Wall construction for wire-bound boxes having split cleats
AssigneeAmerican Box Company
InventorHarry F. Dyer
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Abstract
A wall construction for wire-bound boxes utilizing split cleats in at least one pair of opposing walls, wherein two rectangular panels or mats are aligned in the same wall, the opposing ends of the cleats of the panels being shortened for receiving therebetween an auxiliary support member, the support member being clamped between the opposing ends of the upper and lower cleats when the wires are tightened in the assembly of the walls. A face board or a pair of face boards, bridges the opposing ends of the panels and the auxiliary support member therebetween.
Claims14
An improvement in the construction of wire-bound containers, wherein the walls of the container include rectangular panels bound together in opposing edge relationship by wires normal to the opposing edges, the panels having cleats of like thickness forming at least a portion of the edges of said panels normal to the opposing edges, said improvement comprising:
- a set of two successive panels arranged in the same plane;
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- an auxiliary support member having the same thickness as the cleats inserted between the opposing edges of said successive panels, the lengths of said cleats of each of the successive panels being determined for clamping said support member between the opposing ends of the cleats of the successive panels under the normal tension of the wires binding the panels of the wire-bound container together.
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