Double Clasping Corner Clips for Boxes, Cases, and Orates.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Mar., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Dec., 1891-Accepted, 9th Jan., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Double Clasping Corner Clips for Boxes, Cases, and Orates.
HERBERT OWEN WILLIAMS Bedford Road Luton Bedfordshire Timber
Merchant do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
To strengthen and protect the four angles of the wooden boxes cases and crates
used for packing hats bonnets and other merchandise for transport and storage by
securing externally to each angle by nails screws or bolts with nuts a single plate
of sheet iron bent to fit such angle and further bent to clasp the corners at both
its ends such plate being notched at its upper end so that it may be turned over
the edge of the box case or crate and similarly secured to the inside of same;
a similarly notched plate of sheet iron being similarly secured to each corner
of such box-lids case-fids or crate-lids as are made with end ledges.
Dated this Thirteenth day of March 1891.
HERBERT OWEN WILLIAMS.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Double Olasping Corner Clips for Boxes, Cases, and Crates.
I, HERBERT OWEN WILLIAMS, of Bedford Road, Luton, Bedfordshire, Timber
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 :-
This invention has for its object double clasping corner clips for boxes, cases and
crates.
These clips are intended to strengthen and protect the angles or corners of the
wooden boxes cases and crates used for packing hats bonnets and other merchandise
for transport and storage.
The clips are constructed each in one piece of thin sheet iron notched or cut to
form and bent to fit the angle and to embrace the upper edges of the sides of the
box, case, or crate. The clips are fastened to the wood by nails or other convenient
fastenings.
In the annexed drawing
Figure 1 shows a piece of sheet iron suitably formed for making one of my
double clasping corner clips.
The parts a
Figure 2 is a perspective view of the clip when bent into form.
and extend from top to bottom of the box case or crate and cover one of its
angles. The parts c and d overlap the upper edges of the sides and the parts e
and are folded down within the box case or crate. 9 and h are flaps which are
folded in beneath the bottom. There are suitable perforations in the sheet iron
and these receive nails or screws which secure the clip to the wood of which the
box, case or crate is made.
Figure 3 shows a piece of sheet iron suitably formed for making a double clip to
take the corner of a box lid such as is shown by Figure 4.
Figure 5 shows the metal folded to form the double clip. It will be seen that
this clip will protect the corner and will tie together the top and side of the box
lid where they meet in the angle.

page_text: 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 :-
Double clasping corner clips for boxes, cases and crates substantially as described
and represented by the annexed drawings.
Dated this 23rd day of October 1891.
HERBERT OWEN WILLIAMS.