Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Mar., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 6th May, 1897-Accepted, 12th June, 1897
I, HYMAN ABRAHAMS, trading as E. Abrahams & Co., of 1 Lamb's Passage,
Bunhill Row, in the County of Loudon, Packing Case Manufacturer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in boxes or cases, the invention having
for object to provide a box or case which, when not in use, can be easily taken to
pieces so that it shall occupy only a small space for storing or for return.
In manufacturing my improved boxes I provide each edge of the heads or ends
of the box with a strip of wood adapted to slide into channels or clips, advan-
tageously made of sheet metal, fixed to the edges of the sides of the box. The
bottom of the box may be fixed by sliding it into grooves or channels formed of
sheet metal and fixed to the bottom parts of the ends or sides of the box.
By this construction it will be obvious that the parts forming the box can be
easily and quickly put together for use and also quickly taken to pieces for
storage or for return and the parts can be packed together so as to occupy but
little space.
I, HYMAN ABRAHAMS, trading as E. Abrahams & Co., of 1, Lamb's Passage,
Bunhill Row, in the County of London, Packing Case 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:-
This invention relates to improvements in boxes, packing cases and crates and
has for its object to provide a box, case or crate which, when not in use, can be
easily taken to pieces so that it shall occupy only a small space for storing or for
return.
In manufacturing my improved boxes or crates I provide each edge of the
sides of the box or crate with a strip of wood adapted to slide into channels or
clips, advantageously made of sheet metal, fixed to the edges of the heads or ends of
the box. The bottom of the box may be fixed by sliding it into grooves or
channels formed of sheet metal and fixed to the bottom parts of the ends or sides
of the box.
It will of course be obvious that the strips of wood may be secured to the heads
or ends of the box instead of to the sides and the channels or clips to the sides

page_text: Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of a box or case made according to my
invention:
Figure 2 is an end elevation of the same :
Figure 3 is a plan of the box with the cover or lid removed:
Figure 4 is a plan of the box side :
Figures 5 and 6 are an end view and a plan respectively of the end of the box
or case:
Figure 7 is a section on the line 7-7 Figure 1 drawn to a larger scale :
Figure 8 is a side view of a crate made according to my invention:
Figure 9 is an end view; and,
Figure 10 is a plan of the same.
a, a are the sides of the box or case and b, 6 the wood strips secured to the edges
thereof; the said strips b. b are shewn shorter than the depth of the sides a, a but
they may extend the whole length thereof. c, c are the heads or ends of the box
or case and d, d are the sheet metal channels or clips nailed or otherwise suitably
secured to the lateral edges of the said heads or ends c, e of the case.
e, e are the
metal plates secured to the bottoms of the heads or ends c, c and forming grooves
or channels into which the bottom of the box or case is slid the edges of the
bottoms being rebated to receive the channels so that they are flush therewith as
shewn. in the cover or lid which in the drawing is shewn constructed to fit over
the top of the box, but it may if required be adapted to slide in grooves or channels
as described for the bottom of the box.
With this construction it will be obvious that to fit the case together it is only
necessary to slide the wooden strips b, b on the sides a, a into the clips d, d on the
ends c, c of the case and then to slide the bottom finto place in the channels e, e.
The bottom can when necessary be further secured to the sides a, a by screws h, h
as shewn in dotted lines in Figures 1 and 3. When required the case can be easily
and quickly taken to pieces for storage or for return and the parts can be packed
together so as to occupy but little space.
Figures 8, 9 and 10 illustrate a crate made according to my invention. The
crate is fitted together similarly to the case above described, that is to say, the
ends c, c are each provided with two metal chanuels d, d into which strips 6, 6 on
the sides a, a of the crate engage. The bottom of the crate also slides into the
metal channels or plates e, e and the cover g is nailed in position in the usual
manner.
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 :-
1. A box, case or crate wherein the sides (or ends) are provided at their edges
with strips adapted to slide into metal channels or clips on the edges of the ends
(or sides), the said ends or sides being also provided at their bottoms with metal
channels or clips to receive the bottom of the box, substantially as, and for the
purpose, hereinbefore described.
2. The case or box and the crate hereinbefore described and illustrated and each
consisting of the sides a, a having the strips b, b of the ends c, c having the metal
channels e, e and the metal clips d, d into which the strips 6, 6 slide, of the bottom
which slides into the said chaunels and of the cover or lid g.
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Dated this 6th day of May 1907.
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G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.