US1427766A

US1427766A - Collapsible crate ok box

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Publication number: US1427766A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1922-09-05
Anticipated expiration: 1939-09-05

Description

D. ADAMS.

COLLAPSIBLE cam on BOX.

APPLICATION FILED IULY 22. I921.

Patented Sept. 5, 1922.

' mcxson ADAMS, 7 or cAivrom; orno.

Application {fil ed I my 22,

' To all whom it may concern lapsible'Crate or Box, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to shipping crates ble sheet metal cra te designed especially for shipping fruit orvegetables although any other goods or material may be shipped therein.

The objects of the invention are to provide a crate of extremely simple construction which may be easily and quickly assembled for shipping or knocked down for'reshipping. p

Afurth'erobject is the provision of a crate of this character in which a minimum number of designs or shapes or shapes of parts is provided, there being only two different designs necessary for the several parts comprising a single crate, the end walls and par tition walls being interchangeable and the top, bottom and side walls being interchangeable, the entire structure being held together when assembled, by a single wire located around each end wall and a wire located around the partition wall in cases where the partition is used.

With these, objects in view the invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, hereinafter described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being understood that various changes in i the form and details of construction may be made within the scope of the appended claims. v

A preferred embodiment thus set forth. in general terms is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a crate embodying the invention;

Fig. 2, a transverse sectional View through the crate and Fig. 3, a section on the line 3-3, Fig. 2.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding. parts throughout the several figures of the drawings.

Although it will be understoodthat the crate may be made in any desired size or shape the form illustrated is an elongated crate provided with a central partition, this being the type of crate'usually employed for shipping fruits or vegetables. The top, botcoL APsIBLn CRATE on Box 1921. seria1 'no.4se,7ee.

tom and side walls of the crate areinterchangeable and are each designated by the numeral 1 and as shown in the drawings, each ofthese members is provided with the spaced, transversely disposed slots 2, near each end and at the center for the attachment of the endand partition walls will be later described; or boxes-and more particularly to a collapsi- The side and endgedges or each of the members 1 is turned back upon the bottom portion of the sheet as shown at 3', thus providing a reinforcing frame around the edge ofeach of these members and at the same time eliminating any sharp edges which might cause injury to those handling the crates.

Each of the endwalls and partition walls is of the same construction, these members being each indicated by the numeral 4. Each of these members is provided around its edges with spaced tubular heads 5 arranged to register with the slots 2 in the side, bottom and top walls 1. The remaining portion of the edge of each of the walls 4 is folded back upon itself as shown at 6 reinforcing these walls and eliminating sharp edges therefrom. i

In assembling the crate the tubular beads 5, of the end and partition walls are passed through the adjacent slots 2 in the top, bottom and side walls, a wire 7 being passed around the outside crate and through, the beads 5 of each wall 4, the ends of the wires being twisted together as shown at 8, thus holding the crate in the closed position.

It will be understood of course that when the crate is assembled preparatory to filling,

the top wall is placed in position, the free ends of the wires 7 extending away from the crate on each side thereof. After the crate is filled, the top wall is then placed in position and the ends of the wires are passed through the tubular heads at the top of the crate and twisted together. i

For the purpose of ventilating the contents of the crate, the walls 1 may be made of slightly less width than the wall 4-, thus providing a longitudinal slot 9 at each corner of the crate and if further ventilation is desired apertures 10 may be provided in the walls 1 and 4c.

It will thus be seen that the crate embodied in the present invention is of very simple and inexpensive construction and may be easily dina and uickly assembled as all of the longitul ly disposed walls are of one design and 1 all of the transversely disposed walls are of one design, the partitions thus being inter changeable.

In order to knock down the crate for reshipment it is only necessary to cut the Wires 7 and remove the same from the tubular beads 5 after which the crate may be easily taken apart and packed for reshipment, the only new material required for reassembling the crate being the Wires.

Iclaim:

LA collapsible crate composed of four similar side sections and two similar end sections, each end section having tubular beads upon its edges, each side section having slots receiving the beads upon the end sections and Wires located around the side sections and extending through the tubular beads of the end sections.

2. A collapsible crate composed of four similar side sections and similar end and partition sections, each end and partition section having tubular beads upon its edges, each side section having slots receivingthe beads upon the end and partition sections and Wires located around the side sections and extending through the tubular beads of the end and partition sections.

Sv A collapsible crate formed of four similar side sections and two similar end'sect-ions, each end section having tubular extensions upon its edges, each side section having slots receiving the-extensions upon the end sections and Wires located transversely around the side sections and through said tubular extensions. v

4. A collapsible'crate formed of four similar side sections and two similar end sections, each end section having extensions upon its edges, each side section having slots receiving the extensions upon the end sections and wires iocated transversely around the side sections and engaging the extensions upon the end sect-ions. I

5. A collapsible crate composed of "tour similar side sections and two similar end sections, each side section being o1 less Width than the end section, each end section having tubular beads upon its edges, each side section having slots receiving the beads upon the end sections and Wires around the side sections and extending through the tubular beads of the-end sections.

In testimony'that I claim the above, I

' have hereunto subscribed my name.

DIGKSON ADAMS.