IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PACKING CASES OR BOXES
Year: 1885

page_text: I, SAMUEL SMITH BOSWORTH, of Dirtcar, in the County of York, Packing case
maker, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF PACKING CASES OR BOXES "
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 the manufacture of packing cases or boxes, and is
designed to provide means whereby the ends thereof will be rendered stronger than
those of ordinary packing cases as heretofore constructed, and the attachment of the
side pieces to the ends will be facilitated. The said invention comprises the
improvements hereinafter described.
In the accompanying drawing
Figure 1 is a plan of a packing case or box constructed according to this
invention, a portion of the lid being removed.
Figure 2 is an end view of the same.
Figure 3 is a vertical section on the line x, x Figure 1.
Figure 4 is a view, similar to Figure 1, of a packing case constructed according
to the ordinary method heretofore in use.
Figure 5 is a vertical section on the line y, y Figure 4.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.
The ends of the case or box shewn in figure 1 are composed of thin boards a
secured to bars or battens b, b, c, c, placed outside the said boards as hereinafter
described, the arrangement of these bars forming the chief Dovel feature of my
invention. The ends of the battens b and c are "halved," and secured together in
such manner that a frame is formed which at all parts thereof is of the same
thickness.
According to the method ordinarily employed in constructing the ends of such
cases, as shewn in figures 4 and 5, the battens b and c are of the same thickness
throughout, that is to say they are not "halved," being simply laid upon each other
at the ends thereof and secured by nails. One disadvantage of this construction
is that when the sides d are being nailed to the bars or battens (either in a nailing
machine or by hand), if the nails should strike against a knot or other hard place
in the same, the said battens, being supported only by nails, are liable to be
displaced or loosened, thereby preventing the sides from being properly secured

page_text: and entailing a loss of time. Other disadvantages are that unless the boards a are
of the same thickness as the battens b, the latter project into the box as shewn in
Figure 5, thereby interfering with the proper packing of the same.
It will be seen that by means of my invention when the sides d, and the top e
and bottom f, are being nailed to the battens or bars b and c each of the latter
will be supported by the shoulders formed by the halving on the adjacent battens.
Also that the interior of the case or box will be quite square or even as shewn in
Figure 3; that the boards for the sides and for the top and bottom will be all of
the same length; and that the nails, for securing the battens at the corners, may be
considerably shorter than those heretofore used. Another important advantage is
that the case or box is rendered stronger than heretofore, and if dropped on one
corner will not be so liable to suffer damage, therefore the employment of the
ordinary binding hoops may be dispensed with.
Instead of "halving" the ends of the battens, they may be united by tenoning
or otherwise, in such a manner as to form an end frame for the purpose above set
forth.
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
The improvements in the manufacture of packing cases or boxes consisting in
providing or forming the ends thereof with bars or battens which are halved or
tenoned and united, substantially as, and for the purposes, above set forth.
Dated this 17th day of January 1885.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
For the Applicant.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
For the Applicant.