Year: 1888

page_text: 1, JOAQUIN LATORRE, of Valencia, in the Kingdom of Spain, and of St. George's
House, Eastcheap, in the City of London, Merchant, 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 (reference being had to
the accompanying drawings and to the letters and figures marked thereon) that is
to say :-
My invention relates to an improved construction of packing case or box, and it
has for object to prevent the pilfering of the contents of said case or box during
transit, or otherwise.
My improved packing case or box is so constructed that any tampering therewith
will be at once detected, as it is impossible to get at the goods contained therein without
partially or wholly destroying the receptacle.
And in order that my invention may be readily understood I proceed to describe the
same with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved construction of packing case, shewn
closed, and fig. 2 a plan of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse section, taken on the
line AA of Fig. 2; and fig. 4 is a longitudinal section taken on the line B. B. of the
same figure, the lid being shewn as removed in both sections. Fig. 5 is a perspective
view shewing the case in its complete form and securely fastened and ready for
transit.
In constructing my improved case or box, the boards forming the ends a, are made
to extend for a given distance, as shewn at a¹, a, a, a, above and below the sides b,
that is to say for a distance corresponding to the thickness of the board, or boards,
which is, or are, to form the bottom and lid, as shewn in figs. 3, 4 and 5. The sides b
are then secured to the ends a so that their extremities will lie flush with the outer
edges of the ends a. The bottom c of the case is fitted in between the ends a, as
shewn, so that the outer side edges thereof lie flush with the outer sides of the case or
box, and also with the lowermost extended portions a³, a³, of each of the ends a. This
bottom is then strengthened by battens & which also serve to further protect the case or

page_text: box, as hereinafter mentioned. The lide which is formed in precisely the same
manner as the bottom of the case, is then placed or fitted in so as to rest on the top or
upper edges of the sides, the ends of the said lid lying closely against the inner sides
of the upper extended portions and fitting flush with them, as shewn in the perspective
view fig. 5. This lid is also strengthened by battens f.
The sides are likewise provided with battens g which project sufficiently above and
below the said sides so as to meet and lie flush with the battens d and fupon the
pottom and lid, respectively, and said battens are effectually secured to each other
by nailing, when the case or box is to be closed.
The case or box having been duly packed, and the lid fitted in place, said lid is
nailed down to the upper edges of the sides of the case in the usual manner, and is
further retained in-place-by nails x, driven therein in a horizontal direction through
the upper extremities of the end portions a. Other nails, are driven through the
side battens into the top and bottom. battens, and thus the said case or box is made
thoroughly secure. It will therefore be impossible to abstract or to tamper with the
goods contained in such case or box without destroying the same, which will be at once
perceivable on the case or box arriving at its destination.
By preference, I employ a nail extractor for drawing the nails so as not to injure the
case or box.
Having now described my invention and in what manner the same is to be performed
I claim,
The improved construction of packing case or box as herein described and as shewn
in the drawings, and for the purpose set forth.