An Improved Water-tight Packing Case or Box.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Dec., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 21st Apr., 1890-Accepted 24th May, 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Water-tight Packing Case or Box.
JORJE ANCIZAR 34 Princess Street Manchester Merchant do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A watertight packing case made as follows. The outside of this case is made of
wood & the said case is lined inside with a water-proof cloth the invention being that
the waterproof cloth is so overlapped at the edges or joints of the case, as to make a
perfectly watertight package after the various pieces are nailed together. This is an
entirely new way of lining cases, the cases up to now having been made first &
the waterproof cloth simply placed in afterwards, whereas in the case of my invention
the box or case & the lining are fastened together at the same time, thus ensuring
perfectly watertight joints.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Water-tight Packing Case or Box.
I, JORJE ANOIZAR, of 34, Princess Street, Manchester, 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 mode of lining a packing case so as to render
the same water-tight, particularly at the joints.
Heretofore in lining packing cases, it has been usual to insert the lining of water-
proof fabric after the case has been put together and before the lid is applied, but this
method is troublesome and does not render the case water-tight or effectually exclude
moisture from the contents, that is to say does not prevent wet from entering the
joints of the case and working its way through those of the lining.
This Invention consists in covering the bottom, sides, ends, and lid, of the box with
waterproof material before the same are fastened together to form a box, the material
being applied over the inner surfaces and also overlapping so much of the edges of
the said parts as abut together at the joints so that when the parts are put together,
the joints will be made by the clamping together of the surfaces of the waterproof
material and not by wood abutting directly against wood. There is thus a double
thickness of waterproof material in each joint, these two thicknesses being pressed
together face to face by the nails or screws that hold the parts of the box together, so
that a perfectly water-tight joint is made not only between the different parts of the
lining but also between the parts of the casing itself.
I have illustrated the invention in the accompanying drawings, forming part of this
specification, wherein figure 1 is a perspective view, shewing the top, bottom, sides,
and ends of the box, separated; and figure 2 is a cross-section of the box.
A is the top, B the bottom, CO the sides, and D D the ends, of an ordinary wooden
packing case. The top A and bottom B are simply covered with tarred canvas, or
other waterproof fabric, over the inner face, to which the cloth is nailed. The
sides Care similarly covered, but the cloth overlaps and is nailed to the top and
bottom edges, whilst the ends D are similarly covered, the cloth overlapping and
being nailed to all four edges. Or the overlapping of the cloth at the edges of the
parts may be varied according as the parts are put together, provided always that the
margins of the two pieces of cloth which are to be united are superposed face to face
and clamped between the joints of the wood-work when the parts are nailed together

page_text: to make a packing case in the usual way. The efficiency of the joint for the exclusion
of water is improved by the fact that the abutting surfaces of the lining are sufficiently
tacky" to become cemented.together under the pressure of the wood.
"
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to he performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
• The herein-described method of lining a packing case, which consists in covering
the inner surfaces and butting or joint edges of the several sides or members-with
waterproof material before erecting the same into a box, so that when put together
the margins of the several pieces of lining will be clamped together face to face on
the joints of the box, substantially as specified.
J. ANCIZAR..
By A. M. & Win. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Patent Agents.