Improvements in Boxes for Butter and other Substances.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date Application U DOG., 1000
Complete Specification Left, 21st Sept., 1896-Accepted, 24th Oct., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Boxes for Butter and other Substances.
I, ALEXANDER MELVILLE CLARK, of the Firm of A. M. & Wm. Clark, of
53, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Fellow of the Chartered Institute
of Patent Agents, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (a communication
to me by Maria Christina Söderlund of Ekenas, Finland) to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the form and construction of boxes for the transport of
butter and other similar substances and has for its object to ensure protection of the
contents from atmospheric influences and to admit of the mass being wholly removed
for inspection and returned to the box without injury to the box or disturbance of
the mass.
The boxes are made of truncated four-sided pyramidal form, the bottom being
smaller than the top, and they are constructed of two layers of boards with the grain
crossed, closely fitted at the edges and ends and strengthened by external frames
formed by marginal and cross battens. The box is made air and water tight by
india-rubber applied between the layers, the joints and also the spaces within the
panels being also packed with india-rubber or other suitable impervious material..
The lid is a similar panel which fits into a rebated seat. in the sides and it is also
made water-tight in the same way.
To remove the contents for inspection it is only necessary to unscrew the lid and
invert the box when the box may be lifted off leaving the mass moulded to the shape
of the box upon the lid, after which the box can be replaced, the whole turned right
way up, and the lid refixed.
Dated this 20th day of December 1895.
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.
UUMI LEIE DI BULTIVATION.
Improvements in Boxes for Butter and other Substances.
I, ALEXANDER MELVILLE CLARK, of the Firm of A. M. & Wm. Clark, of
53, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Fellow of the Chartered Institute
of Patent Agents, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (a communication
to me by Maria Christina Söderlund of Ekenas, Finland) and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :-
This invention relates to boxes for the transport of butter and other similarly
plastic substances and has for its object to ensure protection of the contents from
atmospheric influences and to admit of the mass being wholly removed for inspection
and returned to the box without injury to the box or disturbance of the mass.
The improved box is illustrated in the accompanying drawings forming part of
this specification wherein
Figure 1. is a perspective view of the box with the lid open.
Figure 2 is a side elevation and Figure 3 a cross section of the box closed.

page_text: The box is made in the form.of.an inverted truncated four-sided pyramid the base
of the pyramid forming the top of the box. Each side A and the bottom B of the
box is constructed of two layers of boards a a' with the grain crossed, closely fitted
at the edges and ends and strengthened by external frames 6 formed by marginal
and cross battens the component parts being fastened together by nails or screws.
The box is made air and water tight by india-rubber d applied between the layers,
the joints being also packed with india-rubber or other suitable impervious material.
The lid C is similarly constructed and is rebated as shown at c to fit in a corre-
spondingly rebated seat in the upper edges of the sides A and it is also made water
tight in the same way.
To remove the contents for inspection it is only necessary to withdraw the screws
by which the lid is fastened and to then invert the box whereupon the box may be
lifted off leaving the mass, moulded to the shape of the box resting upon the lid,
after which the box can be replaced, the whole turned right way up, and the lid
refixed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
A box for butter and other plastic substances, constructed of the form and in
the manner substantially as herein described for the purpose specified.
Dated this 21st day of September 1896.
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.