Improvements in Boxes or Cases for Containing Jewellery or other articles, and in Means or Apparatus employed in their Manufacture.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Oct., 1891
Complete Specification Left. 9th July, 1892-Accepted, 10th Sept., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Boxes or Cases for Containing Jewellery or other
articles, and in Means or Apparatus employed in their
Manufacture.
I, WILLIAM HEATLEY of 34 Lime Street in the City of London, Builder, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of boxes or cases
designed to contain articles of jewellery and other articles during transit by post
or other conveyance or for other use.
In carrying out my invention 1 form my improved box or case with the two ends
or sides and bottom preferably in one piece, or inseparable without leaving evidence
of division, and this is attained by the piece being bent or creased to form the
angles and the other two sides or walls are cemented or connected by other
connections, as by a number of wood pins or rivets of suitable material, passed
angularly through the abutting or adjacent sides and serving to lock them together
or the cementing and locking may be combined. The lid or cover is preferably
formed with edges wholly or partially mitred or angle-edged and the edges of the
box walls also are made to correspond.
Across the box lid, underside, are applied by cementing, pinning, dovetailing or
otherwise in one or more directions cross pieces, bars or equivalent parts the ends
of which projecting are adapted and formed to engage sockets, ears or stops within
the box on pressure being applied and a closed case is produced adapted to impede
or prevent tampering with the contents.
Also the improvements relate to means or apparatus for the manufacture of
boxes or cases of the character described or similar thereto.
The apparatus consists mainly of a supporting framing, axes and bearings
therefor, discs or open circular or equivalent rotatory or reciprocating supporting
parts having peripheral or radial projections or holders for a series of galleries,
or angular or other bars forming or carrying compartments or divisions which
with other parts form the moulds or matrices for giving shape to the boxes.
Preferably an outside fixed wall at each side and back is formed by the compart-
ment for each box whilst the front in each case is a moveable part capable of being
pressed up, slide wise and held to its work, by means of an eccentric or cam or like
part worked by an arm moved by hand or power, the centre of motion of the
pressing part being capable of regulation or adjustment, as by the engagement of
a pin centre in one of a series of holes in a projecting arm or piece from the bottom
plate or pallet board. This bottom plate or pallet board is hinged or centred at
the edge of gallery, or otherwise, so that by tilting, it may release the formed box
or case from the compartment and in its position of work it may lay on a holding
pin projecting from the gallery below, or vice-versa, so long as the two be held from
lateral movement relatively during shaping and cramping up of the box. The
bottom plates are also each capable of being locked down to the gallery or mould
support by a spring or other catch readily disengageable from the front. The
front block of the mould and the cam piece may be formed with recesses and
projections relatively engageable to prevent rising or vertical derangement.
To provide for variations of sizes of boxes within certain ranges in using the
same sets of parts I provide and insert filling side pieces and these may be held in
position for the time being by pins, screws, tongues or dovetailed projections and
grooves, or like devices. The front piece is changed as required but its width and
depth being different it serves for two sizes or even more.

page_text: Suitable turning and stop parts to the rotatory, or moving parts of the machine
are provided.
In use the operator takes the piece of material to form the box, say a thin
sheet of pine wood, scored or weakened on two lines and this is folded thereon and
dropped into the mould, with the end pieces, the creases and edges abutting being
preferably cement served and then the parts of each compartment are pressed up
and locked in position and when a whole gallery or line of compartments are filled
another is moved into position and filled and when the parts of the boxes are set
and hard they are removed and seasoned.
The scorings or weakenings of the material on the lines for folding as well as
the division thereof into appropriate lengths and widths I prefer to effect by a
rotatory cutting tool formed of a central circular body on which are mounted four
or other number of cutters of open box like form angularly disposed on the body
and removable say by their adjustment in dovetailed slots and locked therein by
screw or like parts. This cutter mounted on a suitable axis and supports is driven
by band or otherwise and the work being brought into contact with it and relative
movement on the lines of scoring being effected the material is removed therefrom.
I preferably support the work on an inclined bed or table capable of movement on
a corresponding support beneath and the depth of scoring is adjusted by movement
of the bed or parts to or from the cutter or of those parts relatively by a screw
or other delicate adjusting means. Suitable stops or fences regulate extent of
movements.
The grooves or stop recesses for the cover locks are cut by suitable rotatory
cutters in contact with which the work is brought whilst supported on a suitable
bed capable of the requisite movement by pedal or other operation and this slotting
is rapidly effected, controlled by gauging parts.
The locking wood or other pins are applied through the angles of the box by
means of a drill pin or part carried in suitable parts and capable of being rotated
and pressed to and from its work and the pin material, in length, follows the retreat
of the drill or tool from the opposite side, as it is forced forward by cams or
other suitable holders and dies or cutters and it is cut off shear with the edges of
the box by suitable blades or cutting edges say operated guillotine wise in suitable
supports and guide ways at an angle regulated to accomodate itself to sizes of box,
the box meanwhile being securely held clamped.
Dated the 9th day. of October 1891.
WM. BROOKES & SON,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Boxes or Cases for Containing Jewellery or other
articles, and in Means or Apparatus employed in their
Manufacture.
I, WILLIAM HEATLEY of 34 Lime Street, in the City of London, Builder 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 manufacture of boxes, or cases,
designed to contain articles of jewellery and other articles during transit by post,
or other conveyance, or for other use.

page_text: Figure 5 shows a side view of a tool, or machine for cutting, or cutting and
grooving the sheets of wood into suitably sized pieces for after treatment and
making up.
Figure 5ª a plan of same and Figure 5B a detail
Figure 6 shows a cutter and its core in side view, and
Figure 7 the same in section.
Figure 8 a separate front view of the cutter portion of same; and Fig. 8ª is a
side view of the core separately, these parts being adapted for use with the machine,
shown in Fig. 5.
Figure 9 shows a front view, and Figure 10 an end view of the rotatory frame,
or series of holding chambers for the glued parts of the boxes during setting and
drying.
Figure 11 shows by perspective view one form of intermediate and removable
wall or spacing piece between a pair of which and the fixed wall the boxes are
spaced and held tightly during drying.
Figure 12 shows the spacing piece (Fig. 11) in position in its groove, in the floor
of the machine there being alternative grooves adapted for other sizes of boxes.
Figure 13 shows by sectional end view, one of the holding chambers separately,
with one of the hinged part bottom pieces, which by tilting serve to release the
dried box.
Figure 14 shows by front view, and Figure 15 by plan view, the part of the
apparatus which effects the pinning of the parts of the boxes after glueing and
setting in the machine just described.
Figure 16 shows by side view a cutter and means for holding the wood of the
lid during cutting, to form the dovetail recess into which the bar d¹ slides for
strengthening the lid and forming the holding means of the locking bar d" to
the lid.
Figure 17 shows by end view the sliding clamp separately, and Figure 18
shows the same in plan view.
Figure 19 shows a sectional plan of the cutter z, and its supporting stem.
I form my improved box, or case, (Fig. 1) with the two ends a, a, or sides b, b,
and bottom c preferably in one piece, or inseparable without leaving evidence of
division, and this is attained by the piece of wood to form those parts being bent,
or creased, to form the angles or 6, and the other two sides, or walls, bor a, as
the case may be, are cemented (as by glue) or connected by other connections, as
by a number of wood pins, or rivets of suitable material, passed angularly through
the abutting, or adjacent sides and serving to lock them together, or the cementing
and locking may be combined. The lid, or cover (Fig. 2) is preferably formed
with edges wholly, or partially, mitred, or angle-edged, and the edges a³, b³, of
the box walls a, b also are made to correspond in angularity.
Across the box lid d, underside is, or are, applied by cementing and pinning, or
dovetailing or otherwise suitably supplementing the hold of the glue to the
connected wood surfaces, in one or more directions, cross pieces, or bars, d', or
equivalent parts, the ends d' of which projecting are adapted and formed to engage
sockets, ears, or stops within the box, (herein shown as slots 6³) in the sides b on
pressure being applied and a closed case is produced adapted to impede, or prevent
tampering with the contents.
The slots left between the bars d' and the top, or lid d are designed to give
elasticity to the bar and facilitate its insertion in the slots b.
Also the improvements relate to means or apparatus for the manufacture of
boxes, or cases of the character described, or similar thereto.
The apparatus for effecting scorings, or weakenings of the material (see Fig. 5)
on the lines for folding, as well as the division thereof into appropriate lengths and
widths, I effect by a rotatory cutting tool, such as shown by Figs. 6, 7, 8 and 8ª

page_text: formed of a central circular core or body e on which are mounted four (or other
number of) cutters e', e³, e³, e of open box-like form angularly disposed on the
body e and removable, say, by the adjustment of their dovetailed ends e in dove-
tailed slots and locked therein by screw e on the screwed stem e', or like parts.
This cutter e mounted on a suitable axis and supports ff, is driven by band 9
passing around fast and loose pulleys marked g', g', respectively, or otherwise,
and the work indicated by dotted line h' being brought into contact with it and
relative movement on the lines of scoring being effected, the material is removed
therefrom.
jis the slide for moving the band g on and off the fast pulley g¹.
is a guard plate over the cutter e and this may be hinged to turn out of
the way.
As the table travels to and fro lengthwise of the bed-plate, the material
carried by it is scored by the cutter e running on it whilst underneath is a knife
blade fixed in a holder, or removeable socket, applied in the bed i and this
knife as the plate travels rests within a slot in the plate h.
k is an adjustable fence or gauge to determine the width of piece cut by cutter e
and this gauge k is moved by means of a screw k¹ which engages a thread corre-
spondingly formed in the lug carrying a bolt k³, which traverses in the slot
formed for it in the hinged block which is hinged at A to a support k' from the
bed. This block is raised and lowered by a lever handle, the screw k¹
being turned by a handle k. By lifting the block by its lever, the gauge k is
raised leaving free space for the cut board to fall out of the machine into a
suitable receptacle. The meeting surfaces on underside of gauge k and upper side
of table in a direction at right angles to the line of traverse of the table, are
grooved, as at 40, so as to fit the projections on the one into recesses in the other
thereby better stopping the wood to be cut, on its sharply cut edge (see detail
view Fig. 5º).
I preferably support the work on an inclined bed or table h capable of movement
in an inclined direction longitudinally of the machine, on a corresponding support i
beneath, and the depth of scoring is adjusted by relative movement of the cutter e
to and from the bed by adjusting means, which may be simply a washer of suitable
grade of thickness introduced between the cutter and the shoulder of the spindle
at 2. Suitable stops, or fences, of ordinary character serve to regulate extent of
movements of the wood relatively to the cutter e.
The apparatus for holding the boxes, or cases, during making up and fixing of
the parts consists mainly of a supporting framing A, axes B and bearings therefor C,
disc or open circular or equivalent rotatory (or it may be reciprocating) supporting
parts D having radial projections or arms E for a series of galleries, or angular
(or other) bars F forming (or carrying) compartments or divisions F1 which with
other parts form the moulds or matrices for giving shape to the boxes.
In Fig. 9, as shown, an outside fixed wall, at each side and back, forms the
compartment for each box, whilst the front in each case is a movable part, such
as shown at G³, G", capable of being pressed up, slide-wise, and held to its work,
by means of an eccentric, or cam, G, or like part, worked by an arm G³, the
centre of motion of the pressing part G being capable of regulation or adjustment,
as by the engagement of a pin centre G in one of a series of holes G* in a
projecting arm, or piece G', from the bottom plate, or pallet board G.
This bottom plate, or pallet board G (see Fig. 18 which shows the front block
removed and the bottom tilted) is hinged, or centred, at the edge of gallery G'
(or otherwise connected) so that by tilting, it may release the formed box, or case,
from the compartment G, and in its position of work it may fit over holding
pin G projecting from the gallery below, (or vice versa) so long as the two be
held from lateral movement relatively during shaping and cramping up of the box.
The bottom plates G are also each capable of being locked down to the gallery,
or mould support F by a spring (or other) catch G readily disengageable from

page_text: the front by pressing back the end G". The front block G of the mould and
the cam piece G' may be formed with recesses (as 3 in the block) and projections
(as 4 in the cam) relatively engageable to prevent rising, or vertical derangement.
To provide for variations of sizes of boxes within certain ranges in using the
same sets of parts G I provide and insert filling side pieces G" and these may be
held in position for the time being by any suitable pins, screws, tongues or dove-
tailed projections and grooves, or like devices. The front piece G" is changed as
required, but its width and depth being different it serves for two sizes by turning
side, or end upwards.
Suitable turning parts to the rotatory, or moving, parts of the machine are
provided, if desired, such as a crank handle, but the present arrangement is designed
to be turned by grasping any of the radial arms conveniently to hand and the
hinged lever m centred at m² and having handle end m³ is provided with a pro-
jecting pin m³ which engages, either one of a number of recesses m* formed around
the circular parts D'. The divisions F¹ between compartments when desired may
be removeable to adapt themselves to variations in size of boxes, see Fig. 11, and
be fixed by being held at foot in a groove F* in the gallery, and provided with
flanges, or feet, F, whilst rearwardly the back edge, save the notched out part F",
enters a slot at the back of the gallery shaped accordingly.
In use, the operator takes the piece of material to form the box, say a thin sheet
of pine wood, scored, or weakened, on two lines as described in respect of Fig. 5,
and this is folded and dropped into the mould F, with the end pieces a, the creases
and edges abutting being preferably cement served and then the parts of each com-
partment are pressed up and locked in position, and when a whole gallery, or line
of compartments, are filled another is moved into position and filled, and when the
parts of the boxes are set and hard they are removed and seasoned.
The grooves, or stop recesses 6° for the cover locks d' are cut by suitable rotatory
cutters which may be of ordinary character adapted to the particular shape of slot
desired, in contact with which the work is brought whilst supported on a suitable
bed capable of the requisite movement by pedal, or other operation and this
slotting is rapidly effected. controlled by gauging parts.
In Figs. 14 and 15 by front and plan views is shown the apparatus by which the
locking wood, or other, pins n are applied (as more clearly seen in Fig. 1) through
the angles of the box by means of a drill pin o, or part, carried in a suitable holder
or stock on an axis o¹ carried in bearings o³, o³, and having a pulley of driven by
band of so as to cause rotation of said drill which band is driven by another
pulley (not shown) whilst the same band serves to drive the rear pulley o' on the
axis o on which is another driven pulley o' which drives by band, o8, another
pulley o³, carried by the axis o, on which is mounted the cutter o", which is of
ordinary known form, such as is commonly used in making round rods of wood of
analogous kinds and here serves to reduce the squared wood p, as it enters the
machine, into the rounded rod required for the pinning operation at p'. This wood
pegging rod is held in the forward movement to drive the peg n into the corner of
the box 6' through the hole made by the drill o, as that drill recedes and this peg
5 as soon as fully pressed home is cut off truly to the side of the box b by the
descent of the knife g formed of two blades, at angles to each other and partly
encompassing the two sides of the box 6 so as to cut off both ends of the peg n, the
-box 6 being held during the operation on the angular supporting table r, the knife g
being operated by the lever q' for descent and by the spring for its return, it
0 rocking on the centre, carried by the support. The position of the hole made
by the drill pin o in the walls of the box is regulated by movements given to the
support by adjusting the fly nuts r², r', which attach it to the angle bracket, so
as to vary its vertical position, whilst horizontally it is moveable, the upper part r
on the lower angular part, controlled by the V shaped projection engaging in a
5 correspondingly V shaped recess formed on the lower part and the supporting
table is retained in any position by locking screw '.
The drill axis o' carries affixed to it an arm o" which is also affixed on another

page_text: be cut, for supplying the said rod as required, glueing and forcing it into the pin
hole made by the drill, and for cutting or trimming off the projecting ends of the
pins, all substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
6. The arrangement, or combination and use in a machine, for use in making
wood boxes, or cases, of a drill to form a hole to receive a wood pin and co-operating
with means for inserting and trimming off the ends of the wood forming the pin
when in the box,. or case, ae and for the purpose set forth.
7. The general arrangement and combination of parts of apparatus for the
manufacture of wood boxes and cases and covers of the character described, so as
to cut the parts from sheet wood to shape, slot them, adjustably clamp the assembled
parts when cemented and until set, and make and apply the wood pins to strengthen
the corners or angles, substantially as set forth.
Dated the 8th day of July 1809
WM. BROOKES & SON,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicant.