IM- PROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF BOXES OR CASES FOR TREES, FLOWERS, AND OTHER HORTICULTURAL AND FLORICULTURAL PURPOSES
Year: 1858

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Richard Archibald Brooman, of 166, Fleet Street,
in the City of London, E.C., Patent Agent, for the Invention of "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF BOXES OR CASES FOR TREES, FLOWERS,
AND OTHER HORTICULTURAL AND FLORICULTURAL PURPOSES."-A commu-
nication from Victor Ferdinand Jeanneau.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Richard Archibald Brooman
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 17th March 1858.
I, RICHARD ARCHIBALD BROOMAN, of 166, Fleet Street, in the City of
London, E.C., Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-
tion for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF BOXES OR CASES FOR TREES,
FLOWERS, AND OTHER HORTICULTURAL AND FLORICULTURAL PURPOSES," (commu-
nicated to me by Victor Ferdinand Jeauneau, a foreigner residing abroad,)
to be as follows:-
The four pillars or corners are formed of angle iron, an inner angle iron frame
sliding into an outer frame in such manner as to leave room between the two
frames at each corner for the reception of the sides, which may be of wood or
of galvanized iron or other metal rendered inoxydisable, or slate; a screw bolt
holds the whole together at each corner; an ornamental ball at each corner
forms a finish to the case, and serves to tighten up the bolts. The bottom of
the case rests upon metal bearers, which are notched to fit over the lower part
of the side pillars. An aperture is made at bottom through the outer corner
frames, through which sulphur or other fumigating material may be introduced
to prevent the breeding of insects and their accumulation in the corners of
the case.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Richard Archibald Brooman in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 17th September 1858.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, RICHARD
ARCHIBALD BROOMAN, of 166, Fleet Street, in the City of London, E.C.,
Patent Agent, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Seventeenth day of March, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, in the twenty-first year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Richard Archibald Brooman, Her special licence that I, the said Richard
Archibald Broonan, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others
as I, the said Richard Archibald Brooman, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time
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 THE CONSTRUCTION OF BOXES OR CASES FOR TREES,
FLOWERS, AND OTHER HORTICULTURAL AND FLORICULTURAL PURPOSES," (a commu-
nication from Victor Ferdinand Jeauneau,) upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said Richard Archibald Brooman, my executors or admi-
nistrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their
hands and seals, 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
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Richard Archibald Brooman, 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, reference being had to the Drawings hereunto
annexed, that is to say :-
The four pillars or corners are formed of angle iron, an inner angle iron
frame sliding into an outer frame in such manner as to leave room between
the two frames at each corner for the reception of the sides, which may be of
wood or of galvanized iron or other metal rendered inoxydisable, or slate; a
screw bolt holds the whole together at each corner. An ornamental ball at
each corner forms a finish to the case, and serves to tighten up the bolts. The

page_text: bottom of the case rests upon metal bearers which are notched to fit over the
lower part of the side pillars. An aperture is made at bottom through the
outer corner frames, through which sulphur or other fumigating material
may be introduced, to prevent the breeding of insects and their accumulation
in the corners of the case.
The Drawings hereunto annexed illustrate the manner in which this Inven-
tion is carried into effect. Figure 1 is an elevation of a box or case, in which
the pillars are of iron and the sides of wood; Figure 2 is a horizontal section
through the line 1-2, of Figure 1; Figure 3 is a vertical section through the
line 3-4, of Figure 2; Figures 4 and 5 are various views of details. Each
pillar or corner piece consists of four parts. The principal piece L, M, receives
a second piece N, K, which slides down into the groove M.
The upper
parts of these pieces are pierced with holes, through which passes the bolt L³,
and between these pieces the wooden side pieces B are received. Upon the
upper end of the bolt L', which is threaded, is screwed the ball or head C,
connecting the parts tightly together. The bolt hole in the piece L is larger
than the bolt, that the latter may assume an inclined position when the head
C is loose, and be gradually forced into an upright position as the head C is
tightened, thereby bringing the two pieces L, M, together, and jamming the
sides B between them. The wooden bottom E of the box or case is supported
on the bearers D, being grooved as shown.
And having now described the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same may be performed, I declare that I do not confine myself to
the precise details before set forth; but I claim the construction of boxes or
cases for continuing trees, flowers, and for other horticultural and floricultural
purposes with corners or pillars, sides, and bottom, formed and combined
essentially as herein-before described and illustrated in the Drawings hereunto
annexed.
In witness whereof, I, the said Richard Archibald Brooman, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Sixteenth day of September, One
thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight.
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