Improvements in the Method of Fastening Boxes and the like.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Dec., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 9th Sept., 1895-Accepted, 23rd Nov., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Method of Fastening Boxes and the like.
I, CHARLES COOMER of 23 Pritchard Street Bristol Box Maker, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to the fastening of covers on boxes cases chests or other
similar article or articles used for a like purpose such boxes cases chests and other
similar articles will be hereinafter referred to for the sake of brevity as cases. I
do not confine myself to the fastening of covers only but any one or more of the
sides can be put together by the fastening hereinafter described. I carry my
invention into practice in manner as follows. I take a metal wooden or other plate
such plate will be hereinafter called the nut and I form in it one or more threaded
hole or holes into such threaded hole or holes I fit a screw or screws the said screw
or screws may or may not have an overlapping head or its equivalent. To one or
more sides of the nut in any suitable position is attached or formed a plate or
plates or its or their equivalent or equivalents for keeping the nut in certain
desired positions.
The application of the herein before described arrangement is as follows. At
some distance from the edge of the wood which compose the sides or cover of the
case is cut a suitable hole so as to contain the said nut and by means of the plate
or plates or its or their equivalent or equivalents the nut by means of screws nails
or other suitable arrangement is kept in its desired position.
In a line with the centre of the threaded hole is formed a hole through the
substance of the wood in which the nut is fixed or other material composing that
part of the case the said hole being of sufficient size to freely allow the screw or
bolt to pass freely through. A corresponding hole is made in the piece of wood
or other material it is desired to attach to that piece of material that contains the
nut. The screw is now inserted through the hole in the one piece of material
and is passed through the hole in the other piece of material leading to the nut,
when it is made to engage in the threads of the nut and upon the screw being
"sent home" it brings the two pieces of material firmly together.
Dated this 5th day of December 1894.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Method of Fastening Boxes and the like.
I, CHARLES COOMER of 23 Pritchard Street Bristol Box Maker, 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:―
My invention relates to fasteners for boxes packing cases and similar articles
that are used for holding goods. My invention obviates the necessity of, fastening

page_text: the cover or sides together by means of nails screws spikes and similar appliances
which tend to split and destroy the wood.
I carry my invention into practice in manner as follows and I shall hereinafter
describe the method I use for fastening, the cover of a case to the carcase of a
case.
Hereinafter in these presents the word case will be used to include packing
cases chests boxes crates and similar receptacles used for packing goods in for
transport and the word carcase will be used to denote the sides and bottom of such
case but not to include the cover. One or more specially shaped holes are cut in
one or more of the sides of the carcase at some required distance from the top edge
of the open sides of the carcase. In the before mentioned holes are placed
screwed nuts with one or more wings or lugs attached to same and in the wings or.
lugs are formed holes through which screws or nails enter the wood and secure the
nuts and their attached lugs or wings to the woodwork forming the sides of the
carcase.
The nuts as has been hereinbefore stated are threaded, concentric with the axis
of the threaded part of the nut a hole is bored through the thickness of the'
wood intervening between the nut and the top edge of the open sides of the wood.
composing the carcase a corresponding hole is bored in the cover so that when the
cover is placed in its proper pre-arranged position the holes in the cover are
exactly superimposed upon the holes in the carcase.
Through these several holes that is through the holes in the cover and thence
through holes in the carcase are inserted screwed or threaded bolts which may
have their heads shaped in any desired manner and are passed down until they
engage with the screws in the winged nuts hereinbefore described and being screwed':
"home" fasten the cover upon the carcase.
In order to more clearly explain the exact nature of my invention I annex hereto
one sheet of drawings which are to be taken and read as forming part of these
presents.
J is one side of the carcase.
B. B are other sides of the carcase.
C is the bottom of the carcase.
L are holes cut in the side J.
E is the body of the threaded nut.
H are the wings of the threaded nuts E.
Gare the screws fastening the nuts to the side J of the carcase.
D is the bolt passing through the hole in the cover A and in the side J of the
carcase.
M is the head of the bolt.
K is a washer placed between the head of the bolt and the cover A to prevent
head of nut tearing wood.
I is the threaded hole in the nut E.
The method of working the invention is as follows.
The cover A being placed in position over the carcase B' J C B the bolts D
are placed through the holes bored in the cover A and side J and the said
bolt D is screwed home and fastens down the cover A securely to the
carcase B' J C B.
.
All the before going description refers to Figure 1.
The same letters apply to like parts in Figures 2 and 3.
Figure 2. represents a plan of the nut of which I is the threaded hole in the
nut E the body of the nut H the wings.
Gthe screw or fastener holes.
Figure 3 represents another modification of the nut in which the wings instead
of being in the horizontal plane of the nut and threaded bore are in the same
plane as the axis of the hole this arrangement may either be fastened with or
without screws or other fasteners to the carcase when fasteners are not used the
two vertical wings when the bolt is inserted and screwed home pulling up the nut

page_text: against the wood and the wings preventing any side or lateral play of the nut
when no screws or other fasteners are used. In Figure 3-H'H' are the wings G¹ G¹
screw or fastener holes.
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-
1. The method of fastenings the covers of cases to the carcase of cases in the
manner as hereinbefore described and set forth.
2. The method of fastening sides bottom and covers of cases together in the
manner as hereinbefore described and set forth.
Dated this 7th day of September 1895.
W. M. LLEWELLIN, C.E.,
15 King Square, Bristol, Agent for Applicant.