Improvements in the Manufacture of Baskets, Skips, and Hampers.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Nov., 1890
Complete Specification Lelt, 7th Aug., 1891-Accepted, 12th Sept., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Baskets, Skips, and
Hampers.
I FREDERICK WILLIAM SKINNER of 48 Tipping Street, London Road,
Manchester in the County of Lancaster. Skip Manufacturer, do hereby declare
the nature of my said invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to construct a basket, skip or hamper which
shall be considerably stronger and more durable than heretofore, and also to secure
the wooden or other battens and the castors or rollers usually employed, to the
underside of the skip or hamper in a neat and workmanlike manner.
In carrying out my invention I employ two or more metallic or other suitable
rods of sufficient length and thickness, which rods I interlace or introduce between
the wooden sticks in the bottom of the basket or skip, leaving the ends or
extremities of the additional rods protruding at each side, which are then laced
in between the wooden sticks forming the sides of the basket or skip in a similar
manner.
When the ordinary wooden battens are employed I provide the same with holes
directly opposite to and corresponding in number with that of the aforesaid rods
and through which holes I pass the respective ends or extremities of the rods.
These ends are then turned or bent upwards at right angles and are laced in
between the wooden sticks forming the side of the basket or skip and are thus
securely held in position and so afford additional strength to the basket.
In some cases instead of passing the rods through the battens I cut or form a
groove or recess on the underside of the batten and allow the rods to sink into it
and so lie flush with the bottom surface thereof, and where it is desirable I provide
my improved basket or skip with castors or rollers and these I secure in position by
providing the batten with a slot or recess opposite to where the said rods pass
through and into which I place the castor or roller, provided also with a hole
in its centre, so that as the rods are threaded through the batten and secured in
position they also go through the rollers or castors and form axes or bearings for
the same.
Dated this 6th day of November 1890.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Baskets, Skips, and
Hampers.
1, FREDERICK WILLIAM SKINNER of 48 Tipping Street, London Road,
Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Skip Manufacturer, do hereby declare
the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to
be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The object of this invention is to construct a basket, skip or hamper which
shall be considerably stronger and more durable than heretofore and also to secure
the wooden or other battens and the custors or rollers usually employed to the
underside of the skip or hamper in a neat and workmanlike manner.
On the accompanying drawing
Figs. 1 and 2 are side and plan views respectively of so much of a skip or hamper
as is necessary to illustrate the way in which I effect the fastening on of the battens
or clogs and the rollers or castors hereinbefore mentioned.

page_text: In carrying out my invention I employ two or more metallic rods a. a which are
introduced between the wooden sticks b. forming the bottom of the skip or
basket ; the respective extremities of these rods being carried upwards to form
uprights for the sides of the basket or interlaced between the bottom sticks
strengthen and give greater rigidity thereto than heretofore.
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When the ordinary wooden battens e. e are employed I provide the same with
holes d directly opposite to and corresponding in number with that of the aforesaid
rods and through which holes I pass the respective ends of the rods (as illustrated
in Fig. 4) and so effect the fastening on of the clogs or battens.
These rods are by preference twisted around the transverse sticks on both
sides of the battens as illustrated more clearly in Fig. 3. so as to hold the battens
firmly in position.
Where it is desirable I provide my improved skip or hamper with castors or
Auers with holes in their centres and let into slots or recesses f¹ formed in the
Dattens or clogs opposite to where the rods pass through, so that as the rods are
threaded through the battens they also go through the castors or rollers and form
axes or bearings therefor.
I sometimes cut grooves or recesses g. g in the underside of the battens (as seen
in Figs. 1 & 2) and allow the rod to sink therein instead of passing through the
batten as aforesaid.
As applied to baskets or skips with the bottom sticks running longitudinally
instead of transversely as heretofore the battens are by preference secured in position
whilst the bottom of the basket is being formed or "randed."
In this way and by these means I am enabled to strengthen a basket, skip or
hamper and render it more durable than heretofore and am also enabled to effectually
attach the wooden or other battens or clogs thereto and simultaneously attach the
rollers or castors in a neat and efficient manner as aforesaid.
Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature of this my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1st. The improvements in the manufacture of baskets, skips, aud hampers whereby
the same are strengthened and made more durable than heretofore substantially as
herein before described and illustrated on the accompanying drawing.
2nd. The employment of metallic rods or their equivalent introduced between
the sticks forming the bottom of a basket, skip or hamper for attaching battens or
clogs thereto by passing through holes or let into recesses formed therein substan-
tially as hereinbefore described and illustrated on the accompanying drawing.
3rd. The use and application of metallic rods or their equivalent for simul-
taneously attaching battens or clogs and rollers or castors to baskets skips or
hampers substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated on the accompanying
drawing.
Dated this fith day of & urnust 1901
JOHN G. WILSON,
Agent for the Applicant.