US1870676A - Packing case - Google Patents

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Aug 9, 1932 c. R. FRANKLIN ET AL, 1,870,675

PACKING' CASE Filed'Nov. 1s, 1929 INVENTOR. Charles E Fr Edward Enldswnr't By /f/ ATTORNEY.

ankl'm Patented Aug. 9, 1932 UNITED STATES VPATENT oFF-lcs CHARLES R. FRANKLIN, OF DOVER, AND EDWARD GOLDSWORTHY, F WHARTN, NEW JERSEY i A PACKING CASE Application led November 1.*6, v15.329. Serial No. 407,744:

(GRANTED UNDER THE ACT 0F MARCH 3, 1883, AS AMENDED APRIL 30, 1928; 370 0. Gr. 757) The invention described herein may be manufactured and used by or for the Government for governmental purposes, without the payment to us of any royalty thereon.

g This invention relates to improvements in packing cases and has reference more particularly to a special case for containing perforated articles such as the owder rings used as the propellant charge for trench mortar projectiles.

The principal objects of the invention are to provide a packing case suitable for storage as well as transportation and having a supporting arrangement for the articles to be placed therein which will not only facilitate their preparation for packing and form a convenient means for unpacking and dispensing but will also insure against breaking and deformation.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention resides in the novel arrangement and combination 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.

A practical embodiment of the invention 1s illustrated in the accompanying drawing,

wherein:

Fig. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of the improved packing case;

Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof with the cover removed;

Fig. 3 is an end view of the case, parts being broken away to show the separators in elevation; and

Fig. 4 is a view in detail of the separating plates.

Referring to the drawing reference:

The packing case consists of a box 5, preferably of wood and having smooth inside walls. A hinged cover 6 is arranged to be secured by fasteners 7 The means for supporting the articles that are to be placed in the case comprises a series of racks, each consisting of a number of rods 50 8 individually supported in semi-circular reby numerals of cesses or bearings 9 formed inv separating plates 10. The recesses are formed in both Vthe upper and lower sides of the plates 10 so that when the plates are positioned one above the other against the end walls of the box v therods will be confined between adjacent plates. The lowermost and the uppermost plates 11 are provided with recesses on only one side.

The rods are designed to carry perforated '50 articles 12 which are to be placed in the case and, accordingly, they are dimensioned to closely it the perforation in the article and thereby hold the article against movement transversely of the rod. The rods are ar- 05 ranged so that when assembled in the box, each row of the article will be spaced from adjacent rows.

When the articles are resilient they may be compressed so that when the rod is placed in the opposite recesses of the separating plates the articles will exert a pressure on the plates to securely hold them in position. However, when the articles are non-resilient or brittle, a resilient washer 13 is placed on 75 each end of the rod to serve the above purpose as well as to protect the end articles. When the cover 6 is lowered and secured the separating plates will be held against vertical displacement.

The supporting arrangement is particularly advantageous when used for powder rings as it prevent-s shifting of the rings during transport and affords ventilation between the rows. The final operation in forming 35 the powder rings consists in sewing the ends of a tube together and the operator may conveniently place the completed ring on the rod. When the powder rings are to be sent into the eld for use by troops they are re- 90 packed-sixteen of them being placed in a cylindrical carton. The operator may place the end of the loaded rod into a carton, hold the ring that is iush with the top of the carton and then withdraw the rod.

We claim:

1. A packing case comprising a box, a plurality of separating plates placed one above the other in the ends of the box, the upper and lower sides of the intermediate plates and the inside of the top and bottom Vplates formed with spaced recesses, and a plurality of rods, the ends of each rod fitting in o posite recesses of the separating plates, an the rods dimensioned according to the perforation in the articles to be carried thereby.

n 2. A packing case comprising a box, a phirality of separating plates placed one above the other in the ends of kthe box,the

upper and lower sides of the intermediate plates and the inside of the top and bottom plates formed with spaced recesses, and a plurality of rods, the ends of eachrod ttin'g in op osite recesses of the separatin plates.

3. X packing case comprising aox, re-

movable plates superposed in the ends of the n box, adjoining plates cooperating to form spacedbearings and rods, the ends of each rod receivable in opposite bearings.

CHARLES R. FRANKLIN. EDWARD GOLDSWORTHY.

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