US729982A - Wooden veneer berry-box. - Google Patents

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No. 729,932. I E PATENKTED JUNE 2, 1 903.

E. L. WALKER. V OODEN VENEER BERRY BOX.

APPLICATION FILED MAE. 3. 1903.

no MODEL. & 2' SHEETS-SHEET 1.

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' lating to the outside end flaps 1.

Patented June 2, 1903.

ENQS L. WALKER, on ST. LOUIS, rssouer.

WOODEN VENEER BERRY-BOX.

SPECIFICATION fOlIlling part Of Letters Patent NO. 729,982, dated June 2, 1903.

Application filed March 3; 1903. $erial No. 146,014. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern: I,

Be it known that I, ENOS L.WALKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wooden Veneer Berry-Boxes, of which the following is a specification containing a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to improvements in Wooden veneer berry-boxes; and it consists of the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter shown, described, and claimed.

The object of this invention is to improve upon Letters Patent No. 512,571, granted to me on the 9th day of January, 1894.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an end view of my improved berry-box. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the blank with parts broken away.

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates the outside end flaps, and 2 the inside end flaps. The outside end flaps 1 have smooth abutting edges 3, and when the box is formed the ends of said flaps bear against each other, as illustrated in Fig. l, and are held in such relation after the box has been completed. The said outside end flaps form a truss structure to strengthen the box against side compression, To strengthen the ends of the box against outward pressure of the contents which may be placed within the box and also from pressure which may be applied to the outside of the end, I employ in the construction of my box a stiffening-strip 4, andv said stifiening-strip 4 is adapted to fit'snuglyin the box, as illustrated'in Figs. 1 and 2, and occupies a position between the outside end flaps 1 and the inside end flaps 2. While this stiffening-strip a has the function as above described, in view of the fact that it is made to fit snugly'inthe end of said box and be tween the sides 5 and 6 of the same it has the additional function of strengthening the ends of the box against side compression or asimilar function, as heretofore described'as re- The inside end flaps 2 are tapered and act as a former when turned up in the construction of the box, so as to hold the sides 5 and 6 in a flaring position, and while the inside end flaps 2 stiffening-strip 4 and the inside end flaps 2 it will be seen that I have constructed a berrybox out of wooden veneer material which has its ends strengthened against side compression and against any ordinary pressure from the inside or outside of the ends of the box,

In view of the fact that my invention is especially designed'for the transportation 'of strawberries and other perishable and delicate fruitsit is necessary that the box should be as rigid as possible, so that the ends or sides will not expand, allowing the fruits to work down "and pack in the box, thereby crushing the same. after being built is susceptible of expansion such a box when filled and transported a long distance will have the appearance at its destination of not being filled, so it is absolutely necessary in a box designed for this purpose that itv should be perfectly rigid as far as it can be made.

In the construction of my box I take a wooden piece of veneer, a portion of which is illustrated in Fig. 3 (and the remaining portion of which would be a duplicate of 'what is shown in- Fig. 3) and form therein slits 7 and 8, making the outside end flaps 1 and inside end flaps 2. I also form in proximity to theoutside end flaps 1 scores 9 and 10 and in proximity to the inside end flaps 2 scores 11 and 12. It will be noticed in this connection that the scores 9 and 10 are spaced apart farther than the scores 11 and 12, so as to provide for the flaring of the sides of the box and also to compensate for the'thickness of the end flaps 2 and the stifiening-strip;4..

In other words, where the scores 9 and 11and 10 and 12 approach each other theyliein planes apart of twice the thickness of the veneer. After the veneer blank has been scored and slitted, as hereinbefore described, to form the box the inside end flaps 2 are first turned up. Then the sides 5 and 6 are hyped up against the edges of the inside end Then, again, if the box flaps 2. Then the outside end flaps 1 are brought together on the outside of the inside end flaps 2, their free edges abutting against each other. The stiffening-strip 4 is then inserted between the outside end flaps and the inside end flaps, and by means of staples 13, driven through the outside end flaps 1, the stiifening-strip 4, and the inside end flaps 2,

the ends of the box are fastened.

of the box and located between the said inside and outside end flaps, the veneer blank being scored along lines 11, 12, at the lower edges of the inside end flaps and along the lines 9, 10, where the outside end flaps 1, 1, join the side flaps of the box, scores 9 and 11, and 10 and 12, being out of line with each other a distance equal to the combined thickness of an end flap 2 and a stiffening-strip 4, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ENOS L. WALKER. Witnesses:

ALFRED A. EICKS, JOHN C. I-IIcDoN.

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