US811448A - Crate-nailing-up form. - Google Patents

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PATENTED JAN. 30, 1906.

J. SHELLENBERGER. CRATE NAILING- UP FORM.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 1, 1905.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 30, 1906.

Application filed May 4, 1905. Serial No. 258,876.

.71 (all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Jenn SHELLENBERGER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rome, Floyd county, Georgia, have invented 5certain new and useful Improvements in Crate-Nailing-Up Forms; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and

exact description of the invention, such asusually nailed together on the farm or in the orchard by inexperienced hands and Without proper facilities, which results in much waste of time and poor and. unsightly work and improperly litted and assembled crates.

2 5 It is an object of my invention to provide an improved form, holder, or device which can be readily set up on the farm or in the orchard and in which the parts of the crate can be easily, quickly, and accurately assembled 3 or nailed up by inexperienced persons and by the use of which crates can be expeditiously produced, with the parts thereof properly fitted and united.

It is a furthen' object of my invention to provide an improved device for use in assembling and nailing up parts or members of I fruit-crates, such as panel end crates, Wherein means are provided to hold the panel ends in proper relation, and whereby the same can 4 be turned or rotated to receive the bottom and sides, and whereby said bottom and sides will be guided to their proper positions on the said ends. 1

A-further object of the invention is to pro vide certain improvements in combinations,

constructions, and arrangements of whereby a highly-eiiicient holder or formwill be produced for use in assembling or nailing up fruit-crates and the like. 5 The invention consists in certainnovelfe'atures in constructions or in combinations, as more fully set forth and described hereinafter.- Referring to the accompanying drawings, which show what I now consider the preferred embodiment" of my invention, as an parts,

. f l, example for purposes of explanation of a device from among other arrangements within the spirit and spope of my invention, Figure 1 is a perspectiye view of the nailing 'up form set up with its parts in operative )OSll/l n, dotted lines indicating the crate en s, si es, and bottom in position in the form. l, Fi 2 is a side elevation of a portion of the device, dotted lines indicating the springand crate- 6 5*" end-recejvinghead in difierent positi ns, a crate end and crate-bottom being ind cated by dotted lines. Fig. 3 is an end view f the nailin -up form. Fig. 4 is a detail pe pective 0 one of the crate-end-receiving heads. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective of one of". the locking levers or cams for the crate-androceiving heads. Fig. 6 is a detail reduced perspective of a panel crate end.

I show a holder or nailing-up form pr vided with a portable" folding support r frame in which the holder is detachabl y mounted to rotate or osgillate, whereby the device can be easily set up foro erationi 7 the field or orchard and can be rea ily shifte from place to place as desired. e

The portable folding support comprise two pairs of end legsl, the col'responding le of which are properly spaced and rigidiyl united by horizontal side bars 2. The legs, 8 5 of each pair are hinged together at 3, so that the pairs of legs can be spread when set up, as shown in Fig. 1'. The hinges 3 areare, ranged a short distancebelow the upper ends of the legs, so that the upperends of the legs close together when the legs are set up,-With their lower ends spread and the upper ends separatel-when the support is collapsed and.

the legs folded together. ,Theinner edges of the upper ends of the legs are shown formed 5 with corresponding recesses which coincide when the legs are spread at their lower ends, and thereby form bearing-openings 4 atthe uppenendsof thelegstorecelve and form the bearingsfor the trunnions or journals of the rotary holderromnmhng-up form.

While l havesthus s ecificallydescribed an advantageousrtorm o support for the holder, or form, yet I donot wish to limitall featuresl of my invention. thereto, as various construe tions of supports ht'be employed. Th frame'of the former older comprises-a lon gitudinal base, board; or platefi, provided with rigid ends 7 such as end plates or head's, arranged at right angles to t glongitudin '1 base. The base 6 is usuallyflat and of great r width and length than-the width and length of the crates to be formed and nailed up, and the ends 7 can be of suitable dimensions with respect to the length and width of the ends of the crates to be nailed up. The ends 7 rise perpendicularly from the base 6 and are rigid ends of said support when the legs thereof i are folded together.

- successive I plete revolution.

As the form or holder frame thus far described'is free to rotate in thesupport, some means can, if-so desired, be employed to temporarily hold or look said frame at various positions; .For instance, I show disk Q'rigid with one of the trunnionsB and formed with. three edgenotch'es 10-, spaced about ninety degrees apart, and a pivoted latch 11, carried by the support and free to be swung b hand y into said notches, where y the frame can be temporarily locked-against rotation; at positions at each quarter-turn through two hundred and seventy degrees of a com- The form-frame is provided with two movable holding or clamping headsor plates 12,

arranged at o posite ends of the frame.

Each head 12 is arranged a short distance from a frame end and approximately parallel therewith. In the speci c embodiment illus trated the heads 12 are similar in shape and heads 12 at their ends or edges are pivotally joined to the base of the frame, so that the tip-- .per orfree ends of said heads can swing toward dimensions and each is of greater length and width thanthe length and width of the ends of the crates to be formed in the device. The

and from the frame ends. Anylsuitable means .can be :emplo ed to. pivotally join the base and said hea s. For instance, I show the heads formed with eyes 13, depending from thelowered'ges of the heads into sockets inthe: base and loosely confined therein by transverse pivots or pins 14. Each head 12 is formed with a stop, platen, or support for a crate end. In thepr'esent instance I show each head particularly formed to receive panel crate ends 19-t. a, crate ends composed-of a rectangular frame across one face '.-of which a sheet of thin stuff or veneer is secured,formingapanel, so that the frame is arranged on one face of the panel. The-stop or platen of ahead 12 can consist of'an in-' wardly-projecting strip or ledge 14, ar-

and a distance from the edge of ,the free end of'the head, and parallel-end stri s' or' ledges 15 'on the inner face of the heaci a'nd.

. and forms stops or ranlge'd on the inner face of the head parallel Wit extending at right angles from the ends of the ledge 14 toward the hinged end of the head and longitudinally ta )ering or beveled otl', about as shown. The edges 14 15 thus partially form three sides of a square and are so roportioned as to fit within the rectangular iialne of a crate end such as described, with the ledges resting against the inner ed es of three frame side bars of the crate end and with the panel of said crate end arranged at the outer edges orfaces of said ledges and the lower bar of the crate end resting on the base of the form-frame. The ledges are soarranged that the head 12 will project out-,

wardly beyond the frame of the crate end ages for the end edges of the crate sides and bottom as they are fitted hnd nailed on the ends. Suitable mechanism is provided to detachablyhold the crate ends to said heads and in the specific embodiment illustrated to constantly tend to swing the free ends of the heads to the 1.1 )per edges of the base ends. As an example of what may be employed'for this urpose I show s ring-arms 16, secured to t ie base between the heads 12 and having upwardly-projecting free ends engaging the inner faces of said heads, respectively, and constantly tending to swing said heads in opposite directions and to the adjacent base ends. Means are also provided to hold said heads in position at right angles to the base and against the tension of said spring-arms. For instance, I can provide a cam or lever 17 for each head. Each lever 17 is fnlcru med between its ends at the top edge of a base end-,so that one end of the lever forms a handle-and the opposite or cam end of the lever can be swung against the rear face of the head to force the head inwardly against the tension of its spring and to hold the head in the desired position during thenailing-up operation.

n using my device the crate ends are slipped onto the inner faces of the heads and between the same and the spring-arms, the levers 17 being released, so that the heads are held in the inclined positions against the base ends by the springs. When the crate ends are slipped into place, the ledges project into the center openm s of the crate-end frames, and thus center t e crate ends and hold the same against lateral movement, and the s rin -arms press outwardly against the pan-1 e s of the crate ends, and thereby hold said crate ends to andon said heads. The heads are then swung to roper osition parallel with the base ends-by the' evers 17, which hold said heads in this position with the crate ends parallel and properl spaced to receive the bottom and sides. he crate-bottom is usually first applied, the frame being in the positionshown in Fig. 1,-with the latch 11 in the middle notch 10 of the disk. The bottom -is sli pcd down between the upper. ends of the hea s which gage the bottomwith respect to nailed thereto.

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the crate ends and cause the bottom to. prop erly lit the crate ends vithout projecting; beyond the side faces thereof. the bottom is then nailed to the crate ends, the ledges l4. forming platens or supports during the nail- Al ter the bottom has been secured the latch Ill is released and the form is given a quarter turn and the latch 11 dropped into one of the end notches 5.0. A side is then. applied to the crate ends and The projecting ends oi the heads guide the side intoproper position on the crate ends and the lodges 15 act as supports or platens for the crate ends during the operation of nailing on the side. The form is then given a half-turn to bring the crate ends into position to receive the opposite side,

which is then applied and nailed the same as the first-mentioned side. The form can then be turned to the original position with the cratc'bottom uppermost, the lovers 1? are swung out, thereby releasing the end heads, so that they can be swung outwardly to release the cratc-end frames 'lroni the ledgcsll", and thereupon the crate can be slip )ed from the form. The beveled or tapered form of the ledges 15 facilitates thoa Jplication oi the crate ends to the heads an the removal of the completed crate therefrom.

By employing my device the crate sides and bottom can be easily and. quickly applied and nailed to the crate ends with their end ed gcs flush or even with the outer laces of the crate ends, even. though the nailing-up opera.

tion is carried on by an inehpcricnced person? and, furthermore, by the use of my invent on crates can be rapidly and accurately assembled and nailed up in the iiel d on orchard with out the necessity of employing; expert help, resulting in a saving in time and expense and in the production of accuratelyiormed crates.

While I. have disclosed a crnistruction nan ticularly adapted ior use in assemblingand' nailing up umehend crates, yet i do not wishv to limit my invention to employment in can ncction with panclond cratcs,,'and it is evident that various variations and modifications might be resorted to in the forms, constl'uctions, and arrztligmncnts oi" the parts de scribed without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention, and hence i do not wish to limit myself to the exact construction shown.

What I claim is 1. A. device for use in assembling and nailing up crates comprising a. lr'irm-frame, cratecnd heads carried thereby and provided with lodges to receive thocrate ends, and means to rcmovably hold the crate ends to said heads and on said ledges.

2. In combination, a support, a form-frame provided with. movable crate-end-receiving ends, spring devices carried, by said frame to engage and clamp the crateends to said heads and tending to move said heads outwardly leased for outward movement from operative positions to permit removal of the crate.

3. In combination, a form -frame, crate-endreceiving heads hinged thereto to swing to- Ward and from each other, spring devices to clamp the crate ends to the inner iaccs of said 7 5 heads, and movable means for swinging said heads toward each other to clamp the cratebottom and sides between the sa e, and whereby said heads can be released and swung outwardly to permit removal, of the crate, substantially as described.

4. lnconibina tion, a form-frame, crat'e-endreceiving heads mounted thereon and mov able toward. and from each other to rceive the crate ends sides and bottom and"to re- 8 lease and permit removal. oi the crate, outwardly -yielding spring devices carried by the frame independently of and arranged at the inner faces of said heads to clamp the crate ends against the same, and movable means for '90 pressing said heads toward each other and for removably holding the same in operative osition, and whereby said heads can be released to permit outward movement thereof for releasing the crate thereiirom, substantially as described.

5. In combination, a form- 'ame having lateral ends, crate-endreceiving heads arranged adjacent to the inner faces of said ends, respectively, and movable toward and i500 from the same, spring-arms secured to said, frame andv arranged at and ressing towar the inner faces of said. heat s, respectively, and adapted to engage the inner faces of the crate ends and. clamp the same to the inner iaces oi said heads, respectively, and swinging levers carried by said frame ends to engage said heads and hold the same to operative position, and whereby said heads can be released to permit outward movement thereof to release and permit removal of the crate.

In combination, a support, a rotary form-frame comprising; a longitudinal base having lateral ends provided with trunnions turning in said support, the support and frame having a latci and series of spaced notches, whereby said frame can be rotated a partial revolution and locked by the latch entering a notch for the purposes'dcscribed, movable eratc-end-receiving heads mounted on said base between said ends thereof, means to detachably clamp the crate ends to said heads, and means for moving the heads to and holding the same in operative position, substantially as described.

7. In combination, a folding su JPOIt comprising pairs of pi'votal1y--jomc and legs, each pair of logs forming a journal box or hearing when the legs are spread in operative position, a rotary tome-trams having; truth niom rmnovahlv loratod in said journalor ahutnwntafand moans controlling. thoniovvnivnt of said ht-ada St. In ('JHllhilliltiUll, a t'ornnt'ramv, vaparvd (IiLiC-Clltl-lt't'tlVlIlg hvads uarrit-d thort-hyj and (mill at its inner lat-0 providvd with a orateamd-nwmvn1g shouldur or almtnivnt comprising a horizontal and wrtival portion 5 depending from the ends thorvol to fit thrvv sinus of the crate ends.

10. In combination, a lornil'ran|t spam-d movable cratc-ond-rvuoiving hvadx, moans controlling the inovvnivnt thereof, varh hoad at its inner face having a urato-vnd-rocviving ledge comprising a horizontal portion and depending (lo\\'n\\'a|'dl and imvardl hm" lml portions. and spring (l(\'i('tfi to (ltiilt'llably vlain tho t-ratv onds to said hoads and on said lot 14 11 Admit-v I'or Hso inassmnhlingand nailing up lioxos and rratvs (UtlllH'lNlHfi a iUI'HI- l'raniv having ond (-ratwontlam-( iring hvads arrangod to art on tho innvr sidvs ol' xaid 'hvads and adaptvd to dvtavhahly hold tho t-rato vnds thvrvto, and |v\'vr to llilllltht'v lllUYtlJltHiH ol' said hoads toward -\aid o ls.

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