An Improvement relating to Boxes, Cases, or the like for the Reception of Partitions Self-fixing therein.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Aug., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 30th Sept., 1898 -Accepted, 29th Oct., 1898
An Improvement relating to Boxes, Cases, or the like for the
Reception of Partitions Self-fixing therein.
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I, ALFRED STEPHEN KING, of 3, Thorpe Mansions, Norwich, Wood Buyer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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This invention relates to a special method of preparing grooves or channels
in the walls of wooden boxes, cases, and the like, and in preparing the ends of
partitions to fit said grooves or channels, the object being to make partitioned
boxes and the like. such as are used for domestic purposes for holding knives
and known as knife boxes, for holding boot blacking utensils, plate cleaning
appliances, also by engineers, carpenters, farriers, and others for holding screws
or nails of different sizes or kinds, the partitions being secured in place in such
a box without nails, glue, or other means of attachment.
The invention is applicable for all kinds of boxes or cases, show and others,
in which vertical partitions are necessary, and is available for long or short or
cross partitions which interlock with each other, and in some instances with
the walls of the box or case also.
For knife, nail, and like boxes or cases, the mid-partition could have a loop
handle affixed, or a hand-hold slot could be cut in the partition so that the box
could be carried by such mid-partition.
To carry my invention into practice, I form vertical angled grooves or channels,
i.e. grooves of greater depth at the bottom edge than at the top in the inner
sides of the box walls where the partitions are required, and I cut the ends of
the partitions to correspond.
The four sides of a box are then secured in any ordinary manner and my pre-
pared partitions pushed into the inclined grooves from the bottom edges of the
box before the bottom proper is secured in place. The vertical angle of the par-
tition ends and those of the grooves in the inner walls serve to locate the partitions
in place and prevent them being pulled or pushed through.
It will thus be understood that my partitions fix themselves in place without
glue, nails, or other, or any kind of fasteners, but such means or appliances. can
be employed for the purpose, if so desired.
The boxes or cases for the purpose or purposes explained are preferably
sample boxes or cases in which packets or tins of domestic articles, or powders, or
sweets are generally consigned from manufacturers to shop keepers from whom
customers (when the boxes are empty) can be supplied at small cost with a useful
addition for household or amateur workshops, the boxes or cases without the
lid being generally branded with the produce maker's name, or some indication
of goods so that a continuous advertisement is present.
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3 L 20th day of turns 1808
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said Alfred Stephen King.

page_text: An Improvement relating to Boxes, Cases, or the like for the
Reception of Partitions Self-fixing therein.
I, ALFRED STEPHEN KING, of 3, Thorpe Mansions, Norwich, Wood Buyer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to
be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the follow-
ing statement:-
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This invention relates to a special method of preparing grooves or channels
in the walls of wooden boxes, cases and the like and in preparing the ends of
partitions to fit said grooves or channels, the object being to make partitioned
boxes and the like such as are used for domestic purposes for holding knives
and known as knife boxes, for holding boot blacking utensils, plate cleaning
appliances, also by engineers, carpenters. farriers and others for holding screws
or nails of different sizes or kinds the partitions being secured in place in such
a box without nails, glue or other means of attachment.
The invention is applicable for all kinds of boxes or cases, show and others
in which vertical partitions are necessary and is available for long or short or
cross partitions which interlock with each other and in some instances with
the walls of the box or case also.
For knife, nail or like boxes or cases the mid-partition could have a loop
handle affixed, or a hand-hold slot could be cut in the partition so that the box
could be carried by such mid-partition.
To carry my invention into practice I form vertical angled grooves or channels,
i.e. grooves of greater depth at the bottom edge than at the top, in the inner
sides of the box walls where the partitions are required, and I cut the ends of
the partitions to correspond.
The four sides of a box are then secured in any ordinary manner and my pre-
pared partitions pushed into the inclined grooves from the bottom edges of the
box before the bottom proper is secured in place. The vertical angle of the par-
tition ends and those of the grooves in the inner walls serve to locate the partitions
in place and prevent them being pulled or pushed through.
It will be understood that my partitions fix themselves in place without
glue, nails or other or any kind of fasteners but such means or appliances can
be employed for the purpose if so desired.
My invention will be more clearly and perfectly understood by reference to the
annexed sheet of drawings in which at Figure 1 I show a perspective elevation of a
partition A having the end B cut at an angle and with an annular groove or
channel C in the body such as for a cross partition to lodge in.
Figure 2, perspective elevation of a rectangular box without the usual lid or
cover to show how a mid-long partition A can be secured in place in angular
grooves C of the end E. E, said partition having a hand hold F near the upper
central part by which the opened box can be carried, such as when said box is
used for knives, forks, shoe or other brushes, or articles generally used by servants
in a dwelling house or for the reception of tools, nails, screws or other odds and
ends of an amateur carpenter or general repairer in any branch of business. The
box E, G, H, represented at Figure 2 only shows one partition A and this in the
length of the box from the two ends E, E, but it may be across the box from
the two sides G, G, or small partitions can be arranged from the long partition A
to the side or sides in a similar manner to that hereinbefore described, i.e. angular
grooving the inner faces of the sides or ends of a box cutting the ends of the
partition or partitions at a corresponding angle then fitting the partition or par-

page_text: titions in place in the angular grooves of the box body and fixing said partition or
partitions without nails or screws by securing the bottom H to the edges of the
sides G, G, and ends E, E, there being no other fixtures or appliances required
because each angular groove starts from about half way through the thickness
of the wood at the lower part of the inside face and finishes flush or about flush
with the top of same inner face, the angle of the ends of each partition being cut
to lie therein.
The boxes or cases for the purpose or purposes explained are preferably
sample boxes or cases in which packets or tins of domestic articles or powders cr
sweets are generally consigued from manufacturers to shopkeepers from whom
customers (when the boxes are empty) can be supplied at small cost with a useful
addition for household or amateur workshops, the hoxes or cases without the
lid being generally branded with the produce maker's name or some indication
of goods so that a continuous advertisement is present.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:
As an improvement relating to boxes and the like preparing the inner faces of
the sides or ends or both sides and ends with angular grooves or channels vertically
arranged from the bottom edges to about flush with the top edges of the same
faces and placing of partitions prepared to fit in such grooves or channels and
secured in position by means of the bottom when nailed or otherwise secured to
the sides and ends respectively, as herein before set forth and substantially as
shown by the annexed drawings.
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said A. S. King.