US1852196A - Box form - Google Patents

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April 5, 1932. V H TURNER 1,852,196

BOX FORM Filed May 25, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet l 1 .1.

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April 5', 1932. L. H. TURNER BOX FORM Filed May 25. 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet .Pltiu Z Patented Apr. 5, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT" orrics LEE 3. TURNER, or- YA'KIMA, WASHINGTON 1 BOX'FOR-M Application filed May 25,

capable of being made at less expense'than heretofore.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the invention appertains.

lVith the above and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows in front elevation a device constructed in accordance with the invention, parts bein broken away, and parts being in section; Flgure 2 is top plan; Figure 3 is an end elevation; Figure 4 1s a fragmental front elevation, with the box dotted in place, as it will appear during the final step in completion of the box; Figure 5 is a fragmental horizontal section; Figure 6 is a fragmental rear elevation.

In carrying out the invention, there is provided a frame, including end members which are 'L-shaped, each end member comprising a vertical standard .1, provided at its lower end with a forwardly extended horizontal foot 2, disposed at right angle to the standard. Vertical abutments 3 are located at the outer edge of each standard, and are connected to the standards and to the feet 2. The standards 1 are provided at their upper ends with rearwardly extended horizontal heads 4. Owing to the specific L shape of the end members, as shown clearly in Figure 3, the cost of the material is reduced greatly, and it is not necessary to provide expensive 1931. Serial No. 539,911.

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The end members areheld in place by longitudinally adjustable ties 5, which'may be bolts, with nuts on them, the bolts being mounted in the heads 4,as Figures-2 and 3 will show. The longitudinally adjustable ties 5 adaptthe machine for boxes of different sizes, and they also enable the endmembers of the frame to be adjusted to parallel relation, to facilitate the making of the boxes, as will be disclosed hereinafter. Onthe outer edges of the heads 4 there are upstanding plate-like wings 6, having bevelled forward ends 7 which facilitate the introduction of the material into the machine. j

At their rear ends, the wings 6 have outwardly extended flanges 8. In the inner surfaces of the wings 6, there are'vertical seats 9 in which retainers 10 are Vertically adjustable; The retainers 10 extend upwardly above the upper'edgesof the wings 6, and haveholesll arranged in vertical lines, as shown in Figure 3 the holes being adapted to securing elements 12, suchas bolts, mounted in the wings 6 and permitting the aforesaid vertical adjustment of the retainers 10.

The machine comprises a back, andethe back includes a bar 1 1, having slots 15 in it ends, these slots being adapted to receive holding devices 16,such as" screws (Figure 5), mounted in thefianges 8 of the wings 6; The back bar 14 is provided with arms 17 extended upwardly above the back'bar 14, and having shoulders18 which rest on the upperedge of the back bar. The arms 17 are connectedto the back bar 14 by securingmembers 1-9.

Clamps 20 cooperate with the wingsi6 in holding certain parts of the box, as will be 7 described hereinafter. The clamps 20 are connected by hinges 21 to the inner edges of the heads 4. Springs 22 arecontain'ed-in the hinges 21 and tend to swingthe clamps 20 toward the wings 6, so as to hold the box-parts,

in the construction of the box; The clamps. 20 have upper inwardly inclined fingers 23. On the forward edges of the clamps 20ther e are inwardly extended fingers24. Under the action ofthe springs 22, the clamps '20 swing for the support f ted position of Figure 3, and 7 side is fixed in place.

inwardly to the position of Figure i, and then the movable leaves of the hinges 21 engage the heads 4, as shown at 100 in Figure 4, and hold the clamps with the fingers 23 slanting downwardly toward the wings 6, and with the fingers 24 slanting backwardly toward the wings, tofacilitate the introduction of the material between the clamps and the wings.

In practical operation, the boxends 25, are

' set up on the heads 4 and are heldbythe spring clamps 20 against the retainers 10.

Owing to the positions assumed by the'fingers 24 and 23 ofthe clamps 20 with respect to the wings 6 in Figure 4, the box ends can be slid to-place either horizontally a-ndback- 'wardly or vertically and downwardly, and

abut against the back bar 145.v The bottom 26 of the box is laid on the upper edges of the ends 25 and is held against horizontal move ment by the retainers '10 and the arms 17.

The cleats 27 are placed on the bottom 26 (if cleatsare used), inengagement with the retainers ,10.0f Figure 4., After the cleats 27' are nailed, the partially completed box is taken off the heads 4 and is setup against the standardsl, on the feet 2, between the abutments 3, and the side 28 is nailed to place.

nally adjustable to permit the end members to be adjusted toward andaway from each other, retainers on thewings and extending upwardly'above the wings, and means for holding the retainers in vertically adjusted positions. 1

H 3. A box-form comprising end members having approximately horizontal heads, upstanding wings at the outer edges of the heads, a back connecting the rear portions ofthe wings and clamps hinged to the inner edges of the heads, the clamps being provided'at their upper ends with inwardly-inclined fingers, and being provided on their forward edges with inwardly-inclined 7 fingers, the clamps swinging outwardly 1 toward the wings, until theclamps engage the, heads, and

stop, with the first-specified fingersslanting downwardly toward the wings, andgwith the second-specified lingers slanting backwardly toward the wings. e In testimony that as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature,

' LEE H. TURNER,

Finally, the box, is turned over from the dotthe opposite What is claimed is:.

'1. A box forin comprising ,l-shaped end is going forward beyond the degree of completion attained on the heads, abutments located in the angles formedby the feet and the standards and engaging theends of the partially completedzbox on the feet, and a tie connecting the end members, the .tiebeing longitudinally adjustable to vary the distance between the abutments, and to vary the distance between the said part-holding means on the heads. V

2. A box-form comprising end members,

vupstanding wings at the'outer edges of the tops of the end members, movable clamps cooperating. with the wings and located at I claim the foregoing,

the inner edges of the tops of the end members, a backbar extended between the rear edges of the wings, an upstandingarm on the back bar, ineans for connecting the ends of the back bar adjustably to the rear edges of the Wings to permit the wings to be adj-usted toward and away from each-other,

along withthe. end member's,a tie connecting the end members,the tie being longitudi

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