IMPROVEMENTS IN BASKET-SKIPS, HAMPERS AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES
Year: 1885

page_text: АТ ПОТов.
I THOMAS HARDEN of 21 Granby Row Manchester in the County of Lancaster,
Skip and Hamper Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN BASKET-SKIPS, HAMPERS AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES," to be
as follows:-
The object of this invention is to construct a skip or hamper in a stronger
manner than heretofore and whereby the bottom being inter-changeable can be
replaced at trifling cost.
This
Instead of forming the bottom of the skip the first and then carry the stakes
upwards to form the sides as heretofore I form the ends and sides separate from the
bottom: For this purpose I take a wooden frame to form the top border and by
preference with the side and end pieces tongued together at the corners.
border is drilled to receive the stakes or uprights and is then waled in the ordinary
manner. In some cases I introduce the ordinary corner pins and drill the same
through to receive a bolt for the purpose of securing the bottom in position by
a nut screwed on its lower extremity and in order to still further secure the bottom
in position for some of the stakes or uprights, I substitute bolts the lower ends of
which are cranked inwards so as to take a better hold of the wooden rail of the
bottom hereinafter described and which bolts may be extended through the bottom
to secure the clogs in place of nailing them as heretofore. Or instead of these bolts
I sometimes employ wooden staves at the bottom of which I clamp bolts and nuts
for the same purpose. The bottom of the skip is then constructed of a wooden
frame similarly tongued together at the corners and in a close bottom the sticks are
secured in holes bored up a certain distance into the ends whilst the other ends are
secured either in a similar manner or by a part of the end being halved so as to
form a clamp, for clamping the other ends of the sticks in grooves or recesses
partially formed in each half of the clamp to receive them.
In the case of an open bottom the sticks are similarly secured either in the
wooden ends or sides of the frame. The bottom so constructed being bored through
to receive the ends of the bolts hereinbefore described and by which means the said
bottom is secured in position. This construction affords facility for making the
bottoms interchangeable and thus of being easily and cheaply renewed. The
mprovements although described in reference to basket-skips are equally applicable
o hampers and other similar articles.
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I THOMAS HARDEN of Granby Row Manchester in the County of Lancaster,
skip and hamper manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my 'invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The object of this invention is to construct a skip or hamper in a stronger
manner than heretofore and whereby the bottoms being interchangeable can be
replaced at a trifling.cost
Instead of forming the bottom of the skip the first and then carrying the stakes
upwards to form the sides as heretofore I form the ends and sides separate from
the bottom.
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For this purpose I take a wooden frame a¹ as illustrated by side view in Fig. 1.
and by plan in Fig. 2. to form the top border and with the side and end pièces a
and b tongued together or halved together at the corners c as illustrated. This
border is drilled with holes d to receive the stakes or uprights d' and then waled
in the ordinary manner. Instead of wood it will be obvious that vulcanite or
other suitable material might be substituted. In some cases I introduce the
ordinary corner pins e and drill the same through to receive a bolt seen dotted
in Fig. 1. for the purpose of securing the bottom in position by a nut f screwed on
its lower extremity. 'And in order to still further secure the bottom in position for
some of the stakes or uprights I substitute bolts g the lower ends of which are
cranked inwards so as to take a better hold of the wooden rails of the bottom
hereinafter described and which bolts may be extended through the bottom to
secure the clogs h in place of nailing them as heretofore. Or instead of these bolts
I sometimes employ wooden staves at the bottom of which I clamp bolts and nuts
for the same purpose as illustrated by side view in Fig. 3..
The bottom of the skip see plan view Fig. 2a is then constructed of a wooden
fraine similarly tongued together at the corners and in a close bottom the sticks j
are secured in holes bored up a certain distance into the ends, whilst the other ends
are secured either in a similar manner or by a part of the end being halved as
indicated by side sectional view in Fig. 4. so as to form a clamp for clamping the
other ends of the sticks in grooves or recesses 7 partially formed in each half of the
clamp, to receive them and which are secured together by ordinary screws.
instead of being clamped together as aforesaid the ends of the sticks may be
squared at one extremity and secured in a groove m formed, as illustrated by side
view Fig. 5. and sectional view Fig. 6 in the wooden frame n.
Or
In the case of an open bottom, the sticks are similarly secured either in the
wooden ends or sides of the frame. The bottom so constructed being bored through
to receive the ends of the bolts herein before described and by which means the said
bottom is secured in position. This construction affords facility for making the
bottoms interchangeable and thus of being easily and cheaply renewed.
By this mode of construction staking and scalloming are dispensed with and also
the bordering at the top of the skip.

page_text: The improvements although described in reference to basket skips are equally
applicable to hampers and other similar articles.
I make no claim to top bars or rails which are not tongued or halved together at
the corners and thus made into a more or less rigid frame.
Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:-
1st The improved manufacture of baskets skips hampers and other similar
articles substantially as hereinbefore described.
2nd Constructing the top edge of skips or hampers of a wooden or other frame
tongued together and secured in position substantially as and for the purposes
herein before described and illustrated on the accompanying drawing.
3rd The improved construction of bottoms of skips and other similar articles and
mode of affixing whereby the same are rendered interchangeable and easily renew-
able, substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore described and illustrated on
the accompanying drawing.