Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd May, 1897-Accepted, 3rd July, 1897
I, JOSEPH WILLIAM HOWARD, of Well Park Brewery, Glasgow, brewery manager,
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 present invention is an improvement which is intended to be used in
combination with the mode of protecting boxes described in the specification to
Letters Patent No. 24597 of 1893 granted to me. It provides additional strength
and security, and is particularly useful where the box shows any sign of play (on the
hinges) from wear and tear. If used from the time when the box itself is first put
into use it tends to prevent such play arising.
I take a plate substantially of the shape and construction shown in Fig. I of the
drawings to my said specification No. 24597 of 1893 and fix it in position on the
front side of a box in manner in the same specification described. The box is provided
with a method of fastening of the kind described in that specification and has the
free end of the spring or lever which holds the latch when the box is closed (or
the key hole where a lock and key are used) within an aperture in the front side of the
box about the centre of the space to be covered by the card in the same specification
mentioned when such card is in position in the frame formed by the said plate.
The card is rendered more difficult of removal, without detection, from the box
when closed if, instead of being merely held in position in the frame formed in the
said plate by the lid closing on to and over its upper edges as in my former
specification described and illustrated, it is made of such shape that when placed in
the frame there is a spare piece which can (& is to) be turned back over the
upper edge of the side of the box before the lid is closed on to the top of the plate
forming the frame.
In order further to protect boxes fitted with a fastening or lock covered by a card
as above and in my said specification described I fix one or more studs on or near the
upper edge of one or more of the sides (in which term I include the front side) of the
box, and provide a socket or sockets in the inside of the lid of the box in such
position that when the lid is closed each stud shall fit into one of the sockets. A stud
may be made on & in one piece with a plate of metal which is to be let into the
upper edge of the front or other side of the box and fastened to it by screws passing
through holes in the plate, or it may be formed on the end of a flat piece of metal
with holes in it for screws and fastened to the inner side of one of the sides of the
box. As a general rule two studs with corresponding sockets is the most convenient
numbers to use, & frequently it is desirable to use one of each sort of stud
attachments. The studs should project above the edge of the side of the box to an
extent nearly equal to the thickness of the lid or thereabouts.
A socket may be formed by letting a flat plate of metal with a hole in it to fit a
stud into the inside of the lid of the box; such plate being fixed by screws or other
suitable means.
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Alternatively the studs may be affixed to the lid and the sockets formed in the edge
one or more of the sides of the box or case

page_text: For greater security it is desirable that the hinges of the box should be attached
in such a manner as only to be detachable when the box is open.
In the accompanying drawing a case fitted with two studs A and A¹ and having
sockets S, S, is shown open; the card, C, with its edge turned over the edge of the
case, being in position in the plate P described in the specification to my said former
patent. The stud A has the first, and the stud A¹, the second form of attachment
above described.
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 :-
1. The combination of one or more studs fixed to the edge or inner side of one or
more sides (including the front) of a box and a socket or sockets in the lid of the box
to fit on to such stud or studs with an arrangement for protecting the latch, lock, or
other fastening of a box or case by means of a card or other suitable material, the
whole substantially as above described.
2. The combination of one or more studs fixed to the lid of a box and a socket or
sockets in the edge of one or more of the sides (including the front) of the box to
hold such stud or studs when the box is closed with an arrangement for protecting
the latch, lock or other fastening of a box or case by means of a card or other suitable
material, the whole substantially as above described.