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sorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this in- vention. What is claimed is- 5 1. The combination with a crate composed of two sections and provided at their outer faces with abutting cleats, of a locking de- vice mounted on one of the cleats and engag- ing the other, and a forked or bifurcated io member arranged to receive the engaging por- tion of the locking device and provided with eyes, adapted for the reception of the wire of a seal, substantially as described. 2. In a device of the class described, the r5 combination of a locking device composed of a pivot and an arm arranged at an angle to the pivot, and a strip of metal having one end free and provided with a fork or biturcation arranged to receive the arm of the locking 20 device, said strip being provided at the sides
of the fork or bifurcation with eyes adapted to receive the' wire of a seal, substantially as described. 3. In a device of the class described, the combination of a locking device composed of 25 a pivot and an arm arranged at an angle to the pivot, and a resilient strip or spring se- cured at one end and having its other end free and provided with a fork or bifurcation located in the path of the said arm and adapt- 30 ed to engage the same, substantially as de- scribed. In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses. ERASTUS rT. PUGh. Witnesses: W. C. BISHOP, J. F. PELL.