AN IMPROVEMENT OR IMPROVE- MENTS IN CARTRIDGE BOXES
Year: 1858

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Barrow, of Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Saddler, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVEMENT OR IMPROVE-
MENTS IN CARTRIDGE BOXES."
Sealed the 8th March 1859, and dated the 20th September 1858.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Barrow at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
20th September 1858.
I, HENRY BARROW, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Saddler,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT
OR IMPROVEMENTS IN CARTRIDGE BOXES," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists of the method or methods herein-after explained,
of supporting cartridges in cartridge boxes. In carrying my Invention into
effect, I make a horizontal partition or diaphragm at or near the middle of
the cartridge box, the said partition being made of millboard, leather, or other
rigid material. The said partition is perforated with a series of holes suffi-
ciently large to admit cartridges of the largest size, to be carried in the said
cartridge box. To the under side of the partition a layer of vulcanized india-
rubber is attached, the said layer of india-rubber being perforated with holes
somewhat less than the smallest cartridges to be carried in the box. The
holes in the india-rubber are concentric with those in the partition. The said
partition is thus suited to receive and hold firmly cartridges of various sizes.

page_text: The cartridges when placed in the box are pushed in the holes, the india-rubber
expanding, and by its elasticity holding the cartridges firmly. The cartridges
are prevented from falling accidentally from the box, and are removed without
risk of injury, in consequence of the softness and elasticity of the holes in
which they are held. The partition may be made of metal or wood or other
rigid material, instead of millboard or leather, and although I prefer to put
the india-rubber on the under side of the partition, yet it may be put on the
upper side with nearly the same effect.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Henry Barrow in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
17th March 1859..
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRY
BARROW, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Saddler, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twentieth day of September, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, in the twenty-second year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Henry Barrow, Her special licence that I, the said Henry
Barrow, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I,
the said Henry Barrow, 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 "AN
IMPROVEMENT OR IMPROVEMENTS IN CARTRIDGE BOXES," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, 'the said Henry Barrow, 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 Henry Barrow, 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 :-

page_text: My Invention consists of the method or methods herein-after particularly
explained, and illustrated in the accompanying Drawing, of constructing
cartridge boxes; my said Invention having for its object to support securely
the cartridges carried in the box, and yet to permit of their ready with-
drawal.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawing represents in front elevation a
cartridge box constructed according to my Invention; Figure 2 represents a
plan of the same with the lid open; Figure 3 represents a longitudinal vertical
section of the same; and Figure 4 represents a transverse vertical section of
the same, with the lid partly raised. The same letters are employed to indicate
the same parts in the several Figures. a is a partition or diaphragm situated
about midway between the bottom and lid of the box. The said partition or
diaphragm a is perforated with a series of holes b, the said holes b being
sufficiently large to admit cartridges of the largest size to be carried in the
box. To the under side of the partition or diaphragm a a layer of vulcanized
india-rubber or other soft and sufficiently elastic substance or material c is
attached, the said layer of india-rubber c being perforated with holes d, some-
what less in diameter than the smallest cartridges to be carried in the box.
The holes d in the india-rubber c are concentric with those in the partition or
diaphragm a. The said partition or diaphragm a is thus suited to receive and
hold firmly cartridges of various sizes. The cartridges, when placed in the
The said india-rubber
box, are pushed into the holes d in the india-rubber c.
expands, and by its elasticity holds the cartridges firmly in their places.
Cartridges marked e are represented in some of the holes in the cartridge box
in Figures 2, 3, and 4. In consequence of the softness and elasticity of the
holes in which the cartridges are held, the said cartridges are prevented from
falling accidentally from the box, and are capable of being readily removed
without risk of injury. The partition or diaphragm a may be made of metal,
wood, millboard, leather, or other rigid material, but I prefer to make the said'
partition or diaphragm of leather, and attach to the under side of the said
partition a sheet of tin plate f, having holes coinciding with the holes in the
partition a, the india-rubber c being between the partition a and the said tin
plate f. The tin plate f is secured to the partition a by rivets g. Although I
prefer to place the sheet of india-rubber or other elastic material c underneath
the partion a, yet it may be put on the upper side of the said partition with
nearly the same effect.
The body of the cartridge box may be made of tin, the bottom and lid being
made of leather. The bottom of the box may be provided with straps or
loops h, by which the box may be attached to the person carrying it by

page_text: means of a strap or band passing round the waist and through the straps or
loops h.
Having now described the nature of my Invention, and the manner of
carrying the same into effect, I wish it to be understood that I do not
limit myself to the precise details herein described and illustrated, as the
same may be varied without departing from the nature of my Invention;
but I claim as my Invention, the improvement or improvements in cartridge
boxes herein-before described and represented in the accompanying Drawing,
that is to say, placing a partition or diaphragm in the said boxes, the said
partition or diaphragm having holes or perforations capable of expanding when
the cartridges are forced therein, in which said holes or perforations cartridges
of various sizes are held so securely as to be prevented from falling accidentally
out of the box, but which said cartridges may be readily removed from the
box without risk of injury thereto.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Barrow, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Sixteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.
Witness,
RICHARD SKERRETT,
Clerk to George Shaw.
HENRY BARROW. (L.S.)