IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO MEANS FOR SECURING THE LIDS OR COVERS OF PACKING CASES OR BOXES
Year: 1885

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I, EDGAR HARRY LAWTON, of 38 Trinity Square, in the County of Middlesex,
Merchant do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS
RELATING TO MEANS FOR SECURING THE LIDS OR COVERS OF PACKING CASES OR
BOXES" to be as follows:-
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My Invention relates to novel means for securing the lids or covers on packing
cases or boxes such as are used by wine merchants and others.
Heretofore the lids or covers of packing cases or boxes have ordinarily been
secured by nailing or screwing them in place in which operations much time and
labour are necessarily expended. Moreover the removal of a lid or cover which
has been so fastened is sometimes very inconvenient By my invention I provide
for securing the lids or covers in a very simple and convenient manner. For this
purpose I provide the box or case and its lid or cover with devices so formed and
relatively arranged that by the act of placing the lid upon the box the said devices
will engage with each other and will afford the means for securing the lid or cover
in its place and for permitting its ready removal therefrom.
The devices on the box or case are metal hooks or catches and those on the lid
or cover are small metal pieces which may be termed staples, so formed and
arranged relatively to the said hooks that when the lid or cover is placed on the
box the hooks will lie in front of the said staples and a slight endwise movement
of the lid will cause the hooks to engage with the said staples and draw the lid or
cover into close contact with the box,
The said staples are formed with a cross bar and two prongs; the said prongs
are driven through the lid or cover and clinched. The cross bar has a bevelled
edge and is preferably arranged in an inclined position so as to permit the
corresponding hook on the box to pass freely over and engage with it. The hook
is pointed and bevelled to further facilitate its engagement with the staple and is
formed with a shank which is driven tightly into the box or case.
I use any
suitable number of the above devices according to the size of the box or case and
the nature of its contents. The said hooks project slightly above the surface of the
sides and ends of the box and the lid or cover is grooved or channelled in the
vicinity of the aforesaid staples to form spaces into which the hooks project so that
when the lid or cover is properly in place it will fit closely all around the box or

page_text: case. When the books and staples are properly engaged with each other as above
described it will be impossible to raise the lid or cover from the box without
breaking some parts of the same or the fastening devices.
I provide for preventing the accidental disengagement of the hooks and staples
by inserting a screw at one end or side (or more than one screw if necessary)
through the cover into the box. This screw will not be liable to accidental
removal but can be very readily removed when the box has to be opened.
Instead of constructing the fastening devices with prongs or shanks to fix them
in place I sometimes find it more convenient to provide other means for this
purpose.
Dated this with day of Ton 100K
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
For the Applicant.

page_text: I, EDGAR HARRY LAWTON, of 38 Trinity Square, in the City of London, do
hereby declare the nature of my invention for "IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO
MEANS FOR SECURING THE LIDS OR COVERS OF PACKING CASES OR BOXES" and in.
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :—
My invention relates to novel means for securing the lids or covers on packing.
cases or boxes,
Heretofore such lids or covers have ordinarily been secured by nailing or
screwing them in place; which operations necessitate the expenditure of much
time and labour. Moreover the removal of a lid or cover which has been so
fastened is sometimes very inconvenient.
By my invention, I provide for securing the said lids or covers in a very simple
and convenient manner. For this purpose I provide the box or case and its lid or
cover with devices so formed and relatively arranged that, by placing the lid upon
the box and slightly moving it laterally or endwise thereon, the said devices will
be caused to engage with each other and the lid will be drawn into close contact
with the box. The said devices, therefore, afford the means for securing the lid or
cover in its place and for permitting its ready removal therefrom.
The devices on the box or case are metal hooks or catches, and those on the lid
or cover are small metal pieces which may be termed staples.
In the accompanying drawing, I have shewn a packing case or box provided
with my improvements.
Figure 1 is a plan of the said case or box with a portion of the lid or cover
removed.
Figure 2 is an inverted plan of the said lid or cover.
Figure 3 is a side elevation, partly in section, shewing the manner in which the
lid or cover is secured, and
Figures 4 and 5 shew, by side and end elevations, one of the aforesaid staples.
a indicates the box or case, and b the lid or cover thereof. c, c are the staples,
each of which is formed with a cross-bar c¹ and two prongs c², c³, as shewn in
Figures 4 and 5. These prongs are driven through the lid or cover as indicated by
dotted lines in Figure 3 and are clinched. d, d are the hooks, each of which is
formed with a shank d¹ which is driven tightly into the box or case. Each hook
is preferably slightly inclined, as shewn in Figure 3, to facilitate its engagement
with the staple and to ensure the drawing of the lid or cover into close contact
with the box when the said lid or cover is secured thereon.
I use any suitable number of the above described devices according to the size
of the box or case and the nature of its contents.
The hooks d project slightly above the surface of the sides of the box a, as
shewn, and the staples c are driven into the lid or cover b so that they are flush
with the underside thereof. The said lid or cover is grooved or channelled as at 6'
to form spaces into which the hooks will project, so that, when the lid or cover is

page_text: properly placed on the box, it will fit closely all around the same and the staples
will be in position to engage with the said hooks when the lid is moved endwise.
When the hooks and staples are engaged with each other, as shewn in Figure 3, it
will be impossible to raise the lid or cover from the box without breaking or
injuring some parts thereof or the fastening devices.
I provide for preventing the accidental disengagement of the hooks and staples
by inserting a screw f at one end or side (or more than one screw if necessary)
through the cover into the box. This screw will not be liable to accidental
removal, but can be very readily removed when the box has to be opened. Other
means may, however, be employed for the purpose of preventing the displacement
of the lid or cover.
If desired, a recess or cavity is formed in the upper side of the lid where the
screw is inserted, to permit a seal to be placed over the said screw to prevent
fraud.
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Instead of constructing the fastening devices with prongs or shanks to fix them
in place, I sometimes find it more convenient to provide other means for this
purpose.
Packing cases or boxes provided with my improvements can be very advan-
tageously used by wine-merchants and others.
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 improved means, substantially as described, whereby I provide for securing
a lid or cover upon a packing case or box by simply placing it thereon and slightly
moving it laterally or endwise, as above specified.
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HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
For the Applicant.