Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Mar., 1887.
Complete Left, 15th Apr., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 24th May, 1887.
I, HENRY SALISBURY WRIGHT, of Teign View Newton Abbot, in the County of
Devon, Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to the means of fastening automatically and sealing the covers
of cases or boxes for the conveyance of bottles or other goods.
It is particularly applicable to the cases or boxes used for the conveyance of bottles
containing wines, spirits, mineral waters, aerated waters, and chemicals.
The objects to be attained by my invention are-
1-To prevent interference with the contents of the cases or boxes during transit,
except through the fracture of a stamped seal or label by the opening of an
automatically closing catch or fastening.
2-To prevent the loss or misplacement of the covers of the cases or boxes during
the use or removal of the contents thereof.
For these purposes I employ, by preference, a sliding cover, A on drawing,
which is locked when closed by the catch B, which, when the cover is pushed home,
is automatically closed by its own weight assisted by the spring C, as shewn.
At D I provide a recess in the cover in which I place a stamped seal or label.
The catch B cannot then be released without fracturing the seal or label and so
shewing that the case or box has been tampered with.
I also provide a ring E by which the catch B may be released when required.
To prevent the misplacement of the cover when opened, I employ two or more bent
hooks F F, as shewn.
These hooks, when the cover is drawn out, engage with the staples or stops G G, so
allowing the cover to fall by the side of the case or box and at the same time
preventing it's removal or loss in the manner as shewn by the detail on drawing
Fig. 4.
Dated this Third day of March 1887.

page_text: Goods and in Fastenings therefor,
I, HENRY SALISBURY WRIGHT, of Teign View, Newton Abbot in the county of
Devon, Engineer 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:-
My invention relates to the means of fastening automatically and sealing the covers
of cases or Boxes for the conveyance of Bottles or other goods.
It is particularly applicable to the cases or Boxes used for the conveyance of Bottlos
containing wines, spirits, mineral waters, acrated waters and chemicals.
The objects to be obtained by my invention are-
1-To prevent interference with the contents of cases or Boxes during transit,
except through the fracture of a stamped seal or label by the opening of an
automatically closing catch or fastening.
2-To prevent the loss or misplacement of the covers of the cases or Boxes during
the use or removal of the contents thereof.
For these purposes I employ, by preference, a sliding cover, A, on drawing left
with provisional specification, which is locked when closed by the catch B, which,
when the cover is pushed home, is automatically closed by it's own weight assisted by
the spring C, as shown.
At DI provide a recess in the cover in which I place a stamped seal or label.
The catch B cannot then be released without fracturing the seal or label and so
shewing that the Case or Box has been tampered with.
I also provide a ring E by which the catch B may be released when required.
I use, by preference, the form of catch B shewn on the drawing, which is a flat
piece of metal having a round disc or lug at D which fits easily in the hole in the
cover as shewn and serves to break the seal or label when the catch is raised.
A suitable spring is provided at C to assist in closing the catch when the cover is
pushed in.
The catch works on and is retained in position by a suitable pivot at K.
A suitable staple is driven into the side of the box, as shewn at L, against which
the projection of the catch B strikes.
The spring at C presses the projection of the catch B against this staple and thus
keeps the cover securely closed until released by lifting the ring in the catch as shewn
.at E.
A suitable projection on the catch B resting on the staple Las shewn prevents the
catch from being pressed too far down by the action of the spring.
There is a suitable proiection on the catch to engage the spring at C.

page_text: To prevent the misplacement of the cover, when opened, I employ two or more bent
hooks F F as shown.
These hooks, when the cover is drawn out, engage with the staples or stops G G, so
allowing the cover to fall by, the side of the case or Box and at the same time'
preventing it's removal or loss, in the manner as shewn by the detail on drawing
Fig. 4.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is―
1. The combination in a Box or packing case of an automatically closing catch or
fastening for the lid or cover with a stamped seal or label to prevent the opening of
the Box or packing case without breaking or perforating the seal or label, substantially
as shewn and described.
2-The combination in a Box or packing case of a sliding cover with two or more
bent hooks automatically engaging, when the cover is withdrawn, with staples or
stops on the side of the Box to prevent the loss or misplacement of the cover,
substantially as shewn and described.