Stationery and other Goods and for similar Purposes.
Year: 1886

page_text: Stationery and other Goods and for similar Purposes.
I, LEWIS WYCHERLEY STONE, of the firm of Henry Stone and Son, Manu-
facturers of Gattridge Street, Banbury, in the County of Oxford 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 boxes or cases for storing goods such as paper, envelopes,
ribbons, flowers and gloves in stationers', drapers' and other, shops or warehouses;
for holding letters; and for similar purposes.
The boxes or cases heretofore used in stationers', drapers' and other shops and
warehouses for the purposes above specified are usually placed one above another
on the shelves upon which they are kept, so that in order to obtain access to the
contents of one box it is frequently necessary to first remove one or more
superincumbent boxes, considerable time and labour being thus uselessly expended.
The objects of my present invention are to obviate this inconvenience, and
to provide boxes the contents of either of which (when a number of them are
arranged in rows one above another) are readily accessible without moving or
disturbing the superincumbent or adjacent boxes.
In the accompanying drawing
Figure 1 is a front elevation of the improved box, and
Figure 2 is a longitudinal vertical section thereof.
Figure 3 is a front elevation shewing a number of the said boxes arranged in
rows one above another upon a shelf.
A box constructed according to this invention consists of two main portions
viz:-the receptacle a which may be formed of any suitable material such as mill-
board, straw-board, wood or the like, according to the purpose for which the box
is required; and the casing b, surrounding or enclosing the receptacle a except at
one end thereof and serving as a lid for the box when the latter is enclosed
therein.
This casing is made in any suitable manner and of any desirable material, but
the sides c, c thereof must be of such strength and rigidity that, when a number of
boxes are placed one above another, the said sides of the casings of the said boxes
will not be liable to bend and thus prevent or impede the withdrawal of the
receptacles from their casings.

page_text: d is a handle by means of which the receptacle may be withdrawn from its
casing.
When the boxes are used for holding stationery or letters, or for similar
purposes, I cut away one or both sides of the receptacle as shewn at e in Figure 2,
the openings thus formed extending to the level of the bottom of the box. This
arrangement permits the contents to be readily removed or examined.
I sometimes provide the interior of the receptacle with an index to facilitate
the finding of letters, I also in some cases use a clip for holding letters in the
receptacle.
When a number of boxes constructed in the manner hereinbefore described are
arranged in rows one above another (for instance as shewn in Figure 3, in which f
is a shelf or press carrying the said boxes) it is obvious that the contents of either
box are readily accessible without disturbing any of the other boxes.
When thus arranged the boxes practically constitute a set of drawers, with the
advantage, that if at any time it is desired to increase the size of the set this can
be done at a comparatively small cost by placing one or more rows of my boxes
upon the top, or at either side, of the said set.
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: -
The improved box or case constructed substantially as above described (with or
without the opening or openings e) for the purposes, specified.
Dated this 8th day of April 1886.
LEWIS WYCHERLEY STONE:
Haseltine, Lake & Co.,
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Agents for the Applicant.