US1503178A - Lock-joint receptacle - Google Patents

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July 9, 1924. 1,503,178

G. x, WENDLING v LOCK JOINT REGEPTAGLE Filed March 27. 192s XMMS@ 7% Y lwood of a non-splitting nature.

Patented `luly 29, 1924.

GEORGE X. WENDLING, or sAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

LOCK-JOINT RECEPTACLE.

Application led March 27, 1923. Serial No. 628,009.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE X. IVEND- Lino, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city and county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lock- `Joint Receptacles, of which the following i-s a specification.

This invention relates to improvements 1n receptacles generally, and more particularly to boxes constructed of wood or partthe nails are driven through and to reduce the splitting of the free edges of the walls at points beyond the points through which the nails are driven adjacent to the edges, it is necessary to utilize relatively thick Taking this precaution the box willreadily' split and break off, particularly at the edges reducing the capacity of the box, and even rendering the same useless.

' In my present invention, by the employment of staples, having relatively long Shanks, in securing the walls to the ends, and b-y positioning the staples at certain points, I am enabled to manufacture a box having walls of relatively thin material. By driving the staples with one prong entering the box or lug at a point beyond the edge of the wall, and the other point passing through the wall with the bridle straddling the edge of the wall, the splitting and breaking off of the edge of the wall forming board or member, so common in the present type of box, is reduced to a'minimum, and is under ordinary conditions eliminated. The enabling-of the use of relatively thin material for the walls conserves the forest product, and the employment of staples in the place of nails, and the driving of the same to embrace the edge of the wall, with their bridles disposed across the grain, permits the use of thin splitty material not now adapted for use in the manufacture of boxes. 'This method o f manufacture permits the construction of a box relatively light in weight, capable of withstanding hard use, and of a carrying and load capacity corresponding to those boxes, the side walls of whichare of relatively thick material.

With the above mentioned and other objects in View, the invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and set forth in the claim hereto appended, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size and minor details of construction within the scope of the claim may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, illustratingone embodiment of the invention Fig. l is a view in perspective of the preferred embodiment of my invention.

F ig. 2 is a view in end elevation with the end wall partly broken away illustrating the preferred manner of driving and positioning the staples.

Referring more particularly to the drawings forming a part of this specification, and wherein like characters of reference designate corresponding parts, the numerals l indicate the box ends of relatively heavy structure. To the upper or top edges of the ends I have illustrated a conventional form of lug 2 mounted thereon and secured thereto by staples 3. The numerals t and 5 designate respectively the side and bottom walls, and the same are of relatively thin material approximately the thickness of veneer. The side walls and bottom walls are secured to the endsV by staples driven thereinto with their bridles 6 disposed at an angle to the plane of the' end members, and with their Shanks 7 extending a considerable distance into the ends l.

It will be observed that to protect the upper free edge of the side walls 5, I drive one shank of a staple into the end of the lug and the other through the wall and into the box end, with the bridle 6 straddling the edge of the wall beyond the point of penetration of the shank passing therethrough. This construction prevents the outward bending of that portion of the wall t above the point of penetration of the staple shank, and precludes the splitting of the wall at this point which is so common` in nailed boxes. At the corners, the Shanks 7 of the staples are driven one through eaehA side Wall,i and bottom ,Wall diagonally across the'grain of the box end with the bridle 6 embracing the edges ot' the respective Walls beyond the points of penetration of 'thefshanks, thus preventing the splitting of the Walls at Ythis point. The bottom Wall 5 of the box is illustrated as being constructed of two members, and in securing the same in position the staple Shanks laredriven in such 4manner that the bridle 6 embraces the edges of the wall forming pieces, thus preventing their splitting at points beyond the penetration of the staple Shanks. If desirable or necessary,fdepending on the size of the box, the walls may be split to the ends at points intermediate their edges.

I claim A lug box, including a pair of ends of Arelatively thick material, side and bottom lugs mounted on the upper edges o the ends and having overhanging portions extending inwardly of the box, and staples` securing said side and bottom Walls to said ends having the bridles arranged in inelined relation with respect to the ends of the box to position the ends of said staples out of line With the grain of the Wood to prevent splitting of said ends, certain of said staples having one leg embedded in the box end, the bridles extending beyond the free upper edges of the sides in in clined relation to said ends and the other legs embedded in the overhanging portions of said lugs, for preventing splitting of. the box ends and the upper free edges of the sides and for reenforcing the'eonnection of the lugs with the box ends.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification. t

GEORGE x. WENDLING.

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