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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
EPHRAIM M. TURNER, OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS.
FRAME FOR TRUNKS, VALISES, &c.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 588,199, dated August 17, 1897.
Application filed September 19, 1896. Serial No. 606,356, (No model.)To all whom it may concer:.
Be it known that I, EPHRAIM M. TURNER,
a citizen of the United States, residing at
Fort Worth, Texas, have invented a new and
5 Improved Frame for Trunks, Valises, Boxes,
and Like Articles, of which the following is a
specification.
My invention relates to frames for trunks,
valises, boxes, vehicle-bodies, and like arti-
Io cles; and the object is to construct frames
which will be strong and durable, which will
require no bolts or nails or tacks, and which.
can be cast or molded or formed in single
pieces of metal.
15 The invention consists in the novel con-
struction and combination hereinafter fully
described, and more particularly pointed out
in the claims.
Reference is had to the accompanying draw-
20 ings, forming a part of this specification.
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a frame.
Fig. 2 is a detailed sectional view showing a
brad and a lug or rib cast integral with a side
piece. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical see-
25 tion through line X X of Fig. 1, showing a
part of the frame and sections of the end and
bottom and side pieces of a trunk or other
article held in place by the frame. Fig. 4 is
a horizontal sectional view in detail, showing
30 construction of the corners and the adjusting
of the end and bottom and side pieces.
Similar characters of reference are used to
indicate the same parts throughout the sev-
eral views.
35 The entire frame is preferably constructed
in one piece. The bottom pieces a and a'
and the end pieces b and b' are substantially
angular in cross-section, being angular on the
inside and curved on the outside, as shown
40 in Figs. 1 and 2. The side pieces of the
trunk or other article rest on the horizontal
flanges of the side pieces. The bottom pieces
of the trunk rest on the horizontal flanges of
all the bottom pieces of the frame, and the
45 end pieces of the trunk rest on the horizontal
flanges of the end pieces of the frame and
against the vertical flanges of the end pieces.
The bottom of the trunk or other article aids
in holding the side and end pieces of the
50 trunk in place, since those parts extend down
between the metal vertical flanges and the
bottom piece of the trunk.In order to add strength to the sides and
bottom, bands c and c' are cast integral with
the side pieces a and a'. These bands have 55
ribs d and d' on the outside, as illustrated in
Fig. 1 and at the bottom of Fig. 3. The ends
are strengthened by uprights e and e', cast
with the end pieces of the frame, or, if desir-
able, these end uprights may extend under 6o
the bottom and thus add strength to the
frame. The uprights at the corners arecon-
structed as illustrated in Fig. 4. The flanges
f hold the side and end pieces of trunks and
other articles in place; but for some articles 65
the flanges f may be dispensed with.
In order to give strength and to prevent
the corner-uprights from flaring out at the
top, ribs or flanges g are cast integral with
and on the inside of the flanges of the corner- 70
pieces. These ribs may not be necessary on
the flanges toward the sides. The corner at
the right side of Fig. 4 shows a rib on each
flange and the corner at the left shows no
ribs on the flanges. The purpose for which 75
the frames must be made will be the guide
in making the frame.
Another means of adding strength consists
in lugs or ribs cast integral with the bottom
flanges. At the outer ends of these lugs are 80o
cast forked or pronged brads integral with the
lugs and the bottom flanges. Figs. 1 and 2
show the lugs h and bradsj. Fig. 3 shows two
of the brads clenched and one not clenched,
Fig. 3 also shows one of the lugs i, the brad 85
being cut away. (See the broken space in the
section of the bottom piece of the trunk.) The
brads hold the bottoms of trunks or other
articles and the lugs hold the side and end
pieces. Other brads K K may be provided 90o
to hold the bottom down.
In order to hold the end and side pieces
down, brads mn and n are cast integral with
the top of the upright corner-pieces and the
bands c and c' and the uprights e and e', re- 95
spectively. Fig. 3 shows how these brads are
bent over the edges of a side piece of a trunk
or other article and clenched. Before putting
in the side and end pieces grooves have to be
cut in the bottoms of these pieces correspond- oo
ing with the lugs h. Grooves have to be made
also in the ends of the side and end pieces for
the ribs g when these ribs are used. Grooves
or beds are. cut in the top edges of the side
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Turner, Ephraim M. Frame for Trunks, Valises, &c., patent, August 17, 1897; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth174697/m1/2/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.