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A. OJ HUBBARD.

BOX.

APPLIUATION FILED MAR. 12, 1906.

Patented Dec. 8, 1908.

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A. 0. HBBARD.

` BOX.

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Patented Dec.8,1908.

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ARTHUR O. HUBBARD, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

BOX.

Specification of Letters '.atent.

Application ledMarch 12, 1906.

Patented Dec. 8, loos.

Serial N0. 305,521.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR O. HUBBARD, of Minneapolis, Hennepin county, Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to boxes used for package shipping and delivering purposes, and the object of the invention is to provide a box of economical construction, and one that will be strong and durable, and in the construction of which comparatively thin, inexpensive lumber can be used.

rIhe invention consists, generally, in providing a box having walls composed of comparatively thin narrow strips, and improved means for securing the said strips together to form the panels of the box.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, Figure l is a perspective view of the box embodying my in-` vention. Fig. 2 is a similar view with the top and one side wall removed. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view illustrating the means employed for securing the parts of the wall panels together. Fig. 4 is a perspective view illustrating the manner of making the sides and bottom of the box in one continuous strip or panel. Fig. 5 is a perspective view illustrating a panel or continuous strip before it'is folded to form the walls of the box. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view showing the grooves provided to receive thel binding wire, and Fig. 7 is a sectional view showing the wires fitting within the grooves on each side ofl the panel and the means for binding the opposite wires together. Fig. S is a detail showing means for binding the wires together between the strips.

In the drawing, 2 represents the end panels of the box, 3 the sides, 4 the bottom, and 5 the top. The sides, bottom and top are all composed of comparatively thin narrow strips 6 placed edge to edge, and having grooves 7 extending transversely therein near each end entirely around the panel. These grooves, which are for the purpose of partially concealing and protecting the wires and preventing them from being bent or broken by contact with any other object, are of any suitable depth and width varying usually with the size of the box and the purpose for which it is to be used. The panels are preferably provided with the grooves, but I donot confine myself to their use, as the wires, when drawn and embedded by the staples as described, will perform their functions of holding the strips together, even if the grooves are omitted. In the box shown in Sheet l the panels are all formed separately each comprising a suitable number of strips to obtain the desired width of panel.

For the purpose of binding the strips together a wire 8 is laid in each groove extending entirely around the panel and having its ends secured together in any suitable way, as by binding and interlocking them, or by twisting them together on one edge of the panel, as indicated at 9 in Fig. 3. The twist ing of the wire ends will draw it taut in the grooves, and for the purpose of binding the opposite parallel leads of the wire together and closing the joints between the strips composing the panel, I provide staples 10 which are forced through the strips on one side straddling the wire. on' that side, and then have their ends clenched or bent around the wire on the other side thereby forcing the wire into the wood on each side of the panel and forming little offsets orbends 11 in the wire and drawing up or shortening the same to such an extent that the edges of the stri s composing the panel will bedrawn snug y ftogether and firmly held in that position. I prefer to employ one staple for each strip arranged substantially as shown in Fig. 3, but the number used may be varied according to the width of the strips. are inserted and locked around the wires, the edges of the strips will be drawn together so snugly that the panels will be as stiff and inflexible as though composed of a single piece, instead of being made up of a number of narrow strips. The end panels are made in the same way and in addition have border strips l2 extending around their edges and bracing and strengthening the same and forming nailing surfaces for the side, top and bottom panels. The strips 12 preferably have mitered interlocking ends, so that neat substantial joints may be formed between the strips at the corners of the anels. The strips composing the end pane s will be secured to the strips 12 by nails or other suitable means.

In Figs. 4 and 5 I have shown a box composed of panels constructed in the same way, but with the side walls and bottom made in one continuous sheet lor panel folded at the corners. The strips are grooved in the same manner on-each side, and the wires are fitted therein and stapled, as `described `with ref- .Ihen these staples,

erence to Fig. 3, the edges of the strips being firmly bound together by the shortening of.4

the wires when the staples are inserted; and

each panel, even those of considerable length, can be handled as'one board. The panels made in this way can not only beutilized to form the bottom, sides and top of a box, but manufactured ofl comparatively thin material may serve as a wrapper to protect various articles of merchandise while being shipped from place to place. Boxes of the kind heretofore described are usually manufactured and shipped to the users in knock-downform, being put together at the destination by nailing machines and used extensively for packing and shipping all kinds of; merchandise. A box, therefore, which will be ofcomparatively thin materialand of light construction, but capable of considerable roughhandling and of carrying a considerable load, has beenY found to be especially serviceable for packing and shippingl purposes. lf one of the boards or strips becomes broken in an ordinary box, the contents are liable to fallout, and in some instances the box will when partially broken soon fall` entirely in pieces. A box made as herein described, however, cannot fall apart,

should one of the panels or strips become split or broken, as the wires will bind it to the other strips and prevent it from becoming. detached and lost.

The strips bound` together by the wires form a fabric that' canbevshipped fiat, and

which may be formed into a box or other package. l prefer to bind' the wires together between the slats (see Figs. 5 and 8) by av staple or wire 18 at the points where the corners are to-be formed.

The details: of the construction may be varied' in many particulars without depart'-v ing from my invention.

I claim as my invention:

l'. A box having walls composed of a series offstrips, a wire extending around the strips, and staples connecting the opposite leads of the wire throughy said strips and' formingoffsets or bends inthe wire whereby it will be drawn taut around" the strips Aand the edges of' said strips will be drawn snugly together, for the purpose specified.

2. A- box wall composed of a series ofi strips, a wire extending'across the str-ips,and means for securing the several strips tosaid' wire and forming offsets or` bendsin the wire to embed! the wire in the strips andi exertz atension on. the wire tov drawl andi hold together the edges of the strips, substantially as described.`

3. A box` wall composed of a, series off strips, a wire extending across thestrips, and

staples extending across the Wire and forcedinto the body of the strips at points distant lfromthe edges of, the strips to form offsets in the opposite leads of' said'wire whereby itwill: be drawn taut around the panel and the edges of saidstripswill be drawn'snugl'y together, substantially as described.

5. A box composed of panels-made up of comparatively narrow strips havingl transverse grooves near each end extending around the panel, wires fitting within said grooves and having theirl ends secured together, and staples passingv through said strips in the bottom ofl said grooves and connecting the opposite leads-of the wires and binding them and the edges-of saidstrips'securely together, substantially as described.

6. A panel composed ofa series of narrow stripsplaced edge to edge, wires extending along both sides of the'panel and around the ends, and staples connecting the leads of the wires onopposite sides of the paneland formingfwhen clenched or bent around the same inwardly turned. offsets or bends therein whereby the wires will be tightened-between the ends ofv the panel andthe edges of the strips will be drawn snugly together, substantially as described.

7l A panell composed ofl a series of. comparatively thin woodenstrips placed edge'toA edgeand having transverse groovesion their surfaces-on bot-h sides extending f'romfend to end ofthe panel, w-ires fitting within said grooves-and extending along both sidesof the panel and around theends thereof, and the ends of saidl wiresv beingj interlocked or secured together, and-staples driven through said strips from side to side and" st'raddling the Wires and havingv their ends bent or clenched aroundf the `wires on one side where-V by offsets` orbends will be formed in thev wires andforced into the wood, andthe wires will bel tightened between the endsoff the panel and the edges of' the strips drawn snugly together, substantially as described.

In witness whereof', I"y have hereunto set my hand` this 7th day of March 1906.-

ARTHrUR' O. HUBBARD.

Witnesses:

G1. HANsoN, A'. Cl PAUL.

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