Year: 1886

page_text: I, DAVID BRYCE, of 129 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, in the County of Lanark,
North Britain, Publisher do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This Invention, which relates to a new or improved box-cabinet for holding
books, has for its object to dispense with the use of a cover or folding lid which is
common to such box-cabinets as hitherto constructed.
The improved box-cabinet constituting this Invention consists of two equal
portions hinged together at one side of their inner ends so that the junction of the
two parts thus united together constitutes the centre of the box-cabinet. When
the improved box-cabinet is shut it forms a closed rectangular hollow body within
which the books are contained in two divisions, and when opened out it also
constitutes a rectangular body in which, what in the closed position are the central
parts then become either the top or the front of the box-cabinet according to the
position in which it is laid upon a table or other flat supporting surface. In
either case the books are placed in the cabinet with their backs facing the open
side thereof either with the said backs lying horizontally or vertically.
J. H. JOHNSON, DAY & JOHNSON,
Petitioner's Agents,
115, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow.

page_text: A New or Improved Box-cabinet for Holding Books.
I, DAVID BRYCE of 129 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, in the County of Lanark,
North Britain, Publisher, 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, which relates to a new or improved box-cabinet for holding
books, has for its object to dispense with the use of a cover or folding lid which is
common to such box-cabinets as hitherto constructed.
The improved box-cabinet constituting this Invention consists of two equal
portions hinged together at one side of their inner ends so that the junction of the
two parts thus united together constitutes the centre of the box-cabinet. When
the improved box-cabinet is shut it forms a closed rectangular hollow body within
which the books are contained in two divisions, and when opened out it also
constitutes a rectangular body in which, what in the closed position are the central
parts then become either the top or the front of the box-cabinet according to the
position in which it is laid upon a table or other flat supporting surface. In
either case the books are placed in the cabinet with their backs facing the open
side thereof either with the said backs lying horizontally or vertically or they
may be fitted with loops for hanging them to a wall or other vertical surface.
In order that my said Invention may be properly understood and readily carried
into effect, I will now proceed to describe the drawings hereunto annexed.
Figure 1, of the accompanying sheet of drawings is a front elevation of the box-
cabinet closed.
Figure 2, is a similar view of the cabinet box open.
Figure 3, is a plan of the box-cabinet closed and Figure 4, is a plan of the same
when partially opened.
The cabinet consists of two boxes a, a, hinged together at b, the hinge being
preferably formed by the leather covering of the cabinet, when the cabinets are so
covered, but the hinge may be formed in any other suitable manner.
When the two portions a, a, of the cabinet have their open sides a³, a', Figure 4,
brought together they form a single closed box as in Figure 3, the said two portions
are preferably locked together by a snap lock c, or the mechanical equivalent
thereof. When the two portions a, a, are opened out, (Figure 4) and thrown back
(Figure 2) the two rows of books d, contained in the two portions of the cabinet
in the open portion form one row, as shewn at Figure 2, the volumes being
situated with their backs either in a horizontal or vertical position in line with
one another according to the position in which the cabinet is placed upon the table
or other supporting surface.
The cabinet may be of any size or material according to the size of books to be
contained therein and the particular use to which the cabinet is to be employed is
for containing special editions of works for volumes all of the same height and
breadth, so that they fit neatly into the said cabinet without loss of space.
For the purpose of hanging up the box-cabinet against a wall or other vertical
surface it may be fitted with the metallic loops f, which are by preference so fitted

page_text: as to slide inwards or outwards in the grooved plates g, which arrangement admits
of each loop being pulled out when it is required to hang the box cabinet on pins
or nails in a wall or other such surface or of the loops being pushed down into
their grooves and flush with the top of the box-cabinet when the cabinet is not
required to be hung up.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is :-
The box-cabinet for holding special editions of books and consisting of a pair of
open boxes so hinged together as to constitute either a continuous open front or
top for the display of the backs of the books contained therein, or a closed box or
boxes for the protection or locking up of the books substantially as herein before
described and shewn upon the accompanying drawings.
T
1
3000
J. H. JOHNSON, DAY & JOHNSON,
Applicant's Agents.