US1969409A - Bottle shipping crate - Google Patents

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Aug 7, 19321. w. C. KRAUSE 1,969,409l

` BOTTLE SHIPPING CRATE Filed Aug. 7, '1933 Patented ug. 7, V41934 uliifrsoA STATES? PATE-Nr y clerics BOTTLE SHIPPING CRATE William 'C'. Krause, Milwaukee, Wis. 1 l n Application August 7,1933, serial No. 684,039

I' 2 claims.

This invention appertainsto crates vand more particularly to a novel `case or the like commonly theI han- 4Thus, considerable stress is placed upon the rivets and the boards or slats soon Work loose from the rivets and are pushed down one upon the other causing the entire disintegration of the case in a comparatively short time.

Many attempts (see my prior Patent No.

1,702,874, issued to me February 19, 1929) have been made to overcome the above difficulties, but to my knowledge none of these attempts have `been successful to the most desirable point.

It is, therefore, one of the salient objects of ymy invention to provide novel means for constructing the angle irons whereby the slats or boards will be correctly spaced for ventilation slats or boards from breaking away from the rivets.

Another important object of my invention is jto provide a novel means for constructing the .corner irons whereby any stress or force placed upon the top or bottom face of the crate will be effectively distributed from the top of the crate to the bottom, the novel means of forming the `corner irons permitting the easy and quick placing of the slats in position without undue difficulty on the part of the workmen assembling the crates.

A further important object of my invention is the provision of a bottle case or crate having novelly constructed'corner irons for receiving and connecting the slats or boards forming the side and end walls of the case, the irons having struck out therefrom inwardly directed horizontally disposed lips or loops, which lips or loops are adapted to be positioned between the slats and to extend from one slat to the other, whereby the slats will not only be effectively spaced, but whereby any force exerted on the top or bottom slats or boards will be transmitted directly from one slat or board to the next, so that said force will be distributed to the ground or other support on which the case is positioned.

that will besimple and easy to manufacture and,

' invention illustrating the use of the improved cor` A Suu further object-f my invention lis kto provide a novel bottle case of the abovecharacter, which will be durable and eiiicient :in use, V'one one which can be placed upon the market at a""`0 low cost.

With these and other objects, in view, theY invention consists in the novel construction, arrangementand formation of parts, aswill be hereinafter morek specifically described, claimed and illustrated` in the accompanying drawing, in

which:- l y Figure 1 is a fragmentary end elevation'of a bottle case constructed in accordance with.

ner iron. o Figure 2 is a Vertical section through thevcase taken on the line`2-2 of Figure 1 looking in the direction of the arrows, illustrating the novelD formation of the lips or loops struck out from the LN corner iron. l Figure 3 is a detail horizontal section taken on the line 3 3 of Figure 1 looking in the direction of the arrows, illustrating the construction of.m the lips or loops struck out from thecorner iron.

Referring to the drawing in detail, wherein similar reference characters designate the correv sponding parts throughout the several views, the letter A generally indicates a fragment of a bottle case or crate constructed in accordance with my"` invention. As shown, the case A embodies side and end walls 5 and 6 each of which are formed from a plurality of superimposed slats or boards 7.

'I'he side and end walls 5 and 6 and slats there-n of are connected by means of corner irons 8?90 These angle irons 8 may be formed from sheet metal of the desired gauge and are of an angle shape in cross section, and each includes like right-angularly extending ilanges 9 and 10. Ther` upper and lower ends of the angle or corner irons L 8 are provided with in-,turned extensions 11 and l2 for engaging over the upper and lower edges of the crate and may be otherwise treated to form an effective support such asA illustrated in4 l my prior patent heretofore Vreferred to.- g "10o The angle or corner irons can also beprovided with offset projections 13 at their upper ends for the purpose of interengaging the lower edge of an adjacent crate Vstacked thereonl, Rivets or the like 14 extend through the flanges "105 of the corner irons and through the slats or` boards 7 forming the side and end walls of the case. i

The above description of the case can be con-f, sidered as exemplifying an ordinary type of case ent.

In accordance with the present invention, I strike out from the flanges 9 and 10 of the corner irons at spaced points inwardly directed lips or loops 15. These rlips or loops are formed by slitting the metal of the corner irons at spaced parallel points and forcing that portion of the metal between the pairs of slits inwardly, as

clearly shown l.in the various figures of the draw- As illustrated more clearly in Figure 2,-these lips or loops 15 occupy the entire height ofthe section iflangesgwa-nd loops struck out from said flanges at space between the diiferent slats or boards' 7 and thus, the lips or loops extendfffrom. one gslat to the other giving a substantial metal-to-metal contact throughout the entire height'of the-case. Obviously, when a Weight'orforce is placedton top or bottom of the crate, vthisr Yforce will be transmitted through the mediumloffthe lips from one slatto the other andthence, to the groundorfothersupportron which'the crate-may jbeplaced.` j-'Ihis in eifectgivesa pillar construe-- *"'tion in *each* corner of the caseY and-effectively veliriiinates allstresson the rivets 14- which'eliminatesl thetearing away "of Ythe slats or boards from boards, and lipsv struck out from the flanges of said rivets,

1If lips-zwere'struck outV entirely from the corner irons and" merely `placed intovengagement` with `the lower-edges ofthe slats', obviously'these lips jwould bend-when lundue stress `Was placed vupon ftheslats'andthus; thestress will again vbe transmitted to theY rivets.

fectively transmitted from one slat tothe other 'throughsaid loops or lips 15. Y

y Lvr From the foregoing description, it can be seen that I have provided a novel corner iron construction for crates which will insure the maximum longevity to the crates and at the same time facilitate the construction thereof in that the lips form an effective means for properly spacing vthe slats one from the other and thus,

vention, but what I claim'as new is:-

spaced parallel points, said loops being disposed linl Y horizontalv plane and constituting integral y sections ofmetal forced inwardly from the flanges between 4spaced parallel slits formed in said flanges, the upper and lower edges of the loops forming flat, slat abutting and supporting faces. 2. AIn a bottle case including-side andend walls, each-consisting of `anplurality of superimposed 'spaced' boards, cornerv irons connecting-the meeting ends of the walls together, "rivets extending through'thepflangesoffthe corner irons and the the corner-irons extending into lthe ''spacesbetween-'the boards; vsaid lips constituting sections of metal forcedinwardly from the-flanges'oflthe f corner irons betweenfspaced parallelslitsv formed in saidcornerfirons; the upper andnlower edges vof'thelips being parallell and constituting abutting facesrengagingfthei upper andlower edges of adjacent boards.'

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