Improvements in the Construction of Skips, Hampers, and other similar Articles.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 1st June, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 26th Feb., 1890-Accepted, 29th Mar., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Skips, Hampers, and other
similar Articles.
We, JAMES NAYLOR, Honorary Secretary, and JOSEPH KINLAY, Manager, both of
the Workshops for the Blind, 2 Tipping Street, Bolton in the County of Lancaster,
do hereby declare the nature of our said invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in the construction of skips, hampers, and
other similar articles and has for its object that of making the same stronger, more
durable and rigid than those of the ordinary construction. In carrying out our
invention we provide a wood frame consisting of cross-rails and vertical ends, with
or without intermediate uprights, of any suitable number and section joined together
either by means of dovetailing, mortising and tenoning, halving, spigots and faucets,
metallic or other clips, angle, or other corner pieces, bolts, screws, and pins, or in
any other equivalent manner. The uprights and cross-rails forming the wood frame
can be each in one or more pieces; in the latter case they are jointed in any well
known manner.
In case the uprights are dispensed with the ends of the cross-rails
are secured together by any of the methods before described. If desired or necessary
the aforesaid wood frame can be substituted by a metallic one, or by a metallic and
wood combined, jointed together by any mechanical means. The bottom of the skip,
hamper, or other similar article can be formed with the frame, or be made separate
and secured thereto in any suitable or convenient manner.
The stakes forming the skeleton of the skip, hamper, or other similar article are
placed alternately inside and outside the cross-rails of the frame or otherwise, after
which the intervening spaces are filled in with wickerwork in the usual way.
In constructing lids wood or metal frames, or a combination of both, corresponding
with those of the skips, hampers, or other similar articles can be employed, and filled
in with stakes or their equivalents and wickerwork.
Dated the 31st May 1889
EDMUND CHADWICK,
Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Skips, Hampers, and other
similar Articles.
We, JAMES NAYLOR, Honorary Secretary, and JOSEPH KINLAY, Manager, both of
the Workshops for the Blind, 2 Tipping Street, Bolton in the County of Lancaster,
do hereby declare the nature of our said 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 relates to improvements in the construction of skips, hampers, and
other similar articles and has for its object that of making the same stronger, more
durable and rigid than those of the ordinary construction. In carrying out our
invention we provide a wood frame consisting of cross-rails and vertical ends, with
or without intermediate uprights, of any suitable number and section jointed together
either by means of dovetailing, mortising, and tenoning, halving, spigots and
faucets, metallic and other clips, angle, or other corner pieces, bolts, screws, and pins,
or in any other equivalent manner. The uprights and cross-rails forming the wood
frame can be each in one or more pieces; in the latter case they are jointed in any
well kno vn manner. In case the uprights are dispensed with the ends of the cross-
rails are secured together by any of the methods before described. If desired or
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page_text: necessary the aforesaid wood frame can be substituted by a metallic one, or by a
metallic and wood combined, jointed together by any mechanical means. The
bottom of the skip, hamper, or other similar article can be formed with the frame,
or be made separate and secured thereto in any suitable or convenient manner.
The stakes forming the skeleton of the skip, hamper, or other similar article are
placed alternately inside and outside the cross-rails of the frame or otherwise, after
which the intervening spaces are filled in with wickerwork in the usual way.
In constructing lids wood or metal frames, or a combination of both, corresponding
with those of the skips, hampers, or other similar articles can be employed, and filled
in with stakes or their equivalents and wickerwork..
Fig. 1 is a longitudinal elevation of a skip or hamper constructed on our improved
principle Fig. 2 is a sectional plan of same through line A¹ B-Fig. 3 is a
sectional end view through line C D in Fig. 1-Fig. 4 is an end elevation of our
improved frame composed of cross-rails and vertical ends-Fig. 5 is a plan of cross-
rails without the vertical ends-Fig. 6 is a plan of one end of the cross-rails secured
together by spigot and faucet-Fig. 7 is a side view of same, and Fig. 8 is a side
view when secured by halving the ends together.
The frame comprising our invention is composed of the vertical ends A provided
with the mortises B in which fit the tenous C of the cross-rails D. After the tenons C
on the cross-rails D are placed in position in the mortises B they are secured by the
pins, pegs, or other equivalents E. If desired the vertical ends A can be dispensed
with in which case the cross-rails D can be jointed together by halving as shown in
Fig. 8, being secured by the pins, pegs, or other equivalents E, or, by the clip or
faucet Fas shown in Figs. 6 and 7. The vertical ends A are provided with the
holes G through which portions of the wicker-work passes to secure the same
in position. After the frame composed of the vertical ends A and the cross-rails D,
or, of the cross-rails D alone as in Fig. 5, has been secured in position the stakes H
forming the skeleton of the skip or hamper are placed alternately inside and outside
the cross-rails D as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 5, after which the intervening
spaces are filled with the wickerwork M in the usual manner as shown on the right
hand side of Fig. 1.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said Inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is -
1. In skips, hampers, and other similar articles the use of the frame composed of
the vertical ends A and the cross-rails D, framed together as shown or in an equivalent
manner, and secured in position by the stakes H being placed alternately inside and
outside the cross-rails D, substantially as described and as shown on the drawings
for the purpose specified.
2. In skips, hampers, and other similar articles the use of the frame composed of
the cross-rails D, without the vertical ends A, secured in position by the stakes H
being placed alternately inside and outside the cross-rails D, substantially as described
and shown on the drawing in Fig. 5.
3. The manufacture of skips, hampers, and other similar articles, substantially as
and for the purpose described and as shown on the drawings.
Dated the 24th February 1890.
EDMUND CHADWICK,
Agent.