IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR PACKING CASES
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Josiah Coles at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 28th
February 1874.
I, HENRY JOSIAH COLES, of Devonshire Villas, Chetwynd Road, in
the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR PACKING CASES," to be as
follows:-
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This Invention relates to improvements in fastenings for packing cases
used for the conveyance or transport of various kinds of merchandize,
and has for its object the provision of a simple and convenient device
which is permanently attached to the box or case so as to be always at
hand for securing the same, and which obviates the necessity for nailing
down the covers of such cases or otherwise securing them in such a
manner as will occasion injury to them or inconvenience in opening or
reclosing and fastening them.
Packing cases used by wine merchants and others have heretofore
ordinarily been secured by cords passed through holes in the case and
cover and sealed, or by cords passed around the case or box: These

page_text: lost. Other fastening contrivances have been tried but have been found
too costly or otherwise objectionable, so that they have not been
generally adopted.
My Invention will be found to be free from the disadvantages
attending the above mentioned fastenings, and will enable the cases to be
secured very quickly when packed by the merchant and to be readily
opened by the customer, and when returned by the latter the fastening
will be ready to hand, and the case may be refastened in a very ready
and simple manner.
The said improved fastening is constructed and applied to the packing
case as follows:-I take a piece of iron or other suitable wire or a piece
of round, square, or flat metal, and form a hook at each end of the same.
This hooked piece is arranged with one of its hooks projecting from the
front edge of the cover, and in combination with an eye or loop formed
of wire or other suitable material, which is secured to the upper edge of
the case or box. This hooked piece is arranged to slide upon the cover
in such a manner that it can be adjusted to hook into the said eye or
loop to secure the cover, or can be freed from the said eye or loop to
release the said cover.
When the cover or lid is constructed with battens on the top I fit the
said hooked pieces to slide in a groove cut in the under side of the said
battens, and I form in the latter two holes, into one of which the inner
hook of the hooked piece is free to slide, and which permits access to the
said hook for adjusting the fastening. This inner hook is turned upward
but is below the top of the batten. From this hole to the other hole in
the batten a groove or channel is formed for the reception of a cord,
string, or piece of other flexible material, which is connected to the inner
hook and secured by sealing in the last mentioned aperture in the batten
when the cover is fastened on the case or box.
If desired instead of fitting the hooked piece to slide in the batten I
may provide the cover with metal pieces grooved for the reception of the
said hooked piece, and formed with holes or otherwise for adjusting
the inner hook and for sealing the cord or flexible material as above.
specified..

page_text: The aforesaid eyes or loops are preferably made by bending or doubling
a piece of wire, and are secured by inserting their ends through the box
and turning or clinching them inside the same, but I may form the said
eyes and secure them in the case or box in any convenient and suitable
manner.
The aforesaid eyes or loops are preferably made by bending or doubling
a piece of wire, and are secured by inserting their ends through the box
and turning or clinching them inside the same, but I may form the said
eyes and secure them in the case or box in any convenient and suitable
manner.
If desired 1 may provide the said fastening with a small metal or
india-rubber spring to throw the hooked piece back when released from
the eye or loop.