US1382323A

US1382323A - Wire-bound box

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Publication number: US1382323A
Application number: US370597A
Authority: US
Inventors: Secker Maurice Edward Stagg
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1920-04-01
Filing date: 1920-04-01
Publication date: 1921-06-21
Anticipated expiration: 1938-06-21

Description

M. E. s. SECKER.

WIRE BOUND BOX.

M. E. S. SE-CKER. WIRE BOUND BOX.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 1-. 1-920.

Patented June 21, 1921.

2 SHEETSSHEET 2.

PATENT OFFICE.

MAURICE EDWARD STAGG SECKER, OE LONDON, ENGLAND.

WIRE-BOUND BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 21, 1921.

Application filed April 1, 1920. Serial No. 370,597.

To all w from it may concern:

Be it known that I, MAURICE EDWARD SrAee SEOKER, a subject of the King of England, residing in (latford, London, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in l/Vire-Bound Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is for improvements in or relating to wire-bound boxes, and is par ticularly applicable to that type of box which is commonly used as a packing for two or more tins of petrol. In such boxes the sides are generally made of thin or ply wood, each side consisting of one or more strips 'of wood secured together. These strips are generally held by battens and it is found that cases so formed are readily damaged in transit, and moreover are generally seriously damaged when the case is opened, as the nails used in closing the sides down are frequently clenched over and in any case the withdrawing of nails splinters the thin wood from which the case is constructed. In boxes according to the present invention, these objections are overcome, and a strong box which may be utilized time after time is provided.

The use of the invention as applied to a packing case for petrol tins is only given by way of example, and not by way of limitation.

According to the present invention a wire-bound box of the type having one or more single wires,each of which is applied to the box so as to constitute two substantially parallel binders for a side member thereof is characterized by the fact that the portion of each said wire which bridges between the binders is a long longitudinal span extending clear of the box structure and acting at or near each end as one element of a hinge for wire loops on another side member while the two ends of said single wire also extend clear of the box structure andare shaped to engage a binding wire or wires on an adjacent side member, for example the lid.

Preferably a wire-bound box according to this invention is characterized by the fact that each of three of the side members of the boxhas individually applied to it one or more single wires each of which constitutes two substantially parallel binders both of which extend transversely across from one edge to an opposite edge of the said side member with that portion of the wire which bridges between the binders being a long longitudinal span situated near to and free of one of the edges of the side member to constitute at or near each end one element of a hinge for another side member, and one or both of the two end portions of the wire which extend to or beyond the opposite edge being shaped to engage a binding wire or wires of an adjacent side member.

The parallel portions of the binding wires preferably take the place of the battens hereinbefore referred to, though, if desired, they may be used in conjunction with such battens.

In one preferred construction the substantially parallel portions of the aforesaid single wire extend around and are secured to three side-members of the box.

In another construction each of the three side-members of the box has a single wire applied to it in the mannenhereinbefore described, the end portions of the wire on one side-member being connected to the hinged side portion of the wire of an adjacent sidemember. Other features of the invention will be more clearly understood from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of one form of box, (showing the box structure in skeleton with the wire in full) with the lid raised;

Fig. 2 is a similar view to Fig. 1 show ing the lid closed and secured in place;

3 is a similar view to Fig. l of a modified construction of box, and

Fig. shows a box blank for four of the sides of the box shown in Fig. 3.

Like letters indicate like parts throughout the drawings.

Referring to the construction illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 a box is shown having three

sides

1, 2 and 3, a lid a and ends 5. The latter are preferably stiffened and strengthened by the provision of battens 6. To the sides 1, 2 and 3 a single wire is applied in such a manner that starting from one end 10 secured to the side 1, the wire then passesat v11 transversely across the side 2 and at 12 transversely across the side 3, the parts 10,

11 and 12 being substantially in a plane parallel with the boX ends; The wire is then carried at a small distance beyond and free or" the top edge of the side 3 in a part 7 13 and terminates in portions 1 1, 15 and 16 similar and parallel to the portions lO, 11 and 12 respectively. At the two

ends

10 and 16 the wire is formed into loops by bending the end of the wire back onto itself and se curing that end to the side 1, the loops being bent outwardly slightly from the side 1. These loops form means for securing the free ends of the wlre of the 11d to be hereinafter described. These free ends are j shown at 20 and are each projections from a separatewire which passes completely across the outer side of the lid at 21 and back along the underside oi the lid at 22, the looped portions between the

arms

21 and 22 which outstand fromthe edge of the lid 4 being passed around the part 13. The latter constitutes one element of the hinge for the V lid while the loops between the parts 21 and I V 22 form the other elements thereof. 2

binders, a hinge-element and fastener-ele- 4O 1 and quickly secured in its closed position It will be seen therefore that a single wire isapphed to the three

sides

1, 2 and 3 in such a'manner as to'providetwo parallel ment for the lid wires; V

' The

sides

1, 2 and 3 may,.1f desired, be socured together by naillng or otherwise as 'may be found desirable, and the ends 5 may belet into grooves'or rabbets formed in the innerfaces oi the

sides

1, 2 and 3. ln whatever manner the sides and ends are connected to gether it will be seen that a box is provided having a hinged lid which may be readily by means of the wires 20 and loops 10 and the box it is only necessary to bend back the turned-over portions of the ends 20 to tree the lid so that no damage is done to'it as with light packing cases having nailed down hdshitherto employed. The manner oi fastening otf'th'e' ends 20 in the loops and 16 is shown in Fig. 2 and such a faste ing is readily adapted to the application or a lead or other seal to the doubled-back por tion'of the ends 20 in'order to detecttampering or other unauthorlzed opening of the case; 7

. The'wires'as shown maybe used in the place of the customary strengthening battensor in addition to the battens in which latter case they serve as a reinforcement to the battens in: strengthening the packing case. V V

V In the constuctlon shown in Figs. '3 and 1, each of the sides 1, 2 and8 and the lid- 4 has ap 'nied to it a single wire separate from the wire on an ad acent side. Thuson the 16. ltloreover, when it"is desired. to own side member 1, the wire constitutes two looped ends 30 with a bridging portion 32 between them which is spaced away slightly from the edge of the side land which constitutes one member or" a hinge for the wire ends on the adjacent side-member 72. The wire on the side-member 2 comprises two parallel arms 10 (secured to its outer surface) which are doubled around to loop over the portion 32 and are secured as shown at 11 to the inner surface of the side-member 2. The connecting portion 412' betweenthe two parallel binders 4E0 constitutes the hingeforloops provided by similar

binding wires

50,51 on" the side member 3, and asbei ore, the-connecting portion 52 between the two arms 50 areengagedby loops formed by the two

parts

60 and 61 ot twosimilar wires on the side- 7 lid, so that to open the box it is only neces} sary to turn back the ends 62 to disengage L 7 them rrom the loops 30 when the 1m Wlll be free to open.

, The ends 5 may conveniently be provided with tenons 81161111 1111 corresponding mortises in the sides 1 and 2 and preferably the tenons and mortises are so formed as to constitute dovetailed oint as illustrated. With such a'construr-tion battens similar to'the bat tens 6 shown in FigsJl and 2 may be pro vided to strengthen the ends if desired. 7

It will be understood that the

sides

1, 2 and 3, can'be secnredto the ends 5 by other means than those illustratedsior example by lightly nailing them together or securing them in any other convenient-manner.

Instead otiorming the loops' lO and 16 or the loops SO in'the manner illustrated, they may be formed by carrying the ends nearer to the top'edge of the side '1, then bendingthem at right-angles and stapling them t5 the side meniber after buckling them to provide loops as illustrated in dotted linesat' X in Fig. I

o it is obvious that the invention admits oi 'many modifications without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. For e2 mple, for larger b'oXes,t\vo or more sets of wires such as those described may be applied side by side to the various side-members,

' each set constituting parallel binders,-hinge elements and one or more loops or catches. Moreover, wlre according to the present invention could be applied as a reinforcement to existing boxes whereof the side-members are nailed or otherwise secured together with or without wood battens.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A wire-bound box having applied to a side member thereof a binding-element which (a) is in the form of a single length of material constituting two substantially parallel. binders, (b) has a portion bridging between said binders in the form of a long Longitudinal span extending clear of the box-structure and acting in the region of each of its ends as a hinge-element for another box-member, and (c) has its two free ends extending clear of the box-structure and shaped to engage a binding element on an adjacent box-- member, combined with a second hinge-element and a binding element at other parts of the box-structure to engage respectively with the span and the free ends aforesaid.

2. A wire-bound box comprising a side member having spaced binding elements secured thereto, said elements being formed from a single length of material having a long longitudinally extending span portion bridging them in the region of one edge of said. side, and a lid having spaced binding elements secured thereto and projecting beyond the opposite sides of the lid, the projecting portions of said binding elements at one side of the lid being adapted to engage with said longitudinally extending span portion approximatel at each end of it, and at the opposite side with spaced binding elements on an adjacent side member, substantially as described.

3. A wire-bound box, comprising a side having spaced binding elements secured thereto, said elements being connected by a longitudinally extending span portion and having their free ends adapted to enga e binding elements on another portion of t e box, and a lid having spaced binding elements secured thereto and projecting beyond the opposite sides of said lid, certain of the projecting portions of said last mentioned binding elements being adapted to engage said longitudinally extending span portion approximately at each end thereof, substantially as described.

4-. A wire-bound box having applied to a side member thereof a binding element, com prising a single length of material. onstituting two substantially parallel binders connected by a portion bridging said binders, said portion being in the form of a longitudinal span extending clear of the box structure and serving as a hinge element for another box member, the free ends of said material extending clear of the box structure and shaped to engage a binding element on an adjacent box member, and a second hinge element and binding element at other parts of the box structure to engage with said span approximately at each end thereof, substantially as described.

A wire-bound box having applied to a side member thereof a binding element comprising a single length of material constituting two substantially parallel binders connected by a portion bridging said bind ers, said portion being in the form of a longitudinal span extending clear of the box structure and serving as a hinge element for another box member, the free ends of said binders extending clear of the box structure and shaped to engage a binding element on an adjacent box member, and a lid having a binding element engaging with said span, substantially as described.

6. A wire-bound box having applied individually to each of three contiguous side members thereof a binding element, comprising a single length of material constituting two substantially parallel binders extending transversely from one edge to an opposite edge of its side member, and a portion bridging said binders, said portion being in the form of a longitudinal span extending near to and free of one of the edges of its side member and serving as a hinge element for another side member, said binders having their free ends formed to engage with the span of an adjacent side member to constitute a hinged connection therebetween, substantially as described.

7. A wire-bound box having applied individually to each of three contiguous sidc members thereof a binding element comprising a length of material constituting two substantially parallel binders extending transversely from one edge to an opposite edge of its side member, a portion connecting said binders, said portion being in the form of a longitudinal span extending near to and free of one of the edges of its side member and serving as a hinge element for another side member, at least one of the free ends of the binding element of one of the contiguous side members being shaped to engage a binding wire of an adjacent side member, and the said free ends of the binding elements of two others of the contiguous side members being engaged with and hinging on the spans respectively on adjacent side members, and a fourth side element having on it a hinge element and engaging device to engage respectively with the span and free ends of the adjacent side members on either side thereof, substantially as described.

8. wire-bound box having applied individually to each of three contiguous side members thereof a binding element comprising a length of material constituting two substantially parallel V binders extendingv parallel from one edge to an opposite edge of its side member, a portion bridging said binders in the form of a longitudinal span thereeeross and engaging at one edge said free ends and at the opposite ed 'e engaging the span of en'adjeeent side member, sub- 10 stentially as described. 7

In testimony whereof- I affix my signature.

MAURICE EDWARD STAGG SEQKER-