US373828A

US373828A - Knockdown box

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Publication number: US373828A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1887-11-29
Anticipated expiration: 1904-11-29

Description

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KNOGKDOWN B0X.

No. 373,828. Patented Nov. 29, 1887.

M MVM/TOR u WITNESSES i @aa UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

i MILTON A. HAMILTON, OE DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

KNOCKDOWN BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part ofLetters Patent No. 373,828` dated November 29, 1887.

vApplication exea Maren 7, 18e?.

ers skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part ofA f this specification.

My invention has for its object the construction of anovel box for shipping and other purposes, constructed in whole or in part of a fabric formed of a series of slats interwoven with a series of wires, said box being readily reducible to a knocked-down condition for transportation or storage, or for the return of the same to the shipper, and it consists of the combinations of devices. and appliances hereinafter specied, and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming part of this speci-r iication, Figure 1 represents a closed box embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is an additional view of the same opened out into knockeddown condition. Fig. 3 is a cross-section illus' trating how the endsor partitions may be en gaged with the sides of the 'jbox. Fig. 4 is a separate view of a portion of fabric entering into the construction of the box where ventilation is desired. Fig. 5 is a separate view of one of the channel-cleats. Fig. 6 -illustrates a modification in which the slats constituting the sides extend perpendicular to the plane of the bottom. Fig. 7 is a separate view j showing the slats notched on the edge to re- Vceive the wire.

seen, is readily fiexed at any point wit-hout materially weakening the structure. This fabric I have found adapted in anyconvenient Serial No. 230,022. (No model.)

way' inthe construction of boxes for the shipment of fruits and other articles.

B represents channel-cleats, which may be 'fastened at one end of a series of slats, said cleats adapted,when the fabric-is folded, to engage in their respective channels analogous sections which may constitute the ends or intermediate partitions. of the box. Thus the channel-cleats may be attached to the sides A A2, the bottom A3 of the box, and to the coverA4 ofthe case. -These channel-cleats are constructed ofseparate pieces of wood grooved, 4as shown, to form a groove or crozetoreceive an edge of the end pieces or partition, said cleats being fastened in any suitable manner to the slats of which the fabric is composedas, for instance, by tacks or nails. These channel-cleats are permanently engaged with the fabric and remain engaged therewith when the package is knocked down and are in place to'= engage the edges of the end pieces or partitions in making up a package. IIwo or more of these channel-cleats may be employed to engage said end pieces or partitions. When so constructed, the channels of said cleats will obviously inclose the four edges of the ends C when the box is closed. These ends may be constructed of the foregoing fabric or they may be of one or more pieces of boards, while the remaining four sides of the box may be made of said fabric.

When itis designed to provide the box with a partition,.additioual channelcleats may be provided and suitably engaged tombrace the ends of said partitions, the partitions them.

be fastened in such position by brads or tacks "to flex at the division-line between it and thel side. y

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It will furthermore be seen that the front, bottom. rear, and top may be made of an integral piece of fabric. The lid may be thus engaged upon one of the four sides of the box, as may be preferred, withoutany alteration in the usual construction.

It is evident that a box so made is neat and inexpensive. Not only may it readily be knocked down, as above described, but it may with equal facility be made up again into a complete box for use. When knocked down it is in a very compact shape, occupying very little room. No nails are used in the ordinary manner, a few brads or tacks suicing all purposes. When the channels have once been engaged' with the fabric, as already set forth, no further tacks, brads, or nails are required in assembling the parts for use, except possibly at the corners. A box so constructed may be used again and again without injury.

I prefer to make the fabric of ordinary lath,

Veither plain or rough, with the wires with slats constituting the sides may be arranged to stand perpendicular to the bottom of the box. Vhen it is desired to make a tight box,aV box so constructed as now described may belined' with any suitable fabric, ci, as illustrated in Fig. 2.

Vhen itis desired to bring the edges of the slats in close proximity where hard wood is employed, it may be desirable to provide the said slats upon the edges with notches c3, as shown in Fig. 7, to receive the wire. Where soft wood is employed, the wire may be embedded in the wood sufficient to answer this purpose. Vhen this fabricis employed in the construction of boxes or crates requiring ventilation, the slats may be interwoven with the wire, separated a desired distance from cach other, as shown in Fig. 4.

' For many purposes the f-abric may be woven in such a manner as to have the wires at the sides or ends of the box or at intermediate points project out from the face of the slats upon the surface used for the inside ofthe box, as shown in Fig. S at a5 and a, two lines of such projected wires forming a channel for the reception of the ends or other desired parts. When thus constructed, a few nails may be used at about the center of the sides to more firmly engage the sides with the ends at these points. In such cases the channel-cleats, as shown in Fig. 2, may be dispensed with.

Instead of projecting two adjacent wires to form a Croze-channel, as shown in Fig. 8, a single wire entering into the construction of the fabric may be projected from the face of the slats, as shown in Fig. 9 at a7, the adjacent partition, end, or side, as the case may be, being recessed,.as shown at e, to receive the projected wire and forni the required engagement.

That I claim isl 1. A box in which the four sides are niade ofa fabric of slats interwoven with a warp of wires, having in combination therewith end pieces, said fabricprovided with channel-cleats B, fastened t`o said slats for receiving the edges of said end pieces, respectively, substantially as described.- y

2. A box in which the sides and ends are made of a fabric consisting of slats woven together with a warp of wire, said fabric provided with ehannelcleats B, attached to said slats for receiving the edges of the end pieces, substantially as described.

3. A fabric for the construction of packages, consisting of wooden slats interwoven with a warp of wires and having/in combination there with separate channel-cleats B, permanently fastened to said slats, substantially as and for the purpose described.

4. A box in which the sides and ends are made of a fabric of slats interwoven with a warp of wires, said sides formed of a single integral piece ofsaid fabric and provided with Croze-channels adapted to engage said ends, substantially as described.

5. A package in which the sides or sides and ends are formed of a fabric of wooden slats interwoven with a warp of wires, said slats notched upon their edges to receive said wires and bring the adjacent edges of the slats tight together, substantially as described.

G. A fabric for the construction of a box or package, consisting of wooden slats interwoven with a warp of wires, said slats notched upon their edges to receive said wires and bring the adjacent edges of the slats tight together, substantially as described.

. 7. A package consisting of wooden slats interwoven with a warp of wires, the wire of said fabric projected upon one of the faces at desired points, and having' in combination therewith recessed ends or partitions engaging said projected wires, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

MILTON A. HAMILTON.

Vitnesses:

N. S. WRIGHT, M. B. ODOGHERTY.

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