Improvements in Boxes or Cases.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Apr., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 28th Jan., 1895-Accepted, 26th Apr., 1895
Improvements in Boxes or Cases.
We, WILLIAM SEYMOUR JEFFERIES, of 50 Ringford Road, West Hill,
Wandsworth, in the County of Surrey, Commercial Traveller, and WALTER
FRANCIS JEFFERIES, of 9 Gowlett Road, East Dulwich, in the County of Surrey,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in the construction of boxes or cases
used for the packing or transport of various kinds of merchandize or for other
purposes.
The object of the said invention is to construct in a novel and simple manner
boxes or cases of great strength which can be subjected to very rough usage
without danger of injury, and which can be cheaply and rapidly repaired at any
time by unskilled labour.
According to our invention we take a number of plain boards of suitable
dimensions and place them in proper position relatively to each other, to form the
sides, ends and bottom of the box or case. These boards are not dove-tailed or
jointed to each other nor do they require any preliminary working other than that
by which they are given the suitable dimensions aforesaid.
To retain in position the parts thus assembled, we employ two or more trays or
frames of metal, formed to receive or to cover opposite sides of the box or case
and provided with extensions or flanges which rest against the adjacent sides and
the bottom thereof, to all or any of which they are secured by screws or other
suitable fastenings. The sides and bottom are not screwed, nailed or otherwise
fastened to each other. The metal frames are very strong, cheap and simple; they
protect the ends and many of the angles of the box or case, and obviate the
necessity hitherto existent for the employment of wire, hoop-iron and other
unsatisfactory strengthening devices. Should any wooden section or part of the
box or case need renewal it is necessary merely to unfasten one or more of the
trays or frames, remove the faulty section, replace it by another of similar form,
restore the trays or frames to their places and secure them again by screws or
otherwise.
Such a box is very well suited to the transport of bottles of mineral-water, or
wine or spirits; when it is to be thus employed we preferably provide it with an
internal fitting constructed according to this invention to divide the interior of
the box into cells or sub-divisions. This fitting consists of a series of parallel
partitions suitably perforated, and having bars or rods passed through the said
perforations to connect contiguous partitions, to retain the said partitions at proper
distances apart and to sub-divide the spaces between the same. Such a fitting
can be dropped into place in the interior of the box and can be readily removed
or repaired at any time.
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$11904
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicants.

page_text: I, WILLIAM SEYMOUR JEFFERIES, of 50 Ringford Road, West Hill,
Wandsworth, in the County of Surrey, and WALTER FRANCIS JEFFERIES, of
9 Gowlett Road, East Dulwich, Gentleman, 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 improvements in the construction of boxes or cases
used in the packing and transport of various kinds of merchandize and for other
purposes.
The object of this invention is to construct in a novel and simple mauner boxes
or cases of great strength which can withstand very rough usage and which can be
cheaply and rapidly repaired at any time by unskilled labour.
To manufacture a box or case according to the said invention we take a number
of plain boards of suitable dimensions and place them in proper position relatively
to each other to form the sides, ends, and bottom of the box or case. These boards
are not dove-tailed or jointed to each other nor do, they require any preliminary
working other than that by which they are given the suitable dimensions aforesaid.
Having thus assembled the parts we retain and secure them in place by two or
more trays or frames of metal, formed to receive or to cover opposite ends or sides
of the box or case and provided with extensions or flanges which rest against the
adjacent sides and bottom thereof. The said trays or frames, are secured to the
sides, ends, and bottom of the box by screws or other suitable fastenings.
The sides and bottom are not screwed, nailed or otherwise fastened to each other.
Referring to the accompanying drawings which illustrate our invention as
applied to a box or case used for the transport of mineral water and like bottles,
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of the box.
Figure 2 is a horizontal section of the same, the lower part being shown in
perspective, and
Figure 3 is a perspective view of the internal fitting that forms the cells or
subdivisions for the bottles.
The sides A, A, bottom B, and end C of the box are assembled in their proper
relative positions and are secured together by a metal tray or frame D. In the
example illustrated the tray D is formed by a plate of metal placed against
the end C and folded around the edges and corners of the box to embrace portions
of the sides, top and bottom. The tray is then secured to the sides, end, and
bottom of the box or case by screws D¹ as shown or by equivalent fastenings.
One such frame is provided at each end of the box. The metal frames are very
strong, cheap, and simple; they protect the ends and the angles or corners of the
box or case, and obviate the necessity hitherto existent for the employment of wire,
hoop-iron and other unsatisfactory strengthening devices. Should wooden
section or part of the box or case need renewal it is necessary in order to repair
the box, merely to unfasten the trays or frames, remove the faulty section, replace
it by another of similar form, restore the trays or frames to their places and
secure them again by the screws.
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Such a box is very well suited to the transport of bottles of mineral-water, or
wine or spirits; when it is to be thus employed we preferably provide it with an
internal fitting constructed according to this invention to divide the interior of the
box into cells or subdivisions. This fitting consists of a series of parallel
partitions E, Figure 3, suitably perforated, and having bars or rods F passed
through the said perforations to connect contiguous partitions, to retain the said
partitions at proper distances apart, and to sub-divide the spaces between the same.
Such a fitting can be dropped into place in the interior of the box and can be

page_text: readily removed or repaired at any time. The fitting shown is one intended to
divide the box into 24 compartments, to hold two dozen bottles.
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. A box or case formed of boards secured together by metal trays or frames,
such as D, and screws or equivalent fastenings passed through the trays or frames,
substantially as described.
2. A box or case constructed substantially as described with reference to
Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings and furnished with an internal fitting such as that
described with reference to Figure 3.
Dated this 26th day of January 1895
WM. SEYMOUR JEFFERIES.
WALTER F. JEFFERIES.
Haseltine, Lake & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicants.