US926640A - Box. - Google Patents

Description

J. OOCHRAN.

BOX.

APPLICATION rum) DEG. 20,1901.

Paented June 29,1909.

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James Cochran J. GOGHRAN.

BOX. APPLIOATION FILED 0110.20.1967.

926,640; Patented June 29, 1909.

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Snuudicw 7 flames Cochran UNITED STATES PATENT @FFTCE.

JAMES COOHRAN, OF LOOKPORT, NEW YORK.

BOX.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES CoeHRAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lockport, in the county of Niagara, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Boxes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention has reference to box constructions, and it aims, primarily, to provide an exceedingly light and strong packing receptacle, consisting, essentially, of a skeleton wooden frame and a panel of paste-board or similar fibrous material secured thereto.

The invention further resides in the provision of a receptacle of the above specified type, in which each end section consists of an inner and an outer frame so arranged with respect to each other, as to form a continuous double rabbet, the inner rabbet affording a firm support for the panel interposed between said frames, the dimensions of which panel, are the same as those of the inner frame, and for the cross brace or braces, when used, while the outer rabbet in like manner, serves to support the adjacent edges of the side, top and bottom sections, as well as the panels, which form a part of said sections, thus providing a series of overlapping or looking joints between the several sections.

These and other features which form the subject matter of the present case, will be fully understood from a consideration of the following detailed description, and their preferred embodiment is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which corresponding parts are designated by similar reference numerals in the several views.

Of the said drawings :-Figure 1 is a perspective View of the box. Fig. 2 is a hori- Zontal section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 33 of the same figure. Figs. 4 and 5 are detail views of modified forms of the end sections. Fig. 6 is a fragmental view of a further modified form of end section. Fig. 7 is a section on the line 77 thereof.

In Fig. 1, a portion of the top section of the box is broken away for clearness of illustration.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 7 and 8 designate respectively, the top Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 20, 1907.

Patented June 29, 1909.

Serial No. 407,293.

and bottom sections of the box, 9 the side sections, and 10 the end sections. The last mentioned sections, in the particular construction of which, the invention chiefly resides, comprise each separate inner and outer rectangular skeleton frames 11 and 12, the edges of the frame 11 being spaced away from those of the frame 12, so as to provide continuous outer and inner rabbets, 13 and 14 respectively. In addition to the frames, above referred to, each end section further includes an interposed panel 15 of card board, paste-board, veneer, or other suitable material, the edges of said panel resting against the adjacent face of the inner rabbet and extending between the frames of the end section, the nails or other fastening devices employed, being passed through said frames and through the panel. The interposition of the panels between the frames of the end sections, and the formation of the continuous inner rabbet, effect the retention of the panels in place and firmly support the same. 1

The construction above described, may be further strengthened to a considerable extent by the provision of a pair of inner and outer cross braces 16 and 17, which are likewise disposed upon opposite sides of each panel 15, and are secured together by a series of fasteners as shown in Fig. 1. The opposite ends of each brace 1.6 fit in the top and bottom portions of the inner rabbet 14 and are connected to the corresponding members of the inner frame, while the ends of the braces 17 contact with the adjacent members of the outer frame, as likewise shown in said figure. It will therefore be apparent that while the end sections and their panels are strengthened by the provision of the pairs of braces, each inner brace is positively supported by having its ends projecting into and fitting in the corresponding portions of the inner rabbet, thus presenting a compact, strong, and at the same time, exceedingly light structure.

The side sections 9 of the box, which are fitted between the end sections, above described, consist each of a fibrous or other panel 18 and a series of spaced horizontal braces 19, whose length is co-extensive with that of the panels. The ends of said braces, and the vertical edges of the panels to which they are secured, fit in the vertical portions of the rabbets 13 and are held in place therein by fastening devices which extend into the Cir rrcd to the top and bottom edges to form a support for the panels of the top and botto'n st ions at such points,

d bottom sections should be likewise pro aided with "out and rear which overlap those on n. e side sections just referred to. llS disposition. of the braces serves to stre ion the box at the several edges thereof, and to firmly clamp the several panels in pi while the top T l'iS ize understood that a second pair of braces may as employed, in which instance, they arranged at right angles to the hrstment1oned pair, as shown g ch figure, the s" lemental braces are indicated by the nume - iS 22 and 23. if desired, however, the braces may be entire y dispensed with, shown in Fig. 5, although such braces materially strengthen the end sections, as above stated.

in the further A iodified form of the end igs. 6 and 7, the arrangein Fi i, in

section shown in ment of the two frames is such that while the continuous outer rabbet 18 is produced as in the preferred form, the inner edges of the corresponding members of said frames occupy common planes. instead of the inner rabbets formed continuously of the inner edges, they are shown in this modification of the invention, as for ned only partway of the inner edges two o posite sides of the inner frame, thus roducing short seats These seats are adapted to receive the rabbeted or halved ends of brace whose thickness is equal to the combined thickness of said frames, the outer face of said brace being flush with that of the outer frame, while its inner face is flush with the inner face of the inner frame.

The box may be constructed in various sizes, according to the purpose for which it is intended. The several panels with which the sections of the box are provided, may be constructed, as ab ve stated, of any suitable material, fibrous or otherwise, while the frames of the end sections, and the several braces may be constructed of wood, or other suitable material.

i fhat is claimed is:

at cease-o 1. A packing boX, comprising, in combination, connected top, bottom, side and end sections, each end section consisting of an inner and an outer skeleton frame so ariged with respect to each. other, as to form continuous inner and outer rabbets between the cor pending edges thereof, the outer rabbet being adapted to receive the adjacent edges of the first-mentioned sections.

2. ii packing box, comprising, in combination, end sections, each consisting of an inner and an outer SXOlBtOD frame, so arranged with respect to each other, as to form continuous inner and outer rabbets betw the corresponding edges thereof; a panel interposed between the frames of each end section; and top, bottom, and side sections having their er sup ported upon the corresponding sides of the outer rabbets of the end sections and secured to the inner frames thereof.

3. A. packing box, comprising, in combi nation, end sections, each consisting of an inner and an outer skeleton frame, so arranged with respect to each other as to form rabbets betweethe corresponding inner edges thereof; inner and outer braces secured to each end section, the inner braces each having its opposite ends supported upon said rabbets; a panel interposed between the iames and braces of each end section; and top, bottom, and side sections having their edges supported upon the ad jacent edges of the end sections, the edges of the end sections overlapping those of the top, bottom and side sections.

A. backing box, comprising, in combination, end sections each consisting of an inner and an outer skeleton frame, so arranged with respect to each other, as to form continuous inner and outer rabbets between the corresponding edges thereof; inner and outer braces secured to each end section, each inner brace having its opposite ends supported upon the inner rabbet; a panel interposed between the frames and braces of each end section; and top, bottom, and side sections having their edges supported upon the outer rabbets of the end ections.

5. A packing box, comprising, in combination, end sections, each consisting of an inner and an outer skeleton frame, so arranged with respect to each other, as to form continuous inner and outer rabbets between the corresponding edges thereof; inner and outer braces secured to each end section, each inner brace having its opposite once supported upon the inner rabbet; a panel interposed between the frames and braces of each end section; and supported at its edges upon the inner rabbet thereof; and top, bottom and sine sections having their edges supported upon the outer rabbets of the end sections and secured to the inner frames thereof.

6. A packing box, comprising, in combination, end sections, each comprising separate inner and outer skeleton frames and an interposed panel, the edges of each inner frame being spaced from those of the outer frame to form a continuous rabbet; and top, bottom, and side sections having their edges fitted in the rabbets in said end sections, and secured to the inner frames thereof.

7. A packing box, comprising, in combination, end sections, each consisting of separate inner and outer skeleton frames, the edges of each inner frame being spaced from those of the corresponding outer frame, to form continuous inner and outer rabbets braces secured on opposite sides of each panel, each inner brace having its ends supported in the corresponding inner rabbet; and to bottom and side sections having their ec ges fitted in the corres onding sides of the outer rabbets of said en sections and secured to the inner frames thereof, each top, bottom and side section consisting of a panel, and a series of braces secured to a face thereof, the ends of said braces and the edges of said sections fitting in the corresponding sides of the outer rabbets of said end sections and secured to the inner frames thereof.

8. A packing box, comprising, in combination, sections, each consisting of a pair of skeleton frames so arranged with res ect to each other as to produce inner rab ets and continuous outer rabbets, a brace having its ends seated in the inner rabbets, and additional sections having their edges seated in the outer rabbets of the first mentioned sections.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

J AMES COCHRAN.

Witnesses:

FRED D. MoYER, J. M. COOHRAN.

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