US933876A

US933876A - Crate.

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Publication number: US933876A
Application number: US48862609A
Authority: US
Inventors: Henry D Bokop
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1909-04-08
Filing date: 1909-04-08
Publication date: 1909-09-14
Anticipated expiration: 1926-09-14

Description

H. D. BOKOP.

CRATE. APBLIOATION FILED APR. 8.1909.

Patented Se t, 14, 1909.

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H. D. BOKOP.

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APPLIUATIGII FILED APE,8,1909.

Patented Sept. 14, 1909.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. tltl".

i1pplication filed April 8, 1909. Serial No. 488,62tl.

To all whom it may concern: 7

lle it known that l. llnxm' l). BUKOP, a citizen ot' the United States. residing at lle-lianee. in the county of Defiance and State of Ohio. have invented a' new and useful (Wale, ot'which the following is a specification. w

This lllYtllllUll relates generally toshipping crates, and particularly to that class known as collapsible crates.

'lhe object. ot the invention is to provide a crate of this character that shall be exceedingly simple in construction. etlieient and durable in use. aml which shall be capable of being readily knocked down and set up as occasion may require. l

With the. aboveand other objects in View which will appear as the nature of the. ill-' venliou is better sists in the novel construction and combination of par s, of a "folding and knock down crate, as will hereinafter be fully dascribed, and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification. and in which like characters of reference indicate correspond ing; parts, Figure l is a View in perspective of the crate showing the same partly dismantled. 11 lg. 2 is a perspective View of the crate as it; appears when it is set up for use. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional View on an enlarged seale taken through one corner of the crate. Fig. -lis a View in side elevation of the crate as it appears when knorked down and ready for r-ihipmeut.

As usual, the crate emnprises front and back walls 1 and 2, end walls 3 and l, and top and bottom walls 5 and (i. .Ul'ot' these parts may be constructtal in any preferred manner that will insure-the maximum of stability with a mininnnn of stock.

The upper surface of the bottom wall and i the under surface of the upper wall are mar ginally ralibeted as at- T to receive the upper and lower edges of the remaining four walls. the shoulders formed by the rabbets operat ing to prevent inward crushing of the lateral walls.

One of the nrincipal features of the. invention is in the 'a r1'an; e1nen t. of means for holding the front, back and end sections assembled together and with the top and bottom. This result. is attained by securing 1o each edge of each of the walls 1, 2, 3 and l. three eyes or-butts H. the eyes on the ad m he no interference between the two sets and through the six eyes thns provided at eael} corner of the crate passes a rod 9 the ends of which are threaded to receive nuts l5) one only of which is shown at. east; may. The butts or eyes 8 maybe construe-toil any preferred manner. but iron: a stat 1 point of economy and readiness of eonstrnotitan it is preferred to employ strips of sheet. metal that are secured between battens it and the respective walls at "each corner of the crate.

In order to reinforce the bottom and top at the corners where the rods pass through. metallic cornices 12 are employed. which are secured in misitionby nails or screws.

It will be seen from the above description that in order to knock down the crate and assemble. its parts for shipment as shown in Fig. 4. it will only be necessary to remove four of the nuts t0. withdraw the four rods in substantially the manner shown in Fig. l. The crate may he made of comparatively light stock. and owimgto the manner in which its parts are constructed and ass-ear bled it. will proveexceedingly strong and will withstand considerable compression strain before yielding.

l' claim;

1. A crate comprising front, back and end walls, eyes carried by the edges of the walls and arranged in alinement. a top and bottom wall. rods passing" through the e .'cs and through the top and bottom walls. and rlmnping means mounted on the rod and bearing upon the outer t'aees of the top and and then dispose the-six frame members bottom to hold the series oi walls assembled.

5.2. A crate eomprisin -trout. back and end walls; eyes carried by the edges of the walls and arranged to register, top and bottom walls ha ring their margins rabbeted to tit within the body formed by the first named walls, threaded rods passing through the several series of eyes. and nuts mounted on the ends of the rods and bearing upon the outer faces of the top and bottom walls to hold all of the walls assembled.

3. it crate eonlprising front, back and end walls. yes projecting tron-i the side edges of the said walls with their bodies lying; against the. sides of the same, battens securedto the sides of the walls over the bodies of theeyes, top and bottom walls having their margins rabbeted to receive thelower edges of rent Wall being so disposed that. therev will 1 the trout back and end walls. rods inserted gwlaer.

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in the presence of two Wll'l'lCSSBS.

HENRY 1 150x01.

ilu'ough the top and bottom Walls and. the alincd eyes on the edges of the front, back and end walls, and clumping means mounted on the said rods and bearing upon the top and bottom Walls (0 hold all the parts to- 1 Witnessesg EJHUME TALBEHT, ln testimony that I claim the foregoing as C. E DOYLE