Improvements in or relating to Biscuit Boxes.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 28th May, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 13th Aug., 1896-Accepted, 3rd Oct., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Biscuit Boxes.
I GEORGE AUGUSTUS FOSTER of 9 Downs Road, Clapton, Commercial
Traveller, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in connection with biscuit boxes used in
shops, and has for its object to provide a simple arrangement by means of which
access can be had more easily to the biscuits than is at present the case.
According to the ordinary arrangement these boxes are provided with lids or
covers having rims which fit over the top of the boxes. When these boxes are
arranged in tiers it is very troublesome to obtain biscuits from the lower boxes,
as those above require to be raised or removed in order to permit the box to be
opened.
In carrying out my invention instead of employing the ordinary cover, I propose
to use a cover of special construction of box like form, so as to extend considerably
above the level of the box. The lower end of this top is provided with a small
ledge at each side, so as to form a rim by which it can be secured to the upper
eud of the biscuit box. The front of this top or cover preferably slopes slightly,
and is provided with a hinged frame carrying a glass.
This glass frame allows the contents of the box to be easily seen without
requiring its being opened, and to remove the contents, this glass front can be
raised allowing the hand to be inserted, sufficient room being allowed by the form
of the top or cover for the insertion of the hand.
With this arrangement there is no necessity to remove the boxes which are
placed on top of the one required, thus considerably reducing the labour in procuring
the biscuits.
Dated this 23rd day of Mar 1896.
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicant.
I, GEORGE AUGUSTUS FOSTER of 9, Downs Road, Clapton, Commercial
Traveller, 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 following statement :-
This invention relates to improvements in connection with biscuit boxes used in
shops, and has for its object to provide a simple arrangement by means of which
access can be had more easily to the biscuits than is at present the case.
According to the ordinary arrangement these boxes are provided with lids or
covers having rims which fit over the top of the boxes. When these boxes are
arranged in tiers it is very troublesome to obtain biscuits from the lower oues,
as those above require to be raised or removed in order to permit the lower ones
to be opened.

page_text: In carrying out my invention instead of employing the ordinary covers, I use
one of special construction of box-like form and so as to extend considerably
above the level or top edge of the biscuit box. The lower end of this cover is
provided with a small ledge at each side, so as to form a rim by which it can
be secured to the upper end of the biscuit-box. The front of this top or
cover slopes slightly backward, and is provided with a hinged frame carrying
a glass.
This glass frame permits the contents of the box being easily seen without
opening the box, and in order to remove the contents the frame is lowered or
turned on its hinges allowing the hand to be inserted sufficient space being
permitted for this purpose.
By means of my invention there is no necessity to remove the boxes which are
placed on the top of the one required, thus considerably reducing the time and
labour in procuring the biscuits.
Referring to the accompanying sheet of drawings Fig. 1 is a front view of the
upper part of a biscuit box with my improved top or cover in position thereon, and
Fig. 2 is a cross section of the same.
a is the biscuit box and 6 the top or cover whose front face is formed at an
angle or sloped backwards and provided with a frame c hinged at c' to the said
cover.
The frame is kept in its closed position by a catch d and is provided with a
handle d'. The cover is formed with a small ledge e extending along each side
for the purpose of resting upon the top edge of the biscuit box and fixing it in
position. The frame c is provided with a glass front e² for the purpose of inspecting
the contents of the biscuit box.
By the use of my improved top or cover the biscuits may be easily extracted
without having to remove the boxes placed or piled on the top, there being
sufficient space left between the top of the box and the top of the cover for
insertion of the hand through the opened frame c for this purpose.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inveu-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
(1.) In connection with biscuit boxes the use of a top or cover provided with a
hinged glass frame or front and with ledges for attaching it to the top of the
biscuit box, substantially as described and for the purposes specified.
(2.) The combination with a biscuit box, of a top or cover b hinged frame c
provided with a glass front c², and ledges e for supporting it in position on the
top of the biscuit box, substantially as described and for the purposes specified.
(3.) The improvements in or relating to biscuit boxes substantially as described
and shown in the drawings.
Dated this 11th day of August 1896.
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicant.