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UNITED 'STATES PATENT OFFICE.
ERASTUS Ti PUGH, OF IIEARNE, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-I1ALF r()
CHARLES J. HOSTRASSER, OF SAME PLACE.
BOX-FASTEN ER.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 633,327, dated September 19, 1899.
Application filed June 19, 1899, Serial No. 721,107. (No model.)TO all whom it ,May concern-
Be it known that I, ERASTUS T.PUGH, a citi-
zen of the United States, residing at Hearne,
in the county of Robertson and State of Texas,
5 have invented a new and useful Box or Crate
Fastener, of which the following 's a specifi-
cation.
This invention relates to improvements in
box or crate fasteners particularly adapted
to for use on crates for shipping fruit and the
like and to provide a simple, inexpensive,
and efficient means to enable the box or crate
to be readily sealed when locked.
The invention consists in the construction
15 and arrangement of the several parts, which
will be more fully hereinafter described and
claimed.
In the drawings, Figure 1is a perspective
view of a crate embodying the features of the
20 improved fastener and shown closed. Fig.
2 is a similar view, the sections of the crate
being separated. Fig. 3 is an enlarged de-
tail sectional view illustrating the construc-
tion of the locking mechanism.
25 Like numerals of reference designate cor-
responding parts in all the figures of the
drawings.
1 designates a crate or case designed pri-
marily for the shipment of bananas and coin-
30 posed of two separable sections 2 and 3, and
the said crate or case, which is shown polygo-
nal in cross-section, may be circular or any
other desired shape. Each section of the
crate is composed of heads or ends 3" and
35 longitudinal slats or bars secured to the outer
edges of the ends or heads and arranged at
intervals to provide openings for affording
the desired ventilation. The upper section
3 is adapted to be readily placed on the lower
40 section, and it may be quickly iemoved there-
from, and after the crate has been emptied
the sections may be nested to enable them to
be compactly arranged for returning them to
the shipper or other person. This construe-
45 tion also enables the crates to be compactly
stored when they are not in use.
The lower section 2 of the crate is provided
on the exterior of its ends or heads with trans-
verse cleats 4, arranged a short distance be-
5o low the upper or inner edges of the ends orheads 3a, and the upper section is provided
with transverse cleats 5, which depend below
the inner edges of the heads or ends and are
adapted to fit against the cleats 4 of the lower
section, whereby the parts are interlocked 55
and held against longitudinal movement.
The crate is secured when closed by a
substantially L-shaped locking device 6,
mounted on each of the transverse cleats 4
and having one arm 7, forming a pivot, and 6o
its other arm 8, which is adapted to be turned
in alinement with the cleats and at right an-
gles to the same, is capable of engaging the
upper edge of the adjacent upper cleat 5,
whereby the upper section is locked on the 65
lower section. The pivot-arm 7 of the lock-
ing device is provided at its lower end with
a head 9; but any other suitable means may
be employed for retaining it in the perfora-
tion of the lower cleat 4. The upper cleat 5 70
is provided at its outer face with a centrally-
arranged vertical grove 10, adapted to re-
ceive the upper portion of the pivot-arm 7,
whereby the approximately horizontal arm S
is adapted to be turned into engagement with 75
the said cleat 5. The outer portion of the
engaging arm S of the locking device is bent
upward, as shown, to offset it from the upper
edge of the cleat 5, and this offset portion 11
is engaged by a forked or bifurcated end 12 8o
of a resilient strip or spring 13, secured at its
other end to the upper edge of the cleat 5
and adapted to be readily depressed to per-
mit the arm 8 of the locking device to be
readily engaged with it and removed from it. 85
The spring is provided at the sides of its fork
or bifurcation with eyes 14, adapted to re-
ceive the wire 15 of a seal 16, whereby the
engaging arm of the locking device is retained
in the fork or bifurcation of the spring. The 90
wire of the seal may be readily introduced
into the eyes of the spring and the crate can
be quickly sealed, so that access to its con-
tents cannot be had until the seal is broken.
The seal may be readily removed without 95
injuring the locking device, to which it is ap-
plied.
Changes in the form, proportion, size, and
the minor details of construction within the
scope of the appended claims may be re- 'Co
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Blanchard, William R. Listing-Machine., patent, September 19, 1899; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth508595/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.