IMPROVEMENTS IN AND APPLICABLE TO TRUNKS AND LIKE RECEPTACLES FOR CONTAINING WEARING APPAREL AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS, WHICH IMPROVE. MENTS ARE ALSO APPLICABLE TO DEED BOXES, CASH BOXES, AND OTHER LIKE ARTICLES
Year: 1874

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Absalom Evans, of Wolverhampton, in the County
of Stafford, Foreman of Tin-plate Workers, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN AND APPLICABLE TO TRUNKS AND LIKE RECEPTACLES FOR
CONTAINING WEARING APPAREL AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS, WHICH IMPROVE.
MENTS ARE ALSO APPLICABLE TO DEED BOXES, CASH BOXES, AND OTHER LIKE
ARTICLES.”
ealed the 9th February 1875, and dated the 10th December 1874.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Absalom Evans at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
10th December 1874.
I, ABSALOM EVANS, of Wolverhampton, in the County of Stafford,
Foreman of Tin-plate Workers, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN AND APPLICABLE TO TRUNKS AND LIKE
RECEPTACLES FOR CONTAINING WEARING APPAREL AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS, WHICH
IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALSO APPLICABLE TO DEED BOXES, CASH BOXES, AND OTHER
LIKE ARTICLES," to be as follows:-
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My Invention relates to the application of tubular bands of rect-
angular, convex, concave, or V section applied to trunks and like

page_text: receptacles, deed boxes, cash boxes, and other like articles, in vertical
direction, or in combination with horizontal, circular, or diagonal tubular
bands of similar section, so as to form a combined framework round the
shell of such receptacle.
I am aware that tubular bands of rectangular section have been
applied to travelling trunks in a horizontal direction round the top of
such trunks and round the base thereof, but the bands so applied only
add to the horizontal strength of the receptacle and not the vertical.
Now this Invention consists in applying tubular bands of the sections,
as before described, in a vertical direction, or in a vertical direction in
combination with horizontal bands, either longitudinal or transverse,
or in combination with circular tubular bands, or diagonal tubular
bands.
In carrying out my Invention a skin, or shell of tin, plate iron, or
other suitable metal may be used. I will take an example of a shell of
what is known as tin plate. This shell being in the form of a rectangular
trunk or other receptacle, with the top and bottom front and back edges,
by preference, rounded over. To this shell I attach by soldering,
brasing, or other suitable means vertical bands in combination with
horizontal bands and transverse and longitudinal bands of tubular form,
as before described. These bands join each other and form a tubular
framework, giving great strength to the receptacle, at the same time
lightness is ensured, as the main body of metal may be reduced to a
minimum. Travelling trunks thus constructed are of great strength,
and they are strongest in the parts most liable to damage. They are
particularly applicable for use in railway luggage vans and on board
ship, where trunks are liable to rough usage and are stowed one upon
another.
This Invention is capable of a variety of modifications in the manner
in which the bands may be applied. The vertical bands may be applied
in combination with diagonal bands, forming a lattice frame round the
receptacle or the vertical bands may be applied in combination with
circular bands, or bands-forming any portion of circles, or bands having

page_text: boxes, dressing cases, and other like receptacles requiring strength
combined with lightness may be advantageously constructed on this
principle.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Absalom Evans in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 8th June 1875.
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TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ABSALOM
EVANS, of Wolverhampton, in the County of Stafford, Foreman of Tin-
plate Workers, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Tenth 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 successors, give
and grant unto me, the said Absalom Evans, Her special licence, that I,
the said Absalom Evans, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or
such others as I, the said Absalom Evans, my exccutors, 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 AND APPLICABLE TO TRUNKS
AND LIKE RECEPTACLES FOR CONTAINING WEARING APPAREL AND OTHER REQUIRE-
MENTS, WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALSO APPLICABLE TO DEED BOXES, CASH BOXES,
AND OTHER LIKE ARTICLES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I,
the said Absalom Evans, my executors or administrators, by an instru-
ment in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause
the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar
months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Absalom Evans, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement;-

page_text: My Invention relates to the construction of trunks and other like
receptacles with tubular bands of rectangular, covex, concave, or
V section, formed by stamping such tubular bands in the metal of the
trunks or like receptacles, deed boxes, cash boxes, or other like articles,
in vertical direction, or in combination with horizontal, circular, or
diagonal tubular bands of similar section so as to form a combination of
tubular banding round such receptacle.
For some years past I have constructed trunks known as the tubular
(registered), such trunks being formed with tubular bands of rectangular
section in a horizontal direction round the top and round the base of
such trunks, but the tubular bands so applied only add to the horizontal
strength of the receptacle and not to the vertical.
I am also aware that bands have been formed round trunks by
swaging or corrugating the metal by passing the same through rollers,
but such process does not give sufficient strength, and is not on the
tubular principle; also the banding cannot be crossed or combined.
Now this Invention consists in applying tubular bands of the sections,
as before described, in a vertical direction, or in a vertical direction in
combination with horizontal tubular bands, either longitudinal, or
transverse, or in combination with circular tubular bands, or diagonal
tubular bands.
In carrying out my Invention I take a sheet of iron, or tin plato, or
other suitable metal and stamp the same by a hammer or pressure on
dies, or a matrix, so as to form tubular bands thereon. The plates are
joined by grooving and seaming, and then soldering or brazing. The
plates being thus formed with the tubular bands as required, and of size
as required, are built into a rectangular trunk or other receptacle, with
the top and bottom front and back edges, by preference, rounded over.
The sides and ends of the body and also of the lid or cover are attached
together by soldering, brazing, or other suitable means, so that the
vertical bands meet at the edges and the receptacle is formed with
vertical bands and transverse and horizontal bands in combination, as
before described. These bands joining each other form a tubular com-
bination, giving great strength to the receptacle, at the same time light-
ness is ensured as the thickness of metal may be reduced to a minimum.
Travelling trunks thus constructed are of great strength, and they are
the strongest in the parts most liable to damage. They are particularly
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page_text: applicable for use in railway luggage vans and on board ship, where
trunks are liable to rough usage and are stowed one upon another.
This Invention is capable of a variety of modifications in the manner
in which the bands may be applied. The vertical bands may be applied
in combination with diagonal bands round the receptacle, or the vertical
bands may be applied in the case of rectangular trunks separately, or
they may be applied in combination with circular bands, or bands
forming any portion of circles, or bands having an elliptic or oval form,
such bands or combination of bands being formed on the die or matrix
upon which the sheets of metal are stamped.
Baths with covers and used as travelling trunks, cash boxes, deed
boxes, dressing cases, and other like receptacles requiring strength
combined with lightness may be advantageously constructed on this
principle.
The beforegoing being the nature, object, and purposes of this Inven-
tion I will now proceed to describe more in detail how the same may be
carried out into practical effect, and for that purpose I have hereunto
attached a Sheet of Drawings marked with letters and figures of
reference corresponding with those in the following explanation. Like
letters and figures marked on the Drawings are used to denote similar
parts throughout the various views.
Figures 1 to 15 inclusive show various modifications in the shape of
the tubular bands to be stamped in the metal and suitable for con-
structing trunks and like receptacles, deed boxes, cash boxes, and other
like articles, according to my Invention.
Figures 16 to 21 inclusive illustrate various modifications of trunks
constructed according to my Invention.
It will be seen upon reference that my Invention consists in applying
tubular bands of suitable section, stamped in the metal, as shown in
Figures 1 to 15, or any mere modification thereof, so as to form a com-
bination of tubular banding round the receptacle constructed. The
tubular bands a are stamped in the metal, according to my Invention, in
a vertical direction, or in a vertical direction in combination with a
horizontal direction, either longitudinal or transverse, or in combination
with circular tubular bands, or diagonal tubular bands, the edges of the
plates being grooved and seamed, and then soldered where they require

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joining. By this construction of trunk great strength and rigidity is
arrived at with a minimum thickness of metal, so that trunks so con-
structed need not be any heavier than those ordinarily constructed, and
may be lighter.
Having now fully described and ascertained the nature, object, and
purposes of this my Invention, and shown how the same may be carried
out into practical effect, I would have it understood that I do not
confine myself to any particular size or dimension, or to any particular
section of tubular band, as applied to trunks and other receptacles; nor
do I claim in this Invention the application of horizontal tubular bands
simply round the top and bottom of such receptacles; nor do I claim
forming bands round such receptacles by swaging and corrugating the
metal by passing same through rollers; but what I claim as my Inven-
tion and secured to me by Letters Patent as aforesaid is, in the con-
struction of trunks and other like receptacles, deed boxes, cash boxes,
and other like articles the use and application of a combination of
tubular banding, stamped and formed in the metal of the trunk, such
banding being of a vertical and horizontal combination, or vertical and
diagonal combination, or vertical and circular combination, or any mere
modification thereof, or of vertical direction alone, and such tubular
banding being of section, as shown at Figures 1 to 15 of the accom-
panying Drawings, or any mere modification thereof, the whole sub-
stantially as described in the beforegoing Specification.
In witness whereof, I, the said Absalom Evans, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Third day of June, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five.