Improvements in or connected with the Packing of Flower Pots and other Round Articles in Boxes
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Sept., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 6th June, 1898-Accepted, 9th July, 1898
Improvements in or connected with the Packing of Flower Pots
and other Round Articles in Boxes.
I, JOSEPH ALFRED HOLLAND, of Padcroft Saw Mills, Yiewsley, in the County
of Middlesex, Timber Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improved means for packing flower pots, and especially
those containing plants, in boxes for transit, the chief object of my invention
being to provide packing which is very inexpensive and which is suitable for
packing pots of different sizes.
My improved packing consists of two strips, preferably of wood between which
the pots are clamped and having the edges undulated to form alternate hollows
and projections, the hollows serving to receive the pots and the projections as
distance pieces between the pots.
In manufacturing my packing I advantageously divide a strip of wood on a
sinuous line, and when the strips are to be arranged between two rows of pots
both edges of the strips are formed with undulations.
In using my packing the strips formed as before described are nailed upon the
edges of a box at distances apart adapted to the size of the pots to be packed.
Although I have described my invention as applied for packing flower pots
it is to be understood that my strips are also applicable for packing bottles and
other articles.
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I Cantomban 1907
Improvements in or connected with the Packing of Flower Pots
and other Round Articles in Boxes.
I, JOSEPH ALFRED HOLLAND, of Padcroft Saw Mills, Yiewsley, in the County
of Middlesex, Timber Merchant, 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: -
My invention relates to improved means for packing flower pots, and especially
those containing plants, in boxes for transit, the chief object of my invention

page_text: being to provide packing which is very inexpensive and which is suitable for
packing pots of different sizes.
My improved packing consists of two strips, preferably of wood between which
the pots are clamped and having the edges undulated to form alternate hollows
and projections, the hollows serving to receive the pots and the projections as
distance pieces between the pots.
In manufacturing my packing I advantageously divide a strip of wood on a
sinuous line, and when the strips are to be arranged between two rows of pots
both edges of the strips are formed with undulations.
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe the same by
reference to the accompanying drawing, in which :-
Figure 1 is a plan view of a box having packing strips arranged in accordance
with my invention; and,
Figure 2 is a transverse section of the same:
Figure 3 is a section on the line 3-3 Figure 1 but drawn to a larger scale than
the said figure.
Figure 4 is a view shewing how the packing strips are formed.
Figure is a view illustrating a slightly modified form of packing strip.
a is the box for containing the articles to be packed the bottom of the said box,
as represented in the drawing, being formed of a series of battens b, b; it may
however be formed with close joints.
c, care my packing strips which are preferably formed by dividing a suit-
able board on a series of sinuous lines d, d as indicated in Figure 4, so that when
the strips are separated a series of recesses e and projections f are formed. Or
instead of the lines d being a series of curves as shewn in Figure 4, they may be
formed as shown in Figure 4*, or otherwise suitably formed with a series of recesses
either regular or irregular.
The longitudinal cuts can be formed by means of a band-saw and it will be
obvious that a series of boards may be placed one upon the other and divided
simultaneously.
If desired my packing strips may be made of papier mache or other suitable
material.
The strips c, c thus produced are fitted into the box a either longitudinally or
transversely (in the drawing they are represented as being arranged longitu-
dinally) so that the projections f, f of one strip are opposite those of adjacent
strips, the said strips being fixed in any desirable manner, for instance by nailing
them to the top edge of the box, or by inserting them into grooves g formed in
the sides of the box, as shewn in Figures 1, 2 and 3.
The articles to be packed are placed so that they enter two opposite recesses e, e,
the articles, for instance, flower pots, being placed in every pair of recesses or in
alternate recesses according to their size.
It will be noticed that the strips at the sides of the box are straight on one
edge so as to lie closely against the said sides, this arrangement, however, is
optional.
In some cases I arrange for packing two or more tiers of articles in the same
box as shewn in Figure 5. In this case after one set of articles has been packed
at the bottom, battens h are laid upon these articles and then the second set of
articles is packed upon these battens and so on, grooves being provided in the
sides of the box for each set of packing strips. Or in some cases, where not
detrimental, the articles can be placed one upon another, when the battens h can
be dispensed with.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:―
1. The improvements in or connected with the packing of flower pots or other
round articles in boxes, consisting in the use of nacking string the adoss of which

page_text: are provided with alternate recesses for receiving the articles and projections for
entering between the several articles to be packed, substantially as described.
2. The improved packing for flower pots and other round articles herein before
described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dotad this 6th day of June 1898
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.