Improvements in Boxes.
Year: 1893

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
[Communicated from abroad by THE MAGIC INTRODUCTION COMPANY, of
321, Broadway, New York, U.S.A.]
Improvements in Boxes.
I, HUGH DONALD FITZPATRICK, of 70 Wellington Street, Glasgow, Scotland,
Registered Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement :-
My invention relates to boxes formed of wood or similar material and has special
reference to boxes of comparatively small size such as those commonly used to
contain pencils, pens and like articles although the principle of the invention may
be utilized for boxes larger in size and adapted to any use desired. The invention
consists essentially in the manufacture of a box which shall be cheap and durable in
construction and which shall not be liable to get out of. repair under constant use.
To this end the invention consists in the construction and combination of the
several parts as will be hereafter described and specifically pointed out in the
claims.
In the drawings,
Fig. 1 is a plan view of the box, the lid or cover being closed;
Fig. 2 is a similar view with the lid open;
Fig. 3 is a cross section of Fig. 2 on the line 3-3 and
Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail perspective view.
Referring to the drawings, in which similar letters of reference denote corre-
sponding parts, A designates the box consisting of sides a, a bottom a³, and
pieces B B and lid or cover C. The bottom and sides a, a', a² are all formed of
one piece of wood, the same being dug or hollowed out so as to give the inside of
the box any configuration desired. In the present embodiment of the invention,
the inside of the box is provided with a longitudinal partition D which divides the
receptacle into two compartments. One of these compartments, in the present case
that nearest the hinge, is there sub-divided transversely by means of an independent
piece of wood or other material which may be secured in position by means of glue
or in any other desirable manner.
The end pieces B B are secured in position in any suitable manner. As here
shown they project upward beyond the upper surface of the sides in order to provide
for the lid or cover which fits between them and rests upon such sides when the
box is closed.
The cover C is hinged at c by means of pins c³ c' which preferably project
through the end pieces B B and engage with two of the corners of the cover.
That
edge of the cover nearest the hinge is rounded off as shown, the purpose of which is
to allow the cover to open and close easily and to leave no exposed portion by means
of which the hinge may be broken.
The chief advantages possessed by a box constructed in accordance with my
invention are its strength and solidity. The body of the box is especially strong
owing to there being no joints to strain loose under pressure. The end pieces, when
suitably fastened are practically inseparable from the bottom and sides inasmuch as
any pressure calculated to loosen them could be applied only with great difficulty
owing to the rigidity of the bottom, sides and, if so constructed, the longitudinal
partition.

page_text: 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. In a box, the combination with end pieces and cover, of a bottom and sides
made integral, substantially as described.
2. In a box, the combination with end pieces and cover, of a bottom, sides and
partition made of the same. piece of material, substantially as described.
3. In a box, the combination with end pieces, bottom and sides, of a cover hinged
in said end pieces and provided with a beveled or rounded inner edge, substantially
as and for the purpose set forth.
4. As a new article of manufacture, a box having its bottom, sides and internal
partitions made integral and provided with end pieces and a cover hinged, between
the latter in such manner that when closed it shall not project beyond the upper
surface of said end pieces, substantially as described.
5. In a box, the combination with end pieces which extend above the sides of the
box, of a cover adapted to close between such end pieces and hinged thereto by
means of pins driven through such end pieces and into the cover, substantially as
described.
6. In a box, the combination with end pieces of a cover hinged in said end pieces
by means of pins passing through such end pieces and into such cover, substantially
as described.
7. In a box, the combination of the sides a, a¹ bottom a³, end pieces B B, cover C
and pins c¹ c¹, substantially as described.
Dated this 27th day of February 1893.
H. D. FITZPATRICK,
70, Wellington Street, Glasgow.