IMPROVEMENTS IN BOXES OR CASES FOR CONTAINING NEEDLES, LEADS FOR PENCILS, PENS, AND OTHER ARTICLES
Year: 1857

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Edward Wiley, of 34, Great Hampton
Street, Birmingham, Pen and Pencil Manufacturer, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN BOXES OR CASES FOR CONTAINING NEEDLES, LEADS FOR
PENCILS, PENS, AND OTHER ARTICLES."
Sealed the 27th October 1857, and dated the 2nd May 1857.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Edward Wiley at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
2nd May 1857.
I, WILLIAM EDWARD WILEY, of 34, Great Hampton Street, Birmingham,
Pen and Pencil Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN BOXES OR CASES FOR CONTAINING NEEDLES, LEADS FOR
PENCILS, PENS, AND OTHER ARTICLES," to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in boxes or cases for con-
taining needles, leads for pencils, pens, and other articles, for which purpose
each box is made with one, two, or more compartments or cells, according to
the nature and shape of the articles to be contained in a box or case.
At the
upper or delivery end of such boxes and cases curved covers are applied capable

page_text: of rotating or moving within or on curved ends of the boxes or cases, such
curved ends in each instance being formed with an opening or openings,
according to the nature of the compartments or cells into which a box or caso
is divided, and according to the nature of the articles to be contained in the
case or box. The curved cover is so formed, that by its rotation or movement
on the curved end it opens or closes the box. The curved covers may be
retained closed by springs or by other convenient fastenings.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Edward Wiley in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 2nd November 1857.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
EDWARD WILEY, of 34, Great Hampton Street, Birmingham, Pen and Pencil
Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Second day of May, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, in the twentieth year of Her reign, did,
for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said William
Edward Wiley, Her special licence that I, the said William Edward Wiley, my
exccutors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said William
Edward Wiley, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time
agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during
the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN BOXES OR CASES
FOR CONTAINING NEEDLES, LEADS FOR PENCILS, PENS AND OTHER ARTICLES," upon
the condition (amongst others) that I, the said William Edward Wiley, my
executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their,
or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be per-
formed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within
six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Edward Wiley, do hereby declaro
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement thereof, that is to say:-

page_text: "
This Invention has for its object improvements in boxes or cases for con-.
taining needles, leads for pencils, pens, and other articles, for which purposó
each box is made with one, two, or more compartments or cells, according to
the nature and shape of the articles to be contained in a box or case. At the
upper or delivery end of such boxes and cases curved covers are applied
capable of rotating or moving within or on curved ends of tho boxes or cases,_
such curved ends in each instance being formed with an opening or openings,
according to the nature of the compartments or cells into which a box or caso
is divided, and according to the nature of the articles to be contained in the:
case or box. The curved cover is so formed that by its rotation or movement
on the curved end it opens or closes the box. The curved covers may be
retained closed by springs or by other convenient fastenings.
Having thus stated the nature of my said Invention, I will proceed more
fully to describe the manner of performing the same.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Figure 1 shows a side view, Figure 2 an edge view, and Figure 3 a section
of a box or case suitable for holding needles, leads for pencils, pens, and other
articles, the parts being made of a size in each case suitable for the particular
articles the box or case is to contain. In the arrangement shewn there are
six compartments, but this number may be varied. On the upper ond there is.
a tubular connection or chamber, having holes through it corresponding in
position with the six chambers. Over this chamber is a curved cover a, which
bas also holes corresponding with the entrances into the six chambers.; this
cover is capable of rotating on the upper cylindrical chamber b, so as to open.
and close the holes. The curved cover is connected with the ends of the
chamber 6 by turning up the ends of the cover a into the recessed ends of tho
chamber b.
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Figure 4 is a side view of another arrangement or form of box or case..
Figuro 5 is a transverse section, and Figure 6 is an end view, showing how
the ends of the curved, cover are attached to the cylindrical chamber 6 by
turning in of the ends of the cover. The chamber b may be in one or it
be divided into several compartments.
may
Figure 7 shows an end view, Figure 8 a section, and Figure 9 a front view
of a suitable construction for holding ink. The arrangements shown is for two
5 colors of ink, there being two openings, but this may be varied. I would
remark that the covers may be arranged to move with sufficient friction to
prevent their motion, except when forced to move by hand, or they may be
held by springs or other catches.

page_text: Having thus described the nature of my Invention, I would wish it to be
understood that I claim the construction of boxes or cases herein described.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Edward Wiley, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Second day of November, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven.
WILLIAM EDWARD WILEY. (L.S.)
Witness,
HENRY WILLIAM CARPMAEL.