I- PROVEMENTS IN PACKING CASES OR RECEPTACLES FOR BOTTLES AND JARS."
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Jean Paris and Joseph Adam, fils, both of
Bordeaux, in the Republic of France, for the Invention of "I-
PROVEMENTS IN PACKING CASES OR RECEPTACLES FOR BOTTLES AND JARS."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Jean Paris and Josep
Adam at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their
Petition, on the 14th April 1875.
We, JEAN PARIS and JOSEPH ADAM, fils, both of Bordeaux, in the
Republic of France, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-
tion for "IMPROVEMENTS IN PACKING CASES OR RECEPTACLES FOR BOTTLES AND
JARS," to be as follows:-
Our Invention consists of a packing case of a rectangular form of the
height of the bottles, and in length and breadth corresponding to the
The rows of bottles are
number of bottles to be placed therein.
separated by thin wooden shelves, and the bottles are maintained in
position by means of two rings of metal or wire loosely fastened, and in
lieu of rigid rings or hoops wire or clastic wood hoops or loops made of

page_text: cord may be employed, and these rings, hoops, or loops are retained
simply by the pressure of small brackets nailed to the shelves or movable
partitions. In this framework, of which the exterior forms a packing
case, the bottles are secured from shaking or jolting against each other,
and an economical as well as convenient receptacle for bottles is formed,
which, while adapted for travelling purposes, may be advantageously
used as a wine bin.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Jean- Paris and Joseph Adam in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 14th October 1875.
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TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, wc, JEAN
PARIS and JOSEPH ADAM, fils, both of Bordeaux, in the Republic of
France, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Fourteenth day of April, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, in the thirty-
eighth year of Her reign, did for Herself, Ier heirs and successors,
give and grant unto us, the said Jean Paris and Joseph Adam, fils, Her
special license that we, the said Jean Paris and Joseph Adam, fils, our
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as we, the said
Jean Paris and Joseph Adam, fils, our exccutors, administrators, and
assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to timo
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 "IMPROVEMENTS IN PACKING CASES OR RECEPTACLES
FOR BOTTLES AND JARS," upon the condition (amongst others) that we, the
said Jean Paris and Joseph Adam, fils, our executors or administrators, by
an instrument in writing under our or their hands and scals, or under the
hand and seal of one of us or them, 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 Patont.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said Jean Paris and Joseph Adam, fils,
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
--
Our Invention consists of a packing case of rectangular form of the
height of the bottles, and in length and breadth corresponding to the
number of bottles to be placed therein. The rows of bottles are
separated by thin wooden shelves, and each bottlo is retained in position
by two rings or small iron hoops loosely fastened, or by iron wires,
elastic wood hoops, cords, or other suitable material, which may be
retained in position simply by pressure of small brackets nailed to
the shelf separating two rows of bottles and forming the movcable
partition.
It will be seen that two bottles can never clash, their places in the
rings being retained in the necessary shape for all bottles of the same
kind, although they may vary in size.
The exterior case is to be taken only as the envelope of the packing
case indicated above, and in the same case may be put one, two, three,
or a greater number of separate shelves or moveable partitions, to cachi
of which are fixed two rows of bottles, two sides of the case receiving
the brackets and the rings carrying the bottles. The partitions may bo
nailed to the case, or held between two brackets fixed upon the sides.
The packing case thus formed has many advantages over the means
generally employed for packing bottles. There is, first, economy of time
with great neatness, combining security and solidity, for experience has
proved that the case may be dropped from a great height without
breaking a bottle; there is also a saving in the expense of freight for
transport by ship or otherwise.
And in order that our Invention may be better understood and more
readily carried into effect, we will now proceed to describe the Sheet of
Drawings hereunto annexed
Figure 1 represents a section along the line 1, 2, 3, of Figure 4,
Figure 2 is a transverse section along the line 4, 5, 6, of Figure 4;
Figure 3 is a section on line 7, 8, 9, 10, of Figure 4, Figure 4 is a plan
of the packing case, the cover being removed; Figuro 5 shews the

page_text: moveable partition out of the case. In the different Figures similar
letters have reference to similar parts.
A, A, a moveable partition the same length as the casc, to which it is
fixed upon opposite sides either by nails or between two brackets. The
height of this partition is less than the case, as shown by Figures 1, 2, 1
and 3. It does not descend to the bottom, and at the top is stopped
some distance from the cover. On each side of the partition the iron
bands B, B, B, form undulation, in which are placed the bottles. These
bands are retained by the brackets C, C, C, nailed to the partition. One
of the bands B is placed at the shoulder of the bottle just below the
contraction at the neck; the other band B' is fixed at the lower part of
tho-partition,-and-both present a sufficient solidity by pressure of the
brackets upon the moveable partition.,
The designs shew different kinds of undulating bands, one sort being
made of sheet iron above and below, as seen on Figures 1, 2, 3, upon
the bottles 1 and 6. We would here observe that these bands may be
made of thin flexible wood, cotton, silk, leather, ribbon, or other suitable
material, in the same manner as the plate band. The Figures 1, 2, and 3
shew these alternative designs upon the bottles 4 and 8; or we may
employ together one band and one wire-the one above, the other below.
We intend to combine the various details, and to use one or the other
means or the two together, as may be desirable. The moveable partition
thus made, composed of one shelf and two rows of undulating bands
with brackets, as shown on Figure 5, constitutes our packing case, and
is placed thus in the case, serving as an exterior envelope.
The outer case, formed of the sides E, F, G, H, K, L, shewn on the
design, is made to receive only 12 bottles. The moveable A is, as shown,
placed throughout the length in the middle, and fixed at each extremity,
either by two points or by being placed between two brackets.
It is possible, if thought necessary, as a matter of precaution in long
partitions to add one or more cross pieces, as shewn at D.
If desired to put more bottles in one case, it is only necessary to place
parallel to the long sides two, three, or four moveable partitions.
It is possible to lengthen or augment at will the length of each
movcable partition, and at the same time the number of bottles it may

page_text: contain, and to put in the same more or less parallel partitions, and wo
reserve to ourselves the power of following the requirements in all
possible combinations.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our
Invention, and how the same may be carried into effect, we would have
it understood that what we claim and desire to secure by the herein-
before in part recited Lotters Patent is,-
Firstly. Our packing case, formed by a moveable partition and the
undulating bands to retain bottles, placed in a case, and presenting a
packing case rapidly made, giving security and solidity, and of less
volume than any other means, as herein-before described and illustrated
by the accompanying Drawings.
Secondly. The combination of our movable partition in cases of all
sizes and forms destined for packing bottles, whether empty or full,
to contain mineral water, wino, liquers, medical acids, or any other
liquid, as herein-before described and illustrated by the accompanying
Drawings.
In witness whereof, we, the said Jean Paris and Joseph Adam, fils,
have hereunto set our hands and scals, this Ninth day of October,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
fivo.