An Improved Metallic Travelling Box.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Metallic Travelling Box.
I, THOMAS ARBLASTER COOKE, trading as Henry Blunn & Co., of Brereton
Works, 88, Shadwell Street, in the City of Birmingham, Manufacturer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists of the hereindescribed improved metallic travelling
box which is constructed more particularly for use as a ladies' bonnet box but
can also be used for holding other articles and is so constructed that it can be
more readily carried by the hand than can an ordinary tin bonnet box made-
with a handle on the lid and moreover when my box is so carried there is no
strain on the hasp of the lock or on the strap or the like which secures the lid to
the box as is the case in the ordinary tin bonnet box above referred to..
A metallic travelling box constructed according to this invention may be said to con-
sist of two half boxes each of which resembles the lid of an ordinary round or oval tin
bonnet box. These two lids or half boxes are placed together with their edges
meeting and fitting one within the other thus forming an oval or a round box
having its oval or round sides (corresponding with the top of an ordinary tin
bonnet box) stamped with raised ribs or depressions for strengthening the same.
The meeting rims of the two half boxes are hinged together at one part (which is
the bottom of the box when the same is carried in the hand) and at the opposite
side, that is the top of the box when so carried, the two parts of the box are
connected together by a suitable hasp or lock as used in other tin travelling boxes.
Each of the halves of the box has a bow handle jointed to it near the lock or
fastening so arranged that these two handles can be grasped by the hand for the
purpose of carrying the box. One of the handles is or may be made slightly
smaller than the other so that the handles will fold down one within the other
comparatively flat against the top of the box.
It will be seen that by making the box as above described when the same is
carried by the two handles there is no strain on the hasp of the lock and that if the
hasp should break or the box should be unlocked none of the contents are liable
to be lost as the two halves are kept together by the hinge and by the two handles
which are respectively fixed to the two halves of the box and grasped by the hand.
When the box is opened the two halves open out to about the same level like a
portmanteau.
In combination with the above I sometimes employ a diaphram between the
two halves which is hinged and suitably secured to one of them so as to prevent
the contents falling out when the box is being opened or closed.
Tinted this 24th day of May 1897.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: An Improved Metallic Travelling Box.
I, THOMAS ARBLASTER COOKE, trading, as Henry Blunn & Co., of Brereton
Works, 88, Shadwell Street, in the City of Birmingham, 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:
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This invention consists of the herein described improved metallic travelling
box which is constructed more particularly for use as a ladies' bonnet box but
can also be used for holding other articles and is so constructed that it can be
more. readily carried by the hand than can an ordinary tin
bonnet box OI' other tin travelling box which is made with the
usual handle on the lid and moreover when my box is so carried there is no
strain on the hasp of the lock or on the strap or the like which secures the lid to
the box as is the case in the ordinary tin bonnet box above referred to.
I will describe my invention by referring to the accompanying drawings on
which Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a round metallic travelling box constructed
according to my invention; Fig. 2. is a side view of the same; these figures shew
the travelling box closed; Fig. 3 is a side view of the said travelling box open:
Fig. 4 is a front elevation and Fig. 5 is an end elevation of an oblong metallic
travelling box constructed according to this invention represented as closed ready
for carrying by the hand: Fig. 6 shews open the same travelling box which is
represented by Figs. 4 and 5; and Figure 7 shews separately the partition of the
box illustrated by Figs. 4, 5 and 6.
The same letters of reference indicate the same or corresponding parts in all
the figures of the drawings.
A metallic travelling box constructed according to this invention may be said to con-
sist of two half boxes marked respectively A and B each of which, in the box
represented by Figs. 1, 2, and 3, resembles the lid of an ordinary round or oval tin
bonnet box. These two lids or half boxes A B are placed together with their edges
meeting and fitting one within the other, that is to say, the edge b¹ of the half box B
fits within the edge a¹ of the half box A thus forming a round box having its
round sides a 6 stamped with raised ribs or depressions for strengthening the
same like the top of an ordinary tin bonnet box. The meeting rims of the two
half boxes A and B are hinged together at C (which is the bottom of the box when
the same is carried by the hand) and at the opposite side, that is at the top of the box
when so carried, the two parts A and B of the box are connected together by a suitable
hasp D or lock or other fastening as used in other tin travelling boxes. Each of
the halves A and B of the box has a bow handle jointed to it. These two handles
are preferably made of leather and marked respectively E¹ E for the purpose of
carrying the box by the hand. The ends of the handles F F are connected by
metal rings f f to the leather or other loops g which are rivetted or otherwise
fixed on the halves of the box so that the handles EE will fold close against the
box to allow of the boxes being packed in nests within one another.
It will be seen that when a metallic travelling box made as above described is
carried by the two handles E¹ E, there is no strain on the hasp D of the lock and
that if the hasp should break or the box be unlocked none of the contents are
liable to he lost as the two halves A B are kept together by the hinge C and by the
two handles E¹ F which are respectively fixed to the two halves of the box and
grasped by the hand. When the box is opened the two halves A B open out about
level like a portmanteau as shewn in Fig. 3.

page_text: In combination with the tin travelling box constructed as above described I some-
times employ a diaphram H as indicated by the dotted lines in Figs. 3 and 6 between the
two halves A B of the box, which diaphram H is hinged at to the half B of the
box (or to the half A) so as to prevent the contents falling out when the box is
being opened or closed.
My invention can be similarly applied to the construction of an oval or an
oblong tin travelling box, for instance Figs. 4, 5 and 6 shew how I construct a
tin travelling box of an oblong form in according with my invention. This tin
travelling box, except as to its shape, is of practically the same construction as the
tin travelling box herein before described and illustrated by Figs. 1, 2 and 3.
When my said improved metallic travelling box is fitted with the diaphram or
partition H and the said boxes are required to pack one within another, the
hinges of the said diaphram H are secured to the part A of the box by nuts and
bolts so that the diaphram can readily be removed and packed separately. The
said diaphram H and hinges CC of the box shewn in Figs. 4, 5 and 6 are shewn
separately by Fig. 7.
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:-
The improved metallic travelling box consisting of the two metallic half boxes A
and B hinged together at the bottom of the box and provided with two folding
handles such as E Es at the top for carrying the box and with a hasp or like
fastening for securing the two halves together at the top, said box being either
made with or without the hinged diaphram H all substantially as hereinbefore
described and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 24th day of February 1897
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.