IMPROVEMENTS IN PORTABLE BINS OR RACKS FOR BOTTLES."
Year: 1877

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to David Southern, of 25, Ducie Street, Piccadilly, Man-
chester, in the County of Lancaster, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
PORTABLE BINS OR RACKS FOR BOTTLES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said David Southern at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 9th October 1877.
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DAVID SOUTHERN, of 25, Ducie Street, Piccadilly, Manchester, in the County
of Lancaster. IMPROVEMENTS IN PORTABLE BINS OR RACKS FOR BOTTLES."
My Invention relates to improvements in portable bins or racks such as are used
more particularly in the aërated water trade for the conveyance of bottles. Such
bins consist of an open box or case divided by longitudinal and transverse partitions
into a number of separate cells or compartments.
The object of my Invention is to enable the rack or interior framework of the
case to be lifted bodily out so as to allow of the interior of the box being properly
cleaned, which cannot be conveniently done when the said framework is a permanent
fixture in the box.
According to my Invention the longitudinal and transverse partitions are framed
together and fitted to slide bodily in and out of the box so as to be readily removed
and replaced when required. For this purpose the two sets of partitions are
halved together by cutting slots for about half the depth in the lower portion of
the one set, and similar slots in the upper portion of the other set, and fitting or
interlocking them together so that the slots in the one embrace the opposite or
unslotted portions of the other, and the Invention consists inore particularly in
grooving the unslotted portion on both of its sides so as to form shoulders at each
of the grooves, whereby the partitions are made to afford one another mutual support,
and greater rigidity and firmness are given to the entire framework so as to admit
of its being lifted out of the case and sustaining the rough usage to which such
boxes are frequently subjected; or instead of halving the two sets of partitions
together the one set may be of the full depth required, and have slots cut in the top
Panice 71

page_text: and bottom edges to receive the transverse partitions, which in this case will not
extend the whole depth, but consist of two sets of bars, the one above and the other
below, the said bars being cross-grooved on each side and received in the said slots,
as in the former case above described.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said David Southern in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 8th April
1878.
DAVID SOUTHERN, of 25, Ducie Street, Piccadilly, Manchester, in the County
of Lancaster. "IMPROVEMENTS IN PORTABLE BINS OR RACKS FOR BOTTLES."
My Invention relates to improvements in portable bins or racks such as are used 1
more particularly in the aërated water trade for the conveyance of bottles.. Such
bins consist of an open box or case divided by longitudinal and transverse partitions
into a number of separate cells or compartments.
The object of my Invention is to enable the rack or interior framework of the
case to be lifted bodily out so as to allow of the interior of the box being properly 1
cleaned, which cannot be conveniently done when the said framework is a permanent
fixture in the box.
In order that my Invention may be more readily understood I will proceed to
describe it with reference to the accompanying Drawings, in which,-
Figure 1 represents a plan view of the improved portable bin or rack; Figure 2,
a longitudinal vertical section of the same, the interior framework being also shown
in dotted lines as lifted out of the case for the purpose of cleaning the latter.
Figures 3 and 4 represent top edge and side views of the longitudinal partitions,
and Figures 5 and 6 similar views of the transverse partitions.
The same letters of reference are used to indicate the same parts in all the
Figures.
A is the outer case, being an open wooden box with hand holes in the ends, as
usual. B are the longitudinal, and C the transverse partitions. These correspond in
length to the internal dimensions of the box, so as when framed together, as here-
after described, to fit easily therein. They are of less height than the depth of the
box, as usual.
According to my Invention, instead of fixing the longitudinal and transverse
partitions B and C to the sides of the case A, they are framed together and fitted to
slide bodily in and out of the box so as to be readily removed and replaced when
required. For this purpose the two sets of partitions are "halved" together by
cutting slots b in the upper half of each partition of the one set, say, the longitudinal
partitions B, and similar slots c in the lower half of each partition of the other set C,
and fitting them together so that the slots in each set embrace the opposite or
unslotted portions of the other set, and the Invention consists more particularly in
grooving both the longitudinal and transverse partitions on both of their sides, as
clearly shown by the Drawings at d so as to forin shoulders whereby the partitions
are made to interlock and so afford one another mutual support, thereby giving

page_text: greater rigidity and firmness to the entire framework, so as to admit of the latter
being lifted bodily out of the case and sustaining the rough usage to which such
boxes are frequently subjected; or instead of the two sets of partitions being halved
together, as above described, the one set B may be of the full depth required and
have slots cut in the top and bottom edges to receive the transverse partitions C
which in this case will not extend the whole depth, but consist of two sets of bars,
the one above and the other below, the said bars being cross-groved on each side and
received in the said slots, as shown in Figure 7, which represents a cross section of
the box, and in Figure 8, which shows two of the partitions separately.
Having described the nature of my Invention and the manner of performing the
same, I declare that what I claim as my Invention to be protected by the herein-
before in part recited Letters Patent is, framing together the longitudinal and trans-
verse partitions of a portable bin or bottle rack, substantially as shown and described,
so as to mutually support one another, without being fixed to the outer case, and
admit of the rack being raised bodily out of the said case, as and for the purpose
specified.
In witness whereof, I, the said David Southern, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Sixth day of April, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and seventy-eight.
DAVID SOUTHERN. (L.S.)