Improvements in Van Boxes and Cases for Carrying Bottles.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Jan., 1887
Complete Left, 20th Oct., 1887
Complete Accepted, 22nd Nov., 1887
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Van Boxes and Cases for Carrying Bottles.
We DAN RYLANDS, of Hope Glass Works, Stairfoot, near Barnsley, in the County
of York, Glass Bottle Manufacturer, and JAMES WEGG, of Cemetery Road, Barnsley
aforesaid, foreman box maker do hereby declare the nature of this invention to bo as
follows:-
The object of this Invention is to keep the bottles perfectly clean when in the box,
and to so arrange the box that the bottles can be placed in the box either mouth or
bottom downwards and still lie flush with the top of box.
To attain these objects we construct our improved box so that the bottles do not
touch the bottom thereof, but rest on a tray which can be removed from the bottom of
the box when required, for the purpose of cleaning or otherwise.
The said tray when placed in the bottom of the box is held in position by means of
two pins which fall into suitable recesses made at each end of the tray; the pins work
through eyes which are secured or nailed to the interior ends of the box and are bent
over at their tops to form a suitable hold for the fingers, or the tray may be held by
any other suitable means.
The box has the usual partitions and the ends and sides are suitably dovetailed, and
the said ends and sides together with the bottom are bound together with either wire,
wire looping or iron hooping. Suitable hand holes are formed in the ends or sides,
and the box is made in strength and capacity to suit the size, shape and number of
bottles to be carried.
The herein before mentioned tray is in form of a square frame and is made to fit
neatly into the bottom of the box; two of its sides come flush with the outsides of the
box or case sides (there being an opening formed or left in each side of the box or

page_text: case for the purpose); the other two sides fit against the interior of the ends of the
box or case.
The tray is preferably made of wood, but may be made of any other
suitable material, and the tray has suitable cross bars running either way of the frame,
which are secured thereto. The mouths or bottoms of the bottles rest on these cross
bars which expose very little surface for the dirt to accumulate upon. These cross bars!
are made preferably of thin strips of wood, but may be made of wire, wire looping,
flat iron, or any other suitable material.

page_text: We DAN RYLANDS of Hope Glass Works Stairfoot near Barnsley in the County
of York Glass Bottle Manufacturer, and JAMES WEGG of Cemetery Road, Barnsley
aforesaid foreman 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 :-
The objects of this invention are to keep the bottles perfectly clean when in the box
or case and to so arrange the box or case that the said bottles can be placed in it either
mouth or bottom downwards and still be flush with the top of box.
To attain these objects we construct our improved box or case in the manner herein
described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing of which the following is a
description.
Figure 1 is a part elevation and part sectional elevation of our improved box
or case and figure 2 is a cross sectional elevation of the same; figure 3 is a plan
of removable tray which fits or rests on bottom of our improved box or case.
The box B is constructed so that the bottles do not touch the bottom thereof, but
rest on a tray T which can be removed from the bottom C of box B when required.
The tray T when placed on the bottom C of box B is held in position by means of two
pins P the lower ends of which fall into a recess R made at each end of the tray T.
The said pins P work through eyes E E which are secured to the interior ends of the
box B as shown at figure 1 and 2. The pins Pare bent over at their upper ends P¹
so as to form a suitable hold for the fingers. The tray T may be held in the box
bottom in any other suitable way.
The box B has any number of partitions S made in the usual manner and the ends
and sides of the box B are suitably dovetailed, and together with the bottom are
bound together with wire, wire looping resting in grooves, or in the ordinary manner
with suitable hoop iron. Figure 1 and 2 show the box B bound with wire looping.
The tray T is made in form of a square frame as shown at figure 3 and is made to
fit neatly into bottom of box B, its sides T T come flush with the outsides of the box
or case sides B (there being an opening B² formed at the bottom of each side B¹ for
the purpose) the other two sides or ends T2 T2 fit against the interior of the ends of
the box or case B as shown at figure 1.
The tray T is preferrably made of wood but may be made of other suitable material,
and has cross bars T running either way of the frame T T T² T².
The mouths M or bottoms X of the bottles G rest on the cross bars T3 which are
preferrably arranged as shown at figure 3, so that they expose very little surface for
dirt or dust to accumulate.
The said cross bars T3 are preferrably made of thin laths or strips of wood, but may
were desirable be composed of wire, wire looping, flat iron or other suitable material.
In figure 1 and 2. the bottles Gare shown flush with the top of box whether placed
mouths or bottoms downwards.

page_text: When it is required to wash or clean the box or case B the tray T is removed and
washed and the said box is cleaned in the ordinary way.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said Invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we claim is.
Constructing boxes or cases for carrying bottles with removable trays T arranged
and constructed in the manner herein before described and illustrated at figure 1, 2 and 3
of the accompanying drawings or any mere modification thereof.
Dated this 19th day of October 1887.
DAN RYLANDS.
JAMES WEGG.