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UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE
CHARLES B. BURWELL, OF COTULLA, TEXAS.
CRATE.
934,280. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 14, 1909.
Application filed October 6, 1908. Serial No. 456,440.To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, CHARLES B. BURWELL,
a citizen of the United States, residing at
Cotulla, in the county of Lasalle and State
5 of Texas, have invented new and useful Im-
provements in Crates, of which the follow-
ing is a specification.
This invention relates to shipping and stor-
ing vessels, and more particularly to crates,
0 and has for an object to provide a. crate
composed principally of a plurality of
spaced slats adapted to form a cylindrical
body when the crate is in an operative posi-
tion, and to provide for a thorough venti-
5 lation in the transportation of vegetables or
perishable products.
A further object of this invention is to
provide a plurality of slats adapted to form
a cylindrical crate, and to construct certain
0 of the slats so that they effectively serve as a
door for gaining access to the interior of the
crate.
A further object of this invention is to
provide a crate which may be readily
5 knocked down when not in use so that it will
occupy but little floor space during its trans-
portation or storage, and to provide simple
means for holding the crate in an operative
or set up position.
0 Other objects and advantages will be ap-
parent as the nature of the invention is bet-
ter set forth, and it will be understood that
changes within the scope of the claims may
be resorted to without departing from the
5 spirit of the invention.
In the drawings, forming a portion of this
specification and in which like numerals of
reference indicate similar parts in the sev-
eral views:-Figure 1 is a side view of the
O crate, Fig. 2 is a top plan view, Fig. 3 is
a horizontal section taken on the line 3-3
of Fig. 1, Fig. 4 is a plan view of the slats
forming the crate body, Fig. 5 is a detail
horizontal section showing the hinge con-
5 struction of the door, Fig. 6 is a detail verti-
cal section through one of the slats, Fig. 7
is a perspective view of one of the clasps.
Referring now more particularly to the
drawings, there is shown a crate 1 compris-
0 ing a plurality of slats 2 disposed in spaced
relation to each other, and as shown, the
said slats are provided upon their inner faces
with a plurality of alining grooves 3 for re-
ceiving portions of the inner strands 4 of
5 binding wires 5 having their outer strands 6
engaged with the outer faces of the slats, asshown. The binding wires are twisted be-
tween the slats as shown at 7 to effectively
hold the said slats in parallel spaced relation
as previously described, and at one end each so
wire is twisted to form an eye S adapted to
receive loops 9 of binding wires 10 engaged
with the slats 11 of a door 12. The wires
10 are attached to the slats 11 in a manner
substantially the same as that described for 65
the wires 5. The binding wires 10 are dis-
posed in line with the binding wires 5, and
the said wires are preferably disposed or
arranged in pairs, two pairs being shown
in the present instance, and upon reference 70
to Figs. 1 and 4 of the drawings, it will be
seen that the wires forming the said pairs
are bent to provide V-shaped portions 13
which are engaged with clasps 14 which are
preferably constructed from sheet material 75
and bent at their outer extremities in hook
form as shown at 15. Each clasp 14 is pro-
vided with a passage 16 adapted to receive a
suitable instrument in order that the said
clasps may be rotated to twist the V-shaped 80
portions 13 to provide adjusting means to be
hereinafter better described.
From the construction described it will be
seen that the crate is adapted to assume a
cylindrical form when in an operative or set 85
up position, and when in this position it will
be readily understood that the hooked por-
tion 15 of the clasps 14 are engaged with one
of the slats 2 of the crate as clearly shown in
Fig. 1 of the drawings. To effectively en- 9o
gage the clasps 14 with the slats 2 and to
provide a perfect rigid construction it will
be seen that the portions 13 of the binding
wires 10 may be twisted as described so that
the clasps 14 may be moved toward or away 95
from the slats 11 forming the door for the
crate.
Heads 17 and 18 are located at the upper
and lower ends of the crate and are disposed
inwardly of the slats forming the said crate, 100
and as shown, the head 17 is provided with a
plurality of radial arms 19 pivoted at their
inner ends at the center of the head 17 as
shown at 20, and at the outer ends the said
arms 19 are bent around the twisted por- ics
tions of the binding wires as shown at 21,
the said twisted portions being thus located
between the slats forming the crate effectively
prevent rotation of the head which would
probably cause displacement of the same .
during shipment. The arms 19, as will be
understood, are engaged with the binding
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Burwell, Charles B. Crate, patent, September 14, 1909; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth512494/m1/3/: accessed June 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.