Applicable also to other Folding Articles. Case and Crate Manufac
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Sept., 1888
- Specification Accepted. 2nd Nov., 1888
Applicable also to other Folding Articles.
We ROBERT RUTTER of Hope's Carr Stockport in the County of Cheshire Packing
Case and Crate Manufacturer, MARK WILSON, of Belmont Street, Heaton Norris,
Stockport, in the County of Lancashire Timber Merchant, and WILLIAM JEPSON
TWYFORD of Chestergate, Stockport, Timber Merchant, in the County of Cheshire,
do hereby declare the nature of our 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 improvements in crates, boxes, cases or other receptacles
generally used for the transit of goods, such as hats, or storage of wearing apparel,
or other articles, which after being emptied can be folded up into a small compass,
and also to other objects requiring folding up at times, such as screens.
The object of these improvements is to provide a stronger and simpler hinge for
connecting the loose sides of the crate, box, case, or other receptacle to the bottom
thereof or for connecting the leaves of objects such as screens, and apply the same
thereto so as to form a much simpler and firmer joint and not be liable to injury in
the transit of the receptacle as heretofore has been the case.
And in order that our invention may be more fully understood we have caused
to be appended hereunto one sheet of drawings marked with letters of reference
indicating like parts in the various figures.
Fig. 1 is a front view of the said hinge fitted together.
Fig. 2 is a side view and Fig. 3 a front view showing the same detached.
Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a portion of a crate showing the application of the
hinge.
In carrying out these improvements the hinge A is formed in two parts a, b,
each consisting of a strap of metal formed at one end with a knuckle a¹ & b¹ to receive
a pin c.
The latter in length is made about equal to the width of the two straps or parts a & b
one end of the said pin c is fitted tightly into the knuckle b¹, and the other loosely into
the knuckle a', and the straps a &b themselves formed with a suitable number of
nail or screw holes g.

page_text: The hinge described is made in rights and lefts and applied inside to the crate B,
see Fig. 4, or other receptacle instead of outside to the same as has been the case with
ordinary hinges.
The bottom d of the crate B is as usual formed with dwarfs or thickening pieces e
to which and to the bottom d the sides of the crate or other receptacle are connected
by means of the hinges A.
The latter are applied in pairs, right and left, and fastened to the dwarfs e, bottom d,
and sides, by means of nails or screws, the knuckle side of the hinge A being placed
against the sides f so as to offer no obstruction inside.
It will be understood that instead of employing the hinges in pairs, their number
may be increased according to the size of the crate or other receptacle or object.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
1st. In crates, boxes, cases or other folding receptacles or objects, the construction
of binge A, shown in Figs. 1. 2 & 3, substantially as and for the purpose specified.
2nd. The particular mode of application of the hinge A specified in the preceding
claim, to crates, boxes, cases or other folding receptacles shown in Fig. 4, substantially
as and for the purpose specified.
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