US1997335A

US1997335A - Crate

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Publication number: US1997335A
Application number: US620579A
Authority: US
Inventors: Frank J Krzyzak
Original assignee: REUPUBLIC BOX Co
Current assignee: REUPUBLIC BOX Co
Priority date: 1932-07-02
Filing date: 1932-07-02
Publication date: 1935-04-09
Anticipated expiration: 1952-04-09

Description

April -9, 1935. F. J. KRZYZAK I 9 CRATE Filed Ju1y2, 1952 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Apr. 9, 1935 ,1 UNITED; STAT f onn'rn g '7 Frank J. Krzy zak, Chicago,,- 111., assignor to Republic Box Company, Chicago, 111., a corporation. of Illinois Application July2, 1932, Serial No. 620,579 3 Claims. (01. 217-20 ,The present invention relates to crates to be used in transporting milk bottles and the like of the type in which there is a reticulated bottom upon portions of which bottles are support 5 ed while other portions of the bottom brace the portions upon which the bottles are supported and give rigidity thereto.

One object of this invention resides in the improved manner of mounting the rods upon which the bottles are mounted. i i

Another object of this invention resides in an improved method whereby the rodswhich support the bottles may be carried by members held in rabbetedportions in the end boards of the crate instead oibeing arranged between adjacent boardsi Another object of this invention resides in attaching the rodswhich support the bottle tometallic strips which thereafter are riveted to s the end boardsof thecrate andform a strong structure which is'preventedifrom warping and shrinking to a great extent and in which the the novel features, arrangements, and combinations beingclearly set forth in the accompanying claims. I

In the drawings: 7 I Fig.1 is aperspective view of a crate embody-. ing my invention, parts thereof being'broken away and omitted 'for the sake. of clearness;

*Fig. 2 is a perspectiveview of the assembly of the end boardsand grid-work forming the .bottom of the crate;

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken substantially along the line .3e-3 of Fig. 1; H Fig 4 is. a fragmentary sectional view taken just above the bottom boards of the assembled .crate; l I

Fig. 5 isa. perspective tion; 1

Fig. 6 is aview similar. to Fig. 4' of the modifications of the invention shown in Fig. 5;- and Figs. 7 and8 are fragmentary detailviews showing the'details of the form of the invention shown v outer surfaceofthe crate andare provided with in Fig.6. a V

.The crate constructed according to my iIlVBIl.

tion hasfour walls, including two end walls and two side walls. The end walls comprise thebottom endboards I3, center end boards H, and top end boards l2, the latter having handholes I 3 therein to enable one to lift the crate. sides of thecrate comprise the bottom side boards plurality of metal strips arrangedin crossedrelation and in rectangular formation, the ends of nailed'to the center end boards ll from the top and the bottom, whereas the strips of the lower view of the bottom or a modified form ofrcrate embodying my inven-.

The'

M, center side boardslfi, and top side boards [6 each superimposed upon, .each' other. Angle irons H are arranged in suitably rabbeted cor ners I8 of the end boardslli, H, and i2, and the side boards have their endsarrangedwithin 5 the angle of the angle iron as is clearly illustratedin Fig. 1. i a i g 'The crate has two separators, a lower separator IS and an upper separator 2i] each composed of a the strips being nailedto the side boards and the end boards. 'As shown in the drawings, the strips which are nailed to the end boards are separators. l9 which are attached to the side boards are attached to the bottom side boards, and the strips of the upper separator are nailed to the center side boards as will be seen froman inspectionof Fig.1. Dowels 2'] are interposed between adjacent boards so as'to hold the boards in vertical alignment with each other. This invention is particularly concerned with the bottom construction of the crate. The bot- 55 tom construction is perhaps best-illustrated in- 1 Figs. 2', 3, and i. In these figures,"22 represents .metal strips or plates which extend the full length of the end boards l0 and each of-these rabbeted portion I8,- as is clearly illustrated by dotted'lines in Fig. 3 sothat when the angle irons" 35 ll are plac ed in the rabbeted portions i8, the angle irons will contact with the surfaces of the" rabbeted portions and also withthe surface of the metalstops, whereby the ends of the :strips 22;

are maintained betweenthe. angle iron and the 1!) end boards. When the side bottom boards: l4 are put inplacetohold the angle irons, the bottom side boards prevent the ends of the strips22 from.

moving toward each other inthedirectionof the length ofthe crate. These strips are riveted atintervals tothe crate by the rivets 25, the outer ends 126 ,of whichare. counter-sunk below the V lel tothe longitudinal dimension of the. crate, 5 i

which rods support the bottles insertedin the openings provided intheseparators l9 and 20.

The ends of the rods are upset as at 29 so as to preventseparation of the rods 28 and strips 22. The rods 28 may be preformed with upset heads at one end; then threaded through the perforations in the off-set portions 23 of one strip; then through openings in the flanges of the channel shaped bracing members 29, and finally through the other strip 22. After this has been done, the

other endsof the rods are upset so as to retain the

members Hand

33 and 28 in assembled relation with respect to each other. H The channel shaped bracing members 39 are provided with ears 3! perforated to receive fastening means. The ears 3! arearranged in the rabbeted portions 32 of the bottom side members l4, and nails are driven through the bottom of .the side members 14 and through the perfora tions in the ears to hold the ears in place within each other slightly less than the space between the bottom end boards when the crate is -assembled. The strips 22 are riveted to the end boards I8 and then after the end members M j and. I2 are superimposed upon the end members the ends of the crate are stretched in a stretching machine" to place the rods 28 under tension so that they will notvibrate and so that r the tension will assist in supporting the bottles.

In'Figs. 5, 6, 7, and 8, I have shown a modified construction in which the rods instead of being connected to a continuous metal strip as in Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive, are connected to end plates 33 having perforations 34 therein for the receptionof a suitable fastening means such as a nail.

Theseplates are inserted in the rabbets 35 and are provided with lugs'36 to limit the amount that these plates can be moved into the rabbets 3.5; After the plates have been inserted in the rabbets, the same are secured by means of nails 3.1 or the like which pass through the end boards 38 and the perforations 34 in the plates 33:. Be-

. forethe plates are connected to theend boards 38-, the rods39 are passed through perforations in the ears '40 on the strips or plates 33 and hooked over as at 4| to form a loop to prevent the separations-f the plates and rods. Channel shaped bracing strips 42, similar to the strips 3.9; in'Figs. 1' to 4 inclusive, are arrangedon the rods in the same manner as in the first modification-described. After the plates 33 have. been. inserted-in the .rabbets 35 and secured in place .bylthe nails 31, and the remaining portionsof the ends of the crate are superimposed on the membersSB; the ends are stretched the same as. previously described and the angle irons 43 inserted inithe rabbets 44 of the end pieces, and the bottom side pieces 45 inserted there-between as previously described in connection with the bottomside boards I i.

can be driven'through the wood and through the manner.

Lugs 36' prevent the plates 33 from moving into the rabbets 35 more than desired, and also act as means for gauging the'position within the rabbets of'the holes 34 which are to-receive the nails so that the nails perforations by special locating machinery or r the like. The rest of the crate'is formed in the same manner as described in'connection with Figs. 1 to 4 inclusiveJ In Fig. 7, I have shown a still further modification of the invention in which the end board is composed of two strips 56 and 47, one of which, preferably the strip 46, has a recess 48 which forms with the strip 41'an opening which .is the full equivalent of the rabbet 35 shown in Fig. 5.

r The strips M and 46 may be secured'together after-the recess 48 is formed or after the plate 33 is'in'operative position. The strips are also of course secured to the angle irons in the usual Obviously 7 those invention pertains may make various changes in the modifications of the invention whichI have disclosed without departing from the spirit of this invention, and therefore I do not wish to be limited except as, hereinafter set forthin the appended claims.

I claim: Y r

1. In a crate, the combination with aframe comprising side members and end members, said end members being recessed to receive the side members, a metal strip secured to each end member and runninglongitudinally of said end member from one side of said crate to theother with portions thereof arranged within said recesses and between the bottom of said recess and :the

skilled in the art to which this side pieces which are arranged in said-recess, whereby the ends of said strips'are securely held in place andprevented from movement inthe general direction of the length of said side pieces, said metal strips having openings therein for receiving supporting rods, and rods arranged with their oppositeends in openings in the strips at opposite ends of said crate.- V I V -2. In a crate, the'combination with a frame comprising; side members, and end members, said end members being recessed to receive the side members, a metal strip secured to eachend member and running longitudinally of said, end

member from one side of said crate tothe other with portions thereof arranged within said.re. cessesand between thebottom of'said recess" and the side pieces which are arranged in said recess, whereby the ends of said strips are s'ecurely held in place and preventedfrom movement inthe general direction of the length of said side pieces, said metal strips having-open ings therein for'receiving supporting .rods, and rods arranged with their opposite ends in openings in the strips at. opposite ends of said crate, said rods having upset ends thereon between said strips and said ends of said crate for retainingv said rods in operative position within said openlIlgS. i I

3. In a crate having side and end members, the end members beingformedwith' spaced recesses at their-opposed marginal edges and said side members having end edges received in said recesses, metal strips extending each. along. one

of said side members, the opposed ends of each I strip being received each in a recess and secured between a recessed surface of a said end member and an end of a side member, and a'rod extending within the cratebetween and secured to the metal strips on opposite sides of 'thecratei FRANK J. KRZYZAK.