US1497671A - Fiber-corrugated-board barrel - Google Patents

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C. H. CROW/ELL FIBER CORRUGATED BOARD BARREL Filed Feb. 5, 1920 Patented June 17, 1924.

UNITED STATES H. CBQWELI, 0F BROOKLYN, YORK.

FIBER-CORRUGATD-BOA-RD` BARREL.

Application llled February 8, 1920. Serial No. 356,028.

To all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. CROWELL, a citizen of the United States, residing in the boron h of Brooklyn, county of Kings, city and certain new and useful Invention Relating to Fiber-Corrugated-Board Barrels, of which the following is a specification taken in connection with the accompanying drawhis invention relates especially to barrels or similar containers formed of corrugated paper board, ber board or similar material. One or morepieces of heavy corrugated paper board, for example, may be used to form the body of the barrel or similar container and\ may advantageously be creased and folded in a direction transverse to the corrugations of the paper boardy so as to have six or eight sides more or less, such polygonal shape contributing greatly to the stiffness and rigidity of the container especially when reenforced as at its ends by the use of heavy reenforcing covers or other end members. The cooperating covers may advantageously be made of multiple thickness corrugated paper o-r liber board and byl crossing the grain or corrugations of such corrugated paper board and properly shaping the edges of the pieces a stepped form of top and bottom cover may b e provided fitting within the edges of the body -which may be flanged to promote this action and glued thereto which is an additional preventive against pilfering when the glue engages and holds together such concealed inside portions of the cover seams or joints. The folds or joints in the body material may be reenforced and sealed by connector or retainer strips of cloth or paper tape glued in position and referably comprising at least at the edge ]oints or seams a body connector strip having its ends brought around the top and bottom edges ofthe body and se.- cured inside of the same which, practically speaking, prevents opening of this edge seam of the body without detection.

In the accompanying drawing showing in a somewhat diagrammatic way various illustrative embodiments of this invention,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showlng a barrel or container of this type, lparts being shown in section for greater clearness.

Fig.l 2 is a top view of a series of such containers; and

tate of New York, have made a' Fig. 3 is a top view of a different form of container.

Although not necessarily limited thereto a barrel or container .of this type may advantageously be made with six or eight sides which seems to be desirable to give increased stiffness and rigidity to the body by reason of the polygonal form thereof and a six sided container of course has the added ad# of such weight and thickness as is suitable v for the particular size of container and the weight and character of its contents and as shown in Fig. l the containerbody may be formed of one or vmore pieces of heavy corrugated paper board in which .the facing members lare joined by the corrugated aper or straw board member 15 prefera ly having its corrugations extending transverselyto the edge folds in the material. For a hexagonal container or barrel the sides 1, 2,-3, 4, 5 and 6 may for moderate sizes be formed of a single piece of such corrugated paper board which may be creased transversely of its corrugations as indicated and reenforced at these creased folding edges and also lat its edge seam by suitable retainer strips such as 12 which are preferably forced at 13 into the folds or creases at these edges. The edge seam is als/e preferably reenforced and held together by a connector strip such as 7 of heavier material, such, for instance," as heavy gummed cloth tape which is preferably pasted around the outside of this seam and formed with inturned ends 26 adhesively or otherwise secured to the inside of the body material so as to give added strength and` security to this edge seam.

It is for many reasons advantageous to forml the container body with `projecting edge fianges such as 19 which may be readily done by cutting away more or less of the inner portions of the body material at one or both edges so as to leave at least the outer facing strip) of material and at the seams and edges the retainer and connector strips may reenforce this edge liange as shown in lio Fig. 1 where the connector strip 7 has a portion `8 extending around ,the edge flange 19 while other portions, such as 9, 10 are secured to the corners of this fian d or stepped ed e to increase its strength 1n connectlon wit the inturned portion 11 of this connector strip. Such a container body may be creased and connected at its one or more edge seams and may be shipped in flat or knockdown condition if it has an even number of sides or edges, since this allows the container body to be folded together upon itself into substantially flat condition. The top and bottom may be formed of any suitable material, such, for instance, as multiple ly corrugated'paper board as indicated Vin Eig. 1, this construction also facilitating the formation of a stepped top and bottom cover for the container as indicated. The inner cover member 2O may as shown have its corrugated connector member. 16 arranged transversely to the corrugated connector 17 of the outer somewhat larger cover member having one of its facing portions 21 adhe sively connected to the adjacent facing 20 of the inner cover. 'j These covers may be formed by stamping, sawing or cutting the material and then gluing or otherwise connecting the pieces together so that a one-piece cover may thus be formed for insertion into each end of the barrel or container in which it may be secure by any suitable means. Glue or other enerally similar adhesive 19 may be used for this purpose and preferably applied throughout at least some of the inside concealed portions of these joints so as to prevent the undetected opening or pilfering of the corrugated barrel and of course for still greater security or strength sealing strips such. as 14, 22, may be applied and adhesively secured to the cover joints.

Fig. 3 indicates an octagonal corrugated paper barrel or container of generally similar construction, this container 28 having in this instance eight similar sides 25 formed of heavy corru ated paper board 15 in which the folde edges and seams may be reenforced internally, externally, or both, as by cloth or paper gummed strips 12. Of course in some cases a still greater number of sides may be used; for such corrugated pa er or similar containers, although six or eig t sided barrels or containers seem to ive very, good results with a minimum of sti ening reenforcement adjacent the central portions.

This invention has been described in connection with a number of illustrative em bodiments, forms, portions, parts, materials, arrangements and methods of manufacture andV use, to the details of which disclosure the invention is not of course to be limited, since what is claimed as new and what is desired to be secured by'Letters Patent is set forth in the appended claims:

1. The corru ated paper board barrel comprisin a six si ed container body formed of a sing e piece of corrugated paper board scored transversely of its corrugations, gummed tape retainer strips adhesively sccured to the inside of such scored edges and side seam, a heavy gummed cloth connector strip adhesively secured to the outside of said container body to join the ends thereof which form the edge seam in said body, the ends of said connector body being brought around and secured to the inside of said connector body, said connector body having projecting edge fianges and top and bottom covers lhaving stepped edges fitting within said edge nges and formed of adhesively secured multiple thickness corrugated paper board and 'gummed tape sealing stri s secured to the outside seams between sai container body and covers.

2. The corrugated paper board barrel comprising a' six sided container body formed of a single piece of corrugated paper board folded transversely of its corrugations, a heav gummed connector strip adhesively secure to the outside of said container body to join the ends thereof which form the edge seam in said body, said connector body having projecting edge flanges and top and bottom covers fitting Within said edge fianges and formed of a hesively secured multiple thickness corrugated paper board.

3. The corrugated paper board barrel comprisin a six sided container body formed o corrugated paper board folded transversely of its corrugations, a heavy gummed connector strip adhesivel secured to the outside of said container bo v to join the ends thereof which form the edge seam in said body, said connector body having projecting-edge fianges and to and bottom covers having stepped edges fitting within said edge flanges.

4. The corrugated paper board barrel comprising a six to eight sided polygonal container body formed of a single plece of corrugated paper board folded transversely of its corrugations, retainer strips adhesively secured to the inside of such folded edges of said body, means to adhesively join the ends of said contairer body formin the edge seam therein, said connector body aving projecting edge fianges and top and bottom covers fitting within the edges of said container body and formed of adhesively secured multiple thickness corrugated paper board.

5. The corrugated paper board container-l comprising a six to eight sided polygonal container body formed of corrugated paper board folded transversely of its corrugations, retainer stri s adhesively secured to the inside of such olded ed es of said body, means to adhesively join t e ends of said container body forming the edge seam therein and top and bottom covers fittin Within the edges of said container body an formed of multiple thickness corrugated paper board.

6. The paper board container comprising a polygonal container body formed of a single piece of corrugated paper board fl folded transversely of its corrugations and having its ends connected, gummed tape retainer strips adhesively secured to the inside of such folded edges, said connector body having projecting edge Han es and c'ooperating covers having Steppe edges fitting Within and glued inside said edge flanges and formed of adhesively secured multiple thickness corrugated paper board.

7. The paper board container comprising a polygonal container body formed of a single piece of courrugated paper board folded transversely of its corru ations and having its ends connected, sai connector body having projecting edge fianges and cooperatin covers having stepped ed es fitting wiiin and glued inside sai edge anges.

8. The paper board container comprising a six to eight sided polygonal container body formed of a single piece of paper board having connected ends and projecting edge flanges and a cooperating cover having stepped edges fitting Withln said edge flanges and formed of adhesively secured multiple thickness corrugated paper board.

CHARLES H. CROWELL.

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