An Improved Collapsible Provision Safe.
Year: 1897

page_text: An Improved Collapsible Provision Safe.
I, CHARLES BANKS, of 42, Grove Road, Holloway, in the County of Middlesex,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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This invention relates to safes for storing meat, and other provisions, in which
it is necessary to exclude insects, and the like, and at the same time to afford free
access and circulation of air. The object of the present improvement is to provide
a safe that can be rapidly collapsed and folded up into a small cubical space when
required for storage or transportation and as readily and quickly set up for use.
For this purpose 1 hinge the parts forming the safe together, or I make them so
that they can be readily detached one from the other or I hinge some of the parts
and make others detachable so that the said parts can be made to lie close to each
other.
Such a safe may have its sides hinged to the top and bottom members near the
back, the said top and bottom members being each made in two parts and hinged
together. The door and shelf or shelves are made detachable and the folding
parts of the top and bottom carry ledges or rails at their ends which serve to
prevent the opening outward of the sides when the safe is set up for use.
shelf or shelves, when supported on ledges carried by the sides, prevent the closing
of the sides inwardly, and the top and bottom are locked to the sides by means of
dowels, pins or the like on the latter which enter holes in the said ledges.
The
In preparing a safe constructed in this manner for transportation or storage,
the door is first opened and its hinges disconnected, then the shelf or shelves
lifted out; next the sides are folded inwardly so that they lie near the back, then
the door is placed between the sides and the back and the shelf or shelves placed
against the sides, and finally the bottom and top folded up over the shelf or
shelves; or the various parts named may be made and arranged to fold otherwise
conveniently, the principle of my invention remaining the same.
Dated this 25th day of March 1897.

page_text: the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement:-
This invention relates to safes for storing meat, and other provisions, and
wherein it is necessary to exclude insects, and the like and at the same time to
allow air to pass freely into and circulate through the interior thereof. The object
of the present improvements is to provide a safe that can be rapidly collapsed and
folded up into a small space, when required for storage or transport and readily and
quickly, set up, for use.
For this purpose I hinge the parts forming the safe together, or I make them so
that they can be readily detached one from the other or I hinge some of the parts
and make others detachable so that the said paris can be made to lie close to each
other.
In a suitable construction of safe the sides are hinged to the top and bottom
members near the back, the said top and bottom members being each made in two
parts hinged togother. The door and shelf or shelves are made detachable and the
folding parts of the top and bottom carry ledges or stops at their ends which serve
to prevent the sides opening too far outwards when the safe is set up for use. The
shelf or shelves, when supported on ledges carried by the sides, prevents or
prevent the closing of the sides inwardly, and the top and bottom are locked to
the sides by means of dowels, pins or the like on the latter which enter holes in
the ledges or stops.
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe the same by
reference to the accompanying drawings, in which :-
-- Figure 1 is a front elevation of a collapsible provision safe constructed according
to my invention;
Figure 2 is a horizontal section thereof;
Figure 3 is a vertical section of the safe; and,
Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 3 but shewing the safe in its collapsed or
folded up position.
a is the back of the safe, the top and c the bottom thereof. The said top and
bottom b and c are rigidly secured to the back a but are each divided longitudinally,
into two parts which are hinged together at 6' and c¹ respectively so that the
outer larger parts thereof can be folded inwards as hereinafter described.
d, d are the sides of the safe, the said sides being hinged as at d¹, d¹ to the fixed
parts of the top 6 and bottom so that they can be swung inwards as hereinafter
described, and e, e are the ledges or stops carried by the folding parts of the top
and bottom of the safe, the said ledges or stops being formed with holes e into
which dowels or pins e, on the sides denter when the said sides are opened out.
The ledges e, e therefore serve to hold the sides rigid and also to prevent them
opening too far outwards.
f is a shelf; the said shelf being supported upon ledges g, g carried by the
sides d, d as clearly shewn in Figure 1. The shelf as above mentioned, besides
serving to support the provisions, prevents the sides d, d from collapsing inwards
when the safe is set up for use. h is the front of the safe, the said front being
hinged to one side d and provided with a lock and catch.
As shewn in the drawings, the front and sides of my safe are formed of
perforated sheet metal to allow air free access to the interior of the safe.
To collapse the safe for the purpose of transport or storage, the door h is first
opened, and disconnected from the side and the shelf f is lifted out from the safe.
The sides d, d are then folded inwards so that they lie near the back a of the safe
as indicated by the dotted lines in Figure 2 after which the door h is placed
between the sides and the back, and the shelf f against the sides. The top 6 and
the bottom c are then folded downwards and upwards respectively over the shelf f
as shewn in Figure 4.
It will be obvious that the various parts of the safe can if desired, be hinged so
as to fold in a different manner from that above described:

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. A provision safe wherein the top, bottom, front, back, sides and shelves are
so hinged and connected to one another that the safe can be collapsed or folded up
so as to occupy a small space, substantially as hereinbefore described and as
illustrated.
2. A collapsible provision safe, wherein the top and bottom are made in two
parts hinged together and rigidly connected to the back and wherein the sides are
hinged to the fixed parts of the top and bottom and are provided with ledges for
supporting a shelf or shelves and to one of which the front is hinged, substantially
as herein before described and as illustrated.
3. The combination and arrangement of parts forming the improved collapsible
provision safe, hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
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G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.