Improvements in or Connected with Wood or like Boxes or Cases, and in Corner Clips to secure the Sides and Ends together, said Olips by a Modification being Applicable for Box Lids also for Bottoms.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Nov., 1886.
Complete Left, 17th Dec., 1886.
Complete Accepted, 18th Jan., 1887.
Improvements in or Connected with Wood or like Boxes or Cases,
and in Corner Clips to secure the Sides and Ends together, said
Olips by a Modification being Applicable for Box Lids also for
Bottoms.
I, ELLIS CARR of the Firm Peek Frean and Company, Bermondsey, Surrey,
Biscuit Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
According to the usual method of making boxes or cases for containing merchandise
or goods, it is usual to nail or dovetail the sides to the ends and also to nail the bottom
to said sides and ends to fix the several parts in position to constitute a box or packing
case, the lid also being usually nailed on. This system produces many inconveniences
particularly when the boxes or cases are empty and have to be returned for refilling.
First, withdrawing the nails which fasten the lid, said lid is split in the direction of
the grain of the wood and often the edge of the top portion of the box ends are split
because the nail enters transversely to the grain of the wood, the box also after one or
two such manipulations is deteriorated and in many cases rendered useless.
Now the object of my invention, is to secure the sides to the ends and in some
cases the bottoms and also the lids without using nails for the purpose and this I effect
by metal clip pieces which are forced into or made to slide in grooves or saw cuts
formed at an angle to the plane of such sides and ends the corners of the two pieces of
wood being mitred to butt against each other. These clip pieces may be in single
lengths to correspond to the depth of the box or two or more pieces may be slid into
said saw cuts or grooves which the metal fits, which metal clip pieces may be of greater
thickness, such as those near the corners to resist concussion.
I am aware that metal corner pieces have been used to connect the sides and ends
of boxes and rough cases but said corner pieces as clips have been prepared with spikes
to be forced into or through the wood forming the sides and ends and in other
instances, the clip pieces have been secured to the surface by nails.
It will be observed that in my invention, the edges of the clip pieces are shaped to
fit grooves cut to correspond and the clip pieces are slid into position to fix them.
I groove the lids of boxes, and in some cases the bottoms also, in a similar manner
and slide shaped metal clips into them, a portion of the metal clips projecting towards
the inside with a flange to fit within the body of the box to hold the lid in position.
In this case the box need simply be bound round with string to hold the lid on.
H. GARDNER,

page_text: Bottoms.
I ELLIS CARR of the firm Peek, Frean and Company, Bermondsey, Surrey, Biscuit
Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:-
According to the usual method of making boxes or cases for containing merchandise
or goods, is usual to nail or dovetail the sides to the ends and also to nail the bottom
to said sides and ends to fix the several parts in position to constitute a box or packing
case, the lid also being usually nailed on. This system produces many inconveniences
particularly when the boxes or cases are empty and have to be returned for refilling.
First withdrawing the nails which fasten the lid, said lid is split in the direction of the
grain of the wood and often the edge of the top portion of the box ends are split
Because the nail enters transvorsely to the grain of the wood, the box also, aftor one
or two such manipulations, is deteriorated and in many cases rendered useless.
Now the object of my invention, which will be clearly understood by reference to
the annexed drawings, is to secure the sides to the ends, and in some cases the bottoms,
and also the lids, without using nails for the purpose and this I effect by metal clip
piocesa which are forced into or made to slide in grooves or saw cuts 6 formed at an
angle to the plane of such sides and ends the corners of the two pieces of wood being
mitred to butt against each other, as shown at Figure 1.
Figure 2 is a perspective view of a clip a.
These clip pieces a may be in single lengths to correspond to the depth of the box,
and may be with or without ribs (Figure 3) or two or more pieces may be slid into
said saw cuts or grooves, which the metal fits as represented at Figure 4.
C
The metal clip pieces a muy be of greater thickness such as those near the corners
to resist concussion. This will be understood by reference to Figure 5.
I am aware that metal corner pieces have been used to connect the sides and ends of
boxes and rough cases, but said corner pieces as clips have been prepared with spikes,
to be forced into or through the wood forming the sides and ends and in other instances
the clip pieces have been secured to the surface by nails.
It will be observed that in my invention the edges of the clip pieces are shaped to
fit grooves cut to correspond and the clip pieces are slid into position to fix them.
Figure 6 is a view of the lid of a box constructed according to my invention.
I groove the lids of boxes and in some cases the bottoms also, in a similar manner
to the sides, and slide shaped metal clips a into them a portion d of the metal clips
projecting towards the inside forming a flange to fit within the body of the box to
hold the lid in position. In this case the box need simply be bound round with string
to hold the lid on.

page_text: Figure 7 is a perspective view of a box with the lid on, clips a being used at the
corners, the bottom being attached by nails or in any suitable manner and Figure 8 is
a view showing the bottom of a box attached by clips, the grooves b being arranged to
determine the position of the clips. The corner clips in this example are not of a
length to correspond to the depth of the box.
The grooves may be at right angles to the surface of the board or at any angle with
it as I require to give more or less hold to the edges of the metal clips a.
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 improvements in and connected with wood and like boxes or cases, and in
corner clips to secure the sides and ends together substantially as hereinbefore
described, said clips by a modification being applicable for box lids also for bottoms.
2. Grooving sides, ends, bottoms and lids of boxes for the reception of "shaped" clip
pieces which can be slid into position and firmly bind the several pieces together
according to the portion of the box to which said clips have to be applied as described.