An Improvement in Hinges, also applicable as a Connection for Collapsible Boxes.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Oct., 1892-Accepted, 5th Nov., 1892
An Improvement in Hinges, also applicable as a Connection for
Collapsible Boxes.
I, WILLIAM VALENTINE LEONARD Ashton House Kingston Crescent
Portsmouth Gentleman, 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 relates to an improved form of hinge or connection for boxes,
doors and other purposes, and which may also be applied to the construction of
collapsible boxes.
In carrying out my invention the hinge is formed from two strips of metal or
other material, bent or shaped into such a form, and situated so, that one part
engages with the other, and can be turned over on it without becoming disengaged.
When the hinges are to be connected together, one is slidden into the other from
one end, thereby causing the bent edges to engage with each other, the hinge
being disconnected by simply sliding the two sections apart. As applied to tin or
other metal boxes, the back, to which the lid is to be attached, is bent over at the
top, and the back of the lid is also bent into a corresponding shape so that one
part may be slidden into the other.
The hinge may extend for the whole length of the box, or projecting parts
may be formed on the back and lid, which are bent or formed into the requirel
shape.
In the case of wooden boxes, doors and other articles, the hinges are preferably
separate and are screwed or otherwise fixed in the required position. Each side
of the box may be formed in a similar manner, or provided with connections of
the form described, so that they are all connected together by simply sliding one
part within the other, and disconnected by withdrawing one from the other. The
curved parts would, of course, require to be at two or more ends of each side,
instead of at one as in the lid. The box could thus be readily put together or
taken apart, when desired, the lid when fixed causing the sides to be secured in
position firmly. One of the parts of the hinge may be formed with one end
closed, so that the other part cannot slide through, but will rest against the end,
thereby causing the parts to be connected more securely.
In wooden boxes or boxes of other material than metal, the hinges may also be
formed in one with the sides and lid, if desired, but in most cases separate hinges
of metal will be employed for the sake of strength.
In order that the invention may be more clearly understood, reference is had to
the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which
Figs. 1 and 2 are vertical sections, and Fig. 3 is a plan, of a box fitted with lid
and hinge of my improved construction.
Fig. 4 is a section of a hinge.
Fig. 5 is a plan of a box or other article with separate hinges.
Figs. 6 and 7 are detail views and Fig. 8 is a section of a box, all the sides of
which are fastened together by means of this connection.
Referring to Figs. 1, 2 and 3, A. is the back of the box, the upper end of which
is turned over or bent into the curved part B, the lid C being also shaped at D to
correspond so that one part may be slipped within the other as shown, and the
lid raised, as in Fig. 2, without disengaging the parts. In this arrangement,
applicable to tin, cardboard and other boxes, the hinge is formed in one with the
back and top of the box, thus saving the trouble of attaching a separate hinge.
As shown in Fig. 3, the whole length of the box is utilized, but two or more hinges
may be formed in a similar manner.

page_text: The hinge shown in Fig. 4 is applicable to wooden boxes, doors and other
articles where separate hinges are required, the parts being fixed in place by means
of the flat strips, B₁ and D', by screws or otherwise.
Fig. 6 shows the part B provided with a closed end b, which is preferably
employed when small hinges are used in order to prevent the other part from
slipping through.
In Fig. 7 the parts are similarly formed but reversed in position, the lid part
being within the other.
According to Fig. 8 the sides E of the box are each formed with curved ends B',
the ends of one sliding within the other, as in the case of the hinges above
described.
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) A hinge or connection consisting of parts B and D, so formed as to
engage one with the other, substantially in the manner described and shown.
(2) A hinge formed of two metal parts B and D, bent into a spiral form, so
that one part can be slidden into the other and engage with it, fixed to a box,
door or other article by means of the strips B' and D', substantially as described
and shown in Fig. 4.
(3) A hinge formed of two metal parts B and D bent into a spiral form, one
of which is provided with a closed end b, as shown in Fig. 6, substantially as
described and for the purposes specified.
(4) A box having the back A and lid C bent into forms B and D at top and
back respectively, forming binges connected together by slipping one into the
other, from the ends, substantially as described and shown.
(5) A box having the sides E, connected together by curved ends B³, one
curved part slipping into another and engaging therewith, substantially as described
and illustrated in Fig. 8.
Dated this 1st day of October 1892.
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.