Improvements in Packing Cases.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Oct., 1893-Accepted, 25th Nov., 1893
Improvements in Packing Cases.
I, SAMUEL ROYLE of Grosvenor Street, Southsea, in the County of Hants,
Corset 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 :-
This invention relates to an improvement in the construction of packing cases,
having for its object to enable the lid of the packing case to be quickly and
effectually secured without the employment of screws, nails, or ropes, so as to enable
the case to be opened without injury and so made serviceable for repeated use, the
means by which the lid is secured affording efficient protection to the lid against
injury by rough usage.
The invention consists in bridging across the top of the box by battens secured
to side battens or pieces fixed to the sides of the box and bound with hoop iron,
and fitting the lid to slide beneath these bridge pieces and fit tightly upon the
edges of the sides and ends of the box, the lid being secured in the closed position
by a single screw-bolt, lock, or other equivalent fastening.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this
Specification, wherein
Figure 1 is a perspective view and Figure 2 a longitudinal section of the
improved packing case or box, the lid being shewn as fastened by a screw-bolt.
The same letters of reference denote like parts in both figures.
The body A of the box is made in the ordinary way of making packing cases
and is strengthened by bottom buttens B and side battens C as usual. The side
battens C rise above the edges of the box and upon them are fixed battens D
which bridge over the box at a sufficient height to admit of the lid E fitting
beneath them, there being one of these bridging battens at each end and preferably
one at the mid-length of the box, or more than one at other intermediate points
according to the dimensions of the box and the weight of its intended contents,
these bridging battens being strengthened by hoop iron corner pieces or preferably
by bands Fencircling the top, side, and bottom battens as shewn. The lid E is
preferably, but not necessarily, strengthened by cross-battens e corresponding in
position with the bridging battens D beneath which these battens (or the lid itself
if these battens are not used) fit tightly so that the lid will thereby be pressed
tightly upon the edges of the ends and sides of the box-body. The lid may be
secured by a screw-bolt G passing through the end batten D and through the
outer end of the lid, and screwing into a nut let into the end of the box-body A,
and for further security the head of the bolt may be countersunk and sealed up.
Or the lid may be secured by means of an ordinary drawer-lock fixed to the inside
of the end of the box-body operated by a key inserted through a key-hole in said
end, the bolt of the lock shooting into a catch-plate fixed to the underside of the
lid near the end.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
A packing case constructed with battens or their equivalent bridging across the

page_text: box and provided with a lid adapted to be slid beneath such bridging battens and
to be thereby held in position, as specified.
Dated this 23rd day of October 1893.
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By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.