IMPROVEMENTS IN CASES FOR RECEIVING BUTTER AND OTHER ALIMENTARY SUBSTANCES FOR TRANSPORT
Year: 1874

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Julius Allcard, of the Firm of Dinant and
Allcard, of Rood Lane, in the City of London, for tho Invention
of "IMPROVEMENTS IN CASES FOR RECEIVING BUTTER AND OTHER ALIMENTARY
SUBSTANCES FOR TRANSPORT." A communication from abroad by
Frederic Dinant, of Periers, in the Republic of France.
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Julius Allcard
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 14th December 1874.
I, HENRY JULIUS ALLCARD, of the Firm of Dinant and Allcard, of
Rood Lane, in the City of London, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN CASES FOR RECEIVING BUTTER AND
OTHER ALIMENTARY SUBSTANCES FOR TRANSPORT," to be as follows:-
The object of this Invention is to provide a case suitable for receiving
butter and analogous articles for transport, and permitting of access
being gained thereto for testing the quality of the article without
injury to the case.

page_text: Hitherto butter for transport has been packed in barrels which have
been so secured as to render access to the interior for the purpose of
tasting practically impossible. To remedy this inconvenience the
following arrangement is adopted:-The butter is inserted in a metal
cylindrical case, made for example of tin plate, and having a flat cover
which may be soldered in place when the case is filled or secured by a
metal band which will render it more easily detachable. This cylindrical
case is enclosed in a rectangular can of wood closed at top by a sliding
cover which is made fast at one end by a screw, and at the opposite end
by a wire passed through a hole made diagonally through the cover and
through one side of the case, such wire having its ends brought together
twisted and sealed by a leaden or other suitable seal.
The cover of the metal case is provided with a neck which surrounds
an opening made to permit of the insertion of a tasting tool, and this
opening is closed by a screw cap or equivalent device.
When the metal case is placed in its wooden envelope sawdust or
other filling may be applied, if required, to keep it tight therein. The
above described arrangement effectually guards against the contents of
the case being tampered with and yet allows of responsible partics
tasting the butter or contents of the metal case without disturbing its
cover.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
'filed by the said Henry Julius Allcard in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 14th June 1875.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRY
JULIUS ALLCARD, of the Firm of Dinant and Allcard, of Rood Lane, in
the City of London, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Fourteenth day of December, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, in the
thirty-eighth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc-
ćessors, give and grant unto me, the said Henry Julius Allcard, Her
special licence that I, the said Henry Julius Allcard, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Henry

page_text: Julius Allcard, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times
thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might
make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN CASES FOR RECEIVING BUTTER AND OTHER
ALIMENTARY SUBSTANCES FOR TRANSPORT," being a communication to me
from abroad by Frederic Dinant, of Periers, in the Republic of France,
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Henry Julius
Allcard, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing
under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed
in the Great Scal Patent Office within six calendar months next and
immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Henry Julius Allcard, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement, reference being had to the Drawing here-
unto annexed and to the letters and figures marked thereon (that is to
say):
:-
The object of this Invention is to provide a case suitable for receiving
butter and analogous articles for transport, and permitting of access
being gained thereto for testing the quality of the article without injury
to the case.
Hitherto butter for transport has been packed in barrels which have
been so secured as to render access to the interior for the purpose of
tasting practically impossible. To remedy this inconvenience it is now
proposed to employ the arrangement shewn in the accompanying
Drawing, where Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation of the improved case, and
Fig. 2 a plan view of the same, the lid of the outer or enveloping
case being removed.
In these Figures A is a metal cylindrical case for receiving the butter*
or other alimentary substance intended to be packed for transport. This
case, which may be made for example of tin plate, is fitted with a flat
cover, which may be soldered in place when the case is filled or secured
by a metal band which will render it more easily detachable. This

page_text: cylindrical case is enclosed in a rectangular case of wood B, B, closed at
top by a sliding cover C. This cover is made fast at one end by a screw
D, which passes through the edge of the cover and enters the side of the
case, and at the other end by a wire E, which is passed through holes
mado diagonally through the cover and through one side of the case.
The ends of the inserted wire are then brought together twisted and
sealed by a leaden or other suitable seal F. .
The cover of the metal case A is provided with a neck which surrounds
a central opening made to permit of the insertion of a tasting tool, and
this opening is closed by a screw cap G.
When the metal case is placed in its wooden envelope B sawdust or
other filling H may be applied, if required, to keep it tight therein.
The above described arrangement, it will be readily understood, effectually
guards against the contents of the case being tampered with in transitu
and yet allows of responsible parties tasting the butter or contents of the
metal case without disturbing its cover.
Having now set forth the nature of the Invention of "Improvements
in Cases for Receiving Butter and other Alimentary Substances for
Transport," as communicated to me by my foreign correspondent, and
explained the manner of carrying the same into effect, I wish it to be
understood that under the above in part recited Letters Patent I claim,
the combination and arrangement of metal case A and wooden envelope
B, with the means for securing the same as described with reference to
the accompanying Drawing.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Julius Allcard, have
hereunto set my hand and scal, the Twelfth day of June, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
five