Improvements in Fittings for Boxes or Cases used for Bottles, Jars, and like Vessels.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Jan., 1894
Complate Specification Left, 4th Oct., 1894-Accepted, 10th Nov., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fittings for Boxes or Cases used for Bottles, Jars,
and like Vessels.
I, ALBERT GRAY, of Dock House, Billiter Street, City of London, Accountant,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:―
This invention relates to internal fittings of boxes in which glass bottles or
earthenware vessels containing wines, spirits, and other liquids or preserves are
arranged for transport without the usual packing of straw, wood wool, or other
loose material by which the bottles are kept apart to prevent injury and rattling
when moved.
For the purpose of my invention, I nest the bottom of the box to keep the bottles
apart, and where necessary, place a piece of felt, or other soft material at the
bottom of the box to prevent concussion to the punt end of the bottle, these nests
are preferably made of wooden divisions recessed by the saw one into the other,
and they run the whole depth of the case as high as the neck of the bottle but they
can also be made of any known pulpy matter, and this applies to the rest of the
case fittings. These nests support other strips set transversely in the case, each of
them being provided with a circular hole to pass over the necks of the bottles
placed in the box. Grooves are cut either in the end or the sides of the case, and
into these I place strips of wood vertically, the lower ends resting upon the slips
with the circular holes placed transversely and the upper ends kept in position by
the box lid bearing on it, so that the fixture of the lid fastens all the loose pieces
firmly in the case.
Further, for cases as above, or for open crates, or boxes to contain mineral water,
or any other kind of bottles, I use the same fittings but the position of these is
reversed, the vertically arranged strips of wood and the transverse strips with the
circular holes being arranged at the bottom of the case, and the nested portion at
the top of the case or crate, and in the case of the crate the nests are tacked to the
sides or ends of the box, or can be let into the case by grooves or channels.
If it is necessary to pack one tier of bottles above another, I fit a false floor
resting on the transverse pieces of wood and then proceed with the construction of
fittings, as before mentioned.
Dated this 5th day of January 1891
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said Albert Gray.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
5 Improvements in Fittings for Boxes or Cases used for Bottles, Jars,
and like Vessels.
I, ALBERT GRAY, of Dock House, Billiter Street, City of London, Accountant,
do hereby declare the nature of this invertion 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 internal fittings of boxes in which glass bottles or

page_text: earthenware vessels containing wines, spirits, and other liquids or preserves are
arranged for transport without the usual packing of straw, wood wool, or other
loose material by which the bottles are kept apart to prevent injury and rattling
when moved.
For the purpose of my invention, I nest the bottom of the box to keep the
bottles apart, and where necessary place a piece of felt or other soft material at
the bottom of the box to prevent concussion to the punt end of the bottle, these nests
are preferably made of wooden divisions recessed by the saw one into the other and
they run the whole depth of the case as high as the neck of the bottle but they can
also be made of any known pulpy matter and this applies to the rest of the case
fittings. These nests support other strips set transversely in the case, each of them
being provided with a circular hole to pass over the necks of the bottles placed in
the box. Grooves are cut either in the end or the sides of the case, and into these
I place strips of wood vertically, the lower ends resting upon the strips with the
circular holes placed transversely and the upper ends kept in position by the box
lid bearing on it, so that the fixture of the lid fastens all the loose pieces firmly in
the case.
Further for cases as above or for open crates or boxes to contain mineral water,
or any other kind of bottles I use the same fittings but the position of these is
reversed, the vertically arranged strips of wood and the transverse strips with the
circular holes being arranged at the bottom of the case and the nested portion at
the top of the case or crate, and in the case of the crate the nests are tacked to the
les or ends of the box, or can be let into the case by grooves or channels.
If it is necessary to pack one tier of bottles above another I fit a false floor
resting on the transverse pieces of wood, and then proceed with the construction of
fittings as before mentioned.
In the case of frail glassware, I purpose fitting the necks of the bottles with an
india rubber ring to prevent concussion with the midriff boards. The holes in the
midriff boards can be made concave to better fit the shoulder of the bottle, and
said concave can be glued and sprinkled with cork dust, and the bottom of the case
where contact takes place with the punt of the bottle can be also treated with cork
dust.
Figure 1 of the annexed drawings represents the case open and standing on end
and shows the two internal top fittings A and B. The first mentioned A, also
shown at Figure 2, are the fore and afters which when slipped into the grooves cnt
in the ends of the case hold the remainder of the fittings in their place and are
themselves held in position by the lid, they are so spaced as to avoid the neck of
the bottle touching the lid.
The midriff boards B with the holes cut to fit the various shaped bottles are
either cut in one piece, as shown at Figure 3, or are in two pieces such as by a
cut through the centre, as shown at Figure 4, these when fitted in the case are so
spaced that they are held in position. The bottles at their shoulders are themselves
controlled by the fore and afters A and do not allow the bottles to touch the lid.
Figure 5 represents the case cut at the point of contact with the midriffs B being
hidden by these in Figure 1, the partitions C, D, are of sufficient height to enclose
the bottles preferably they are cut to fit into one another and they then (in the case
represented) form 12 square receptacles for the punts of the bottles but they can
be fixed and nailed as in the ordinary bin cases.
For large bottles, the fittings above described are made from sawn wood but they
can be manufactured from any pulpy material.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is. to be performed 1 declare that what I
claim is :-
The arrangements of vertical partitions C, D, and the method of fitting them in
.position in boxes, crates, and the like in combination with transverse strips B, B,

page_text: having holes for bottle necks and held by vertical strips A, A, slipped into short
grooves for protecting bottles from injury when packed in the manner described.
The 4th day of October 1894.
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said Albert Gray.