Improvements in or relating to Trunks or Boxes.
Year: 1899

page_text: Improvements in or relating to Trunks or Boxes.
A communication from WALTHER VON LILIENTHAL, Merchant, of Strehlenerstrasse
8, Dresden-A, in the Kingdom of Saxony.
I, ALFRED JULIUS BOULT, of 111, Hatton Garden, in the County of London,
Chartered Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
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The present invention relates to a trunk or box, the walls and bottom and top
of which may be made of any suitable material, or instance of plates of woven
material according to British Patent No. 12161 of 1898, the box being stiffened
or strengthened by ribs of bent wood and arranged along the longitudinal surfaces
of the trunk (contrary to the older system, according to which trunks were stil-
tened or strengthened by means of ribs passing crossways over the trunk).
The lid of the trunk connected with the body by hinges fixed to a longitudinal
edge of the latter is longitudinally arched, or it not arched at least rounded off
at the ends. This also is contrary to the older construction in which the lids
are arched crossways, the longitudinal edges being rounded off.
On the lid are longitudinally arranged two or more stiffening or strengthening
ribs fitting the contour of the top and arched sides of the lid and extending down
to the lower edges of the lid. Similar stiffening ribs are also provided on the
sides of the body of the trunk, passing round the side edges and along the length.
of the bottom of the trunk turning upwards again up the other side.
These ribs are preferably made of round section wood, which is bent into the
required shape in any known manner (as by heating by steam and bending).
This arrangement of longitudinally arranged strengthening ribs renders a trunk
very strong and durable. Longitudinally arranged ribs are better than trans-
verse ribs, because the trunk is generally drawn over the floor in the direction
of its length, by means of handles and the like, and they are also generally
tilted or turned on their side edges. Longitudinally arranged ribs are better
calculated to withstand the wear and tear caused by such handling. Especially
when such trunks are drawn along a floor, these ribs are of great advantage, act-
ing like skates, and consequently are not exposed to harm to the same degree
as cross ribs would be.
The essential feature of this invention is the longitudinal arrangement of
strengthening and stiffening ribs in combination with trunks or boxes.
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BOULT, WADE & KILBURN,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: A communication from WALTHER VON LILIENTHAL, Merchant, of Strehlenerstrasse
8, Dresden-A, in the Kingdom of Saxony.
I, ALFRED JULIUS BOULT, of 111, Hatton Garden, in the County of London,
Chartered Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The present invention relates to a trunk or box, the walls and bottom and top
of which may be made of any suitable material, for instance of plates of woven
material according to British Patent No. 12161 of 1898, the box being stiffened
or strengthened by ribs of bent wood, arranged along the longitudinal surfaces
of the trunk (contrary to the older system, according to which trunks were
stiffened or strengthened by means of ribs passing crossways over and around the
trunk in the direction of its width).
The lid a of the trunk connected with the body c by hinges b fixed to a longi-
tudinal edge of the latter is longitudinally arched, or if not arched at least
rounded off at the ends (as at d d). This also is contrary to the older construc-
tion in which the lids are arched crossways, the longitudinal edges being rounded
off.
On the lid a are longitudinally arranged two or more stiffening or strengthen-
ing ribs e fitting the contour of the top and arched sides of the lid and extending
down to the lower edges of the lid. Similar stiffening ribs f are also provided
on the sides of the body of the trunk, passing round the side edges g and along
the length of the bottom of the trunk turning upwards again up the other side.
These ribs are preferably made from round section wood, which is split and
the halves bent into the required shape in any known manner (as by heating
by steam and bending).
This arrangement of longitudinally arranged strengthening ribs renders a trunk
very strong and durable. Longitudinally arranged ribs are better than trans-
verse ribs, because the trunk is generally drawn over the floor in the direction
of its length, by means of handles and the like (the latter are not represented in
the drawing), and they are also generally tilted or turned on their side edges.
Longitudinally arranged ribs are better calculated to withstand the wear and tear
caused by such handling. Especially when such trunks are drawn along a floor,
these ribs are of great advantage acting like skates, and consequently are not
exposed to harm to the same degree as cross ribs would be.
The essential feature of this invention is the longitudinal arrangement of
strengthening and stiffening ribs in combination with trunks or boxes.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention as communicated to me by my foreign correspondent and in what
manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is :-
1. A trunk or box with rounded edges, and provided with longitudinal strength-
ening ribs substantially as described or illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 7th day of August 1900.
BOULT, WADE & KILBURN,
Agents for the Applicant.