US916852A - Shipping box or crate. - Google Patents

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G. FESSLER.

lSHIPPING BOX OR CRATE. APPLICATION FILED DEO. 23, 1901'.

91 6,852. Patented Mar. 30, 1909,

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.IINITED PATIENT @little CHARLES FESSLER, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO KNOCII DOWN CASE COMPANY, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN.

SHIPPING BOX OR CRATE.

' Application led December 23, 1997.

Patented March 80, 1909.

Serial No. 407,741.

To all lwhom it' may concern.'

Be it known that I, CHARLES Fnssnnn, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Detroit, in the county of lWife-vile and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shipping Boxes or Crates, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention relates particularly to a fabric especially designed for use in forming vthe sections or sides of a shipping box or crate, consisting primarily of a series of slats and tie members therefor, and the invention consists primarily in the novel construction of the fabric, in the peculiar means employed for uniting the tie members to the slats to prevent relative creeping movement of the ties, and further to prevent racking of the finished box, and the invention still further consists in certain details of construction as will be more fully hereinafter set forth. i

In the drawings illustrating the invention, -Figure I is a sectional perspective view of a crate or box section formed frorA my improved fabric, Fig. 2 is a cross section therethrough taken on lines www of Fig. l; Figs. 3 and 4 are sectional perspective views of modified forms of the fabric; and F 5 is a sectional perspective view showing the preferred arrangement of the slat sections.

In the drawings thus briefly described,- reference being had particularly to Fig. l,- A represents a section of a shipping box or crate composed of an open-centered frame formed of side members c and ends Z), with my improved fabric arranged over the framework intermediate the sides, as shown. The fabric consists primarily of a series of slats, as B, arranged in parallel alinement and extending in this instance longitudinally of the framework, and a series of tie members C uniting the sla-t series and secured at their respective ends to the frame sides in any suitable manner.

In forming the fabric, the slats are arranged side by side in transverse alinement, with the tie members extending` crosswise thereof, the ties being preferably flat metallic bands.

To prevent creeping' movement of the ties in relation to the slats, I have shown (reference being had to Fig. 4) means for uniting the tie members to the slats extending through the ties, the means being preferably,-though not necessarily,-a rivet c which pierces the band or tie and has a clenching engagement with the slat.

For the purpose of preventing racking of the section and the consequent distortion of the form of the finished crate, I employ in the construction of the fabric two securing devices (Z c in connection with each slat, these devices being spaced apart and extending through the tie as previously set forth. This produces a structure that will withstand all strains that may be imposed upon the crate at any angle or corner without permitting distortion.

In l I have shown the preferred form of fabric consisting of a series of slats and the tie iembers as previously set forth, but the slats in this instance are cut or sawed longitudinally, forming complementary sections f g adapted to be superimposed as shown, while the tie member or band extends across the slat series intermediate the sections. The slat members may be united in any suitable manner, but I have preferably connected them by two spaced fasteners c (Z,4preferably rivetsf-which extend through the tie member for the purpose previously set forth. Also to further strengthen the fabric I snperimpose sla ections in which the grain runs in different irections in the manner indicated in Fig. 5. The fabric thus formed is ligl t and durable, the tie members and slats are held against relative movement, the slats are incapable of any turning movement in relation to one another that will permit a distortion of the box or crate, and the structure as an entirety is capable of being manufactured at sin all cost.

lihat I claim as my invention is,-

l. i fabric for the manufacture of sl'iipping craees or boxes consisting of a series of `slats formed each of complementary supciimposec. sections, and a series of me- 1tallic tie members xtending crosswise of and continuously over the slats intermediate of the sections, the ties being respectively riveted to each slat.

2. A fabric for the manufacture of shipping crates or boxes, comprising a series of longitudinally sawed slats, the sections of each being superimposed, a series of flat metallic bands extending transversely of the slats intermediate the sections and continusections, and uniting` means for the sections l0 ously across the series, and securing devices extending,` through the tie members. extending through the respective bands and In testimony whereof affix my signature 'the sections of each slut in proximity to the in presence oic two Witnesses.

side edges uniting the parts.

i HARLF FE ER. 3. A fabric for shipping crates or baskets, C TAS SSL comprising a series of slats formed each of Nitnessesz longitudinal sections, a series of tie mem- NELLIE KINSELLA,

bers crosswise of the slats intermediate the JAMES P. BARRY.

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