AN IMPROVED BOX OR CASE FOR PARCELS POST AND LIKE PURPOSES
Year: 1883

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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Richard Brooker Jackson at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 21st July 1883.
RICHARD BROOKER JACKSON of the firm of Farrow and Jackson of Great Tower
Street in the city of London "AN IMPROVED BOX OR CASE FOR PARCELS POST
AND LIKE PURPOSES
"
This invention relates to the construction of a double chamber box or case
specially suitable for receiving bottles containing liquid to be conveyed by parcels
post, rail or otherwise, also applicable for the conveyance of other articles, and the
invention consists in the employment of two boxes or cases one placed within the
other with a space between them for protecting packing substantially such as that
hereinafter described.
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The boxes or cases are made of tin, wood, cardboard or other suitable material
the inner box being made of a size and' shape suitable to receive the bottle or
bottle or other article or articles to be carried. Around the sides and ends of the
inner box (or inside the outer box) I fix what may be termed packing consisting
of corrugated cardboard or the like or strips or pieces of cork or wood or straw cut
into suitable lengths; I sometimes use wool, tin or other suitable material and in
some cases I employ a packing consisting of springs of suitable elastic material.
The packing is arranged in such a manner that when, the inner box is placed
within the outer case it will bear against the inner surfaces thereof and form
sufficient protection against injury, during transit, to the bottle or other article
contained within the inner. case.
By this arrangement I provide a double chamber box or case of comparatively
light weight combined with strength and which can be at the same time easily
and quickly closed and opened and which can be used over and over again, all
loose packing being dispensed with..

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Richard Brooker Jackson in the Patent Office on the 10th January
1884.
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RICHARD BROOKER JACKSON of the firm of Farrow and Jackson of Great Tower
Street in the city of London "AN IMPROVED BOX OR CASE FOR PARCELS POST
AND LIKE PURPOSES
"
This invention relates to the construction of a double chamber box or case
specially suitable for receiving bottles containing liquid to be conveyed by parcels
post, rail or otherwise, also applicable for the conveyance of other articles, and the
invention consists in the employment of two boxes or cases one placed within the
other with a space between them for protecting packing substantially such as that
hereinafter described.
In order to enable my invention to be fully understood I will proceed to describe
the same by reference to the accompanying drawing in which figure 1, is an
elevation and figure 2, an end view of a box or case for parcels post and like
purposes constructed according to my invention; figure 3, is an elevation and
figure 4a top view shewing the outer box or case open; figures 5 and 6 vertical
and horizontal sections of figure 3; figure 7, transverse section; figures 8, and 9,
elevation and top view of the inner box with the packing applied thereto. Similar
letters in all the figures represent similar parts.
The boxes or cases are made of tin, wood, cardboard or other similar material,
the inner box a, being made of a size and shape suitable to receive the bottle or
bottles or other article or articles to be carried. . Around the sides and ends of the
inner box a, (or inside the outer box b,) I fix what may be termed packing c, con-
sisting of corrugated cardboard or the like (or strips or pieces of cork or wood or
straw cut into suitable lengths may be employed) or I sometimes use wool, tin or
other suitable material and in some cases I employ a packing consisting of springs
of suitable elastic material. The packing c, is arranged in the manner shewn so
that when the inner box a, is placed. within the outer case b, the packing c, will
bear against the inner surfaces of the outer case b, as shewn and will form sufficient
protection against injury during transit to the bottle or other article contained
within the inner case a; d, is the lid of the inner case a, binged thereto and
provided with any suitable fastening c,. The cover of the outer case b, consists of
a number of flaps f, f, f, and f¹; the three flaps f, are first folded down and the
. flap f¹, is then folded down and fastened by gum or the like and may be sealed,
or any other suitable fastening may be employed.
By this arrangement I provide a double chamber box or case of comparatively
light weight combined with strength and which can be at the same time easily and
quickly closed and opened and which can be used over and over again, all loose
packing being dispensed with.
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Having thus described my invention and the manner of "performing" the same
what I claim is :-
A box or case for parcels post and like purposes consisting of two boxes or cases
placed one within the other with a space between them one or the other of the

page_text: boxes being provided with a packing such as that described in the manner and for
the purposes substantially as herein before described and represented in the accom-
panying drawing.
In witness whereof I the said Richard Brooker Jackson have hereto set my
hand and seal this ninth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and eighty four