US2559236A - Wooden carboy crate - Google Patents

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Patented July 3, 1951 UNITED WOODEN CARBOY CRATE James R. Wallace, Lansing, Mich., assignor to Carrier-Stephens Company, Lansing, Mich., a

corporation of Michigan Application September 13, 1948, Serial No. 49,061

2 Claims. 217-1) This invention relates in general to carboy crates and more particularly to a type thereof which is fabricated from laminated wood.

Among the many problems encountered in the transportation of large glass bottles, such as carboy bottles, filled with liquid is the need for a carboy crate which is lighter, sturdier, less expensive and smaller than crates presently in use for transporting two or more bottles.

Carboy bottles, which are usually of one gallon capacity or more, are not ordinarily constructed to resist rough treatment or support excess weight. Therefore, the carboy crate, in which the bottle is transported, must be strong enough to resist c0mpressi0n independently. Various materials such as wood and metal have been used to make carboy crates, but such crates have been found to be either frail, cumbersome, heavy or incapable of protecting the bottles adequately against breakage.

Accordingly, a primary object of this invention is to provide a carboy crate which is lighter, sturdier, smaller and affords greater protection to bottles which it contains than other presently known types of crates for a similar purpose.

Other objects and purposes of this invention will become apparent to persons familiar with this type of equipment upon referring to the accompanying drawings and upon reading the following specification.

In order to meet the above mentioned objects and purposes I have provided a laminated or plywood box having a removable top and a removable segregator.

For illustrations of a preferred embodiment of the invention, attention is directed to the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the carboy crate to which this invention relates.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken along the line II--II of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken along the line III-III of Figure 2 without the segregator.

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken along the line IV-IV of Figure 3.

Construction As shown in the above mentioned illustrations, the carboy crate Iii is comprised of a pair of side walls II and I2, a pair of end walls I3 and I 4, a removable top I5 and a fixed bottom It. The said side walls and end walls are preferably, but not necessarily, fabricated from two channel shaped pieces of laminated wood I! and I8 (Figure 2) Whose corresponding ends 2| and side Walls 22, and 26 and 2'! abut and are secured to each other approximately along the vertical center line of the end walls I3 and I l. The channel shaped wall members i? and I8 are so shaped that when their corresponding ends abut, as aforesaid, a closure having a substantially rectangular, horizontal cross-section is created.

The abutting ends 2i and 22 of the channel shaped members I! and 18, respectively, which constitute a part of the end wall l3 (Figures 2 and 4) are secured to each other by means of both a feather joint 23 and a lapping strip 2 A suitable glue may be used to secure the feather 25 and the lapping strip 24 to the abutting ends 2i and 22. The abutting ends 26 and 2'! in the end wall I 4 may be fastened to each other in substantially the same manner above described with respect to the ends 2! and 22. The chanel shaped members ll and it are preferably formed, in a conventional manner well known to the art, so that the corners between the flanges and the webs of the respective channel members are rounding.

The bottom I6 (Figure 3) is preferably flush with the lower edges of the end walls and side walls and may be secured thereto as by means of glue, screws or nails. The removable top I5, which is recessed downwardly from the upper edges of the said side walls and end walls, is supported with respect thereto by means of wooden blocks 28 which are secured in a horizontal position, as by gluing or nailing, to the inside surfaces of said side Walls and end walls.

A pair of slots 30 and M are provided in the Ii and I2, respectively, near and parallel with the upper edges thereof. The said slots are positioned directly opposite each other and just above the upper surface 32 (Figure 3) of the top I5 when said top is resting on the blocks 28.

A look bar 33 (Fi ure 1) is pivotally secured by means of the bolt 34 upon the top upper surface 32 at a point thereon approximately midway between and on a line between the centers of the said slots 30 and iii. The lock bar 33 is of such length that its opposite extremities may slidably engage the slots 36 and SI when said bar is pivoted into a position substantially perpendicular to the said side walls II and I2. The lock bar 33 is preferably, but not necessarily, bowed upwardly at its extremities away from the top upper surface 32. Thus, the said upwardly bowed extremities must be urged downwardly to engage the slots 30 and 3| and there--.

3 by tend to hold the top [5 firmly against the wooden blocks 28.

Four short legs 35, two of which are shown in Figure 3, are secured to the lower surface 33 of the bottom IE by any suitable means, such as glue or nails, one leg near each corner of said bottom. The saidlegs 35 are so positioned with respect to the side walls and end walls that when one of two or more identical carboy crates I0 is placed on top of each other, the legs 35 of the top crate will be snugly received within the recess 37 defined by the upper surface 32 of the recessed top and the upper edges of the side walls and end walls, thereby preventing sideways movement of one crate with respectto the other. A pair of hand openings 38 are provided in each end wall near the upper edge thereof for gripping and lifting the carboy crate l0.

A segregator 39, which may also be fabricated from laminated wood, and which may be made with as many compartments as required or desired, is removably and slidably placed within the V crate 10.

It will be recognized that since laminated wood is stronger by weight than sheet metal for this type of application and is much more durable both to weather and rough treatment than either metal or ordinary wood under these conditions, greater strength and durability may be obtained from a carboy crate fabricated from laminated wood than can be obtained from a crate made of conventional wood or sheet metal, with no material increase in cost. Furthermore, the crate if) can be made adaptable to various sizes of carboy bottles 4| (Figure 2) by simply changing the size of the removable segregator 39.

A carboy crat of the type described and disclosed herein not only prevents damage to bottles contained therein but also prevents the escape of,

and damage by, any fluid which may be spilled ations or modifications which do not depart from 7 the scope of the invention unless specifically stated to the contrary in the hereinafter appended claims.

I claim:

I l. A laminated, wooden carboy crate, the corn-= bination comprising: a pair of U-shaped, laminated, wooden side members, said side members being rigidly secured together in abutting relation iii with each other along a vertical plane; said side members together forming a quadrangular, vertical tube; each of said side members being an integral, preformed unit; a lower closure member seated within and secured to said tube adjacent its lower end; stops mounted to said side members adjacent the upper end of said tube and projecting inwardly of said tube; a cover receivable into said tube and removably seated on said stops; detachable means for securing said cover to said side members.

2. A laminated, wooden carboy crate, the combination comprising: a pair of U-shaped, laminated, wooden side members; said side members 'being rigidly secured together in abutting relation with each other along a vertical plane; said side members together forming a quadrangular, vertical tube; each of said side members being an integral, preformed unit; a lower closure member seated within and secured to said tube adjacent its lower end; stops mounted to said side members adjacent the upper end of said tube'and projecting inwardly of said tube; a cover receivable into said tube and removably seated on said stops; detachable means for securing said cover to said side members; said side members and said cover together defining a recess between said cover and the upper end of said tube; legs on said lower closure member extending beyond the lower end of said tube a distance less than the depth of said recess whereby the lower end of the sid members of an upper crate will rest upon the upper end of the side members of a lower crate without contact between the legs of the upper crate and the cover of the lower crate when said crates are stacked in a vertical tier.

JAMES R. WALLACE.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Great Britain Apr. 13, 1922

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