Improvements in and relating to Hinges for the Lids of Boxes.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Jan., 1890
Complete Specification Lelt, 24th Oct., 1890-Accepted, 29th Nov., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Hinges for the Lids of Boxes.
I, ARCHIBALD Hood, of 34 Garturk Street, Govanhill, Lanarkshire, Boxmaker, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to and comprises new or improved simple constructions
of hinges for the lids of boxes, such as boxes for holding fish, confectionery, bottles,
corn flour, and the like, and which will be stronger, less expensive, more convenient,
and useful than the hinges of boxes as heretofore constructed and used.
The improvements as applied to boxes in which half or part of the horizontal lid is
made stationary, and the other part hinged to fold up or over on it, for the filling or
emptying of the material from same, such as those used principally for packing fish,
or it might be for confectionery, bottles, and such like, consist in securing for each
hinge a piece of hoop iron or other metal on both the upper and lower surfaces of the
outer end of the stationary part of the lid, and bent or kneed up at the edge to form
a double flanged part. This duplex hoop iron would be secured to the stationary
part of the lid by nails or rivets, which would abut and be clenched against the metal
on the opposite surface of the wood to that in which they were inserted. The flanged
or kneed projecting part of the hoop iron would have a vertical hole or slit formed
through it, through which would pass a wire or narrow round or flat hand of steel or
other metal secured in the movable half or part of the lid. The inner end of the
movable part of the lid would in its horizontal closed down position rest under the
flanged part of the hoop iron against the edge of the fixed part of the lid, and the wire
would be secured by staples near the inner end and be carried along both surfaces of
the wood of the movable part of lid and clenched through and into the wood at its two
outer ends, and bent up round the inner end of the lid, with a looped or open part
above where it passes through the hole in the hoop iron, so that the movable part of
the lid can be lifted up and folded over on this hinge to lie flat above the stationary
part of the lid, without any danger of the hinge being broken, while this arrangement
of hinge acts as a stop and prevents the movable part of lid falling or being bent
below the horizontal line, when in its closed down position. For the larger sizes of
boxes a horizontul pin might be inserted through the hollow flanged part of the hoop
iron to give strength to the hinged pierced projection part; and two or more of these
new or improved hinges would be fitted parallel across the lids.
Under another arrangement of my improvements as applied to a lighter class of
boxes, such as those used for containing corn flour, starch, confectionery, and such
like, in which the whole of the top part is hinged to fold up or over on the upper part
of the vertical side of the box, for each hinge a duplex piece of tin or sheet metal of
an analogous shape to the hoop iron in the former arrangement, would be fitted on
the back of the vertical side and upper edge of the box, with the outer surface straight
and the flanged or projecting kneed part formed vertically with and above the top of
the back outside face of the box. This metal hoop part could be secured to the side
of the box by compressing holes or indentations through its inner ends before being
bent into shape, and afterwards compressed on to the two surfaces of the side of the
box, by pliers or otherwise, or the holes or indentations could be formed and the two
parts secured to the surfaces of the side of the box by pinches and a press under one
compressive action.
A wire would be carried along and secured in the inovable lid part of this box
analogous to that in the arrangement already described, only the open looped part
would be passed through a horizontal hole in the projecting flanged part at the back,
and the inner edge of the lid would rest on the upper inner flat edge of metal of the

page_text: flange in its closed down horizontal position, and the lid can be folded up and over to
the horizontal out position, the flanged part of the metal forming a stop for the hinge,
both in its horizontal folded down and horizontal folded up and out positions.
The hoop iron form of strong hinge described in the first arrangement is equally
applicable to hoxes where the whole lid folds up on its hinges, the hoop iron part
being secured to the back and upper edge of the box, and the wire or flattened wire
or narrow band part to the lid otherwise as hereinbefore described.
Dated the 22nd Tow 1800
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Hinges for the Lids of Boxes.
I, ARCHIBALD HOOD of 34 Garturk Street, Govanhill, Lanarkshire, Boxmaker, do
hereby declare the nature of my invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement in writing, reference being had to the accompanying sheet of drawings,
and to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say :-
My invention has reference to and comprises new or improved simple constructions
of hinges for the lids of boxes, such as boxes for holding fish, confectionery, bottles,
corn flour, and the like, and which will be stronger, less expensive, more convenient,
and useful than the hinges of boxes as heretofore constructed and used.
And in order that uy said invention and the manner of performing or carrying
the same into effect or practice may be properly understood, I have hereunto appended
an explanatory sheet of drawings in which the same reference letters are used to
indicate corresponding parts in all the figures where shown.
Figures 1 and 2 are a sectional elevation and a plan respectively of the upper
part A and lid A' A² of a box generally used for carrying fish and in which nearly
the half of the upper horizontal part or lid A¹ is made stationary and secured to the
top back part of the box A, and the other part A2 hinged to fold up and over on the
fixed half A, as fitted with one arrangement of my new or improved construction of
hinges in which the one or stationary part B of the hinge is formed of hoop iron, and
the other or movable part B2 of metal wire.
Figures 3 and 4 are a sectional elevation and back view respectively of the upper
part A and lid A2 of a box in which the whole lid A2 is made to hingo and fold over
on the top of the back part A of the box as fitted with another arrangement of my
improvements in which both hinges B, B2, are constructed of hoop iron with a jointing
link B3 between them. And Figures 5 and 6 are views similar to Figures 3 and 4 in
which both of my improved hinges B, B2, are constructed of metallic wire, and
specially suitable for light boxes made of thin wood.
Referring first to Figures 1 and 2 of these drawings.-The improvements as applied
to boxes A in which the half or part A' of the horizontal lid is made stationary, and
the other part A hinged to fold up or over on it,-for the filling or emptying of the
material from same, such as those used principally for packing fish, or it might be for
confectionery, bottles, and such like, consist in securing for each hinge a piece of
hoop iron or other metal B on both the upper and lower surfaces of the outer end of
the stationary part A' of the lid formed in one piece and bent or kneed up at the
hinged edge to form a double flanged part at B¹. This duplex hoop iron B is secured
to the stationary part A¹ of the lid by countersunk nails or rivets b, which would abut
and be clenched against the metal on the opposite surface of the wood to that in which
they were inserted. The flanged or kneed projecting part B' of the hoop iron B, has a
vertical hole or slit formed through it, through which passes the hoop or eye B, of a
wire or narrow round or flat band B of steel or other metal having its ends b² secured
in the upper and lower sides of the movable half, or part A2 of the lid. The inner
end of the movable part A² of the lid in its horizontal closed down position rests under

page_text: the flanged part B³ of the hoop iron B against the edge of the fixed part. A¹ of the
lid, and the wire B' is secured by staples clenched on the opposite sides, and the
ends of the wire B2 are carried along both surfaces A of the wood of the movable
part of lid and clenched through and into the wood at its two outer ends 62, and bent
up round the inner joint edge of the lid, with a loop or open eye part above at B
where it passes through the hole at B¹ in the hoop iron B, so that the movable part A³
of the lid can he lifted up and folded over on this hinge to lie flat above the stationary
part A' of the lid as shown in this position in dotted lines in Figure 1 without any
danger of the hinge being broken, while this arrangement of hinge acts as a stop and
prevents the movable part A2 of lid falling or being bent below the horizontal line,
when in its closed down position. For the larger sizes of boxes a horizontal pin
might be inserted through through the hollow flanged part B' of the hoop iron B to
give strength to the hinged pierced projection part B and although only one is
shown in Figures 1 and 2, two or more of these new or improved hinges B, B2,
might be fitted parallel across the lids A', A2, especially for the larger classes of
boxes.
The hoop iron form of strong hinge B B', described in reference to Figures 1 and 2,
is equally applicable to boxes where the whole lid A2 folds up on its hinges, as shown
in Figures 3 and 4, the hoop iron part being secured to both sides of the back and
upper edge of the box A, and the wire or flattened wire or narrow band part B² to the
lid A2, or as shown in Figures 3 and 4, both hinges B, B2, are constructed of hoop
iron countersunk, nailed, or rivetted at o to the parts A, A, with double joint eye
parts B' B, and in this case having a jointing link or ring B³ connecting these two
eye parts B B, so that the lid part A when opened up can be folded over and hang
down the back of the box A as shown dotted in in this position in Figure 3.
Under another arrangement of my improvements shown in Figures 5 and 6 as
applied to a lighter class of boxes made with thin wood A, A2, such as those used for
containing corn flour, starch, confectionery, and such like, in which the whole of the
top part A' is hinged to fold up or over on the upper part. A of the vertical side of
the box, for each hinge a duplex piece of wire B or of tin or sheet metal of an
analogous shape to the wire or hoop iron in the former arrangements is fitted on the
two surfaces of the back of the vertical side A, and upper edge of the box, with the
outer surface straight and the flanged or projecting kneed eve part B' formed or
twisted vertically with and above the top of the back outside face of the box. This
metal hoop part B B', has its ends kneed, so as to be driven in and clenched through
on the opposite sides of the back of the box, as indicated at 6ª in Figure 5, and has
its hinged part B twisted in a plane with the back of the box as before described. A
wire B is carried along and secured on the upper and lower surfaces of the movable
lid part A of this box analogous to that in the arrangement shown in Figures 1 and 2,
and has its outer eye B" passed through the eye B¹ of the fixed hinge B, and has its
inner ends fixed or clenched at 62 in the same manner as the hinged part B. The inner
edge of the lid rests on the upper inner flat edge of netal of the flange in its closed
down horizontal position as shown in Figures 5 and 6, and the lid A² can be folded
up and over to the horizontal ont position, the flanged part B' of the metal forming a
stop for the hinge and lid, both in its horizontal folded down and horizontal folded up
and out positions.
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 1
claim is :-
First. The constructing of the hinges for the lids of fish, confectionery, and other
boxes in two parts, one part being secured to both surfaces of the stationary part of
the lid or side of box, and the other part to both surfaces of the inovable lid, and
jointed together, substantially as and in the manner herein described, in reference to
and shown in the accompanying drawings.
Second. The constructing of the binges for the lids of fish and other boxes in two
parts, one part of hoop iron and the other part of wire, or both parts of hoop iron, or

page_text: of wire or equivalent metal, and each part of hinge secured both on the inner and
outer sides or surfaces of the stationary and the movable hinged parts of the lid or
box, and connected together, substantially as and in the manner herein described in
reference to and shown in the accompanying drawings.
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W. R. M. THOMSON & Co.,
96, Buchanan Street, Glasgow, Agents.