IMPROVEMENTS IN CASES OR BOXES FOR PACKING BOTTLES AND JARS
Year: 1868

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Thompson, of No. 85, Lower Gardiner
Street, in the City of Dublin, and of Clare Hall, in the County of
Dublin, Ireland, Merchant, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
CASES OR BOXES FOR PACKING BOTTLES AND JARS."
Sealed the 14th May 1869, and dated the 19th November 1868.
19th November 1868.
I, WILLIAM THOMPSON, of No. 85, Lower Gardiner Street, in the City
of Dublin, and of Clare Hall, in the County of Dublin, Ireland, Merchant,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN CASES OR BOXES FOR PACKING BOTTLES AND JARS," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in so constructing cases or boxes for packing
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Thompson at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition on the
19th November 1868.
I, WILLIAM THOMPSON, of No. 85, Lower Gardiner Street, in the City
of Dublin, and of Clare Hall, in the County of Dublin, Ireland, Merchant,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN CASES OR BOXES FOR PACKING BOTTLES AND JARS," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in so constructing cases or boxes for packing
bottles or jars that these are held securely in their places by means of
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page_text: springs of metal, india-rubber, or other material made to press against
one or both ends thereof.
Various arrangements may be employed for carrying my Invention into
practice. Thus in one arrangement the box is provided with a loose
false bottom resting upon or suspended from springs either placed
between it and the real bottom of the box or fixed to it and to the sides
of the box. One or more partitions are fitted into the box above the
false bottom with holes in them corresponding with the size of the
bottles or jars to be packed; these are then inserted through the said
holes in the partition or partitions (or the upper partition may be
placed on after the bottles are inserted) so as to rest upon the false
bottom which is situated at such a height in the box that the upper
ends of the bottles or jars project beyond the upper edge of the box.
The lid of the box is then pressed down upon the bottles or jars,
which are thus made to press down the false bottom and to compress
or extend the springs carrying the same until the lid rests upon and is
secured to the top of the box, when the action of the springs pressing
the false bottom against the ends of the bottles or jars will cause these to
be held very securely in the case.
In another arrangement instead of making the bottles stand above the
edge of the box when the lid is open this may have a projecting surface
passing into the box so as to press down the bottles as described, and
springs may also be arranged between this projecting surface and the lid;
or in another arrangement the false bottom and springs may be dispensed
with and the requisite compressing action be obtained by springs placed
between the lid and a false lid.
In place of employing separate partitions as described through
which the bottles pass the ends of these may be made to fit into or
between recesses or projections formed in or upon the false bottom or
lid of the case.
In some cases the false bottom or false lid may be dispensed with and
the springs be arranged to press directly against the ends of the bottles
or jars. Where the bottles or jars are placed horizontally in the cases
the springs for pressing against the ends thereof would of course be
situated at the sides or ends of the case instead of at the top and
bottom.

page_text: For fastening the cases I prefer to arrange two or more metal straps
forming the hinges at the back and passing across to the front, where
they are provided with eyes or loops, through all of which (after passing
over them a hasp attached to the other ends of the straps) a sliding rod
or bolt is passed, which is then secured by a padlock.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said William Thompson in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 17th May 1869.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
THOMPSON, of No. 85, Lower Gardiner Street, in the City of Dublin, and
of Clare Hall, in the County of Dublin, Ireland, Merchant, send
greeting
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Nineteenth day of November, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, in the thirty-
second year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said William Thompson, Her special licence that
I, the said William Thompson, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
or such others as I, the said William Thompson, my executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others,
from time to time, and at all times thereafter during the term therein
expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend,
within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN CASES OR
BOXES FOR PACKING BOTTLES AND JARE," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said William Thompson, my executors or adminis-
trators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of
their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to
be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent
Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date
of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Thompson, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same

page_text: is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement thereof, reference being had to the accompanying
Sheet of Drawings, and to the figures and letters marked thereon, that is
to say
My Invention consists in so constructing cases or boxes for packing
bottles or jars that these are held securely in their places by means of
springs of metal, india rubber, or other material made to press against
one or both ends thereof.
Various arrangements may be employed for carrying my Invention
into practice.
Thus in one arrangement the box is provided with a
loose false bottom resting upon or suspended from springs either placed
between it and the real bottom of the box or fixed to it and to the sides
of the box. "One or more partitions are fitted into the box above the
false bottom with holes in them corresponding with the size of the
bottles or jars to be packed; these are then inserted through the said
holes in the partition or partitions (or the upper partition may be placed
on after the bottles are inserted) so as to rest upon the false bottom,
which is situated at such a height in the box that the upper ends of the
bottles or jars project beyond the upper edge of the box. The lid of the
box is then pressed down upon the bottles or jars, which are thus made
to press down the false bottom and to compress or extend the springs
carrying the same until the lid rests upon and is secured to the top of
the box, when the action of the springs pressing the false bottom
against the ends of the bottles or jars will cause these to be held very
securely in the case.
In another arrangement instead of making the bottles stand above the
edge of the 'box when the lid is open this may have a projecting
surface passing into the box so as to press down the bottles as described,
and springs may also be arranged between this projecting surface and the
lid. Or in another arrangement the false bottom and springs may be
dispensed with and the requisite compressing action be obtained by
springs placed between the lid and a false lid.
In place of employing separate partitions as described through which
the bottles pass the ends of these may be made to fit into or between
recesses or projections formed in or upon the false bottom or lid of
the case.
In some cases the false bottom or false lid may be dispensed with and

page_text: the springs be arranged to press directly against the ends of the bottles
or jars. Where the bottles or jars are placed horizontally in the cases
the springs for pressing against the ends thereof would of course
be situated at the sides or ends of the case instead of at the top and
bottom.
The accompanying Drawing shews one of the various arrangements
for carrying my Invention into practice.
Figure 1 shews a vertical section of a packing case A, having a
loose false bottom B, between which and the bottom of the case are
coiled wire or other springs C upon which the false bottom rests. Upon
the false bottom rest the lower ends of the bottles D, held in position
by the partitions E, E', having holes through which the bottles pass.
The false bottom is situated at such a height that the bottles when
standing upon it project with their necks some distance above the
top of the box as shown. On placing the lid F on the tops of the
bottles and pressing it down the bottles are consequently pressed
down, thus forcing down the false bottom and compressing the springs C
until the lid rests upon and is secured to the top of the box, as
shewn in Figure 2, when the compressed springs will hold the bottles
securely and preserve them from injury. The partition E' may be made
loose, resting on the shoulders of the bottles and made to move down
with them, as indicated; in which case it may be held in place by pro-
jecting pieces f, f, fixed on the lid. The lid F may also be made to press
down the partition by means of the pieces f, f, (which may also be
fixed on the partition) and the partition be made to press down
the bottles instead of pressing the bottles down directly by the lid.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and in what
manner it is to be performed, I wish it to be understood that I in no way
limit myself to the particular arrangements herein-before described for
carrying the same into effect, as these may be, modified in a variety of
ways without departing from the nature of my Invention both as regards
the nature and form of the springs, their position in the case, the mode
in which they are made to act on the end or ends of the bottles or
jars, the arrangement of these in the packing cases, as also the form of
the latter; but what I claim and desire to be secured to me by Letters
Patent is, securing bottles and jars in packing cases by means of
springs of metal, india-rubber, or other suitable material made to press

page_text: directly or indirectly upon the one end or upon both ends of the bottles
or jars, substantially as herein-before described.
In witness whereof, 1, the said William Thompson, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Thirteenth day of May, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.
WILLIAM THOMPSON. (L.S.)