Improvements in Packing Cases and Boxes.
Year: 1897

page_text: Improvements in Packing Cases and Boxes.
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I, EPHRAIM HILL, of The Lindens, Emwell Street, Warminster, in the County of
Wilts, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Packing cases of the ordinary description occupy much space when empty and the
cost of conveying tlie empty cases from place to place is considerable.
I arrange that the sides of the case shall fold together so that the empty case when
folded occupies but little more room than the thickness of the wood requires.
The parts are according to my invention so constructed and jointed together that
when set up they form a case or box which is strong and durable and also dust tight.
I construct in this manner packing cases which are very suitable for the transport of
tea in large quantities from place to place either without further package or it might
be if desired in numerous paper packages ready for sale. There are also many other
uses to which packing cases and boxes made in accordance with this invention are
applicable.
The bottom of the packing case is square or oblong it is of wood of suitable
thickness bound round with hoop iron; dwarf sides of different heights are
permanently fixed to the bottom and the folding sides are hinged to the dwarf sides
and to the bottom in such manner that they can fold inward and lie one over the
other against the bottom or they can be raised to stand at right angles to the bottom.
There are hook and eye fastenings upon the sides to connect and retain them when
raised. The dwarf sides are somewhat thicker than the folding sides which are
hinged to them to provide a lip on the exterior excluding dust from the joint. The
first of the sides when folded lies against the bottom, the opposite side folds in upon
the first, the third side folds over the sides previously laid and the fourth side lies
over the whole.
The first and second sides are somewhat narrower and less in height that the third
and fourth and when set up are overlapped by them.
The sides are bound with hoop iron which serves not only to strengthen them but
also to form strong and dust tight joints between one side and another. The first of
the sides has the hoop iron arranged to form a lip, extending from top to bottom
externally. This lip when the sides are raised enters a groove provided for it in a
wooden fillet which is firmly nailed to the adjacent side. All the vertical joints are
formed in this manner.
The box is provided with a sliding lid; it enters beneath lips of hoop iron provided
on the upper edges of those sides which have the fillets upon them. The lid itself
also has two hoop irons on the under side. These hoop irons are bent each so as to
present a tongue extending from side to side of the lid. These tongues when the lid
is slidden into its place pass beneath projecting hoop iron tongues on the upper edges
of the sides on which the lid rests.
The packing case is provided with a lock on one of the sides which by shooting its
bolt upwards into a recess in the lid holds it securely.

page_text: I, EPHRAIM HILL, of Pound Street House, Pound Street, Warminster, late of The
Lindens, Emwell Street, Warminster, in the County of Wilts, Engineer, 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:—
Packing cases of the ordinary description occupy much space when empty
and the cost of conveying the empty cases from place to place is considerable.
I arrange that the sides of the case shall fold together so that the empty case
when folded occupies but little more room than the thickness of the wood
requires.
The parts are according to my invention so constructed and jointed together that
when set up they form a case or box which is strong and durable and also dust
tight. I construct in this manner packing cases which are very suitable for the
transport of tea in large quantities from place to place either without further
package or it might be if desired in numerous paper packages ready for sale.
There are also many other uses to which packing cases and boxes made in
accordance with this invention are applicable.
The annexed drawings show a folding box or packing case in accordance with
my invention. Figure 1 is a vertical section. Figure 2 is also a vertical section
but in another plane. Figure 3 is a horizontal section. Figure 4 is a sectional view
showing the packing case or box as it appears when folded. Figures 5 and 6 show
a modification.
The bottom a of the packing case is square or oblong, it is of wood of suitable
thickness bound round at a¹ a¹ with hoop iron. Dwarf sides 61 62 63 64 of different
heights are permanently fixed to the bottom and the folding sides c¹ c2 c3 c4 are
hinged by hinges d¹ d² d³ d to the dwarf sides and to the bottom in such manner
that they can fold inward and lie one over the other against the bottom or they can
be raised to stand at right angles to the bottom. There are hook and eye
fastenings x x upon the sides to connect and retain them when raised. The dwarf
sides are somewhat thicker than the folding sides which are hinged to them to
provide a lip bx on the exterior excluding dust from the joint. The first of the
sides c¹ when folded lies against the bottom a, the opposite side c² folds in upon the
first, the third side c³ folds over the sides previously laid and the fourth side c¹ lies
over the whole.
The first and second sides are somewhat narrower and less in height (including
the dwarf sides) than the third and fourth sides and when set up are overlapped by
them.
The sides are bound with hoop iron which serves not only to strengthen them
but also to form strong and dust tight joints between one side and another.
The first of the sides has the hoop iron arranged to form a lip e extending from
top to bottom externally. This lip when the sides are raised enters a groove
provided for it in a wooden fillet which is firmly nailed to the adjacent side.
All the vertical joints are formed in this manner, the sides c¹ c² being provided with
lips e, and the sides cand ct with grooved fillets f.
The box is provided with a sliding lid g, it enters beneath lips h of hoop iron
provided on the upper edges of those sides which have the fillets upon them. The
lid itself also has two hoop irons g¹ g¹ on the under side. These hoop irons are bent
each so as to present a tongue extending from side to side of the lid. These tongues
when the lid is slidden into its place pass beneath projecting hoop iron tongues c³ on
the upper edges of the sides on which the lid rests.

page_text: The packing case may be provided with a lock or locks on one of the sides which by
shooting its bolt upwards into a recess in the lid holds it securely.
Figure 5 is a vertical section of a folding packing case differing somewhat from that
already described in detail. Figure 6 is a sectional view showing the same case or
box folded for transport when empty. This packing case differs from that shown by
Figures 1 to 4 principally in that it has a hinged lid k. This lid is jointed at / to the
upper part of the third side of the box or case and the dwarf side mis made
sufficiently high to admit of the upper part n of the fourth side folding down flat over
the lid as the drawing indicates.
Around the lid on three sides there is a hoop iron k¹ which projects so as to form a
lip and upon the folding side n there is likewise fixed a hoop iron n¹ and this is so
formed or bent that together with the part to which it is fixed it forms a groove into
which the projecting lip of the hoop iron ke¹ enters and thus constitutes a dust tight
joint. The vertical joints of this packing case are rendered dust tight in like manner;
the grooved fillets of wood ff of the packing case shown by Figures 1 to 4 being in
this case replaced by bent hoop irons such as n¹. In place of inaking the packing
cases and boxes of wood other materials may be employed in their manufacture.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
:-
1. A folding packing case or box consisting of a bottom with dwarf sides of varying
height fixed to the bottom and folding sides hinged to the dwarf sides, the whole so
arranged that when empty the folding sides may be laid inwards the one over the
other, substantially as described.
2. A folding packing case or box consisting of a bottom and folding sides fitting
together with dust tight joints consisting of projecting lips entering grooves provided
to receive them, substantially as described.
3. A folding packing case or box substantially as described and illustrated by the
annexed drawings.