Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 5th May, 1886.
Complete Left, 7th Jan., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 8th Feb., 1887.
We EDWARD FLINT of Corporation Street Birmingham in the county of Warwick
engineer and WILLIAM KNOWLES of 146 Bath Row Birmingham aforesaid manufac-
turer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Heretofore hinges have been made of various forms, those most commonly used for
box lids being such as are known in the trade as butt hinges and wire hinges
respectively. Butt hinges involve the use of screws to secure them to the top edge
of the box and the underside of the lid. Wire hinges involve the boring for each
hinge of two holes in the lid and two in the box, the hinge being then formed by
inserting bent wires, the two ends of which are then hammered at right angles inside
the box and lid, thereby forming a rude hinge.
Now our invention relates to a simple form of hinge that can be very readily
attached by nails or screws to the edge of a lid, and to a box, the arrangement being
such that, when the lid is opened to the fullest extent that the hinges will permit, the
edge of the back of the lid shall bear against that side of the box towards which the
lid opens, and be retained in an attitude that will not only expose the contents of the
box to view, but also will display any announcement that may have been placed upon
the end or inner surface of the lid.
Referring to the annexed sheet of illustrated drawings which are given to illustrate
the nature of our invention, Fig. 1. shows in end elevation a box with a hinge
according to our invention applied thereto, the lid being shown closed, and its open
position being indicated by dotted lines. Fig. 2. is a plan or top view. Fig. 3. is an
end elevation of a box provided with a modified form of hinge according to our
invention, the lid being closed, and its open position being indicated by dotted lines.
Fig. 4. is a plan or top view. Fig. 5. is a plan of the hinge shown in Figs. 3. & 4.
Fig. 6. represents a hinge according to our invention made of wire. Fig. 7 represents
a hinge according to our invention with two plates, the hinge-joint being a rivet
connecting the two plates, one of which is designed to be attached to a lid, and the
other to a box or otherwise-as, for instance, the one to a frame and the other to a
door.

page_text: Referring to Figs. 1. and 2., A. A. are plates each formed with 3 holes.-B. B. are
nails or screws whereby each plate is attached to the edge of the lid C.-D is a hole
in each plate through which is placed a nail or point constituting the hinge joint and
which is driven into the box. In Figs. 3. 4. and 5. the plate A. is made with prongs
or spikes which can be driven into the lid, thus dispensing with nails or screws,
except for the hinge joint. The arrangement illustrated in Fig. 6. will be readily
understood without further description.
In the arrangement illustrated in Fig. 7. A is the plate for attachment to the lid by
nails or screws passing through the holes at B. B. E is the plate for attachment to
the box by nails or screws passing through the holes F. F.-D is the rivet forming
the hinge joint whereby the two plates are jointed together. It will be evident that
two plates so jointed together may be formed with spikes as described with reference
to Figs. 3. 4. and 5.
W. Lloyd Wise,
46, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hinges.
We, EDWARD FLINT, of Corporation Street, Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Engineer, and WILLIAM KNOWLES, of 146, Bath Row, Birmingham,
aforesaid, 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:
Heretofore hinges have been made of various forms, those most commonly used for
box lids being such as are known in the trade as butt hinges and wire hinges respec-
tively. Butt hinges involve the use of screws to secure them to the top edge of the
box and the underside of the lid. Wire hinges involve the boring for each hinge of
two holes in the lid and two in the box, the hinge being then formed by inserting
bent wires, the two ends of which are then hammered at right angles inside the box
and lid thereby forming a rude hinge.
Now our invention relates to a simple form of hinge comprising what we will call
a hinge piece, which as hereinafter will appear can be made in various forms of
metal such as sheet metal or wire with or without spikes or pointed projections, so
that by such projections or by nails or screws or pins such a hinge piece can be very
readily attached to the edge of a lid, and being formed with a suitable hole, it can
also be pivotted to a box, the arrangement being such that, when the lid is opened to
the fullest extent that the hinges will permit, the edge of the back of the lid shall
bear against that side of the box towards which the lid opens, and be retained in an
attitude that will not only expose the contents of the box to view, but also will
display any announcement that may have been placed upon the end or inner surface
of the lid.

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to the annexed sheet of mustrative drawings,
Fig. 1 shows in end elevation a box with a hinge according to our invention
applied thereto, the lid being shown closed, and its open position being indicated by
dotted lines.
Fig. 2 is a plan or top view.
Fig. 3 is an end elevation of a box provided with a modified form of hinge
according to our invention, the lid being closed, and its open position being indicated
by dotted lines.
Fig. 4 is a plan or top view.
Fig. 5 is a plan of the hinge piece shown in Figs. 3 and 4.
Fig. 6 represents a hinge piece according to our invention made of wire.
Fig. 7 represents a hinge according to our invention with two plates or pieces, the
hinge joint being a rivet connecting the two pieces, one of which is designed to be
attached to a lid, and the other to a box.
Fig. 8 is an end view illustrating a modified form of hinge applied to the opposite
sides of a case such as a packing case adapted to be opened from either side.
Fig. 9 is a sectional view at right angles to Fig. 8 of one corner of the packing
case.
Figs. 10 and 11 are respectively a side view and a sectional view at right angles
thereto showing a hinge secured to the inside of a box lid by nailing it thereto.
Fig. 12 illustrates in end elevation a tin box with hinge according to this invention
formed by folding a portion of the side under.
Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, A A' are hinge pieces each formed with three holes.
B B are nails or screws whereby the said hinge pieces are respectively attached one to
the edge of each end of the lid C. D is a hole in each hinge piece through which is
placed a nail, pin, or screw constituting the hinge joint and which is driven into the
box. In Figs. 3, 4, and 5, the hinge piece A is made with prongs or spikes which
can be driven into the lid, thus dispensing with nails or screws, except for the hinge
joint. The arrangement illustrated in Fig. 6 is made as follows:-
A piece of wire is twisted in such a manner as to form a triangle with a loop at
each of the three corners, these loops being connected by the intermediate portions of
wire, and the whole forming the equivalent of a triangular plate perforated at its
corners. The free ends of the wire may advantageously meet in one of the loops,
and will be held by a nail or screw driven through that loop into the box lid as will be
well understood.
In the arrangement illustrated in Fig. 7, A is the hinge piece for attachment to the
lid by nails or screws passing through the holes at B B. E is a plate for attachment
to the box by nails or screws passing through the holes F F. D is the rivet forming
the hinge joint whereby the two plates are jointed together. It will be evident that
two plates so jointed together may be formed with spikes as described with reference
to Figs. 3, 4, and 5.
In the arrangement illustrated in Figs. 8 and 9 each hinge piece A is made of
angular form for greater strength. The hinges are shown applied to a packing case,
which is provided with two half lids to each of which a pair of hinge pieces A are
secured by nails at B B, so that the case may be opened from either side.
The hinge pieces in this arrangement are lengthened as shown so as to extend
further across the end of the case than in the previous examples described and shown.
The hinge shown to the right in Fig. 8 and in Fig. 9 comprises a hinge piece A and
a plate E to which A is jointed and E secured to the case by a nail at F, and also by
another nail D which constitutes the hinge joint. The hinge joint of the hinge to the
left in Fig. 8 is similar to that shown in Figs. 1 and 2.
In Figs. 10 and 11 the hinge piece instead of being secured to the end of the hox
lid as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and in Figs. 3 and 4, or to the top of the lid as in
Figs. S. and 9, is so bent that it may be secured to the under surface of the lid as
shown.
In the arrangement shown in Fig. 12, each hinge is formed by folding back a
portion of the side of the lid so as to make this part of the side of the lid double to

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strengthen this part, a pin or rivet being inserted at B to serve as a hinge joint.
back of the lid is thickened, strengthened, and reduced in depth by folding or beading
a portion of it upon itself as shown. In lieu of forming each hinge as just described,
from a portion of the side of the lid, hinge pieces such as those shown in Figs. 1 and 2
may be used, secured to the lid by soldering or otherwise, a hinge pin or joint being
provided as before.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said invention,
and in what manner it is to be performed, we declare that what we claim is :—
1. The manufacture and use of hinges substantially as hereinabove described with
reference respectively to and illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2; in Figs. 3, 4, and 5; in
Fig. 6 in Fig. 7; in Figs. 8 and 9 in Figs. 10 and 11; and in Fig. 12. of the
drawings annexed.
2. Hinge pieces such as her einabove described adapted to be secured to the ends of
a lid and to turn upon nails or screws passed therethrough and into the ends of a box,
the arrangement being such that when so applied, if the lid be opened to the fullest
extent that said hinge pieces will permit, the edge of the back of the lid will bear
against that side of the box towards which the lid opens, and the lid will be retained
in an attitude that will not only expose the contents of the box to view, but also will
display any announcement that may have been placed upon the inner surface of said
lid, substantially as described.