IMPROVEMENTS IN BOXES AND PACKING CASES FOR MINERAL WATERS AND THE LIKE
Year: 1886

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I DAN RYLANDS of Hope Glass Works and Box Factory, Stairfoot near
Barnsley, Glass Bottle and Van Box Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature
of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN BOXES AND PACKING CASES FOR MINERAL
WATERS AND THE LIKE, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :—
My present invention has for its object the forming of the edges of what are
technically known as van boxes, smooth for handling and also to obviate the risk
of the edges being split as is often the case when they are left square.
In addition to being applicable to unbound Van Boxes this invention is also
applicable to Van Boxes the sides and ends of which are strengthened by means
of iron or other wire secured in grooves formed in or around the sides and ends
of the cases or boxes as shown in my Patent No 4897-1883.
To carry out my invention I by means of an ordinary moulding machine or by
hand, taper, bevel, or round off the outer edge of the van boxes or cases instead
of leaving them square as at present, by which means I make them smooth to
handle as well as obviate the risk of the edges being split as is now the case
owing to the edges being left square.
The inner edge of the Van Boxes or Cases may also be tapered, bevelled, or
rounded as well as the outer edge.
Fig. 1 is a side elevation, fig. 2 an end view, and fig. 3 a plan of a wire-bound
Van Box or Case with the outer edge tapered or rounded off; and fig. 4 is an
enlarged section of portion of side or end of such box showing the groove b
containing the twisted or looped wire c (Fig. 8) with the outer edge tapered or
rounded from d to e.
Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional elevation and fig. 6 a cross section of a wire
bound van box or case with both the outer and inner edges tapered or rounded off,
and fig. 7 is an enlarged section of portion of side or end of such box showing the
groove b containing the twisted or looped wire c and showing both the outer and
inner edges tapered or rounded off from d to e.
Fig. 10 is an elevation of an ordinary unbound Van Box with the outer edge
bevelled instead of rounded off and fig. 9 is an enlarged section of portion of side
or end of such box showing the outer edge bevelled from d to e.
Fig. 11 is a section and fig. 12 a plan of a portion of the side or end of a wire-
bound box where the groove is formed, showing the tapered or rounded outer edge
from d to e adapted to a wire-bound Van Box bound with the flat wire k (instead

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of the looped or twisted wire c) and secured in the groove 6 by the nails p passing
through the holes o.
Fig. 13 is a section and fig. 14 a plan of a portion of the side or end of a wire-
bound van box where the groove is formed, showing the bevelled outer and inner
edges from d to e adapted to a wire-bound van box bound with the plain round
wire m (instead of looped or twisted wire c or flat wire k) and secured in the
groove b by the wire book r or loop q.
Fig. 8 is an elevation of the looped or twisted wire binding.
Figs. 15 and 16 are elevations of wire hooks and loops for securing the plain
round wire in the grooves of a wire bound van box to which the tapered, rounded,
or bevelled edges may be adapted.
It will be well understood that the bevelled edges shown at figs. 9, 10 and 13
may be also adapted to wire-bound van boxes bound with the flat wire k or looped
or twisted wire c as well as with the plain round wire m shown at Figs. 13 and 14;
and that the tapered or rounded edges shown at figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11 and 12,
may be also adapted to wire-bound van boxes bound with plain round wire mas
well as with flat wire k and looped or twisted wire c. The inside edges of wire-
bound van boxes whether bound with plain round wire m, or flat wire k, or looped
or twisted wire c, it will also be well understood, may be also bevelled, tapered or
rounded as well as the outer edges.
My present improvements are applicable to Wire-Bound Van Boxes or Cases
either with or without internal partitions, and whether the Wire-Bound Van Boxes
or Cases have solid ends or have what are technically known as "lath cross pieces,"
such as are used for export purposes.
My present invention is also applicable to the edge or edges of Van Boxes or
Cases of the description which is now generally in use bound with hoop iron where
the edge or edges of such Van Boxes or Cases are not covered with such hoop iron,
as for instance over the hand holes. In such case the edge or edges of the Van
Boxes or Cases not covered with the hoop iron are tapered, rounded, or bevelled
as will be well understood.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is :-
1. In combination with grooved Van Boxes or Cases bound with strengthening
wire, the tapered, bevelled, or rounded outer edges as hereinbefore described and
shown with reference to Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 11, 12 of the accompanying drawings
or any mere modification thereof.
2. In combination with grooved Van Boxes or Cases bound with strengthening
wire, the tapered, bevelled, or rounded outer and inner edges as hereinbefore
described and shown with reference to Figs. 5, 6, 7 and 13 of the accompanying
drawings or any mere modification thereof.
3. The rounding, tapering, or bevelling of the outer edges of ordinary unbound
Van Boxes or Cases and of Van Boxes or Cases partially bound with hoop iron
substantially as hereinbefore described and shown.
4. The rounding, tapering or bevelling of the outer and inner edges of ordinary
unbound Van Boxes or Cases and of Van Boxes or Cases partially bound with hoop
iron substantially as hereinbefore described.
D. Oth
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