New or Improved Means for Securing and Strengthening the Bases of Boxes, Cisterns, and the like.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Means for Securing and Strengthening the Bases
of Boxes, Cisterns, and the like.
I, JOHN WILLIAM CLAUGHTON, of Bramley, near Leeds, in the County of York,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Much difficulty has hitherto been experienced in securing the bases of boxes,
cisterns, and the like, (hereinafter termed boxes), the said bases being sometimes
fastened by means of long bolts which pass through the wood of the sides and
through transverse shoes on the base, the ends of the bolts being secured by
nuts or rivets. Wire has also been tried, the sides and base being embraced by
the wire, whose ends are then turned down over the upper edges and secured
over the joints of the sides. The first of these methods although it has all the
merits of strength, has the disadvantage of the bolt ends and nuts projecting from
the box, besides entailing a relatively heavy expense in the manufacture of
small boxes; and the second method besides being unsightly owing to the outside
wires does not support the base throughout its width in the same manner as that
secured by the aid of the transverse shoes.
Now, the object of my invention is to combine the advantages of these two
methods of fastening the base to the sides of the box, and at the same time to
evade the disadvantages hitherto experienced, and I accomplish this result in the
following manner :-
The ends of the base are provided with two shoes, (constructed preferably of
sheet metal) which are each formed with two pairs of holes arranged diagonally
at opposite ends of the said shoes. The metal between each pair of holes is
depressed so as to form a groove, and the required grooves and holes may be
formed simultaneously by a single pressing or stamping operation.
Holes are
drilled from the top to the base through the opposite ends of the wood forming
the sides, and rods are passed down through the holes and through the base of
the box and then through the shoe, the length of the said rods being sufficient
to leave a small portion projecting at the top and bottom. The top of the rod is
then turned over the side joint and the end is driven into the adjacent end of
the box, thus locking the top corner; and the lower projecting portion of the rod
is bent over in the groove in the shoe and the end is driven through the adjacent
hole in the shoe and into the base of the box. This operation is repeated at each
corner of the box, thus securing the shoes in position and firmly fastening the
base to the sides of the box.
The bent over portion of the rod resting in the groove in the shoe remains
flush with the under surface, thus protecting it from wear and rendering it less
liable to become caught and bent or broken off; and the grooves may be pressed
to any depth and length and in any direction.

page_text: Although I have referred to the "sides" and "ends" of the box for the sake
of clearness, I wish these terms to be read as similar and interchangeable.
Doted this 26th dor of Narambar D 1898
BREWER & SON,
London and Leeds, Agents for the Applicant.
A New or Improved Means for Securing and Strengthening the Bases
of Boxes, Cisterns, and the like.
I, JOHN WILLIAM CLAUGHTON, of Bramley, near Leeds, in the County of York,
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 :-
Much difficulty has hitherto been experienced in securing the bases of boxes,
cisterns, and the like, (hereinafter termed boxes), the said bases being sometimes
fastened by means of long bolts which pass through the wood of the sides and
through transverse shoes on the base, the ends of the bolts being secured by
nuts or rivets. Wire has also been tried, the sides and base being embraced by
the wire, the ends of which are then turned down over the upper edges and secured
over the joints of the sides. The first of these methods although it has all the
merits of strength, has the disadvantage of the bolt ends and nuts projecting from
the box, besides entailing a relatively heavy expense in the manufacture of
small boxes; and the second method besides being unsightly owing to the outside
wires, does not support the base throughout its width in the same manner as that
secured by the aid of the transverse shoes.
Now, the object of my invention is to combine the advantages of these two
methods of fastening the base to the sides of the box, and at the same time to
evade the disadvantages hitherto experienced, and my invention whereby this
result is attained will be understood by reference to the accompanying drawing
in which similar letters refer to like parts in all the figures..
Figure 1 is a side elevation partly in section shewing a box with its base
attached according to my invention as hereafter described, and Figure 2 is an
inverted plan of the same. Figure 3 is an end sectional elevation and Figure 4
is a plan, all of the same box.
"A, A are two shoes which are each formed with two pairs of holes B and C
arranged diagonally at opposite ends of the shoes A. The metal between each
pair of holes is depressed so as to form a groove G which is of sufficient depth
to allow a rod or wire to rest with its outer side flush with the surface of the
shoe A. Holes are drilled from the top to the base through the opposite ends
of the sides D, and rods E are passed down through the base of the box and
through the shoe, the length of the said rods being sufficient to allow them to
project a short distance at the top and bottom. One end of the rod E is then
turned over the joint between the side D and the end F, and is driven into the
adjacent end of the box, thus locking the top corner; and the lower projecting
portion of the rod E is then bent over in the groove G and the end is driven
through the adjacent hole and into the base of the box.
The bent over portion of the rod E resting in the groove G, remains flush with
the surface of the shoe A, thus protecting it from wear and rendering it less liable
to become caught and bent or broken off; and the grooves G may be pressed to
any depth and length, and in any direction.
In Figure 1 I have shewn one of the rods E with its upper.end fastened and

page_text: with its lower end projecting through the shoe A prior to being turned over, but
the lower end might equally well be fastened first if desired. The rods might
also be made with one end previously bent to the required form in which case
the remaining end would simply require to be turned over and driven into
position.
Although I have referred to the "sides" and "ends" of the box for the sake
of clearness, I wish these terms to be understood as similar and interchangeable.
The shoes A are preferably constructed of sheet metal and the required grooves
and holes may be formed simultaneously by a single pressing or stamping opera-
tion.
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:-
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1. The shoes A having pairs of holes B and C in the same, the metal between
the holes being depressed into grooves G, substantially as and for the purposes
set forth.
2. The shoes A having holes B and C and grooves G in the same, in combina-
tion with rods or wires E, turned over at the top and bottom of the box, sub-
stantially as and for the purposes set forth.
3. The method of attaching the bases to boxes, cisterns and the like, consist-
ing of rods or wires passing through holes in the box and being turned over so
as to lock the joints at both top and bottom, in combination with transverse
shoes at the base, substantially as described with reference to the accompanying
drawing.
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1000
COOT
BREWER & SON,
London and Leeds, Agents for the Applicant.