IMPROVEMENTS IN PACKING CASES FOR PACKING OF STORING BOTTLES OF MINERAL WATERS AND OTHER BOTTLES
Year: 1869

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Summers, of the Firm of Roughsedge and
Summers, of the City of Bristol, Soda Water Manufacturers, for
the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN PACKING CASES FOR PACKING OF
STORING BOTTLES OF MINERAL WATERS AND OTHER BOTTLES."
Sealed the 3rd August 1869, and dated the 12th February 1869.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Summers at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
12th February 1869.
I, WILLIAM SUMMERS, of the Firm of Roughsedge and Summers, of
the City of Bristol, Soda Water Manufacturers, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN PACKING CASES FOB
PACKING OR STORING BOTTLES OF MINERAL WATERS AND OTHER BOTTLES," to be
as follows:-
My Invention consists in constructing and arranging the parts of
packing cases for packing or storing bottles of mineral waters and
other bottles in the following manner :-I make the exterior of the

page_text: packing case in the form of an ordinary box, with a hinged or jointed
lid, excepting that I make or leave openings in one or more of the sides
of the box in order to permit of the circulation of air through the box
for the purpose of keeping its contents cool; or I make the side or sides
in one entire piece with no openings. I divide the interior of the box
or case into a series of square or rectangular divisions or compartments
by means of latticework made of galvanized iron wire, the divisions
being made of a size proper to fit the bodies of the bottles to be pack
or stored in the case. Near the bottom of the case, that is, towards
which the necks of the bottles are turned, or the side opposite the
door, I fix a layer of wood or a series of slips of wood, the said layer or
slips being perforated with holes of a size proper to receive the necks of
the bottles, the said holes being so made in the said wood that they are
respectively situated in the lines of the axes of the said latticework com-
partments. When the bottles are placed in the compartments of the
case the necks enter the holes in the wood, while the bodies occupy and
are gripped by the latticework compartments. On closing and fasten-
ing the door of the case the bottles are securely held in their proper
relative positions, and are not liable to be broken during transit.
By the use of my Invention bottles containing mineral waters and
other liquids may be readily packed or stored for transit without the use
of any packing material such as is required in packing with ordinary
hampers or packing cases.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said William Summers in the Great Seal Patent Office 2
on the 10th August 1869.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
SUMMERS, of the Firm of Roughisedge and Summers, of the City of
Bristol, Soda Water Manufacturers, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her 3
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twelfth day of February, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, in the thirty-
second year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said William Summers, Her special licence
'that I, the said William Summers, my executors, administrators, and

page_text: assigns, or such others as I, the said William Summers, my executors,
administrators, 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
PACKING CASES FOR PACKING OR STORING BOTTLES OF MINERAL WATERS AND
OTHER BOTTLES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
William Summers, my executors or administrators, 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 Summers, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement thereof, that is to say :-
My Invention consists in constructing and arranging the parts of
packing cases for packing or storing bottles of mineral waters and
other bottles in the following manner :-I make the exterior of the
packing case in the form of an ordinary box with a hinged or jointed
lid, excepting that I make or leave openings in one or more of the sides
of the box in order to permit of the circulation of air through the case
for the purpose of keeping its contents cool; or I make the side or sides
in one entire piece with no openings. I divide the interior of the box
or case into a series of square or rectangular divisions or compartments
by means of latticework of galvanized iron wire, the divisions being
made of a size proper to fit the bodies of the bottles to be packed or
stored in the case. Near the bottom of the case, that is, the side
towards which the necks of the bottles are turned, or the side opposite
the door, I fix a layer of wood or a series of slips of wood, the said layer
or slips being perforated with holes of a size proper to receive the necks
of the bottles, the said holes being so made in the said wood that they
are respectively situated in the lines of the axes of the said latticework
compartments. When the bottles are placed in the compartments of
the case the necks enter the holes in the wood, while the bodies occupy

page_text: and are gripped by the latticework compartments. On closing and
fastening the door or lid of the case the bottles are securely held in
their proper positions, and are not liable to be broken during transit.
Having explained the nature of my Invention I will proceed to
describe, with reference to the accompanying Drawing, the manner in
which the same is to be performed.
Figure 1 represents an open packing case constructed according to my
Invention for packing or storing bottles of mineral waters and other
bottles; Figure 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the same taken on
the line A, A, Figure 1; Figure 3 represents an elevation of one side, and
Figure 4 represents an elevation of the other side of the case, the said
case being closed; Figure 5 represents an end elevation of the same; and
Figure 6 represents a transverse vertical section of the same taken on
the line B, B, Figure 1. The same letters of reference are employed to
indicate the same parts in each of the Figures of the Drawing,
c, c, is the exterior of the case, and d is the jointed or hinged lid of
the same. In each of the sides of the case an opening marked e is made
or left, and an opening marked f is also made or left in the lid d. By
means of these openings air is permitted to circulate through the case
for the purpose of keeping its contents cool. Near the open end of the
case wire latticework g, g, made by preference of galvanized iron wire,
is fixed, the said latticework dividing the case into a series of square
or rectangular divisions or compartments of a size proper to fit the
widest part of the bodies of the bottles to be packed or stored in the
case. Under the said latticework compartments g, g, and near the
bottom of the case a layer or division of wood his fixed, the said layer
or division being perforated with holes i, i, of a size proper to receive
the necks of the bottles. The holes i, i, are situated in the lines of
the axes of the latticework compartments g, g. Instead of a continuous
wooden division h, in which the perforations i, i, are made perforated,
slips of wood or other material may be used in place thereof with nearly
the same effect, Hand holes k, k, are made in the ends of the case for
lifting the case when required. The bottles to be packed are placed in
the case in the manner illustrated in Figure 2, that is to say, the bottles
are placed mouth downwards, so that the necks enter the holes i, i, in
the wooden or other division h, while the bodies occupy and are gripped
by the latticework compartments 9, 9. After the latticework com-
partments have been filled with bottles the lid d is closed and fastened,

page_text: when the bottles are held in their proper positions and are not liable to
be broken during transit.
By the use of my Invention bottles containing mineral waters and
other liquids may be readily packed or stored for transit without the use
of any packing material such as is required in packing with ordinary
hampers or packing cases.
Although I prefer to make or leave openings in the case for the cir-
culation of air through it, yet the said case may be made without the
said openings.
Having now described the nature of my Invention, and the manner
in which the same is to be performed, I wish it to be understood that
I do not limit myself to the precise details herein described and illus-
trated, as the same may be varied without departing from the nature of
my Invention; but I claim as my Invention, the improvements in
packing cases for packing or storing bottles of mineral waters and other
bottles herein-before described and illustrated in the accompanying
Drawing, that is to say, the combination in the said packing cases of a
series of metallic latticework divisions or compartments made, by
preference, of galvanized iron wire with a perforated division or per-
forated slips underneath the said latticework compartments for gripping
and holding the bottles packed or stored in the said cases, substantially
as described and illustrated, whereby the use of the ordinary packing
material is dispensed with.
Also making or leaving in the sides and lid, or sides only, of the said
packing cases openings for the circulation of air through the said cases,
as described and illustrated.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Summers, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Second day of August, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.
Witness,
JOHN REES,
Frog Street,
Tenby.
WILLIAM SUMMERS. (L.S.)