Improvements in the Construction of Packing Cases or Boxes, and in the Lids thereof.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Mar., 1887.
Specification Accepted, 15th Apr., 1887.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Packing Cases or Boxes,
and in the Lids thereof.
I, GEORGE THOMAS TASMAN, of Sun Court, Golden Lane, Barbican, in the City of
London, Manufacturer, 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, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,
and to the letters and figurés marked thereon, that is to say
cases
My Invention has for its object the construction of packing cases and boxes, together
with their lids, in such a manner as to prevent the contents of such boxes or
being pilfered, and by reason of which construction any attempt to tamper with the
said case or box would be readily perceived.
In order that my Invention may be clearly understood I proceed to describe the
same with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:
Fig. 1, is a side elevation of a packing case constructed according to my Invention,
the ends being shewn partly in section.
Fig. 2 is a plan of the same, with the lid removed.
Fig. 3, an elevation of the lid, with the ends in section.
Fig. 1, a plan of the underside of the same.
Fig. 5 is a view of one of the ends of the packing case, and
Fig.
a like view of one of the ends of the lid.
Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the case as it would appear when completed and
secured for transit.
For the purposes of my Invention, the ends of the boards composing the bottom,
sides, and lid of the packing case or box A, are provided with kerts or incisions which
are made by a saw, or hy other suitable tool. Into these kerfs or incisions a, I insert
iron bands or strips b, clearly seen fig. 1, in which portions of the sides of the case are
cut away for this purpose. These bands or strips, in so far as regards the body of the
packing case, extend along the bottom and sides thereof and reach to within a short
distance of the top of each of the sides. These bands or strips are then secured by nails,
which, at the same time, secure the sides to the ends of the case, and likewise the
bottom to the ends of the case. Each end of the lid B is, in like manner, provided

page_text: with an iron band or strip, the ends of which project downwards a short distance
below the under surface of the lid, as seen in figs. 3 and 6, in order that when
these ends are inserted into the kerfs or incisions a, in the sides of the body of the
case, they fill up the space left in these sides, and abut against the ends of the iron
strips or bands b, thus forming, as it were, an endless band. These ends are then
secured in position by nails, which, at the same time, secure the lid to the body of
the case.
The lid is also secured to the case by nails, in the usual manner, as shown
in the perspective view, Fig. 7.
The body of the case is furthermore held together and secured by iron bands or
strips c, placed at convenient distances apart, which surround the bottom and sides of
the case, the ends of these bands or strips projecting a short distance above the top of the
sides of the case, as clearly shewn in figs. I and 5, and these projecting portions are
bent down upon the other hands or strips c¹ (previously nailed across the lid), and are
secured thereto by nails, as shewn in fig. 7. These bands or strips c', correspond in
position to those surrounding the body of the case.
From this construction it will be readily seen that it will be impossible for any dis-
honest person to remove any one of the boards composing the packing case, abstract
the contents thereof, and then replace the boards without an amount of damage, which
would at once be perceived.
Having now described the nature of my Invention, and in what manner the same is
to be performed, I declare that I claim :-
1. The Improved construction of packing ease or box, and the lids thereof, sub-
stantially as described and shewn in the drawings and for the purposes set forth.
2. A packing case or box having the ends of its sides and bottom provided with
kerfs or incisions into which iron bands or strips are inserted and secured, as and for
the purposes specified, and as shewn.
3. A packing case or box lid having its ends provided with kerfs or incisions into
which iron bands or strips are inserted, the bent and projecting ends of such strips or
bands taking into corresponding incisions or kerfs in the body of the box or case, as
and for the purposes specified and as shown.
Dated this 14th day of March 1887