Improvements in or relating to Sheet Metal Travelling Trunks and Boxes and other Sheet Metal Trunks and Boxes.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Feb., 1889
Specification Accepted, 16th Mar., 1889
Improvements in or relating to Sheet Metal Travelling Trunks and
Boxes and other Sheet Metal Trunks and Boxes.
WC, JOHN MARSTON, of Paul Street Works, Wolverhampton in the County of
Stafford, tinplate worker and japanner, and HOWARD THOMAS NEWILL, foreman in the
employment of the said John Marston, 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 has for its chief object to materially strengthen or stiffen the corners
of the trunks and boxes named in the title; and has the further object of effecting such
purpose in a manner which shall improve also the appearance of the trunks and boxes.
According to this invention corner clips for use at the upper corners of the body of
a sheet metal trunk or box are each formed with extensions at their upper end which,
after the clip is fixed in place, are curled or bent round the wired or other edge of
the rim of the trunk or box. When these clips are for use with a trunk or box which
has the usual moulding formed thereon upon which the lid closes they are formed
each with parts to pass around a length of the moulding on each side of a corner,
with vertical parts at the upper side to lie against the upwardly projecting rim of the
box at the face thereof on each side of the angle, such vertical parts having upward
extensions for curling or bending over the wired or other edge of the rim, and with
vertical parts on the lower side to lie against the end and front or back face of the
box. The clip is stamped or pressed out in one piece of sheet metal and without any
open division or slit therein except that the extensions for curling or bending over
the edge of the rim are divided from one another by the removal of a V-shaped piece
of metal so that when they are curled over as described they will properly mitre
together at the angle. When the trunk or box is made with a moulding near the
botton thereof, or otherwise below the usual moulding around the top of the body, or
at a considerable distance from the upper edge of the body, clips are made, according
to this invention, each with parts to fit around such moulding on both sides of the
angle formed at a corner, and with vertical parts to stand upwards and downwards
therefroni and lie flat against the end and front or back faces of the trunk or box, and
these clips are stamped or pressed out each in one piece without any open division or
slit being formed between the sides
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This invention will be readily understood on reference to the accompanying drawings,
of which figure 1 is a front elevation of a corner clip for the upper corner of the body
of a trunk or box having the usual moulding formed therearound; figure 2 is a view
of such clip as seen anglewise; figure 3 is a plan; figure 4 is a view corresponding to
figure 2, but shews a clip for use when a lower moulding is formed around the trunk
or box; figure 5 is a vertical section through one side of a trunk or box having an
upper moulding A and a lower moulding B, and shews also in section clips constructed
according to this invention fixed in place thereon; figure 6 is a front view of a corner
of such trunk or box with the clips fixed in place thereon; figure 7 is a plan of the
corner shewn by figure 6, and of the upper clip; and figures 8 and 9 shew blanks
from which the clips shewn by figures 1, 2 and 3; and that shewn by figure 4 are,
respectively, stamped or pressed out.
Referring first to figures 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6, it will be seen that the clip for the upper
corner of a trunk or box is formed with parts a a to pass around the moulding A for
a certain distance along on each side of the angle, and also with vertical parts c c to
lie flat against the rim d, and with extensions c¹ c¹, at the upper ends of the parts cc,
which are curled around the wired edge e'when the clip is fixed in position, and with
vertical parts ff to lie flat against the end and front or back faces of the trunk or box.
The extensions c¹ c¹ are divided by a notch y in the upper edge of the clip. This
notch is cut out, as shewn by figure 8, in cutting out the blank from which the clip is
stamped or pressed. Each clip consists of a single piece of sheet metal stamped or
pressed into the shape shewn, without any open division or slit formed therein except
the notch g which divides the extensions c¹ c¹ from one another. The notch g is
formed as shewn so that as the parts c¹ c' are curled over around the wired edge e
they will neatly mitre together, as shewn by figure 7, so as not to shew an open joint.
Referring now to figures 4, 5 and 6, it will be seen that the clip for the corner of a
lower moulding, B of a sheet metal irunk or box is formed with parts a a corre-
sponding to and for the corresponding purpose of the parts a a of the clip shewn
by figures 1, 2 and 3, and with vertical parts etc. standing upwards and down-
wards from the parts a a so as to lie flat against the end and front or back faces of
the trunk or box body. These parts ff etc. are shewn as not projecting so far from
the parts aa as the parts ff shewn by figures 1 and 2 project from the parts a a
shewn by such figures; this, however, is a matter of no special importance one way
or the other, and the parts ff may, in the case of either clip, be made of any
size or shape as may be desired. The clip shewn by figure 4 is stamped or pressed
in one piece from the blank shewn by figure 9 without any open division or slot
therein.
It will be seen that the blanks are somewhat peculiar in shape compared with
that of the clips. This is necessary to allow of the drawing of the metal in certain
parts in the process of stamping or pressing, as will be readily understood, by
persons skilled in the art of "raising" metals.
The clips are held to the trunk or box in the usual manner by means of rivets
or otherwise. The clip shewn by figures 1 and 2 may be held by rivets passing
through the holes and i, and the clip shewn by figure 4 may be held simply by
rivets passing through the holes h. Extra rivets may, however, be used if desired,
such as through the parts of the clip shewn by figure 4.
Clips formed and employed in the manner above described are very strong and
give great support to the corners of the trunk or box, and also improve the
appearance of the trunk or box. They may of course be made of a shape to suit
any shape of corner or of moulding.
It is not essential to carry vertical parts both upwards and downwards from the
parts to pass around the moulding, but it is preferred to do so for the sake both of
strength and appearance. Nor is it essential that parts of the clips for the upper
corners.
s. of a trunk or box be curled or bent over the edge of the rim; it is
however greatly preferred to adopt this part of the invention as it constitutes the
chief feature thereof.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :―
1. Sheet metal travelling trunks and boxes and other sheet metal trunks and
boxes, in which parts of the clips employed to strengthen the upper corners are
curled or bent over the wired or other edges of the rims of the trunk or box bodies,
substantially as described for the purpose set forth.
2. Corner clips, for sheet metal travelling trunks and boxes and other sheet metal
trunks and boxes, having parts thereon to be curled or bent over the wired or other
edges of the rims of the trunk or box bodies, substantially as described for the
purpose set forth.
3. Corner clips, for sheet metal travelling trunks and boxes and other sheet metal
trunks and boxes which have mouldings thereon of the usual character, each stamped
or pressed from a blank in one piece and formed with parts to pass around a moulding
on each side of a corner and with parts to lie flat against the plain surface of a trunk
or box on each side of a corner (the vertical portion of the rim being considered as
a portion of such plain surface) such latter parts extending upwards or downwards from
the parts for passing around the moulding, but preferably both upwards and
downwards, and with no slit or open division in the sheet metal thereof, substantially
as described for the purpose set forth.
4. A corner clip, for the upper corner of a sheet metal travelling trunk or box
or other sheet metal trunk or box which has a moulding of the usual character
formed thereon, such clip being stamped or pressed from a blank in one piece and
formed with parts to pass around the moulding on each side of a corner and with
parts to lie flat against the surface of the vertical portion of the rim of the trunk or
box body, and with upward extensions on the upper ends of such latter parts for the
purpose of being curled or bent over the wired or other edge of the rim, and
preferably also with parts which extend downwards from the parts for passing around
the moulding so as to lie flat against the surface of the trunk or box below such
moulding and on each side of the corner, such clip being formed without any open
division or slit therein except for a division between the extensions at the upper end
thereof, substantially as described for the purpose set forth.
5. The corner clips substantially as herein described and shewn by the drawings
herewith for the purpose set forth.
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STEPHEN WATKINS,
Wolverhampton and Walsall,
Agent for the Applicants.