IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF PACKING CASES
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Donald Nicoll of 19 Devereux Court Strand in the City
of Westminstor one of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the County of
Middlesex for an invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF
PACKING CASES
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Donald Nicoll at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 6th April 1882.
DONALD NICOLL of 19 Devereux Court Strand in the City of Westminster one
of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the County of Middlesex "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF PACKING CASES
"
The object of my Invention is the construction of lighter and stronger packages
than have hitherto been made for use in the transmission of goods especially through
Her Majesty's and foreign post offices having International relations.
My Invention consists in forming parts of or shells for packing cases of any
suitable substances by preference of carton pierre or papier maché stiffened or made
waterproof by laquer or varnish hardened by heat or otherwise made waterproof
and hardened so as not materially to add to the weight of the cases which are to
be of suitable dimensions and forms but by preference tubular in shape and open
at each end, and of dimensions corresponding with the Post Office regulations in
respect to the transmission of Parcels through the Post Offices of Great Britain and
those of other countries having International relations,
My Invention consists further in canes split down their centres being bent and
fastened by any of the known methods so as to cause them permanently to assume
the sectional shapes of the cases over which the canes are slipped and permanently
fixed thereto and at distances so as to form strengthening bands or outer ribs in
order to resist exterior pressure upon the material used to form the shell of such
cases and consequently to protect the contents of same.
My Invention further consists in the formation of caps of the same material used
for the shell of the cases on to the open ends of which the said caps are made to
fit closely and the outer edge of such caps slightly to overlap the same and will also
have cane facings for strengthening the same

page_text: For large cases to be used otherwise than for Post Office Parcels the caps are
minde of hard wood or of metal and by preference these are formed with projecting
ridges or lips so as when fitted on such ridges or lips become level with the
surfaces of the projecting canes formning the strengthening bands upon the cases
hereinbefore described thus rendering the entire case more rigid and capable of
resisting a greater amount of outer pressure and further to protect their contents
during the course of transit the overlapping parts of the caps herein before described
is further assisted in making the cases air tight and waterproof-by means of
bands of paper or linen glued or gummined on the side proposed to be applied to the
joints of juncture of the caps and cases hereinbefore described and the said paper
or linen bands will serve for direction labels which on being carefully cut through
such will enable these improved packing cases to be again employed with great
advantage and economy.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions O
the said Donald Nicoll in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 28th September
1882.
DONALD NICOLL of 19 Devereux Court Strand in the City of Westminster one
of Her Majesty's Justices of Poace for the County of Middlesex IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE CONSTRUCTION OF PACKING CASES
The object of my Invention is the construction of lighter and stronger packages
than have hitherto been made for use in the transmission of goods especially through
Her Majesty's and Foreign Post Offices having International relations.
My Invention consists in forming parts of or shells for packing cases of any
suitable substance by preference of carton pierre or paper maché softened or made
waterproof by lacquer or varnish hardened by heat or otherwise mado waterproof
and hardened so as not materially to add to the weight of the cases which are to
be of suitable dimensions and forms but by preference tubular in shape and open
at each end, and of dimensions corresponding with the post office regulations in
respect to the transmission of parcels through the Post Offices of Great Britain and
those of other countries having International relations.
My Invention consists further in canes split down their contres being bent and
fastened by any of the known methods so as to cause them permanently to assume
the sectional shapes of the cases over which the canes are slipped and permanently
fixed thereto and at distances so as to form strengthening bands or outer ribs in
order to resist exterior pressure upon the material used to form the shell of such
cases and consequently the contents of same.
My Invention further consists in the formation of caps of the same material used
for the shell of the cases on to the open ends of which the said caps are made to
fit closely and slightly to overlap the same and will also have cane facings for
strengthening the same.
For large cases to be used otherwise than for post office parcels the caps are
made of hard wood or of metal and by preference these are formed with projecting
ridges or lips so as when fitted on such ridges or lips become level with the surfaces
of the projecting canes forming the strengthening bands upon the cases heroin before
described thus rendering the entire caso more rigid and capable of resisting &
greater amount of outer pressure and further to protect their contents during the
course of transit the overlapping parts of the caps hereinbefore described is further
assisted in making the cases airtight and waterproof by means of bands of paper or
linen glued or gummed on the side proposed to be applied to the points of juncture
and of the caps and cases hereinbefore described the said paper or linen bands will
serve for direction labels which on being carefully cut through such will enable
these improved packing cases to be again employed with great advantage and
economy.
Having thus described the nature of the said Invention and the manner in
which it may be carried into effect I wish it to be understood that I do not confine
myself to the exact details of construction as herein described reserving the right
to modify the same but what I claim as my invention and desire to be secured by
the herein before in part recited letters patent is :-
First-The manufacturing of packing cases of suitable materials as hereinbefore
described or as being best adapted for transmission by the parcels post.
Secondly. The manufacturing of bands or outer ribs of cane or other suitable

page_text: substances capable in the manner described of resisting great pressure upon the
lighter substances of which the remainder of the cases are constructed. In witness
whereof the said Donald Nicoll have horeunto set my hand and seal this fourth
day of September in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and
eighty two:
DONALD NICOLL (L.s.)