improvements in or relating to Scarborough and other Trun ks.
Year: 1898

page_text: improvements in or relating to Scarborough and other Trun ks.
I, HARRIET NEWTON (Mrs.), of 48, Clarence Road, Sparkhill, in the County of
Worcester, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists of the improvements hereinafter described in or relating
to Scarborough and other trunks and has for its object to provide means whereby
the tops of such trunks are rendered stronger than heretofore thus preventing
them from bulging in or indenting.
In carrying my invention into effect I provide an ordinary trunk lid & fix across
the inside a rib forming a kind of girder made from a strip of sheet iron or steel
which is folded into the form of a T the cross piece being rivetted to the top of
the lid. Or I may when desired make the lid in two halves and turn up a por-
tion of the inside edges in the form of a flange which are rivetted together thus
forming a rib across the inside of the lid and preventing the same from bulging
or indenting.
Dated this 18th day of Antahan 1000
WILLIAM HENRY BARACLOUGH,
36, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agent for the Applicant.
Improvements in or relating to Scarborough and other Trunks.
I, HARRIET NEWTON (Mrs.), of 48, Clarence Road, Sparkhill, in the County of
Worcester, 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:-
This invention consists of the improvements hereinafter described in or relating
to Scarborough and other trunks and has for its object to provide means whereby
the tops of such trunks are rendered stronger than heretofore thus preventing
them from bulging in or indenting.
In carrying my invention into practice I provide an ordinary trunk lid and
fix across the inside a rib forming a kind of girder made from a strip of sheet
iron or steel which is folded into the form of a T the cross piece being rivetted
to the top of the lid. I may in some cases use two such ribs one lengthwise and
the other crosswise on the inside of the lid. Or I may when desired make the
lids in two halves and turn up a portion of the inside edges in the form of a
flange which are rivetted together thus forming a rib across the inside of the lid
and thus preventing the same bulging in or indenting.

page_text: In order that my invention may be more clearly understood I will describe
the same by reference to the accompanying drawings the same letters of reference
indicating similar parts throughout. Figure 1 illustrates my invention in trans-
verse section.
Figure 2 is a plan of the underside of the lid.
Figure 3 is a cross section through Figure 1.
Figure 4 is a transverse, section and
Figure 5 a plan of the underside of the trunk lid showing a different form of
my invention.
A represents a rib like girder made from a strip of sheet iron or steel bend
into the form shown at Figure 1 the flanges a, a, are rivetted to the inside of the
lid by the rivets H, H. The ears D, D, which are formed on the ends of the
girder A are secured to the sides of the inside of the lid C by the rivets F, thus
fixing the girder in its place. The longitudinal shaped strengthening
plates I, I, are secured to the top of the lid by the rivets M and to the sides of the
girder A by the turned up parts L and L, and the rivets H2 and H2.
In Figures 4 and 5 the lid is made in two halves C and C2 the inner edges of
which are turned up at right angles and form flanges E, E, which are rivetted
together with the strengthening plates K at H3 thus forming a support across
the inside of the 'lid and preventing the same from bulging in or indenting.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
:-
1. In combination with Scarborough and other trunks, the rib like girder A
rivetted to the inside of the lid C substantially as described an illustrated and
for the purpose set forth.
2. In combination with Scarborough and other trunks the lid shown at
Figures 4 and 5 made in two halves C and C the inner edges being turned up to
forin flanges E, E, forming a rib like girder substantially as described and illus-
trated and for the purpose set forth.
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1000
WILLIAM HENRY BARACLOUGH,
36, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agent for the Applicants.