An Improved Fastening for Uniting the Parts of Wooden Boxes or other Articles, and for other Purposes of the like kind.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Oct., 1893-Accepted, 2nd Dec., 1893
An Improved Fastening for Uniting the Parts of Wooden Boxes or
other Articles, and for other Purposes of the like kind.
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I, BERNHARD KALISCHER, Engineer, of 16, Bäcker-strasse, Hamburg, in the
Empire of Germany, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement and accompanying drawing, that is to say :—
This invention has for its object an improved metal fastening for fastening
together the parts of wooden boxes or packing cases, securing bungs in casks, or
for uniting together the parts of other articles of wood, and other purposes of the
like kind.
In the accompanying drawing, which is in illustration of my invention,
Figure 1 is a perspective view of one form of the improved fastening.
Figure 2 is a perspective view of a somewhat modified form of the fastening.
Figure 3 illustrates the application of the invention to wooden boxes, and
Figure 4 shews its application for securing bungs in casks.
A narrow strip a of steel, iron, or other suitable metal, has punched out at both
ends, as shewn in Figure 1, one or more pointed pieces the ends of which remain
attached to the strip a, whilst their pointed ends b are turned downward at right
angles.
These pointed ends serve instead of the nails ordinarily used, whilst their upper
ends remain united with the strip a.
With the improved fastening, it is not necessary to give one or more blows with
a hammer to each nail, in order to unite two pieces of wood, but a single light blow
upon each end of the strip is sufficient to drive the points in together.
In Figure 2, the pointed ends are punched from the sides and ends, instead of
the middle, of the strip a.
For fastening the lid upon a box, as illustrated in Figure 3, one end of the
improved fastening is driven into the side c of the box, and the lid d being fitted
in its place the other end of the fastening is bent over and its points driven into
the lid.
Moreover, as illustrated in Figure 3, the improved fastening can be easily used
for uniting together two parts of the wood which may have been split or broken, the
points at one end of the fastening being driven into the wood at one side of the
crack, and those at the other end into the other side of the crack.
In order to secure bungs in casks, as illustrated in Figure 4, the fastening is fitted
across the bung, and the points at both ends are driven by a light blow into the head
of the cask at each side of the bung.
The improved fastening may evidently be used for a great number of purposes, in
which it is desired to unite two pieces of wood.
By my invention the union of the two parts connected is firmly and easily effected
so that they cannot separate, whilst the fastening can be very readily removed by
the use of any suitable tool.
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 :-
The fastening consisting of a metal strip a having formed at each end bent down
points b, serving as nails, their ends remaining connected with the strip a, for the

page_text: purpose of fixing lids to boxes, and uniting separate pieces of wood, or the sides of
cracks, securing bungs in casks, and other purposes of the like kind, substantially as
described and illustrated.
Dated this 28th day of October 1893.
EDWARDS & Co.,
35, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.