Improvements in Boxes or Crates for Packing, Storing, and Conveying Plush and like Fabrics.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 27th. Nov., 1888
Complete Specification Left. 20th July, 1889-Accepted.. 31st Aug.. 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Boxes or Crates for Packing, Storing, and Conveying
Plush and like Fabrics.
I, GUSTAV JACOBINY, of Crefeld, in the Empire of Germany, Manufacturer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this Invention is to provide a means whereby plushes, velvets, and
other like faced fabrics can be so packed or stowed in such manner that the face part is
not flattened or defaced.
In carrying my Invention into practice I construct a box with a flanged lid and
attach the ends of the box to the bottom thereof by means of hinges which admit of
their being opened out.
On the inner side of the ends I form two ledges bevelled on their outer sides, one
side of the box being constructed in the usual way and the other attached to the
bottom of the said box by means of an angle iron or other suitable device, such angle
iron being provided with a series of slots, the side being retained in position by means
of screws and the slots allowing it to contract or expand. To the inner sides of the
box I attach any suitable number of iron or other plates provided with vertical
rows of hooks to which is hooked the selvage of the. fabric, which is then folded to
and fro laterally, the face thereof being kept apart at a suitably required distance.
After the fabric has been folded to and fro and attached to the series of hooks, the
ends of the box are then closed and the bevelled edges cause the loose side to extend
thereby stretching the fabric. The lid being flanged serves to keep the ends in position
when closed.
At the termination of the rows of the fabric are a series of numbers indicating
the superficial lengths of the material so packed.
Dated this 97th dow of Nomambo 1000
HUGHES, ELI & HUGHES,
76, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Boxes or Crates for Packing, Storing, and Conveying
Plush and like Fabrics.
I, GUSTAV JACOBINY, of Crefeld, in the Empire of Germany, 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:-
My Invention relates to improvements in boxes for packing, storing and conveying
plush, velvet and other faced or piled fabric, and has for its object to provide means
whereby plush, velvet and other similar faced or piled fabrics may be packed or
stored in such a manner that the face thereof cannot be flattened or otherwise
damaged.
Referring to the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 is a plan of my improved box
opened and ready to receive the material intended to be packed. Fig. 2 is a trans-
verse sectional elevation. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the box closed and covered
with its lid. Fig. 4 is a view of a few of the hooks.
My improved means consist of a box B, which is, as far as its outward appearance
is concerned of ordinary shape and is provided with a lid l. Two sides ss of this
box B, are fixed thereto by means of hinges h, h, &c., and can thus be opened and
laid flat on a counter when used for packing purposes as shewn in Fig. 1. These
sides have a width which corresponds to that of the material being packed and are

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furnished with vertical bevelled bars bb at each end for stretching the material when
the box is closed as hereinafter more fully described. One of the sides a¹ of the
said box B is fixed at the bottom to a metal bar p having three or more transverse
slots and capable of moving to and fro a distance equal to the length of the slots,
about headed pins or guides ii &c. The other corresponding side a of the box is fixed
in the ordinary manner.
Upon the inner surface of the sides a al are screwed three bars d, d¹ d³, provided
with rows of hooks o, o', o², ... &c. as shown in Fig. 4 and extending from the top to
the bottom of the box B with the exception of a small clearance space left at both
upper and lower extremities for convenience of packing. Along the inner surface of
the upper edge of the sides a a¹ are fixed two similar scales (one of which, S, is only
shown on the drawing) indicating in inches or centimetres the distance between two
extreme rows of hooks.
The material to be packed is fixed on both sides from front to back and by
means of the selvege to the lowermost hooks o, o, o so that its width corresponds to
the sides 31, of the box B which are laid flat on the counter or on the ground, the
side a being pushed inside as far as the pins ii &c. will allow. The material is
then folded upon the last hooks so as to form a second layer which is now
hooked from back to front upon the second row of hooks o¹ o¹ o¹ when it is again
folded and hooked upon the third row of hooks 02 03 02 thus forming the third
layer and so on up to the uppermost row of hooks o₁ o" o" at the top of the box.
The distance between two extreme rows of hooks on the side a being as indicated
on the scale S, say 0-50° and the number of hooks or folds of the material having
been ascertained, and found to be say, ten, the length of material packed, would
at once be found to be 5 mètres. When the box is closed, the bevelled bars b, b,
of the sides s', force their way between the sides a a¹ and pushing the latter
outwardly to its full extent, stretch the material packed, the lid being finally
placed on the box B which is now ready for transport as shewn in Fig. 3.
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 :-
The improved box for packing, storing and conveying plush, velvet and other
faced or piled fabrics, arranged, combined and operating substantially as and for
the purpose described.
Dated this 20th day of July 1800
HUGHES, ELI & HUGHES,
76, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.