IMPROVEMENTS IN CASES FOR PACKING
Year: 1864

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Alexander Lloyd, of Little Bush Lane, in the
City of London, Packing Case Manufacturer, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN CASES FOR PACKING."
Sealed the 16th August 1864, and dated the 17th February 1864.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Alexander Lloyd
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 17th February 1864.
I, JOHN ALEXANDER LLOYD, of Little Bush Lane, in the City of London,
Packing Case Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN CASES FOR PACKING," to be as follows, that is to say:-
My Invention relates to improvements in cases used for packing bottles,
and consists in an arrangement of dises of wood or metal pierced with holes
for receiving the necks and bodies of the bottles, and preventing them from
coming in contact with each other when in transit by railway, or ship, or other
mode of conveyance.
The most improved method of packing bottles hitherto adopted has been to
enclose each bottle in an envelope of straw or other material before packing
them in cases or boxes, which envelope formed an elastic cushion or bed which
prevented the bottles touching each other, and which yielded to a certain
extent when the cases were submitted to concussion, by accident or otherwise.
Now my improved method of packing consists in using three or more discs of
wood or metal placed edgewise, and when three only are used one is placed at

page_text: each end and one in the middle of the case, the centre disc being pierced with
a cortain number of holes to receive the necks of the bottles, and the outer
discs with holes to receive the bodies of the bottles. Thus, in a case to contain
twelvo bottles the centre disc would have twelve holes for receiving the necks)
of twelve bottles, and each of the end discs would have six holes to receive
the bodies of six of the bottles, and as an example of packing what is called a
one-dozen case of bottles by my improved method, the bottles are placed
in four rows or layers, each containing three bottles, and in the first layer two
of the bottles are placed on one side of the centre disc, and one on the
other side, the hole to receive the neck of the single bottle being placed
between the holes to receive the necks of the two bottles on the other side..
In the second layer this order is by preference reversed, two bottles being
placed over the single bottle and one above the two bottles, and the arrange-
ment is so continued, alternately two bottles and one bottle, until the case or
frame is full. The bottles being placed in this order they can be lifted and
placed in the case, which can be at once nailed down or otherwise secured and
the packing is then complete. I may also mention that my improved frames
or dises may be applied as portable bins, in which wine or other liquid may
be removed and stored with safety and convenience.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said John Alexander Lloyd in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 17th August 1864.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
ALEXANDER LLOYD, of Little Bush Lane, in the City of London, Packing Case
Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
l'atent, bearing date the Seventeenth day of February, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, in the twenty-seventh year
of Ier reign, did, for Herself, Her beirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said John Alexander Lloyd, Her special licence that I, the said
John Alexander Lloyd, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said John Alexander Lloyd, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time
and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and
lawfully might make, usc, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an

page_text: Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN CASES FOR PACKING," upon the condition
(amongst others) that the said John Alexander Lloyd, my executors or
administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of
their hands and seals, 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 John Alexander Lloyd, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement, reference being had to the Drawings hereto annexed,
in which similar letters of reference denote corresponding parts at each
of the Figures respectively, that is to say :-
My Invention relates to improvements in cases used for packing bottles,
and consists in an arrangement of discs of wood or metal pierced with holes
for receiving the necks and bodies of the bottles, and preventing them from
coming in contact with each other when in transit by railway, or ship, or other
mode of conveyance.
The most improved method of packing bottles hitherto adopted has been to
enclose each bottle in an envelope of straw or other material before packing
them in cases or boxes, which envelope formed an elastic cushion or bed
which prevented the bottles touching each other, and which yielded to a:
certain extent when the cases were submitted to concussion by accident or
otherwise. Now my improved method of packing consists in using three or
more discs of wood or metal placed edgewise, and when three only are used,
one is placed at each end, and one in the middle of the case, the centre disc
being pierced with a certain number of holes to receive the necks of the
bottles, and the outer discs with holes to receive the bodies of the bottles.
Thus in a case to contain twelve bottles the centre disc would have twelve
holes for receiving the necks of twelve bottles, and each of the end discs would
bave six holes to receive the bodies of six of the bottles, and as an example,
of packing what is called a one-dozen case of bottles by my improved method,
the bottles are placed in four rows or layers, each containing three bottles, and
in the first layer two of the bottles are placed on one side of the centre disc,
and one on the other side, the hole to receive the neck of the single bottle
being placed between the holes to receive the necks of the two bottles on
the other side. In the second layer this order is, by preference, reversed, two
bottles being placed over the single bottle, and one above the two bottles, and

page_text: the arrangement is so continued alternately, two bottles and one bottle until
the case or frame is full. The bottles being placed in this order, they can be
lifted and placed in the cases, which can be at once nailed down or otherwise
secured, and the packing is then complete.
I may also mention that my improved frames or discs may be applied as
portable bins in which wine or other liquid may be removed and stored with
safety and convenience.
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DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a perspective view of the case with the bottles placed in their
proper position in the discs; Figure 2 is a perspective view of the discs with 1
bottles represented in their proper places; Figure 3 is an elevation of a set of
discs with bottles in position; and Figure 4 is a plan of the discs shewing the
manner in which the bottles are packed.
A, A, is the outer case of wood or other material; B, B, B, the discs of
metal or wood connected together by means of the wires C, C; D, D, handles 1
of wire or other material, by means of which the set of discs, after they are
filled with bottles, may be lifted up and placed in the case.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the manner of
carrying the same into practical effect, I wish it to be understood that I do
not confine myself to the precise arrangement of details herein-before
described and shown, so long as the peculiar character of my Invention bo
retained, as the same may be varied without departing from the Invention;
but what I claim is, the arrangement and construction of cases and portable
bins for packing bottles as herein described.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Alexander Lloyd, havo hereunto set 2
my hand and seal, this Seventeenth day of August, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four.
JUHN ALEXANDER LLOYD. (L.S.)