate fragmentary portions of a container such as contemplated by the said Cochrane Reissue Patent. Each of the six sides or walls of the container is a separate section. The drawings show a top corner, and represent portions of a top or cover wall 6, a side wall 4, and an end wall 1. Part or all of the sections are formed at the edges, and more especially adjacent the apical corners of the container, with flanges or inturned abutments 7 ,whereby they overlap and mutually support each other. The flanges are preferably portions of the sheet material of the sections, bent at right angles to the planes of the respective Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July'24, 1917. Serial No. 182,428.

sides, so that the sections bearing these flanges have the form of trays, which trays maybe suitably graduated so that the whole may be nested together in compact form when the container is knocked down. At the extreme corners openings 12 are out inrthe sections, and in additionthere may be slots or slits 13 between the ends of the flanges 7 leading to the openings 12. In the particular arrangement shown the end sections 1 are received within the sidesections 4,.and the topsection 6 fits over both.

7 The corner fastener comprises an outer member 9 which engages the three exterior planes meeting at the apical corner, and which may be termed a virtually pyramidal cap.. In the apex of this cap is anopening 11. The inner member 8, also virtually pyramidal to meet the three interior faces and hollow tosave room in the container, is provided in accordance with this invention with one orv more, and preferablyv with a pair of, wire prongs 10 extending diagonally outward from its apex. In putting the container together these prongs are passed outward through the

openings

12 and 11, and are then separated and bent over in suitable manner on the outer faces of the cap 9, so as to lock the whole firmly together. In order to hold the inner members in place, and more especially those at the upper corners, lugs 13 are cut from the material of the side or end sections of the container in position to be bent-around the edges of the inner member.-

The

members

8 and 9 maybe made either as castings or of sheet metal. If the inner member is a casting the prongs 10 may consist of two lengths of wire embedded at their inner ends in the casting. Fig. 6 illustrates 'a desirable construction for use with a sheet metal inner member.

In such instance the said member may be provided with a pair of openings 14 adjacent its apex, and the prongs 10 constitute the limbs of acotterpin-like member which are passed through these openings from within, the prongs being then twisted or otherwise suitably secured to keep them from slipping inward.

Fig. 5 illustrates another construction wherein the inner pyramid has an opening of substantial size which is guarded by a washer 15 having a slotted or oblong opening 16 receiving the limbs of a cotter-pinlike member 10 'The base of the member 10? may be expanded as indicated at 17 to form abutment shoulders bearing against the inner side of the washer While the limbs may be provided with one or more bends or corrugations 18 to retain them against being displaced inward. Numerous other modifications may be devised hat I claim as new is:

'1. A corner fasteningfor containers or openings at the apical corners, a corner fastening comprising a virtually pyramidal outer member or capihaving an opening. at its apex, an inner member, anda plurality of bending prongs projecting from its apex to pass through the openings in the wall sections and cap and to be bent over thereon.

3(In combination with a container or the like comprising separate wall sections hav- "ing overlapping flanges and formed with openings at the apical corners, corner pieces comprlslng eachan outer member or cap having an'open'mg iltltS apex and an inner memberharing fastening means projecting from its apex to pass through the openings in the Wall sections and cap, and lugs out from the wal'lfsections cooperative with the inner corner members to retain said mem' bers ;dLiriI1 assemblin 1 the like, the combination of a virtually pyramidal' cap or outer member having an apical -opening,a hollow virtually pyramidal inner member, and a wire projecting from the apex of the inner member to-pass through and be bent over outside the cap.

5. In a corner fastening-for containers or the like, the combination :Vlth. a virtually pyramidal cap having an apical opening,"of a hollow virtually pyramidal inner mem her, and a cotter-pin-like connecting member passed outward through said inner member and retained therein and adapted to pass through the apical opening of the to be bent over thereon. j

6. In acorner fastening'i'or containers or the like, the combination with a virtually pyramidal cap having'an apical opening, of

a hollow virtually pyramidal inner member also having an apical opening, an internal washer guarding said opening, and afcotterpin-like connecting member passed outward through said washer and adapted topass through the apical opening of the'cap and to be bent over thereon. V 1 r GEORGE W. SESSIONS."

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