US477051A - Folding or knockdown box - Google Patents

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J..GORDON 85 C. R. PERKINS. FOLDING 011 KNOGKDOWN B0X.

No. 477,051. Patented June 14, 1892 'me cams wenn co., Puo-mama., msmNmcn, o. n.

UNITED STATES JOSEPH GORDON AND CHARLES PATENT OEEICE.

R. PERKINS, OF PIONEER, OHIO..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Application tiled August 7, 1891.

To a/ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, JOSEPH GORDON and CHARLES R. PEEiUtINs, bot-h residents of Pioneer, in the county of Williams and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding or Knockdown Boxes; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in folding or knockdown boxes, generally employed for transporting eggs and produce, which are returned to the shipper after the articles contained therein are disposed of.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, economical, and eflicient construction of such a box, which can be easily and readily folded so as to occupy but little space and in which the fastening devices are protected from injury.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter fully described, and specifically pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying` drawings, Figure l is a side view of a box constructed in accordance with our invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a central cross-section of the same. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the box partly folded.

In the said drawings, the reference-numeral 1 designates the base of the box, consisting of a rectangular board,to which are secured upwardly-projecting end strips 2 and side strips 3. Hinged to the supplemental end strip 2 are the end pieces 4, capable of being folded down upon the bottom l and also of being elevated to a vertical position, according as the box is folded for transportation or storage or when knocked up to receive articles of produce.

The numeral 5 designates supplemental side strips placed alongside of the strips 3 and projecting above the same, one of said supplemental strips being higher or project ing above the other. To these strips are Patent No. 477,051, dated J une 14, 1892.

Serial No. 402.000. (No model.)

hinged the side pieces 6, which can be folded or elevated in a manner similar to the end pieces. The object of making one of the strips 5 higher than the other is to allow the piece hinged thereto to lie fiat upon the opposite strip when folded, the latter resting in turn uponthe end strips. The side pieces are provided with vertical grooves to receive a partition 7, and the end pieces are provided with upwardly-projecting pins S, which pass through apertures in the cover, so as to hold the same in an elevated position. The cover consists of a rectangular board 9, having downwardly-depending end strips 10 and side strips 12, which are adapted to fit upon and embrace the upper ends of the hinged end and side pieces 4 and 6. Pivoted in central recesses 13 in the side strips l2 are hooks 14, adapted to engage with staples 15, secured to the outside of the side pieces G, so as to hold the cover securely in place when the box is knocked up. The upper inner edges of the side strips 3 are formed with slots 16 and on their outer faces with intersecting recesses 17, in which are located staples 1S, with which the hooks 14 engage when the box is folded or knocked down.

The operation will be readily understood. As seen in Figs. l and 4, the side and end pieces and partition are elevated, occupying vertical positions,and the cover in place and fastened by means of the hooks.

To fold or knock down the box, the cover is removed, the end and side pieces foldedl down, and the cover then placed thereon, as seenin Fig. 3, the hooks passing through the slots 16 and engaging with the staples I8, the recesses 17 being to allow the hook to be disengaged from the staples when it is desired to remove the cover. l

From the above it will be seen that by the construction and arrangement of the hooks and the slots and recesses in the side strips said hooks are prevented from being injured, and not projecting beyond the box they cannot ldamage articles near by or injure persons in handling the boxes.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is- In a knockdown or folding box, the combination of the bottom having end strips, the

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side strips having slots 16 in their upper edges In testimony that We eiziini the foregoing as 1o andinterseeting recesses 17 ,the supplemental our own We have hereunto affixed our signaend and side strips, the end and side pieees tures in presence of two witnesses.

hinged thereto, the proj eeting pins on the end 5 pieces, the cover having apertures for the pes- JOSEPH GORDON.

sage of said pins, the end strips, the side strips CHARLES R. PERKINS. having recesses 13, the hooks 14, Connected Witnesses: with said side strips, and the staples 15 and PIERCE O. GRANNIS, 18, substantially as described. JOHN OREWILER.

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