Improvements relating to the Lids and Fastenings of Packing Cases.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd July, 1898-Accepted, 17th Sept.,
1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to the Lids and Fastenings of Packing Cases.
I, HERMANN STEINBERG, Manufacturer, of Dammstrasse, 6, Dusseldorf, in the
German Empire, 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:-
This invention has for its object, to provide better means for fastening the lids
of wooden packing cases, than the nails and screws hitherto employed.
The crossbars of the lid have recesses, either in the middle or on the side, so
as to afford room and support for the bolts, which may be made of flat iron, round
or otherwise shaped iron bars.
Instead of a lid and cross bars with recesses as described, two lids may be placed
one above the other, so as to afford room for the bolts, viz. a main lid and an upper
lid, which is fixed to the main lid and affords room for the bolts.
The said bolts are slotted for the reception of screws, nails, hooks, or other
metallic fasteners.
In the accompanying drawings:
Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section of a packing case embodying my invention:
Fig. 2 is a plan of the same; Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section after removal of the
lid; Fig. 4 is. a plan of the lid corresponding to Fig. 3, but showing only one
wooden crossbar; Fig. 5 is a cross section through one of the ends of the case
shown in Fig. 1; Figs. 6, 7 and 8 represent a modification; Figs. 9 to 12 represent
another modification.
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In Figs. 1 to 5 each lid has two flat bolts b, extending from one end of the lid
to the other, and adapted to engage at its slotted ends with nails c fixed in the
edge of the box, one end of the bolt being straight, while the other is bent down
at right angles. On the bent side of the bolt, the slot has a circular enlargement,
for allowing the nail head to pass through. The wooden cross bar a through
which the bolt passes from end to end, has at each end a recess for the nail head."
After the lid and bolt have been placed in their closing position represented by
Fig. 1. the bolt is secured by means of a screw d which passes through a hole in
the middle of its length and through the wooden crossbar.
For opening the case, it is necessary, to take out the screw from the centre of
the crossbar, then to draw the bolt at the bent extremity, until the circular part
of the slot coincides with the nailhead, and then to lift the lid.
In Figs. to 12 each wooden crossbar a is provided with a pair of bolts 6 placed
in line opposite each other, as shown by Figs. 7 or 10. One end of each bolt is
bent upward and the other downward. The bolts are guided in the crossbar, so
that they can be drawn towards each other, until their ends are in contact. or
drawn apart into the position represented by Fig. 7, for which purpose the crossbar
has in the middle of its length a recess o. In Figs. 6 to 8, each bolt is perforated
or slotted so as to engage with a hook c screwed into the edge of the case, as repre-
sented by Fig. 7.
The bent inner ends are also perforated, so that each pair can be tied together

page_text: by means of a string or wire d, which may then be provided with a lead seal, as
represented by Fig. 8.
In Figs. 9 to 12, the two bolts b, b1 of each pair are unequal, one being hinged
at its bent extremity to a metallic staple c fixed in the middle of the side of the
box, while the other is bent inward at its extremity, so as to enter a hole in the
side of the case.
One bolt 6 thus serves as a hinge. piece for securing the lid to the box, and is
not capable of sliding in the wooden crossbar a, while the other bolt b¹ is only
capable of sliding in the crossbar a and the two bolts serve not only for fixing the
lid upon the box, but also as stays or braces for .holding the sides of the box
together.
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
1. A packing case having metallic fasteners, such as nails or hooks, secured to
the sides of the case, and movable bolts situated underneath the crossbars of the
lid or between the main lid and an upper lid and adapted to engage with the said
fasteners, substantially as described.
2. A packing case lid having bolts arranged in pairs opposite each other and
provided with heads or bends adapted to engage with hooks, nails or screws, fixed
to the sides of the case, the said bolts being guided in suitable recesses of the lid
or of the crossbars and adapted to be drawn towards each other, substantially
as described.
3. A packing case lid having bolts situated in recesses opposite each other,
and adapted to be drawn against each other, one end of each bolt being bent down
over the side of the case, while the other end is provided with a locking device,
so that the bolts serve not only to fasten the lid, but also to hold the sides together,
substantially as described.
4. A packing case lid having bolts situated in recesses opposite each other, one
bolt of each pair being secured to the lid and capable of turning on its extremity,
while the other is only capable of sliding in and out, substantially as described.
5. The various means for fastening the lids of packing cases, as described and
shown by the drawings.
Dated this 2nd day of July 1898,
FAIRFAX & WETTER,
Agents, 37 and 39, Essex Street, Strand, London.