US865705A - Crate. - Google Patents

Description

PATBNTED SEPT. l 0

. P. HULBERT.

' CRATE.

APPLIGATION FILED JUNE 18.1906A 2 SHEETS-SHEET l.

No. 865,705. PATENTED SEPT. l0, 1907. E. F. HULBBRT.

CRATE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 18,1906,

2 SHBET`S-SHBBT 2.

23 5gg/Z123 ya unrrnn I STATES `EDWIN F. HULBERT, OF KENOSHA, WISCNSIN.

CRATE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application tiled Tune lil, 1906. Serial-No. 322,315.

Patented SeptjlO, A190'?,

i To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN F. HULBERT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kenosha, in the county of Kenosha and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCrates, of which the following is aspeciiication. This invention contemplates certain new and useful improvements in shipping packages, andv is particu,- larly adapted as a refrigerating package forthe transportation of oysters or other perishable commodities.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved construction of device of' this character which will result in the essential characteristics of strength and durability, combined with lightness and simplicity of construction, as well as efficiency of operation for u the purpose for which ,it is primarily designed.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means for effecting theresult reference is to behad to 'the accompanying drawings, in which;

Figure l is a sideview offmy improved crate, parts being broken away or in section: Fig` 2 is a detail V vertical section of one sideof the crate. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation. Fig. 4 is a detail elevation of the hinge connection. Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the hinge connection. Fig. 6 is a horizontal sectional view through a portion of the body of the crate; Fig. 7 is a similarview, the section being taken along thevline of one-set of truss wires, in order to illustrate the joins of the ends of the said wires, covered and protected. I v

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all-"the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

Referring to the drawing the numeral l designates the body of the package which is substantially circular in horizontal section.

2 designates the bottom of the receptacle, and 3 the lid or cover' whichis provided with a fillet 3 on its lower side. l

The body l comprises a series of vertical 'slats 4 slightly bowed transversely so as toproduce a substantially circular structure when assembled and said slats are secured together by means of truss wires 5 extending around the circle of slats and by tie wires 6 secured to said truss wires in the spaces between every two slats, the tie wires extending around the inner sides of the slats as shown, and the endsof the truss wires are. joined together at the rear of the structure and preferably covered by means of a stiffening slat or rib 7 which extends vertically as shown.

At its upper end the body l is provided with an encircling hoop 8 preferably of elm or similar strong wood, the ends of which are joined together and riveted. A At its lower end the body is provided with an encircling hoop Q'angular in cross section as shown and preferably of metal. The horizontally extendingportion of the bottom hoop 9 extends underneath the bottoni board 2, and preferably I 4employ drive screws l0 to secure said hoop in place, said drive screws extending through the vertical portions of the hoopfand through the body portion l into the bottom board 2. As the-present embodiment of 'my invention is particularly designed as a shipping package for the storage of a perishable commodity surrounded by a refrigerant, the said package is lined around the inside of the body portion l by metallic sheathing ll such as galvanized iron. Such sheathing extends upwardly and outwardly over the upper edge of the body portion l and thence downwardly some distance around the outer Side of the body portion as indicated at l2, the said downwardly extending upper end l2 being interposed and clamped between the outer sides of the slats and the inner circle of the upper hoop 8. Clenching nails 13 preferably extend through said sheathing, the upper series of nails extending through the body portion o f the shleathing and through the downwardly extending end l2 thereof. At the bottom also thesheathing l1` -extends around the edge-of the body portion and thence trating the same as indicated in the drawings. Insulating paper l5 or the like is interposed' between the sheathing ll and the inner sides of the wooden slats 4, said paper preferably terminating at both top and bottom at the ends pf the slats. fIo complete the sheet metal inner receptacle, bottom sheathing 16 is employed sai-d bottom sheathing extending entirely across the bottom and downwardly around the outer edge of the bottom board and being interposed and clamped between said edge and theslats 4.' By this means the of the bottom portion 16 of the sheathing with the body portion ll thereof. insulating paper 19 is also preferably interposed between the bottoni sheathing 16 and the bottom board 2 such paper lining preferably terminating at the margin of said board.

The covering or lid 3 of my improved package is e11- which are located at the rear of the package and are rc- 'spectively secured to angular brackets 2l that are provided with upper and lower leaves 22 embracing the edge of the lid. Each bracket 2l is provided with a projecting knuckle 23, and a pintle 24 extends through apertures in said knuckles and is provided with a nut 25 so that by tightening up said nut the two brackets may be drawn together and thereby tighten the hoop 20 about the lid 3 and prevent warping. In addition to this binding function,'the pintle 24 serves as a support for the toggle hinge 27 which is U-shaped as shown and has its ends pivotally mounted on said pintle while its cross bar is pivotally mounted within a bearing 29 upwardly as indicated at 14, the drive screws penevcircled by a channeled metallic hoop the ends of' proper solder seam 18 may be effected at the juncture formed by lineki ing the intermediate portions oi' o strap In" that if; secured to the body ,i the achtige and p to the strengthening rib 7.

Hoving thus donrribed the invention what is claimed as new is:

1. A Shipping` package of the Character described, eonrA prising n body portion composed of u serios of verttnl slots arranged substantially in n circle, :i (flzrniping hoop secured around the ripper oud of said body portion. n bottoni t'or duid body portion. on ungulnr hoop secured :iround the lower ends of said shits ond oxtendin underneath said bottoni, truss wires eonuortngr said shits ron-ether, the ends of the truss wires boing;- joined. :i vertically extending strengthening rib .st-cured to said body portion and covering: the joins of smid truss.\\'i1t-s. and til` wires secured to said truss wires.

2. A piitkng'e of the character doseribed, comprising :1 body port-ion composed of :i .serios ot' vertical slats. ai ranged substantially in n rit-elo. u dumping hoop secured riround the slats dt the upper ends thereof. n lower hoop L-shtiped in Cross section eneircliin;l the lower ends o the slots, u bottoin supported by the horizontal portion of the lower hoop. shonthintr extending along the inner wall of tho body portion. said sheuthim: extending outwardly over the upper edge of the body portion :ind thence downwardly between thehpper hoop und the outer wull of the slats, :1nd also extending outwardly alonel the lower odge of the body Sewon,

portion and thence upwardly, being'- interposed between the slats and the two members of the L-sbaped lower hoop, and n bottoni sheathing having its edge extending downwardly und interposed between the edge of the bottom and the first named sheathing, there being` provided a senin at the juncture of vthe bottom sheathing with the body sheathing.

il. i package of the character described, comprising n body portion composed of o. series of vertical Vsluts, arranged substantially in n circle, a clamping; hoop secured around the slots nt the upper ends thereof, :i lower hoop Lshopod in cross section onuirtzling tho lower ends of tho slats, n bottom supported by the horizontal portion of the lower hoop. shezitbinn extending along; the inner woll of the body portion. snid sheathing extending outwardly over the upper edge ot' the booy portion and thence downwardly between the upper hoop and( the outer wnll oi the sluts, rind also extending;- outwardly along,l the lower edge of the body portion und thence upwardly, being interposed between the slots und the two members ol the L-shnped lower hoop, bottoni sluutbing hnvingits edge extending' downwardly"and interposed between the edge of tho bot.- toni und the first' named sheathing, und :in insulating`- lining for the body sheathing and the bottom sheathing4 4. A Shipping; package of the character described, com prirsing a body portion und bottom and u lid designed to close the upper end of the body portion, n hoop encirvling.; the edge ot' the lid, brackets secured to the 'ends ot' sutil encircling hoop. enoh brnt'ket bein;Y provided with un 11portured knuckle, n pintlr mounted in Suid knuckles and provided with u nut screwed thereon und adapted to druw the said brackets together, a U-'shopod toggle hnvinr, its uppor ends pirotnlly mounted upon Suid pintlo, and :i strop secured to the body portion und provided with :i bearing in whiclrthe cross bnr of said tog-,ile is journztled. In testimony whereof I :iix my signature in presence of two witnesses,

- EDWiN 1P. HULBERT. ltr. $4.1

Wilnesseq D. J. FLANAGA N,

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