Year: 1884

page_text: WILLIAM HIGHFIELD JONES and BENJAMIN JONES, Manufacturers, Ablow Street,
Wolverhampton, trading as Jones Brothers and Company, Wolverhampton, do
hereby declare the nature of their invention for METALLIC BOXES to be as
follows:-
Hitherto there has been a great difficulty in fixing castors wheels or rollers to
light Metallic Boxes. In consequence of the metal giving way when filled with
goods, the pressure on the castors wheels or rollers, causing the bottom of the box
to bulge inwards or indent, thus preventing the castors wheels or rollers from
working. To remedy this we claim the following improvements in the construction
of Metallic and other Boxes. The improvement consists of fixing underneath the
Metallic Box two four or more wheels rollers or castors on wood bars, This is done
by the wheels castors or rollers being securely screwed or otherwise fixed on the
wood bars. The wood bars are secured underneath the Metallic Box by being fixed
into sunk grooves in the bottom of the box. The wood bars are further secured
by strong metallic caps at each end which are riveted on the ends and bottom of
the box.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
We WILLIAM HIGHFIELD JONES, and BENJAMIN JONES, trading as Jones
Brothers and Co, of Ablow Street, Wolverhampton, in the County of Stafford,
Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of our invention for AN IMPROVED
METHOD OF FIXING ROLLERS, CASTORS, WHEELS, OR THE LIKE TO METALLIC
AND OTHER BOXES, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
Hitherto there has been a great difficulty in fixing rollers, castors, or wheels to
light Metallic Boxes, in consequence of the metal giving way, when filled with

page_text: goods, the pressure on the rollers, castors or wheels, causing the bottom of the box
to bulge inwards, or indent the same, thus preventing the rollers, castors, or wheels,
from working. To remedy this we claim the following improvements, in the
construction of Metallic and other Boxes. The improvement consists of fixing
underneath the Metallic Box, two, four, or more rollers, castors, or wheels, on wood
bars. This is done by the rollers, castors, or wheels, being securely screwed or
otherwise fixed on the wood bars. The wood bars are secured underneath the
Metallic Box, by being fixed into sunk grooves in the bottom of the box. The
wood bars are further secured by strong metallic caps, at each end, which are
rivetted on the ends and bottom of the box. If only two rollers, castors, or wheels,
are used, they would be fixed, as before described, in the centre of the bars, on the
bottom of the box, so that if either of the ends of the box were depressed, the box
would be easily rolled along.
Referring to the accompanying drawing, it represents a box, made with our
Improvements. The rollers, castors, or wheels, are fixed underneath the box on
wood bars as shewn at A. A. A. A. This is done by the rollers, castors or wheels,
being securely screwed or otherwise fixed on the wood bars marked B. B. The
wood bars, B. B. are secured underneath the Metallic Box, by being fixed into sunk
grooves, in the bottom of the box. The wood bars B. B. are further secured by
strong metallic caps, marked C. C. C. C, at each end, which are rivetted on the ends
and bottom of the box, as shewn at C. C. C. C
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is
1st A Metallic Box with two, four, or more rollers, castors, or wheels, fixed
underneath the bottom of the box, on wood bars, substantially as hereinbefore
described.
2nd The wood bars which are secured underneath the Metallic Box, by being
fixed into sunk grooves in the bottom of the box, as hereinbefore described.
3rd The metallic caps, which are rivetted, on the ends and bottom of the box, in
order to further secure the wood bars as herein before described.
Dated this 10th day of June 1885.
WILLIAM HIGHFIELD JONES.
BENJAMIN JONES.