US811150A - Trunk-corder. - Google Patents

Description

W. L. KESSEE.

TRUNK CORDER.

APPLIUATION FILED APR. 22, 1905.

PATENTED JAN. 30, 1906.

adapted for storage-boxes and trunks.

.Fig. 2 is an inverted plan view showing the nnirnn sra'rns WALTER LEE KESSEE,

OF REAGAN, TEXAS.

TRUNK-CORDEH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 30, 1906.

Application fil d April 22, 1905. Serial No. 256,887.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER LEE Knssnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Reagan,in the county of Falls and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Trunk-Corders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to trunk-corders, and is adapted to be used with trunks, boxes, or all receptacles which it may be desirable to lock or strengthen by means of cords or straps.

It is especially common to employ cords or straps in connection with trunks when the same are being shipped from one point to another, and while my device is not limited to any special form of receptacles it is especialllly T e device consists of four cords, of circular disks through which the cords pass, of caps adapted to fit the corners of the receptacle, the said caps having sleeves through which the cords pass, and meansfor securing the free ends of the cords.

The invention also consists in the novel features of construction hereinafter described, pointed out in the claims, and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a receptacle with my device applied thereto.

bottom of the receptacle. Fig. 3 is a face view of one section of an end plate and a diametrical section through one of said plates. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a corner-cap. Fig. 5 is an enlarged plan view of one of the pulley-plates.

In the drawings, A represents the receptacle, which may be either a box or trunk of any desired size and construction. I provide five plates which are formed with intersecting bores B, and while these plates may be formed in one piece, as shown at B, having the bores drilled through them they may also be formed in two sections, as shown atB and each of the sections may have upon its inner face a groove B stamped diametrically across the same, and it will be obvious that when the two sections are placed together with their inner faces in contact and the grooves out of alinement two intersecting bores will be formed in the plate. These sections may be welded, riveted, or secured together in any desired manner.

Where the receptacle is provided with substantially square ends, as is common, the

having side plates 0 converging toward the apex of the plate C and at their divergent ends. The sides 0, which are of greater length than the plate C, are rolled back upon themselves to form tubular sleeves I further provide two V shaped plates D, having one or more perforations D at the apex and being notched, as shown at D along the opposite side. A shaft E is carried by the plate D, on which is journaled a small pulley E. Cords F are grouped in pairs, and the ends of the cords of one pair are secured in the perforation or perforations D, as the case may be, of one of the plates D, while the cords F of the other pair are secured in the same manner to the apex of the remaining plate D.

The plates D rest upon the top of the receptacle to be corded, and the cords of one pair extend to the corner-cap C, placed upon one of the upper corners of the receptacle, and are passed, respectively, through the sleeves C of the said cap, and one cord of the pair is then passed downwardly to the lower opposite corner-cap, passing diagonally across the end of the receptacle through one of the bores B of an end plate B then along the bottom of the receptacle through a plate B, the bottom plate being similar in construction to the side plate, and the cord is then passed through the sleeve C of a cap C, carried upon the lower corner of the receptacle diagonally opposite the one through which the cord descended, and is then carried upwardly adjacent the corner of the receptacle and diagonally across the opposite end of the box and through the sleeve of a corner-cap carried in the upper corner upon the same side of the receptacle as the cap through which the cord was first passed. The other cord of the pair after passing through the upper corner-cap is passed through a bore B of one of the plates and diagonally across a side of the receptacle, through a sleeve of a lower cap, diagonally across the bottom 'of the receptacle through a bore of the bottom plate B and substantially at right angles to the cord immediately above described, and is then carried upwardly to the top of the boX and converges with the cord first described, to which it may be tied, and the pair of cords are then passed over the pulley E and drawn tight. As soon as the cords have become taut they are slipped into one of the notches D and knots in the cord prevent them from slipping, or if it is not desired to tie the two cords together at their free ends, each may be knotted and tightened by itself and then slipped into engagement with one of said notches. The remaining pair of cords is then passed around the receptacle in the same manner, passing through the sleeves in the remaining ca s. i

t will be obvious that all of the cords pass through the bottom plate B and that one cord of eachpair passes through the side plates and one cord of each pair through each of the end plates.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A device of the kind described comprising a metal cap, formed of a triangular plate having converging sides of greater length than the sides of the plate, the said sides being turned back at their divergent end por tions to form sleeves.

2. In a'trunk-corder the combination with corner-caps havin sleeves thereon, a V- shaped plate, a pu ley carried by the said plate, one side of said plate being notched, cords passing through the sleeves of the corner-caps and over the pulleys, one end of each of said cords being secured to the apex of the plate and the other end in detachable erllgagement with the notched side of the ate.

p 3. A device of the kind described comprising a plurality of plates having intersecting bores, corner-caps having a plurality of sleeves, V-shaped plates having pulleys, and a lurality of cords secured at one end of said plates, the said cords being adapted to pass through the sleeves of the corner-caps and the bores of the plates and to have their free ends detachably secured to the said V- shaped plates.

WALTER LEE KESSEE.

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