Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Feb., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 7th Nov., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 7th Dec., 1888
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
My invention relates to the means of securing and releasing the lids or covers of
packing cases and its object is to give a more rapid means of opening and closing
and protecting the same from damage.
In carrying out my invention I form angular plates of Iron or other suitable
metal one or more of which I attach to one side of the Box sufficiently high to
allow the lid to pass tightly under it. On the opposite side I attach one or more
brackets one part of which is permanently attached to the Box by pins, or screws
on the other part is a moveable tongue or angular bracket working on a hinge
& this moveable tongue or angular bracket folds over on the top side of the lid &
holds the same in its position. This bracket is made secure & fast by a notched or
square head eccentric working in the fixed part of this bracket & turning into a
recessed groove provided for it in the knuckle of the turning part of the aforesaid
tongue or angular bracket the turning or sliding of this eccentric one way & the other
respectively securing or liberating the lid.
Dated this Waranth dose of a 1000

page_text: I, CHARLES BROWN, of 18, Upper Mill Hill, Leeds, in the County of York, do
hereby declare the nature of the said 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 relates to certain improved means of securing and releasing the lids
or covers of packing cases and the like, especial objects of the Invention being to
provide simpler and more efficient means of effecting such purposes and which can
be more rapidly operated without liability of damage to the packing case.
The Invention is illustrated on the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1. repre-
sents a perspective view of an ordinary packing case adapted therewith.
Fig. 2. represents a sectional elevation of opposite parts of a packing case adapted
with the Invention, showing the method of its operation.
Fig. 3. represents a front elevation of one part of the improved fastener.
Fig. 4. is a detail view in sectional elevation of part of the fastener illustrated in
Fig. 3. showing the operative position of the fastener.
Fig. 5. is a similar view showing the inoperative position thereof. -
A set of the improved fasteners consists of one or more angular plates, 6, and of
one or more fastener parts, 7, 8. The plate, 6, and parts, 7, 8, are preferably made
of cast iron but they may be made of any other suitable metal or material. They and
their attachments may also be made of any required relative sizes.
5
The angular plate, 6, is secured to the one side of the case, 9, in such a position
as that its overhanging part is about the thickness of the lid, 12, above the case
inwardly over which it projects, vide. Fig. 2. and it is secured in such a manner as
that it cannot be removed from the case from the outside, and for such purpose it is
preferably formed on its inner side with projecting spikes, 10, which are knocked into
the outer side of the case, the plate, 6, being then secured by a screw, 11, inserted
from the inside of the case into the plate.
The fastener is made with a flat plate, 7, which is secured to the opposite outer
side of the case, 9, by spikes, 10x, and a screw, 11x, in like manner as hereinbefore
described with reference to the plate; 6, and in such a position as that a fastening
angle plate, 8, pivotted in bearings, 20, projecting from the plate, 7, when in the
position represented in full lines in Fig. 2. also projects above the level of the top of
such side of the case about the thickness of the lid, 12.

page_text: The plate, 7, of the fastener is also adapted with adjustable means by which the
angular plate, 8, can be caused to retain the position indicated in full lines in Fig. 2.
in which position the lid when also under the opposite angular plate, 6, will be kept
secured, vide also Figs. 1. and, 4, and which means can be so moved as to allow of
the angle plate, S, being thrown back, vide Fig. 5, and the dotted lines in Fig. 2. which
permits of the lid being withdrawn from under the opposite angle plate, 6.
Such adjustable means preferably consist of an excentrically mounted or turning
plate, 13, formed at, 14, and pivotted to the plate, 7, at 15, as that it can be turned
into or out of engagement with the angle plate, S, which is formed at, 16, to engage
therewith. When the plate, 13, is turned into the position represented in Figs. 1, 2,
and 4, and in dotted lines in Fig. 3, it rests against a stop, 17, and its part, 14, of
greatest thickness is brought under and in the way of the part, 16, of the angle
plate, 8, which consequently cannot then be unfastened and so the lid is secured
thereby, but when the plate, 13, is turned into the position indicated in Fig. 5. and
in full lines in Fig. 3. its part, 14, is removed from out of engagement with the
part, 16, of the angle plate, 8, which can then be thrown back vide Fig. 5. and the
dotted lines in Fig. 2 when the lid can be withdrawn from under the opposite plate
or plates, 6.
The turning of the plate, 13, can be effected by means of a screw driver or other
appropriate or handy appliance inserted into a slot, 18, formed in the outer face
thereof, or such plate can be formed with an outer projecting head or otherwise in
such a manner as that it can be turned as required. The plate, 13, may also be so
applied as that it may be slid into and out of engagement with the plate, 8,
instead of being turned into and out of engagement therewith as hereinbefore
described.
It is preferred that the opposite plates, 6, 7, should be secured to the case adjacent
to the position of the top battens, 19, of the lid if formed therewith so as to prevent
the lid from shifting laterally, but otherwise the fasteners should be so fitted as to
grip the lid sufficiently tightly to prevent such shifting thereof.
When any special security from the contents of the packing case being tampered
with is desired a label may be placed over any part of the device which would have to
be moved to open the fastener or over any part which would necessarily cause such
label to be broken if the device were tampered with or the box opened.
The following are among the advantages obtained by the use of the hereinbefore
described improved fasteners ;-The use of ropes, nails, and screws in securing the lids
of packing cases and the like is avoided. A set of fasteners being once fixed, need
not be removed until the case is worn out, when the fasteners can be transferred to
another case. The endurance of the cases and lids is considerably increased owing to
the avoidance of hammering at them or otherwise destructively using them to secure
and remove the lids, and that the fasteners being secured to the case and being so
constructed as that no part can become detached or lost, are always at hand when
wanted.
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 hereinbefore described improved means of securing and releasing the lids or
covers of packing cases and the like.
2. In means for securing and releasing the lids or covers of packing cases and the
like, the use in combination of one or more angular plates, 6, with one or
more fastener parts, 7, 8, constructed, applied and operating substantially as herein-
before described.
3. In means for securing and releasing the lids or covers of packing cases and the
like, the application and use of the fastener parts, 7, 8, constructed, applied and
operating substantially as herein before described.
4. The combination of the plate, 7, adapted with means for securing it to the

page_text: packing case, with the angle plate, 8, pivotted thereto and with the plate, 13, carried
by the plate, 7, and adapted to engage with the plate, 8, substantially as and for the
purpose hereinbefore described.
5. The use in combination with the angle plate, 8, of the plate, 13, adapted
to engage with the plate, 8, substantially as and for the
described.
Dated this 2nd day of Novembar 1000
purpose herein before
DAY, DAVIES & HUNT,
321, High Holborn, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.