CORRECTED WITH The means of Fastening the same.
Year: 1885

page_text: CORRECTED WITH The means of Fastening the same.
:
CONWAY LLEWELLYN LLOYD LLOYD-JONES 8, Princes Street, Cavendish Square,
London, W. Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as.
follows:-
Improvements in lids and a reversible lid applicable to any box, case, crate,
barrel or basket used in commerce or otherwise.
:
The said reversible lid may be made of any shape or form or size and of any
material and specially it may be so constructed as to fit into as well as onto (one
or both) the box case crate barrel or basket for which it is used or to which it may
be applied.
The reversible lid may be made out of a single piece of wood or other material
exactly corresponding with outside measurement of the mouth of the box case
crate barrel or basket for which it is used or to which it may be applied and fitting
exactly into the same, by cutting a ledge corresponding to the width of the edges'
of the sides of the box case crate barrel or basket out of the solid wood or other
material or it may be formed to arrive at the same result by nailing or otherwise
joining cross pieces to correspond in a like manner with the mouth of the said box
case crate barrel or basket; or by the addition of a solid piece of wood or
other material of a like size: or by a rim of one or more pieces going either
completely round the lid or affixed to any two of its opposite sides: or the lid may
be made and used without ledges thus formed: The reversible lid may have its
upper and under sides similar or not in these respects according to the pleasure of
the person using this Invention.
Furthermore, according to the nature use and size of any box, case, crate barrel
or basket to which this Invention may be applied or for which it may be used, on
either of its opposite sides, or on the opposite ends of the reversible lid, or all round
the lid at intervals either most necessary or most convenient shall be slits or holes
or narrow appertures so constructed as to fit over the ring-screws hereinafter
described: These slits are to be so placed in correspondence with the ring-screws
as to be equally available for the fastening of the reversible lid on whichever side
it may be placed: i.e. whether upper or under. The object of the reversible lid
being specially to provide for all "To" and "Fro" carriage of all parcels goods

page_text: merchandise or other articles of commerce for which boxes cases crates barrels or
baskets are required and for the return of all "Empties."
"
The address To" and "Fro".may be printed, painted, or written, on or other-
wise attached to the upper and under sides of the reversible lid respectively.
"THE RING-SCREW FASTENING."
"
On the opposite sides or on the opposite ends or at convenient intervals all round
the box case crate barrel or basket to which this Invention may be applied or for
which it may be used ring-screws are screwed into the top edges of the sides of
the box case crate barrel or basket or may be otherwise affixed or attached thereto
as, for example, by "nuts where great strength or durability is desirable and
these ring-screws,
whether two or more be used, shall be so placed as to correspond
with the slits, holes, or narrow appertures made in the corresponding sides of the
reversible. lid as above described; so that the said apertures in the reversible lid
shall, when the lid is adjusted fit over the said corresponding ring-screws which
may then with a half-turn or one or more turns be made to firmly fasten the
reversible lid in its place thus forming "The Ring-Screw Fastening,"
Should it be necessary to secure any box case crate barrel or basket, in the con-
struction of which this Invention is used, containing any goods by locks or other
means more effectual than string tape cord or rope and sealing, this may be done
in all larger packages by iron or steel or other rods or spring-hoops passing through
any necessary or convenient number of the rings of the ring-screws, in the manner
most convenient to the person using this Invention and so constructed as to enable
a padlock or other lock to be attached: while for small boxes cases crates barrels
or baskets where only two or four that is a smaller number of ring-screws are used
a transverse bar, of any material, to pass over the lid (having where desired a
handle of any material attached to it) having a hook at one end to pass through
the ring-screw on one side of the lid and an eye at it's other end to pass over the
corresponding ring-screw on the opposite side of the lid, will enable a padlock or
other lock to be passed through the ring of the ring-screw thus making the contents
of the package secure with lock and key. Each and every one of these is a part
of this Invention to be used at pleasure.
The object of this Invention is to save time, trouble, labour and all materials
used in packing cases, crates, barrels baskets &c. and it is intended to be specially
useful in all "To" & "Fro" carriage of goods where permanent addresses are used
and where recurrent traffic obtains. The ring-screws may be made of any metal
or size.

page_text: in and Connected with the Means of Fastening the Same.
I CONWAY LLEWELLYN LLOYD LLOYD-JONES, 8, Princes Street, Cavendish
Square, London, Gentleman, 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 is for improvements in the construction of lids of boxes, cases
barrels, or baskets, and also for improvements in the means for fastening, and
securing, the same; more especially it is applicable to a reversible lid, and the
fastening thereof by means of eye-screws or ring-screws.
The invention may be applied to any lid made of a suitable material, and it is
also applicable to ordinary lids, and lids attached to boxes, cases, barrels, or baskets,
by hinges.
The reversible lid may be made of any shape or size, and of any material: and
it is specially intended to be so constructed as to fit into, as well as onto (one or
both) the box, case, barrel or basket for which it is used, or to which it may be
applied.
The reversible lid may be made out of a single piece of wood, or other material,
by cutting a ledge, corresponding with the width of the edges of the sides of the
box, case, barrel, or basket for which it is used, or to which it may be applied, out
of the solid wood, or other material: or by nailing, or otherwise joining, cross-
pieces to correspond, in a like manner, with the mouth of the said box, case, barrel,
or basket: or by the addition of a solid piece of wood of a like size: or by a rim
of one or more pieces, going either completely round the lid, or affixed to any two
of it's opposite sides or the lid may be made and used without ledges thus formed,
by using the cross-pieces ordinarily used in making the lids of larger packing-cases,
or similar ones, with pieces cut off at each end so as to fit into the mouth of the
box case barrel or basket in the manner aforesaid: or the lid may be made quite
plain.
The reversible lid may have its two sides similar in the above respects or not,
according to the pleasure of the person using this invention.
Furthermore, according to the nature, use, and size of any box, case, barrel, or
basket, to which this invention may be applied, in either the opposite sides or in
the opposite ends of the lid, or all round the lid at intervals either most necessary,
or most convenient, shall be slits or narrow appertures so constructed as to fit over
the eye-screws, or ring-screws, hereinafter described: these slits may be protected
and improved by using the iron or steel plates, or others of a like sort, as shown
in the drawings accompanying this Complete Specification; and the said slits are
to be so placed in correspondence with the said eye-screws or ring-screws as to serve
equally for fastening the reversible lid on whichever side it may be placed, whether
upper or under, the object of the said reversible lid being specially to provide for
all "To and Fro" carriage of parcels, goods, merchandise or other articles of com-
merce for the conveyance of which boxes, cases, barrels, or baskets, are required
and for the return of all empties, and also for picture cases.

page_text: The addresses 10 and его may be printed, par
wise attached to the upper and under sides of the said reversible lid respectively;
and the slits through which the eye-screws are to pass may be protected on one or
both sides by the steel, or iron, plates above referred to as shown in the drawings
accompanying this Complete Specification.
OF THE EYE-SCREW OR RING-SCREW FASTENING, AND OF THE MEANS FOR SECURING
THE SAME.
On the opposite sides, or on the opposite ends, or at convenient intervals all
round the upper edges of the sides of the box, case, barrel, or basket to which this
invention may be applied, or for which it may be used, eye-screws, or ring-screws,
are screwed into the said edges of the said box, case, barrel or basket: or the said
eye-screws, or ring-screws, inay be otherwise affixed, or attached thereto, in
accordance with the intention of this invention, as for example by "nuts" where
great strength or durability is required as shown in the drawings accompanying
this Complete Specification: and these eye-screws or ring-screws, whether two or
more be used, shall be so placed as to correspond with the slits in the reversible lid
aforesaid so that the said slits shall when the lid is adjusted, fit over the said
corresponding eye-screws or ring-screws, which may then with a half-turn, or one,
or more turns, be made to firmly fasten the aforesaid reversible lid, or other lid for
which they may be used, in its place, thus forming the eye-screw or ring-screw
fastening. The said eye-screws or ring-screws may be made of any suitable
material and of any size or shape, and they may be made with hinges to fold down
Bo as to come "flush" with the lid when secured; but in this case special provision
would have to be made for their use in the construction of the lid as also for
the securing of the fastening. As a rule string, cord, or tape and sealing will be
a sufficient means of securing this fastening, and should locking be requisite it may
be effected in all large cases or barrels by iron, or steel, or other rods or hoops
passing through the necessary number of the eyes of the eye-screws or ring-screws
aforesaid in the manner most agreeable to the person using this invention, and so
constructed as to enable a letter-lock, padlock, or other security of a like nature,
to be attached as shown in the drawings accompanying this Complete Specification:
while for smaller boxes, cases, barrels or baskets where a smaller number of eye-
screws or ring-screws are used, a transverse bar, of any suitable material, to pass
over the lid having a hook at one end to pass through the ring-screw or eye-screw
on one side of the lid and an eye at its other end to pass over the corresponding
ring-screw or eye-screw on the opposite side of the lid, will enable a padlock or
letter-lock or other security of a like nature to be passed through the eye of the
said eye-screw, or ring-screw, thus enabling the person using this invention to make
the lid secure with lock & key as shown in the several drawings accompanying this
Complete Specification. The hook and eye bar security is specially intended to
save time in shutting and opening packages.
Each and every one of the above named articles being used in a novel manner
and for a new purpose in this invention is claimed therewith as part and parcel
thereof when used in conjunction therewith apart from the question of their
individual originality, the object of the aforesaid hook and eye bar and also of
the aforesaid iron or other inetal rods & bars and hoops, being to hold the eye-
screws or ringscrews in the sides of the lids aforesaid at the angle necessary to
secure the right fastening thereof. See accompanying drawings. Each and every
one of the above-mentioned articles is a part of this invention which may be used
or not in conjunction therewith according to the pleasure of those using it. The
objects of this invention are to save time, trouble, labour, and noise, together with
all ordinary nails and screws and other materials generally used in packing and
unpacking, fastening and securing boxes, cases, barrels, or baskets, used for the
carriage of any matter; and this invention is further intended to be specially useful

page_text: E. Shows side of case with eye-screw attached with metal plates which should,
if desirable, be also "screw-nuts" as well.
F. Horizontal view of side of lid (reversible) showing where metal plates are
applied and showing how the reversible lid "will fit into as well as onto" the case.
G 1. Shows ring-screw or eye-screw to be applied with metal plate which should
also be a screw-nut.
G 2. Shows the metal plate corresponding to G 1. having the slit therein to pass
over the eye-screw or ring screw when both are respectively and duly adjusted. In
the opposite sides of the said slits in the said plates slight concave indentations
should be made as shown in this drawing No. 3.
H. Perpendicular view of end of lid A.: if rightly constructed the eye-screws
will come "flush” with the top of the rim C. C. C. C.

page_text: 4. Each and every one of the other metal articles whether bars, rods, plates, or
"nuts" described in this Complete Specification and shown in the six drawings
(and their "fac simile ") accompanying the same whensoever, and howsoever used,
in conjunction with each, either, any, or all of the other particular articles described
in this Complete Specification whether severally or collectively, as shown, in the
six drawings accompanying the same, and claimed herewith.
5. Any "screw-nut" used in conjunction with this invention and fastening by
eye-screws, howsoever the said screw-nut be attached or applied to any box, case,
barrel or basket also any metal protection of the "slits" aforesaid.
6. The application of the aforesaid fastening or any adaptation of the same to
ordinary lids of ordinary or other boxes cases, barrels or baskets, or to any other
matters.
7. The use of any chain in conjunction with any part or parts of this invention.
8. Any metal plate or plates used in conjunction with the articles set forth in
this Complete Specification and shown in the six drawings accompanying the same
and also any modification thereof in which the idea of the reversible lid aforesaid
or the idea of the eye-screw or ring-screw fastening aforesaid bears a part.
9. That the said eye-screws or ring-screws may be made of any size or shape or
may be made with hinges to fold down "flush" with the lid of any box case barrel
or basket to which this invention may be applied and that all such construction
comes within the provision and intention of this my Invention as set forth in this
Complete Specification.
10. That the construction of the reversible lid be such as to hinder its slipping
out of place at the slits aforesaid when put on several ways of attaining this
object are set forth and shown in the descriptions thereof given in this Complete
Specification and in the drawings accompanying the same.
11. Further it is evident that a reversible hinge may be used in conjunction with
the reversible lid, and in correspondence with the aforesaid fastening as herein
described, and therefore any such hinge, and the use thereof, in conjunction, or
correspondence, with this my said invention is hereby claimed by me as a part
thereof.
12. The use of hooks and rings for hinges in correspondence with the aforesaid
eye-screw, or ring-screw, fastening, and in conjunction with any reversible lid, used
therewith, or otherwise, for any box, case, barrel, or basket.
Dated this eighth day of Jennom 1886