IMPROVEMENTS IN METALLIC BOXES AND IN THE MANU- TASTENINGG PAR METALLIC
Year: 1873

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Hayward Perman, of Birmingham, in
the County of Warwick, Manufacturer,. and Richard Whitaker, of
Wolverhampton, in the County of Stafford, Lock Manufacturer, for
LETTERS PATENT to Charles Hayward Perman, of Birmingham, in
the County of Warwick, Manufacturer, and Richard Whitaker, of
Wolverhampton, in the County of Stafford, Lock Manufacturer, for
the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN METALLIC BOXES AND IN THE MANU-
TASTENINGG PAR METALLIC
Sealed the 17th Juno 1873, and dated the 17th January 1873.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Hayward
Perman and Richard Whitaker at the Office of the Commissioners
of Patents, with their Petition, on the 17th January 1873.
We, CHARLES HAYWARD PERMAN, of Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Manufacturer, and RICHARD WHITAKER, of Wolverhampton,
in the County of Stafford, Lock Manufacturer, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN METALLIC BOXES AND IN
THE MANUFACTURE OF THE SAME, AND IN HANDLES AND FASTENINGS FOR METALLIC
BOXES," to be as follows:-
Our improvements in metallic boxes consist in making them with an
internal rebate on the edge of the box for the edge of the lid to shut
down upon, the said lid having the wire by which it is strengthened
fixed inside instead of outside as usual. By the internal rebate the box
is much strengthened, and combined with the improvement described in
the lid a box is produced, the external sides of which are flush, that is,

page_text: are without the rib-like projections which are common to boxes of the
ordinary kind, and which are so great an inconvenience in the moving of
the said boxes.
In manufacturing the said boxes we form the ends of the box and
the ends of the lid in one piece of sheet metal by the stamping process,
the rebate described being formed between the box part and the lid part.
When the lid part is separated from the box part by being cut along the
line of the top of the rebate the said top part has the figure proper to
enable it to engage in the rebate part. The body of the box is formed
from sheet metal in the ordinary way, and the end parts formed as
described are connected therewith by the ordinary closing processes or
otherwise.
In making the handles of metal boxes we stamp in the end pieces of
the box semi-cylindrical projections or knuckles to form the joint of the
handle. Cross slots are formed in the projections for the insertion of the
ends of the handle, and a pin is passed through the said semi-cylindrical
projections and ends of the handle to complete the joint of the handle.
Our improvements in fastenings for metallic boxes consist in connect-
ing with the link plate of the hasp of the lock a rod or axis running
along the inner side of the edge of the lid, and occupying in boxes made
according to our Invention, when the boxes are closed, the rebate
described. This rod or axis is fixed to the link plate of the hasp, and
constitutes the axis of the hasp, the said axis or rod being supported in
bearings on the inner edge of the lid as well as at its middle. The
extreme ends of this rod or axis are bent into a plane at right angles to
it, and are slightly curved. In the rebate described holes or slots are
formed opposite the ends of the axis or rod.
When the lid of the box has been closed and the hasp has been turned
down so as to engage it with the lock the rod or axis described is turned
so as to bring its curved ends into the slots described in the rebate, and
thereby fix down or lock the lid at two points in addition to the ordinary
lock. Or the fastening of the box may be effected by two bolts forced
outwards or drawn inwards by inclines carried by the hasp. When the
hasp is depressed its inclines force outwards the bolts and make them
engage in staples on the edge of the box, and when the hasp is raised its
inclines withdraw the bolts from the staples.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Charles Hayward Perman and Richard Whitaker in
the Great Seal Patent Office on the 12th July 1873.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, CHARLES
HAYWARD PERMAN, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manu-
facturer, and RICHARD WHITAKER, of Wolverhampton, in the County
of Stafford, Lock Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Seventeenth day of January, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, in the
thirty-sixth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto us, the said Charles Hayward Perman and Richard
Whitaker, Her special license that we, the said Charles Hayward Perman
and Richard Whitaker, our executors, administrators, and assigns, or
such others as we, the said Charles Hayward Perman and Richard
Whitaker, our executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time
agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times there-
after during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might
make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an In-
vention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN METALLIC BOXES AND IN THE MANUFACTURE OF
THE SAME, AND IN HANDLES AND FASTENINGS FOR METALLIC BOXES," upon the
condition (amongst others) that we, the said Charles Hayward Permian
and Richard Whitaker, our executors or administrators, by an instrument
in writing under our or their hands and scals, or under the hand and
seal of one of us or them, should particularly describe and ascertain
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to
be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent
Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date
of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Charles Hayward Perman, on
behalf of myself and the said Richard Whitaker, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement thereof, that is to say :-
Our improvements in metallic boxes consist in making them with an
internal rebate on the edge of the box for the edge of the lid to shut

page_text: down upon, the said lid having the wire by which it is strengthened fixed
inside instead of outside as usual. By the internal rebate the box is
much strengthened and combined with the improvement described in
the lid a box is produced, the external sides of which are flush, that is,
are without the rib like projections which are common to boxes of the t
ordinary kind, and which are so great an inconvenience in the moving of
the said boxes.
In manufacturing the said boxes we form the ends of the box and the
ends of the lid in one piece of sheet metal by the stamping process, the
rebate described being formed between the box part and the lid part. 1
When the lid part is separated from the box part by being cut along the
line of the top of the rebate, the said top part has the figure proper to
enable it to engage in the rebate part. The body of the box is formed
from sheet metal in the ordinary way, and the end parts formed as
described are connected therewith by the ordinary closing processes or
otherwise.
In making the handles of metal boxes we stamp in the end pieces of
the box semi-cylindrical projections or knuckles to form the joint of the
handle. Cross slots are formed in the projections for the insertion of the
ends of the handle, and a pin is passed through the said semi-cylindrical
projections and ends of the handle to complete the joint of the handle.
Our improvements in fastenings for metallic boxes consist in con-
necting with the link plate of the lasp of the lock a rod or axis running
along the inner side of the edge of the lid, and occupying in boxes made
according to our Invention, when the boxes are closed, the rebate
described. This rod or axis is fixed to the link plate of the hasp and
constitutes the axis of the hasp, the said axis or rod being supported in
bearings on the inner edge of the lid as well as at its middle. The
extreme ends of this rod or axis are bent at right angles to it and are
slightly curved. In the rebate described holes or slots are formed
opposite the ends of the axis or rod.
When the lid of the box has been closed and the hasp has been turned
clown so as to engage it with the lock, the rod or axis described is
turned so as to bring its curved ends into the slots described in the
rebate, and thereby fix down or lock the lid at two points in addition to
the ordinary lock. Or the fastening of the box may be effected by two
bolts forced outwards or drawn inwards by inclines carried by the hasp.

page_text: When the hasp is depressed its inclines force outwards the bolts and
make them engage in staples on the edge of the box, and when the hasp
is raised its inclines withdraw the bolts from the staples.
Having explained the nature of our Invention we will proceed to
describe with reference to the accompanying Drawings the manner in
which the same is to be performed.
Figure 1 represents in front elevation, and Figure 2 in end elevation
a metallic box containing our principal improvements; Figure 3 is a
horizontal section of the same taken on the line a, Figure 1; and Figure 4
is a transverse section of the same taken on the line 6, Figure 1;
Figure 5 is a transverse section, and Figure 6 a longitudinal section of a
portion of the box drawn to a larger scale, Figure 5 being taken through
the hasp, and Figure 6 being taken through one of the handles of the
box; Figure 7 represents in elevation, and Figure 8 in section one of
the ends of the box and lid, and illustrates the manner in which the ends
of the box and lid are manufactured. The same letters of reference
indicate the same parts in the several Figures of the Drawings.
c is the body of the box, and d is the lid of the same; e is the internal
rebate running round the edge of the box for the edge of the lid d to
shut down upon. The lid d is jointed to the rebate at f, f; the said
internal rebate e is best seen in the enlarged views, Figures 5 and 6.
The inner edge of the rebate e is strengthened by a wire e³, and the
strengthening wire d³ of the lid d is fixed inside the edge of the said lid,
as best seen in Figure 6. That part of the rebate e situated at the front
side of the box is furnished with a compartment 9 for the fastening
mechanism of the box to enter (see Figures 4 and 5). This compart-
ment is made by fixing a separate plate to the inner side of tho
rebate e.
By an examination of the Drawings it will be seen that the sides of
the box so made are flush externally, or are without the usual external
rib-like projections, and the box is very strong. In making the ends of
the box and the ends of the lid we form by the stamping process a
picce of the shape represented in elevation and section in Figures 7 and 8.
The said piece consists of the end c³ of the box and the end of the lid
5 with the rebate e formed between them as represented. The two parts.c³
and thus made are separated at the line 1, Figure 8, and when so
separated there is sufficient metal at the edge of the rebate e to form the

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beading for the strengthening wire e at the edge of the rebate, and also
at the edge of the part to form the beading for the internal
strengthening wire & of the lid. The end part c³ of the box c and the
end part of the lid d, Figures 7 and 8, are secured to the body parts c
and d respectively of the box and lid by closing the edges of the said
parts upon one another, the parts so joined together being strengthened
by the metal band i. This method of joining the parts c and d³ to the
body parts c, d, of the box and lid is best seen in Figure 6. The handles
of the box are made in the following manner:-In each of the end
pieces c³ of the box a semi-cylindrical projection k is made by the
stamping process. The shape of these projections k is best seen in
Figures 2, 6, 7, and 8. Cross slots 1, 7, (see Figure 2) are formed in the
projections, into which cross slots the eye ends m² of the handle m are
passed. The projections are strengthened by vertical plates n, n, rivetted
to the ends of the box. In fastening the handle to the box the eye ends m³
of the handle m are inserted in the cross slots 1, 1, in the semi-cylindrical
projection k, and also through the eyes m² of the handle. The handle is
thus securely connected to the box, the said handle turning upon the
pin p as an axis. After the jointing of the handle is complete, a covering
plate q is fixed at the back of the semi-cylindrical projection /, as best
seen in Figure 6.
is
In fastening the lid d to the body c of the box a rod or axis
connected to and constitutes the axis of the link plate 8 of the hasp of
the lock. This rod or axis » runs along the inner side of the edge of
the lid (sec Figures 3 and 5). The said rod or axis "is supported at its
middle in the bearing t, and at its ends in the bearings u, u, at the
inner edge of the lid. The extreme ends ³, 73, of the said rod or axis r
are bent at right angles and may be slightly curved. In the rebate e
are holes or slots v, v, indicated in dotted lines in Figure 1, and one of
the said holes or slots is shown in section in Figure 5. When the lid d
is shut down the bent ends 1, 2, of the rod or axis rare situated
opposite the said holes or slots v, v. After the box has been closed
the hasp 8 is turned down so as to engage it with the lock. By the
motion of the hasp the bent ends 7³, 13, of the rod or axis r pass through
the holes v, v, in the rebate e in the edge of the box, as shown in
Figure 3, and also indicated in Figures 1 and 5, and thereby fix down or
lock the lid to the body of the box at two points in addition to the
locking by the ordinary lock. After the lock has been unlocked the

page_text: lifting of the hasp 8, as represented in Figure 5, withdraws the bent
ends,, of the rod or axis r from the holes or slots v, v, in the rebate e,
and the lid is thereby unfastened and may be raised.
Figure 9 represents in front elevation, Figure 10 in back elevation,
and Figure 11 in cross section another fastening for metallic boxes
constructed according to our Invention. In this improved fastening
two sliding bolts w, w, are employed, the said bolts working in
guides x, x, on the inner side of the lid, and when in their shot position
engaging with staples y on the edge of the body c of the box. The said
bolts w, w, are forced outwards so as to cause them to engage with the
staples y, and thereby to fasten the box, and are driven inwards so as to
unfasten the box by the inclines or inclined arms 1, 1, jointed at one end
to the inner ends of the bolts w, w, and at their other ends to the link
plate 2 of the hasp. The inclined arms 1, 1, are connected to the link
plate 2 by a pin 3 which passes through and works in a slot 4 in the lid.
The link plate 2 has a vertical sliding motion equal to the length of the
slot 4, and is connected to the lid by the pin 3 and slot 4. When the
link plate 2 is shut down to engage it with the lock, the pin 3 descends
in its slot 4, and causes the inclined arms 1, 1, to straighten and forco
outwards the bolts w, wo, and engage them with the staples y, y, on
the box. After the box has been unlocked the lifting of the link plate 2
raises the pin 3 and causes the inclined arms 1, 1, to approach each other
and effect the withdrawal of the bolts wo, w, and unfasten the box.
The fastening mechanism herein-before described and illustrated
in the accompanying Drawings may be applied to metallic boxes
in general, as well as to boxes constructed according to our Invention.
Having now described the nature of our Invention and the manner in
which the same is to be performed, we wish it to be understood that we
do not limit ourselves to the precise details herein described and
illustrated as the same may be varied without departing from the nature
of our Invention. But we claim as our Invention,―
Firstly. The improvements in metallic boxes herein-before described
and illustrated in the accompanying Drawings, that is to say, making
metallic boxes with an internal rebate on the edge of the box for the
edge of the lid to shut down upon, and fixing the strengthening wire of
the lid inside the edge of the lid, for the purpose and substantially as
described and illustrated.

page_text: Secondly. The method herein-before described and illustrated in the
accompanying Drawings of manufacturing metallic boxes, that is to say,
making the end of the box and the end of the lid together with the
internal rebate in one piece, and after separating the box part from the
lid part, connecting them to the body of the box and lid by a closing
process or otherwise, substantially as described and illustrated.
Thirdly. The improvements in the handles of metallic boxes herein-
before described and illustrated in the accompanying Drawings, that is
to say, forming semi-cylindrical projections or knuckles in the end
pieces of the box, and jointing the handles to the said projections or
knuckles, substantially as described and illustrated.
Fourthly. The improvements in fastenings for metallic boxes herein-
before described and illustrated in Figures 1, 2, 4, and 5 of the
accompanying Drawings, that is to say, connecting to the link plate of
the hasp of the lock a rod or axis which constitutes the axis of the said
link plate, the extreme ends of the said rod or axis being bent at right
angles, the turning down of the link plate causing the bent ends of the
said rod or axis to take into holes or slots in a rebate or in the edge of
the box so as to fasten the box, and the lifting of the link plate causing
the bent ends of the said rod or axis to be withdrawn from the holes or
slots described so as to unfasten the box, substantially as described and
illustrated.
Lastly. The combination or arrangement of parts, substantially as
herein-before described and illustrated in Figures 9, 10, and 11, of the
accompanying Drawings, for fastening metallic boxes.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Hayward Perman, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Eleventh day of July, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three.
Witness,
CHARLES HAYWARD PERMAN. (L.S.)
RICHARD WHITAKER.