IMPROVEMENTS APPLICABLE TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF TEMPORARY DWELLINGS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Henry Moore at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his l'etition,
on the 26th January 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.) .
I, WILLIAM HENRY MOORE, of Wenlock Place, Shepherdess
Walk, City Road, in the County of Middlesex, Cheesemonger, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
APPLICABLE TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF TEMPORARY DWELLINGS" to be as
follows:.
The object of this Invention is to render the packing cases of
emigrants available for the construction of temporary dwellings and
storehouses, so that an emigrant may with little labor erect a habi-
tation for himself, by setting up and fastening together the cases or
boxes which contained his luggage. For this purpose I propose to
make the cases to contain an emigrant's outfit of such relative pro-
portions as will admit of their fitting together, and forming the floor,
walls, and roof of a house, and when cases of the number and size to
form a fairly proportioned dwelling are not required, to provide flat
pieces, which may be packed in with the cases so as to cke out the
amount of wall, roof, or floor surface required. To illustrate the

page_text: mode in which I propose to carry out this Invention: I provide two
rectangular cases of like dimensions, say six feet by five and a half
feet, and set them up on end at a distance of twelve feet apart with
the lids opposite to each other: these I throw back to form a floor;
and I build up the side walls by other cases, which may be of the
same height as the others, or the side walls may be composed of two
or more tiers of boxes. The lids of the upper tier on opposite sides
of the erection are to be set at an incline, and meeting each other to
form a "pitched roof." Hinged or otherwise secured to these lids are
pieces which are intended to fill the A space between the roof and
the end walls, and these hanging pieces may be formed wholly or in
part of glazed sash' frames. The lids of the lower tier of boxes may
be raised to a horizontal line to form a table, dresser, or berth, as re-
quired. A door is provided in the bottom of one of the side or end
cases, so as to be ready for use when the goods are removed, and the
case is applied in the erection of a temporary dwelling.
It will be obvious that this Invention will admit of many modifi-
cations, according to the necessities and means of the emigrant; but
the above description will sufficiently indicate the nature and mode
of carrying out my improvements.

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Henry Moore at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his l'etition,
on the 26th January 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, WILLIAM HENRY MOORE, of Wenlock Place, Shepherdess
Walk, City Road, in the County of Middlesex, Cheesemonger, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
APPLICABLE TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF TEMPORARY DWELLINGS" to be as
follows:
The object of this Invention is to render the packing cases of
emigrants available for the construction of temporary dwellings and
storehouses, so that an emigrant may with little labor erect a habi-
tation for himself, by setting up and fastening together the cases or
boxes which contained his luggage. For this purpose I propose to
make the cases to contain an emigrant's outfit of such relative pro-
portions as will admit of their fitting together, and forming the floor,
walls, and roof of a house, and when cases of the number and size to
form a fairly proportioned dwelling are not required, to provide flat
pieces, which may be packed in with the cases so as to eke out the
amount of wall, roof, or floor surface required. To illustrate the

page_text: mode in which I propose to carry out this Invention: I provide two
rectangular cases of like dimensions, say six feet by five and a half
feet, and set them up on end at a distance of twelve feet apart with
the lids opposite to each other: these I throw back to form a floor;
and I build up the side walls by other cases, which may be of the
same height as the others, or the side walls may be composed of two
or more tiers of boxes. The lids of the upper tier on opposite sides
of the erection are to be set at an incline, and meeting each other to
forn a "pitched roof." Hinged or otherwise secured to these lids are
pieces which are intended to fill the A space between the roof and
the end walls, and these hanging pieces may be formed wholly or in
part of glazed sash frames. The lids of the lower tier of boxes may
be raised to a horizontal line to form a table, dresser, or berth, as re-
quired. A door is provided-in- the bottom of one of the side or end
cases, so as to be ready for use when the goods are removed, and the
case is applied in the crection of a temporary dwelling.
It will be obvious that this Invention will admit of many modifi-
cations, according to the necessities and means of the emigrant; but
the above description will sufficiently indicate the nature and mode
of carrying out my improvements.