US813246A

US813246A - Partitioned packing-case.

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Publication number: US813246A
Application number: US25333205A
Authority: US
Inventors: Arthur R Speer
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1905-04-01
Filing date: 1905-04-01
Publication date: 1906-02-20
Anticipated expiration: 1923-02-20

Description

F310. 813,246. PATBEZTED FEB. 20, 190$.

A. R, SPEER. PARTITIONED PACKING CASE.

APPLICATION FILED APR.1,1905.

Wiiize'ssesfi UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PARTITIONED PACKING-CASE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 20, 1906.

Application filed April 1, 1905. Serial No. 253,332.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR R. SPEER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Partitioned Packing-Cases, of which the. following is a specie fication, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings, forming part of the specification, in which Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section through a packing-case provided with my improved partition structure indicated by the line I I of Fig. 3. Fig. 2 is a cross-section at right angles to Fig.1 indicated by'the line II II of Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line III III oi Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is'an enlarged detail plan view of portions of the upper and under partition members, illustrating their relative arrangement. Figs. 5 and 6 are detail views in elevation and plan, respectively, of a portion of one of the partition members. Fig. 7 is a similar view in per spcctivc.- I

)[y invention refers to improvements in packing-cases tor bottles provided with novel separating-partitions, the case being preferably constructed of light sheet metal and so designed as to contain a definite number oibottlcs with economy of space and the requisite strength and adaptability to shipping, storing, or handling.

Referring to the drawings, the sides and ends 2 of the case are formed of sheet metal built up in any suitable manner and prefer ably of adjacent sections connected by doubling the edge of one section around a corresponding flange 3 ofthe adjacent section,

roviding outwardly-extending strengthening-ribs 4, which encircle-the case and coincide with the joints. While such construction is not essential to the .case as. a whole, it

provides a stiff light structure and facilitates the attachment of the partition elements.

As shown in plan view in Fig. 3, the 'case'is hexagonal in formand so designed as to receive just twenty-four bottles, arranged in diagonal rows and also longitudinal rows parallel with thesides of the case in all directions, approximatingthe cellular construction of a honeycomb.

The partition elements are composed of strips 5 of thin sheet metal diagonall arranged in layers, the partitions of each layer crossing the line of direction of the next-ad jacent layer diagonally, all of the partitions being parallel with one or theother of the diagonal ends and its opposite corres mnding panel of the case.

As shown at 6, the case is rounded at the corners toronform to the corner-bottles, and the partition-strips are pressed by suitable (liesto provide concave recesses 7 at. alternately-oppositc sides by turning the edges of the strip downwardly, as shown at 8, thus producing a series of clnnmel-sections of inverted-U form, which intervene between the corresponding Y bottle cavities, as clearly shown. The ends of the partition-st rips are niitered to tit between the sections forming the walls of the case, and when formed in the manhcr described and incorporated with the case provide series of scparating-partitions,

. which at diiierent levels practically embrace the bottles entirely around.

Itwill be understood that the case is providcd with a suitable top 9, secured in any convenient manner, and as thus constructed the device is very strong and serviceable,

cheap and compact, and well adapted to the objects in view. The case may be made for varying numbers or sizes of bottles and may be changed or altered to suit ditl'erent requirements of use 'by the skilled mechanic; but all such changes are to be considered as within the scope of the following claims.

WVhat I claim is' 1'. A hexagonal packing case provided with series of diagonally arranged partitions located on difi'erentlevels, substantially as set forth. 2 A hexagonal packing-case provided with diagonally arranged partitions, pro- -vided with alternately-arranged recesses, substantially as set forth.

3. A hexagonal packing-case provided with rounded corners and series of partitions arranged parallel with the ends of the case, and located at different levels, substantially as set forth.

4.. A hexagonal-packing-case of sheet metal provided with diagonally-arranged series of cross-partitions having concave recesses, substantially asset forth.

5. A Hexagonal packing-case of sheet metal provided with diagonally-arranged series of cross-partitions formed of strips of :shect nieta'l pressed to provide'concave bottle-engaging recesses, substantially as set forth.

6. A partition member consisting of a.

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- strip of sheet metal having lateral concave arranged at dillerent levels and parallel with 'recesses formed by bending the edge of the the ends of the case, said series extending strip, substantially as set forth. transversely of each other, substantially .as

7. A partition member consisting of a set forth. 7 5 strip of sheet metal having alternately ar- In testimony whereof I affix my signature I 5 ranged lateral concave recesses formed by in presence of two witnesses. bending the edges of the strip, substantially ARTHUR R. SPEER. as set forth. Witnesses:

8. A hexagonal packing-case provided 0 M. CLARKE, 10 with rounded corners and series of partitions CHAS; S. LEPLEY.