Improvements in Collapsable Boxes or Packing-cases.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Mar., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 19th Dec., 1890-Accepted, 14th Feb., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Collapsable Boxes or Packing-cases.
I, WILLIAM QUINE, Junior, of Nunnery Roller Mill, Douglas, Isle of Man,
Corn Merchant and Miller, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:
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The object of my invention is to provide a collapsible box or packing case, which
when not required for use may be easily taken to pieces and packed up in a very
small space.
The invention relates essentially to the means for attaching the sides and ends
together and to the bottom, and consists in connecting these various parts together
by means of screw threaded hooks, screwed into one part and engaging screw
threaded eyes screwed into one of the other parts. The hooks and eves are of
different threads, one being right handed and the other left handed. When the
parts are put into place so that the hooks are engaged with the eyes, a half turn,
more or less, is given by any suitable means to the hooks and eyes, which will
bind the parts firmly together. Slots are cut in the sides and ends, so that when
the hooks or eyes, as the case may be, are screwed into these parts, they will not
project beyond the surface of the part to which they are applied, while the hooks
or eyes with which they engage can enter such slots, thus permitting the edge of
one part to abut against the surface of the part to which it is connected.
The slots to receive the hooks and eyes, may be cut either right through the
board or only partially through same from the inside, or strips of wood may be
fastened on the inside of the boards and the slots cut therein, instead of in the sides
or ends. In the case where the slots are cut right through the boards, battens may
be fastened on the outside of the box, to cover up such slots and prevent the hooks
and eyes being tampered with.
The top or lid may be fastened or secured to the box in any suitable manner,
such as by means of angle pieces of hoop iron or other suitable material, which
when the lid is removed and the box taken to pieces, may also serve to secure the
different parts of the collapsed box together.
When desired to take the box to pieces the lid is first removed, a half turn, more
or less, given to the hooks and eyes, so that the sides and ends may readily be
detached from one another and from the bottom of the box, and the parts may be
packed together, one on the other, thus occupying the minimum amount of space.
Dated this 20th day of March 1890.
ALLISON BROS.,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Collapsable Boxes or Packing-cases.
I WILLIAM QUINE Junior of Nunnery Roller Mills Douglas in the Isle of Man
Corn Merchant and Miller, 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:—
The object of my invention is to provide a collapsible box or packing case which
when not required for use may be easily and expeditiously taken to pieces and
packed up into a space equal to the combined thickness of its sides ends bottom
and lid.
The invention relates essentially to the means of attaching or securing the sides

page_text: ends and bottom of the collapsible box or packing case together and in order that
the said means may be fully understood and so that my present invention may be
readily carried into effect I will proceed to describe the same by the aid of the
accompanying drawings which are to be taken as mere typical illustrations of the
application of the principle of my invention and not as the only and final form of a
box or packing case to which said invention may be applied.
Fig. 1 is a cross sectional elevation Fig. 2 a longitudinal elevation and Fig. 3 a
side elevation of my improved collapsible box or packing case.
Fig. 4 is a side view of said box or case when collapsed or closed and packed
into a space equal to the combined thickness of its sides ends bottom and lid.
Fig. 5 is an elevation and Fig. 6 a plan in detail and on an enlarged scale of the
threaded hooks and eyes I employ for securing the parts or sides ends and bottom
together and Fig. 7a side elevation and Fig. 8 a front view of my improved
fastener which I employ for the purpose of attaching or fastening the lid to the box
or packing case as shown at Figs. 1, 2 and 3 and also for the purpose of a holder
for the sides ends bottom and lid when the said box or packing case is collapsed or
packed together as shown at Fig. 4.
Like letters of reference denote corresponding parts in each view.
Referring to Figs. 1, 2 and 3 the sides a ends a² and bottom a³ of box A are
secured together by means of the threaded or screwed hooks B being secured into
the ends a² and sides a¹ and engaging with the threaded or screwed eyes C which
are screwed into the sides a' and bottom a³.
The said hooks B and eyes C are of different threads cach hook B having a
right handed thread and each eye C has a left handed thread c² as shown
at Figs. 5 and 6 and it will be obvious that the said threads may be arranged vice
versa.
In fitting the said box or packing case A together in accordance with my present
invention the two sides a are first placed in position at right angles upon the
bottom a³ the ends of the hooks B coming in position so as to pass through the
eyes C subsequently the ends a² are placed in position at right angles to
the bottom as the ends of the hooks B passing through the eyes C. The four sides
and bottom of my improved packing case or box are now in proper position and it
needs only to give either a half turn or more or less by means of a nail or other
suitable instrument to the several hooks B and eves C when the said sides ends and
bottom of box or packing case A will close firmly together by reason of the threads
on the screw hooks B being in the opposite direction to the threads on the screw
hooks C so that the mere turning of them both simultaneously in the same direction
either screws them further into or draws them away from the said sides ends and
bottom as will be well understood. The more therefore the said eyes and hooks
are screwed into the sides ends and bottom the tighter these parts close together.
The eyes C and hooks B are preferably screwed into battens at which are nailed
or otherwise secured to the sides a' and ends a² and with reference to the bottom a³
of box A the said battens at are secured to the underside of the same. By means
of the said battens a' upon the sides and ends suitable slots a' are formed in which
the projecting parts of the eyes C and hooks B are situated and are prevented
thereby coming in the way of the goods packed in said box or case A and also from
being tampered with.
The lid is preferably secured to the rest of the box A by means of the
angle piece E composed preferably of hoop iron or steel and the same piece E
also serves to secure the ends bottom sides and lid of the box or case when the
same is collapsed or packed together as shown at Fig. 4.
When desired to take the box to pieces the lid a is first removed then a half
turn or more or less is given to the several hooks 13 and eyes C in order to bring
the same into position so that the sides ends or bottom having the hooks B may
be removed from the sides ends or bottom. having the eyes C. After taking the
lid sides ends and bottom apart as described they are placed one upon the other
in the manner shown at Fig. 4 so as to take up when, in, said collapsed condition a

page_text: minimum amount of space and they are then securely held together by means of
the fastenings E and are ready for transit.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
1. In collapsible boxes or packing cases the use of eyes C and hooks B con-
structed with opposite thread screws substantially as described and for the purpose
specified.
2. In collapsible boxes or packing cases the use of the angle pieces E con-
structed in the manner illustrated at Figs. 7 and 8 and used for the purpose
specified.
3. A collapsible box or packing case constructed combined and arranged sub-
stantially as described or any mere modification thereof.
Dated this 18th day of December 1890
H. F. BOUGHTON, M.I. Mech. E.,
London, Sheffield, and Barnsley, Agent.