Improvements in the Construction of Metallic Boxes, Barrows, Waggons, Cages, and other like Hollow Articles.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Nov., 1896-Accepted, 6th Feb., 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Metallic Boxes, Barrows,
Waggons, Cages, and other like Hollow Articles.
I, ROBERT HUDSON, of Gildersome Foundry, Gildersome near Leeds, in the
County of York, Engineer and Iron Founder, 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 has reference to improvements in the construction of metallic
boxes, barrows, waggons, cages and other like hollow articles having rims at their
edges whereby the weight and consequently the cost of construction of such
articles can be considerably reduced without seriously reducing the strength
thereof.
For this purpose the upper, or lower, or both upper and lower edges of the
plates composing the sides and ends of the box or other hollow article are folded
over either inwardly or outwardly and strengthened at the corners by short angular
pieces of metal that are arranged and secured in place by rivets as I shall now
describe with reference to the accompanying drawings wherein Fig. 1 is a
vertical section on the line xx of Fig. 2, and Fig. 2 a horizontal section on the
line of Fig. 1 showing a corner of a box constructed according to this invention.
1 and 2 are portions of two adjacent sides of a box that are overlapped and
rivetted together at their vertical edges 3 and have their upper edges 1 and 2*
respectively folded over inwardly so as to form a tubular edge. The adjacent ends
of the turned over parts 1, 2 are made deeper than the intermediate portions and
between them and the side plates 1 and 2 is placed an angular corner piece 4 of
metal which is secured to the plates and turned over edges by rivets 5.
manner the box is made with a light rim and very strong corners with a small
weight of material.
In this
In the modified construction shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the edges 1", 2" of the side
plates are turned outwardly and the angular corner piece 4 consists of a piece
of sheet metal that is rivetted to the sides of the plates and has one of its
edges located within the tubular edges or rims formed by the turned over
edges 1, 2.
In the further modified construction shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the angular corner
piece 4 is of round iron rod secured in place within the tubular rim formed by the
outwardly, or if preferred inwardly, turned edges 1°, 1b by rivets 5 passing through
both sides of the rim and corner piece. The ends of the corner piece 4 may be
bent and caused to project through corresponding holes in the plates and then be
rivetted over as shown at 4 in Fig. 5 so as to effectually fix it in place. When
this construction is adopted the rivets 5 may, if desired, be dispensed with.
The bottom edges of the plates composing the sides aud ends of a box may be
constructed and strengthened in any of the ways hereinbefore described for the
upper edges.
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 :-
Metallic boxes, barrows, waggons, cages and like hollow articles having their

page_text: rims and corners constructed and strengthened substantially as hereinbefore
described with reference respectively to and shown in Figs. 1 and 2; in Figs. 3
and 4; and in Figs. 5 and 6 of the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 27th day of November 1896.
W. LLOYD WISE,
46 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Chartered Patent Agent.