IMPROVEMENTS IN BOXES OR RECEPTACLES FOR HOLDING PENS, BUTTONS, *
Year: 1874

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Friedrich Leonardt, of Birmingham, in the
County of Warwick, Manufacturer, and William Gilbert, of
Birmingham, aforesaid, Stamper and Piercer, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN BOXES OR RECEPTACLES FOR HOLDING PENS, BUTTONS,
*
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Friedrich Leonardt and
William Gilbert at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with
their Petition, on the 3rd February 1874.
We, FRIEDRICH LEONARDT, of Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Manufacturer, and WILLIAM GILBERT, of Birmingham,
aforesaid, Stamper and Piercer, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN BOXES OR RECEPTACLES FOR HOLDING
PENS, BUTTONS, NEEDLES, AND OTHER SMALL ARTICLES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES,"
to be as follows:-
Our Invention consists firstly in combining with boxes or receptacles

page_text: for holding pens, buttons, and other small articles the means herein-
after described for exhibiting a sample or pattern of the articles con-
tained in the box; the object of this part of our Invention being to
protect the pattern or sample pen or other article from dust and the
action of the atmosphere.
According to this part of our Invention we hinge to the end of the
box a small chamber in which the pattern pen or article is placed. Tho
said jointed or hinged chamber consists of a metal frame having at its
back a metal trough of a shape and size proper to hold the pattern
article. A flat piece of glass is fixed in the frame of the said chamber
by means of the trough at its back. The said hinged chamber after the
pattern pen or article has been placed in the trough thereof is closed
or shut down into the end of the box and is fixed in its place by a
snap fastening. By this arrangement the pattern pen or article
can be seen through the glass front of the chamber, and the said pattern
pen or article is protected from dust and the action of the atmosphere.
Or instead of hinging the small chamber to the end of the box the
said chamber may be secured thereto by clips or ears on the sides of the
frame being turned or closed upon the sides of the box; and instead of
fixing a flat piece of glass in the frame of the chamber through
which the pattern pen or article can be seen, a glass tube may be used
in place thereof; the said glass tube being fixed in the metal
trough of the chamber by clips or ears being turned or closed
upon it.
The arrangements described may be applied to the top or lid or side of
the box as well as to the end of the box. Or the same object may be
attained when the box proper slides in an outer case by attaching the
pattern pen or article to the end of the box and making the closed end
of the case of glass or other transparent material. When the box is
placed in its case and pushed home a small chamber is left between
the end carrying the pattern pen or article and the transparent end of
the case in which chamber the pattern article is situated, the said
pattern article being seen through the transparent end of the case.
Our Invention consists further in constructing metallic boxes or
receptacles for holding pens, buttons, needles, and other small articles,

page_text: and for other purposes in the following manner :-For the purpose of
making a box or receptacle capable of being readily moved on a table
or other surface, we support it at one end on a wheel or roller and at
the other end on legs or supports, and provide it with handles at the
last-described end. The box or receptacle thus made has the general
figure of a wheelbarrow, either open at top or closed by a hinged plate
or case.
We make the bottom and ends of the said box of one piece of sheet
metal and the sides of the box of separate pieces of sheet metal. The
said side pieces are connected to the body by ears on the ends of the
said body being passed through piercings in the side pieces and clinched
upon the said side pieces. The side pieces are formed with supports
and handles at one end and with projections at the other end for
carrying the wheel.
The top of the body of the box may either be left open or be closed
by a covering plate hinged to the front of the body and held down by a
snap fastening. Or the top covering of the body of the box may be
made into a needle case or a case for holding other small articles.
When made for holding needles or other articles the said case is made
by preference of two hinged plates, by the separation of which access to
the needles or other articles may be obtained. The parts of the hinged
compound plate or case are connected together and at the same time
held down to the body of the box by a snap fastening engaging with the
rear end of the body.

page_text: WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Third day of February, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, in the thirty-
seventh year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto us, the said Friedrich Leonardt and William Gilbert,
Her special license that we, the said Friedrich Leonardt and William
Gilbert, our executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as
we, the said Friedrich Leonardt and William Gilbert, our executors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no
others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term
therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
the
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
BOXES OR RECEPTACLES FOR HOLDING PENS, BUTTONS, NEEDLES, AND OTHER
SMALL ARTICLES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," upon the condition (amongst
others) that we, the said Friedrich Leonardt and William Gilbert,
our executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under
our or their hands and seals, or under the hand and seal of one of
us or them, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the
said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed,
and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six
calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said Friedrich Leonardt and William
Gilbert, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention, and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement thereof, that is
to say:
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Our Invention consists firstly in combining with boxes or receptacles
for holding pens, buttons, and other small articles, the means herein-
after described and illustrated in the accompanying Drawings, for
exhibiting a sample or pattern of the articles contained in the box, the
object of this part of our Invention being to protect the pattern or
sample pen or other article from dust and the action of the
atmosphere.
According to this part of our Invention we hinge to the end of the
box a small chamber in which the pattern pen or article is placed. The

page_text: said jointed or hinged chamber consists of a metal frame having at its
back a metal trough of a shape and size proper to hold the pattern pen.
A flat piece of glass is fixed in the frame of the said chamber by
means of the trough at its back. The said hinged chamber, after the
pattern pen or article has been placed in the trough thereof is closed
or shut down into the end of the box, and is fixed in its place by a snap
fastening. By this arrangement the pattern pen or article can be seen
through the glass front of the chamber, and the said pattern pen or
article is protected from dust and the action of the atmosphere. The
jointed chamber for holding the pattern pen or article may be
applied to the top or lid or side of the box instead of to the end of
the box.
Figure 1 represents in elevation, and Figures 2 and 3 in section,
taken at right angles to one another, a box containing our improve-
ment. Figure 4 is an end elevation of the box. The said box consists
of a sliding part or box proper a working within a case b; c is the small
chamber hinged at d to the end of the case 6 of the box. The pattern
pen e is placed in the trough part, which is made of a plate of metal, at
the back of the small chamber c, the said trough part being covered at
front by a piece of glass or other transparent material f. The jointed
chamber when shut down is fixed in its place by a catch or
fastening at g.
Figure 5 represents in plan; Figure 6, in longitudinal section;
Figure 7, in elevation; and Figure 8 in cross section the small jointed
chamber applied to the lid or cover of a box where c is the small
chamber hinged at d to the lid h of the box; i is the glass or trans-
parent front of the chamber c; and k is the pattern pen in the said
chamber. By means of a lip on the unjointed end of the chamber c
the said chamber may be raised from the lid when access is required to
be gained to the said chamber.
The arrangements represented may be applied to boxes of various
constructions.
Instead of hinging the small chamber to the end or top of the box,
the said chamber may be secured thereto by clips or ears on the sides of
the frame being turned or closed upon the box; and instead of fixing
a flat piece of glass in the frame of the chamber through which

page_text: the pattern pen or article can be seen, a glass tube may be used in place
thereof, the said glass tube being fixed in the metal trough of the
chamber by clips or ears being turned or closed upon it.
Figures 9 and 10 represent a small chamber, made as last described,
detached from the box. The said chamber consists of a front plate m
having a perforation in it and a trough plate n at back, in which trough
plate a tube of glass p is fixed over the perforation in the front plate m.
The glass tube p is fixed in the trough plate n by clips at q, q. The
front and trough plates m, n, are secured together by turning or closing
portions of the former upon the latter, and the chamber thus made is
connected to the end or side or top or lid of the box by means of the
ears or clips r, 1. The pattern pen or article is placed in the glass
tube p of the chamber before the latter is fixed in its place in the box.
Or the same object may be attained when the box proper slides in an
outer case by attaching the pattern pen or article to the end of the box
and making the closed end of the case of glass or other transparent
material. When the box is placed in its case and pushed home a small
chamber is left between the end carrying the pattern pen or article and
the transparent end of the case, in which chamber the pattern article is
situated, the said pattern article being seen through the transparent end
of the case. This part of our Invention is illustrated in longitudinal
section in Figure 11, and end elevation in Figure 12, where a is the
box sliding in the case 6; s is the pattern pen on the end of the box a;
and is the transparent end of the case 6 through which the pattern
pen s is seen.
Or this arrangement may be modified by inserting a
glass tube opposite a perforated part of the box, or case of the box, or
lid of the box, to receive the pattern pen or article. Figure 13
represents this arrangement, where u is the tubular glass or transparent
chamber in the end of the case 6 of the box in which the pattern pen is
placed. One end of the tube u is open, the said open end being closed
by a cap or flap at v.
b
Our Invention consists further in constructing metallic boxes or

page_text: the other end on legs or supports, and provide it with handles at the
last-described end. The box or receptacle thus made has the general
figure of a wheelbarrow, either open at top or closed by a hinged plate
or case.
We make the bottom and ends of the said box of one piece of sheet
metal, and the sides of the box of separate pieces of sheet metal. The
said side pieces are connected to the body by ears on the ends of the
said body being passed through piercings in the side pieces and clinched
upon the said side pieces. The side pieces are formed with supports
and handles at one end and with projections at the other end for
carrying the wheel.
The top of the body of the box may either be left open or be closed
by a covering plate hinged to the front of the body and held down by a
snap fastening. Or the top covering of the body of the box may be
made into a needle case or a case for holding other small articles.
When made for holding needles or other articles the said case is
formed by preference of two hinged plates, by the separation of which
access to the needles or other articles may be obtained. The parts of
the hinged compound plate or case are connected together and at the
same time held down to the body of the box by a snap fastening
engaging with the rear end of the body.
Figure 14 represents in plan, and Figure 15 in side elevation, a.
metallic box or receptacle made according to this part of our Invention.
The said box or receptacle has the general figure of a wheelbarrow. It
is made of two side pieces a, a, of sheet metal (one of which is shown
separately in Figure 18º) and a bottom and end plate b, c, c, of sheet
metal (shown separately in Figure 19), a wheel d supporting the box at
one end and legs or supports at the other end. The wheel d and its
tube and axis are shown separately in Figures 20 and 21. The bottom 6
and ends c, c, of the box are made by bending the plate, Figure 19, at
the dotted lines 2, 2, into the form represented in Figure 22. The side
pieces a, a, are connected to the body b, c, made from the plate,
Figure 19, by ears fon the said body being passed through piercings g, g,
(see Figure 18) in the side pieces and clinched upon the said side.
pieces. The wheel dis fixed upon a tube h, and the said tube of the

page_text: wheel works upon a rod or axis e rivetted between the projections a³, a³,
of the side pieces a, a.
The top of the box may be covered by a plate hinged to the front of
the body and held down by a snap fastening, as illustrated in plan in
Figure 23 and section in Figure 24, where the hinged cover is marked k.
The said hinged cover k may be furnished with a cross bar / under
which packets of needles may be inserted and fixed. Or the hinged
plate may be provided with a pin cushion, as represented in Figure 16,
the said pin cushion being marked p. Or the jointed cover of the box
or receptacle may be made into a needle case or a case for holding small
articles, as illustrated in plan in Figure 17 and section in Figure 18,
where the needle or other case is marked m.
Figure 18 represents the needle case detached. The said needle or
other case is composed of two jointed plates, as represented. By lifting
the upper plate from the lower plate, as indicated in Figure 18, access
may be gained to the case. The parts of the compound plate or case m
are connected together and held down to the body of the box by a snap
fastening at n engaging with the rear of the body.
Having now described the nature of our Invention, and the manner
in which the same is to be performed, we wish it to be understood that
we do not limit ourselves to the precise details herein described and
illustrated, as the same may be varied without departing from the nature
of our Invention; but we claim as our Invention,―
First. Combining with boxes or receptacles for holding pens, buttons,
and other small articles the arrangements herein-before described and a
illustrated in Figures 1 to 13, both inclusive, of the accompanying
Drawings, for exhibiting a sample or pattern of the articles contained in
the box, whereby the said sample or pattern is protected from dust and
the action of the atmosphere.
Secondly. The improvements in constructing metallic boxes or a
receptacles for holding pens, needles, and other smaller articles, and for
other purposes, herein-before described and illustrated in Figures 14
to 24, both inclusive, of the accompanying Drawings, that is to say,
making the box or receptacle capable of being readily moved on a table
or other surface, the said box or receptacle being either open at top 3

page_text: illustrated.
In witness whereof, we, the said Friedrich Leonardt and William
Gilbert, have hereunto set our hands and scals, this Twenty-first
day of July, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred
and seventy-four.
FRIEDRICH LEONARDT. (L.S.)
Witness,
GEORGE SHAW.
WILLIAM GILBERT.
(L.S.)