Improved Means and Apparatus for Securing the Lids of Baskets such as are used for Packing Goods for Railway Transit.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Nov., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 5th July, 1893-Accepted, 5th Aug.,
1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means and Apparatus for Securing the Lids of Baskets
such as are used for Packing Goods for Railway Transit.
I, LOUIS WOLFERS, of 35 Rockingham Street, Newington Causeway, Surrey,
Basket Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to means and apparatus for securing the lids of baskets
chiefly to prevent the contents being tampered with without discovery.
The invention is principally intended for use with goods sent by railway or
carriers cart, say postal letters and parcels, laundry clothes, and others for which
baskets of square and rectangular shape and of large size are employed.
For the purpose of my invention, I fix a wooden plate by short rods and the
interlacing of the wickerwork or cane of which the lid is composed, and I form a
slot in it and a recess at right angles thereto. The recess is of such a depth as to
receive about flush with the surface metal or a wooden strap which is linked or
jointed to a sliding bar arranged to slide in eyes directly under the front of the lid,
said bar being provided with hooks or crooks for engaging in eyes affixed to and
projecting from the front of the basket body, or affixed in the top front rail thereof,
the metal or wooden strap being employed when turned up as a lever by which the
hooked or crooked bar can be moved to the right, or to the left. The recess and
the strap, or the plate and the strap, have holes for the passage of a piece of tape
or string, with an opening for a seal or stamp to be visibly fitted, the breakage of
which seal or damage to the stamp will indicate that the basket had been
fraudulently tampered with while in transit. Other means, such as a padlock, could
be fitted for securing the strap in the recess.
November 1800
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said Louis Wolfers.
I COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means and Apparatus for Securing the Lids of Baskets
such as are used for Packing Goods for Railway Transit.
I, LOUIS WOLFERS, of 35 Rockingham Street, Newington Causeway, Surrey,
Basket Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to means and apparatus for securing the lids of baskets
chiefly to prevent the contents being tampered with without discovery.
The invention is principally intended for use with goods sent by railway or
carriers cart, say postal letters and parcels, laundry clothes, and others for which
baskets of square and rectangular shape and of large size are employed.
Figure 1 is a part perspective elevation of a basket or hamper of wicker-work or
of cane with the lid open.
Figure 2 a similar view with the lid closed.
Figure 3 is a detached view of the sliding bar fastening appliances, and Figure 4
an elevation of the same at right angles thereto.
Figures 5 and 6 are inside views of the wooden plates which when placed
together are screwed in close contact, as at Figure 4, for clamping upon the
horizontal stays at the front of the lid.

page_text: For the purpose of my invention, 1 fix a couple of wooden plates A, A¹, by
screws, to short rods and the interlacing of the wicker-work or cane, of which the
lid is composed, and I form a slot B in both pieces of wood, and a recess C at right
angles thereto in the upper one A. The recess is of such a depth as to receive
about flush with the surface a metal strap D, which is linked or jointed to a sliding
bar E arranged to slide in eyes F, F, directly under the front of the lid, said bar E
being provided with hooks or crooks G, G, for engaging in eyes H, H, affixed to
and projecting inwardly from the front of the basket body, or affixed in the top
front rail I thereof, the metal strap D being employed when turned up as a lever
by which the hooked or crooked bar E can be moved to the right, or to the left.
The strap D and the plate A' have holes for the passage of a piece of tape or
string K which when tied can be sealed or fastened by a stamp to be visibly fitted,
the breakage of which seal, or damage to the stamp will indicate that the basket
had been fraudulently tampered with while in transit.. Other means, such as a
padlock, could be fitted for securing the strap D in the recess.
I purpose fitting an iron rail at the back of the lid for strength, and to serve as
a pintle for the hinge straps L, L, L, which are secured to the back of the basket,
as shown, and in some cases, I arrange an eye on the inside face of the lid for a
prong M of the sliding bar E to enter as an additional security, this is shown in
dotted lines.
It will be observed that front rail I is fitted sufficiently deep in the basket that
the lid lays flat, when fastened.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The improved means and apparatus for securing the lids of baskets of the
kind referred, as set forth, and substantially as shown.
2. Providing basket lids with plates A, A¹, sliding foldable lever D, sliding
bar E having ends G, G, to enter eyes H, H, in the basket body, or on a front
rail I, substantially as described and represented in the annexed drawings.
The 5th day of July 1802
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said L. Wolfers.
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said L. Wolfers.