Improvements in or relating to Straps for Boxes and the like.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Feb., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 31st Oct., 1898-Accepted, 3rd Dec., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Straps for Boxes and the like.
I, ADOLF CURT HORST VON KANIG, of No. 16, Fidicin Strasse, Berlin, in the
German Empire, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
The present invention relates to a device for facilitating the smooth packing
and holding together of layers of clothes or the like in boxes or other similar
receptacles by means of straps or belts.
In boxes with internal straps of the usual construction the inconvenience occurs
that the strapping down of the contents by means of the straps can only be effected
without injurious compression at the edges if the said straps are attached exactly
at the same height to which the contents of the box extend. Thus, for instance,
if the straps are fixed about half way up the box they are no use if the contents
do not reach up to the level thereof, whereas on the other hand a very considerable
squeezing at the corners occurs when the box is quite full. When the said straps
are fastened to the bottom of the box, which is sometimes necessary, especially in
the case of light boxes in which basket work is used for the sides, the cross pieces
whereof do not possess the necessary strength for holding the straps, in this case
again a severe squeezing is caused in places, whilst other parts remain uncom-
pressed.
In order to overcome these drawbacks I make use of flat bars which are placed
upon the clothing or the like, and underneath the straps. The straps aforesaid
are fixed to the bottom of the box, and owing to the flat bars they are always
kept in the proper position no matter what height the contents possess. The said
bars are preferably formed so that the straps are held securely between their end
projections.
In addition to this, sliding pieces might be added which would further ensure
the security of the straps. Or the sliding pieces might be formed of clastic
material so that the buckles or straps could also be pushed through them.
The invention therefore consists essentially in the provision of the aforesaid flat
bars placed below the straps, and upon the clothes or the like to be compressed,
so that at any desired height of the contents a thoroughly reliable holding together
of the clothes or the like can be obtained without injurious pressure on the edges
thereof.
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I, ADOLF CURT HORST VON KANIG, of No. 16, Fidicin Strasse, Berlin, in the
German Empire, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and
[Price 8d.]

page_text: in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
The present invention relates to a device for facilitating the smooth packing
and holding together of layers of clothes or the like or other similar
receptacles by means of straps or belts. The improvements consist of flat bars
which are put on the packed clothes under the straps in order to stretch the latter.
In boxes with internal straps of the usual construction the inconvenience occurs
that the strapping down of the contents by means of the straps can only be effected
without injurious compression at the edges if the said straps are attached exactly
at the same height to which the contents of the box extend.
The accompanying drawing shows diagrammatically a removable trunk-box
in cross section.
In Figure 1 the straps are fixed half way up the box. In this case they are of
use if the contents do not reach up to the level thereof, whereas on the other hand
a very considerable squeezing at the edges of the clothes occurs when the box is
quite full, the spaces a remaining unoccupied.
In Figure 2 the said straps are fastened to the bottom of the box, which is
sometimes necessary, especially in the case of light boxes in which basket work
is used for the sides, the cross pieces whereof do not possess the necessary strength
for holding the straps; in this case again severe squeezing is caused, whilst the
spaces are empty.
In order to overcome these drawbacks I make use of flat bars c which are
placed upon the clothing or the like, and underneath the straps as shewn in
Figures 3 and 4.
The straps aforesaid are fixed to the bottom of the box, and owing to the flat
bars c they are always kept in their proper position no matter to what height.
the contents extend. The greater the height of the contents the nearer the buckle
approaches to the right. The said bars are preferably formed so that the straps
are held securely between their end projections d as shewn in Figure 5.
In addition to this, sliding pieces e (Figures 5 and 6) might be added which
further ensure the security of the straps. Or the sliding pieces might be formed
of elastic material so that the buckles or straps could also be pushed through
them.
The invention therefore consists essentially in the provision of the aforesaid
flat bars e placed below the straps and upon the clothes or the like to be compressed,
so that at any desired height of the contents a thoroughly reliable holding together
of the clothes or the like can be obtained without injurious pressure on the edges
thereof.
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:
Device for stretching the straps of boxes characterized by flat bars, which are
put on the packed clothes and are secured in their position by the straps placed
upon said bars, the said bars being provided with shoulders, projections or sliding
pieces, substantially as herein before set forth and described.
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W. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
322, High Holborn, London, W.C., Patent Agents for the Applicant,