A Folding or Collapsing Crate for any kind of Packing, Carrying, or Storing Purposes
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 15th May, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 17th Feb., 1890-Accepted, 22nd Mar., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Folding or Collapsing Crate for any kind of Packing, Carrying,
or Storing Purposes.
SAMUEL EDWARD REED, Traveller 18 Raglan Road, Smethwick, and JOHN ARTHUR
PALMER, Clerk, 57 Raglan Road Smethwick, both in the County of Staffordshire do
bereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A construction consisting of any number of pieces, parts, or sections of iron, brass,
copper, steel or other metal, wood, paper, cotton or any material whatsoever, hinged,
hooked, riveted pivotted or joined together, or that may be hinged, hooked, riveted
pivotted or joined together in any conceivable manner, shape, or form, to build
up into or form a receptacle to hold or contain any kind or description of
merchandise, machinery, crockeryware, plants, flowers or any article or articles, and
that may be immediately taken into parts, pieces, or sections again, or collapsed, or
folded up together at will, and stored away for future use.
Dated this Thirteenth day of May 1889
SAMUEL EDWARD REED.
JOHN ARTHUR PALMER.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Folding or Collapsing Crate for any kind of Packing, Carrying,
or Storing Purposes.
We SAMUEL EDWARD REED of 58 Raglan Road, Traveller and JOHN ARTHUR
PALMER of 57 Raglan Road Clerk, both of Smethwick in the County of Stafford, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
Our invention consists in the arrangement and construction of a number of hinged,
hooked, rivetted or jointed frames to form a crate or other receptacle for carrying or
receiving any kind of machinery, merchandise crockeryware, plants, flowers, or other
articles requiring to be enclosed and protected when in transit, whereby we are
enabled to cause the crate to collapse or fold up and occupy little space when being
returned and when stored or not in actual use.
In carrying our invention into effect when constructing a metal crate we form a
number of latticed or built up frames such as A, B, C, D, E, F, in Figures 1, 2
and 2a of the accompanying drawings. The ends of the frame we cause to embrace
or to attach to each other, by bending the ends "g" of each lath round the end
bar "h" of the frames; the one end bar "h" serving sometimes to connect or unite
two sides or portions of the frame together.
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Instead of simply bending the ends of the laths round the bars as at "g" in
Figure 3 we sometimes rivet the ends down as at "i" or we attach an independent
connecting piece to the laths for this purpose. We prevent the sides and ends of the
crate from collapsing when they are in use enclosing any object by providing loops or
bows "k" upon the end or side bars as shown in Figures 1, 2, 5, 6 and 7 through
which we place long pins "" having split or other retaining pins or keys "m
through their projecting ends. These split pins or keys we sometimes provide with
safety chains for preventing their loss from the crate. We also in some instances
dispense with the long pins "" employing instead loops or swivelling hooks".
Figures 10 and 11 for embracing two sides when in position and to prevent the two
sides from becoming disconnected, we employ ordinary binding wire "o" to twist
round the two end bars and thus hold them two bars and thus serve as a connection.
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page_text: We form some of our end bars as shown on the frame D and at Figure 8 and Figure 9
in the form of hooks "p" to engage with the bars of that portion of the frame with
which they are to come in contact. We sometimes bend the bows "k" inside as
at Figure 5 or partly inside and partly outside as at Figure 6 or outside as at
Figure 7 when constructing, our improved crates for particular requirements.
Figure 12 and Figure 13 are illustrations of our improved crate, when collapsed and
in condition for storage or as return freight.
We do not limit the application of our invention to any particular kind of metal
but employ any 'suitable metal or other material in the manner herein before described
and as set forth in the accompanying drawings.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:
I. The construction of folding or collapsible crates or cases having frames which
hinge one upon the other by means of the end bar of one frame being embraced by
the lattices or laths of another joining frame.
II. The construction of collapsible or folding crates or cases having the end or side
bars with bows or loops formed upon them to receive a pin, lock, or other fastening,
substantially as bereinbefore described and as set forth in the accompanying
drawings.
Dated this 14th day of February 1890
MARKS & CLERK,
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for Applicants.