Improvements in and relating to Metallic and Composite Boxes and the like.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Apr., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 25th Jan., 1892--Accepted, 12th Mar., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Metallic and Composite Boxes and
the like.
I, HENRY JAMES STUART BROWN of Braeside Avenue, Rutherglen, in the
County of Lanark, Commercial Traveller, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:
:-
This invention besides being applicable in the construction of metallic boxes
generally is especially so in the construction of boxes or cases for containing
bottles and the like during transport.
In some cases it is preferable to make two or more of the sides of the cases of
wood papier mache or similar material and the remainder of metal the wooden
sides being recessed or hollowed out opposite the bulge of each bottle to keep the
bottles from touching. The metal is or may be joined to the wood by making
grooves or slots in the wood and bending the edges of the metal sheet or sheets
into the said grooves or slots. With this arrangement the metal lid is made in
two parts these being slid along the groove from each end and the two screwed
to a bar extending across the box at the centre.
In cases which are to be used for containing tea or the like the top and bottom
may be of wood, papier mache or similar material and the four sides of metal
dished inwards leaving a plain flange all round. The wooden top and bottom is
then put inside the flange and resting on the dishes and is fixed by screws or the
flange may be turned over upon them. Where it is desired to have a lead lining
this may be done in he usual way or the metal sides may be coated with lead
and the top and bottom lined with lead before being put in place.
Instead of stamping or dishing the four metal sides separately and jointing them
together individually they may be all composed of one plate, the dishes being just
so far apart as to allow the bends to be made on plain metal between, the dishes
coming together on the inside to stiffen the angles.
Dated this Twenty-second day of April 1891.
CRUIKSHANK & FAIRWEATHER,
02, Saint Vincent Street, Glasgow, Agents.
02, Daint Vincent Street, Glasgow, Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Metallic and Composite Boxes and
the like.
I, HENRY JAMES STUART BROWN late of Braeside Avenue, Rutherglen, now of
Egremont, Cambuslang, in the County of Lanark Commercial Traveller, 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 besides being applicable in the construction of metallic boxes or
chests generally or especially so in the construction of boxes or cases for containing
bottles and the like during transport.
Under one modification seen in vertical section at Figure 1 and in plan with the
lid removed at Figure 2 of the annexed drawings and in inside elevation of a part
of one end at Figure 2ª the two ends A of the case are made of wood papier mache
or similar material and the remainder of the case metal the wooden ends being
recessed or hollowed out at that is to say opposite the bulge of each bottle B to
keep the bottles from touching. The metal sides C and the metal top D and

page_text: bottoms E are joined to the wood by making grooves or slots w in the wood and
bending the edges of the metal sheet or sheets into the said grooves or slots. With
this arrangement the metal lid D is made in two parts these being slid along the
groove from each end and the two screwed to a bar F extending across the box at the
centre and secured to the metal side.
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Under another modification the four sides of the box may be made from one sheet
of metal bent to the required form and joined together at the ends in any ordinary
manner. Figures 3, 4, 5 and 6 illustrate the mode of constructing such a box,
Fig. 3 being a plan of the sheet before it is bent, Fig. 4 a longitudinal section on
the line, g, Fig. 3, Fig. 5 a vertical section of the completed case, and Fig. 6 a 1
horizontal section of the same on the line n, o Fig. 5. Previously to bending the
sheet or plate it is subjected to the action of a hydraulic press or dies whereby it
is corrugated at m to form the corners of the base and a series of waves or
corrugations are also produced upon it these when the case is made up receiving
the bodies of the bottles and prevent them from touching each other. The 1
bottom E which is of metal and inay be connected as shewn has in this arrange-
ment and also in the arrangement Figs. 1 and 2 a series of cross bars k laid on it
to act as a further preventative of the bottles touching each other and with the like
object before closing the lid a piece j of wood or metal with holes cut in it
is placed over the necks of the bottles on each side of the bar F as shown.
In cases which are to be used for containing tea or the like and an example of
which is illustrated in vertical section at Figure 7 and in horizontal section on the
lines u, vat Figure 8 the top D and bottom E are made of wood, papier mache
or similar material and the four sides of metal dished inwards at t by the action of
a hydraulic press or dies leaving a plain flange all round. The wooden top and
bottom are then put inside the flange and resting on the dishes and they are fixed
Where it
by screws as at or the flange may be turned over upon them as at r.
is desired to have a lead lining this may be done in the usual way or the metal
sides may be coated with lead and the top and bottom lined with lead before put
in place.
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 :-
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1. A metallic box or case for containing bottles and the like composed sub-
stantially as described with reference to Figures 3, 4, 5 and 6 of the drawings
annexed and wherein the sides of the box are corrugated to receive the round of
the body of each bottle and prevent it touching its neighbour.
2. A composite box or case for containing bottles and the like composed partly
of metal and partly of wood, papier mache or similar material the wooden or like
parts being recessed or hollowed out opposite the bodies of the bottles substantially
as and for the purpose set forth with reference to Figures 1 and 2 of the annexed
drawings.
3. A composite box or case constructed substantially as described with reference
to Figures 7 and 8 of the appended drawings.
Dated this Twenty-third day of January 1892.
CRUIKSHANK & FAIRWEATHER,
62, Saint Vincent Street, Glasgow, Agents.