Improvements relating to the Fastening of Boxes.
Year: 1886

page_text: Improvements relating to the Fastening of Boxes.
I, JULIUS THEODOR WEIHE, of Herford in the Kingdom of Prussia and Empire
of Germany, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
RELATING TO THE FASTENING OF BOXES" and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
My invention relates to the fastening of boxes and more particularly to the
fastening of cigar-boxes. The object of the said invention is to provide fastenings
which may be readily applied to boxes without using tools for the purpose, and
which allow of being readily opened and adjusted according to the pressure which
may be exerted within the boxes by the contents of the same.
In the accompanying drawing,
Figure 1 is a sectional view of part of a cigar-box provided witli a fastening
constructed according to my invention..
Figure 2 is a front view thereof.
Figure 3 is a transverse section on the line x, x, Figure 2.
Figure 4 is a sectional view of a box, provided with the improvements and
showing the same open.
Figures 5 and illustrate strips of metal forming the ties employed in my
improved fastening.
Figures 7, 8, 9 and 10 are views illustrating details of the invention, and
Figure 11 is a perspective view showing the slotted cover and front board of the
box with part of the ties broken away.
E designates a common cigar-box to which the cover C is hinged in the usual
manner, the said cover being provided with two parallel slots 1 and 2. The front-
board D of the box is also provided with two parallel slots 3 and 4 arranged at
right angles to the slots in the cover C, so that planes laid through the slots 3
and 4 would nearly, but not quite, touch the ends of the slots 1 and 2.
A and B designate flexible, and thin, but at the same time strong and resistible,
strips of metal, preferably brass. The end a of the strip A is passed through the
slot 1 in the cover C sufficiently far, as shown in Figure 7, to allow of being bent
upward and passed from below through the other slot 2 (see Figure 8), whereupon
it is bent down upon the surface of the cover, between the two slots, and the
strip A, with its free end a¹ drawn forward and firmly laid over the same (see
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page_text: Figure 9). In a similar manner the two ends 6 of the metal strip B are passed
through the slots 3 and 4 in the front board D and, after being firmly pulled, bent
against the inner surface of the board D, as clearly. shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3 of
the drawing.
If, now the box E is to be closed, and fastened, the cover C, Figure 4, is brought
down to bear upon the upper-rim of the board D, and the free end a¹ of the metal
strip A is pushed through the narrow intermediate space between the said board
and the interior surface of the strip B (see Figure 2). The said strip is then bent
outwards against the lower edge of the strip B. as shown in Figure 1, and then
upwards against the outside of the strip B whereby the cover C is secured in
position as shown in Figure 10 of the drawing.
The side boards of the box E can also be slotted and secured to the cover by
means of the strips A and B as before described.
To loosen the fastening it is simply necessary to bend down again the end a¹ of
the strip A; the cover can then be raised.
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It will be seen that the fastening readily allows of being tightened or slackened
as may be required in case of shrinkage or expansion of the cigars contained in the
box E and that it will resist the pressure within the box caused by the said
expansion.
The strips protrude only very slightly beyond the inner surfaces of the cover and
front or side boards so that practically no storage space within the box is lost.
It will be readily understood that, instead of providing the slots 3, 4 and the
strip B in the front or side-boards D, and the slots 1, and the strip A in the
cover C, the arrangement of said slots and their respective fastening strips may be
reversed without departing from the nature of my invention. This arrangement
requires no further explanation.
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
The combination, with the front or side-boards of a box, or both, slotted as
described and provided with a strip or strips of flexible metal, of the cover C also
slotted as described and provided with a strip or strips of metal, the corresponding
strips on the front or sides and cover being united by bending one over the other,
substantially as and for the purpose specified.
Dated this 6th day of January 1886
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
For the Applicant.