IM- PROVEMENTS IN DESPATCH BOXES, PARTLY APPLICABLE TO JEWEL CASES, DRESSING CASES, AND OTHER LIKE CASES OR BOXES."
Year: 1868

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Fabian James Knewstub, of the Firm of Jenner
and Knewstub, of Saint James' Street, in the City of Westminster,
Desk and Dressing Case Manufacturers, for the Invention of "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN DESPATCH BOXES, PARTLY APPLICABLE TO JEWEL CASES,
DRESSING CASES, AND OTHER LIKE CASES OR BOXES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Fabian James Knewstub
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 21st August 1868.
I, FABIAN JAMES KNEWSTUB, of the Firm of Jenner and Knewstub, of
Saint James' Street, in the City of Westminster, Desk and Dressing Case
Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN DESPATCH BOXES, PARTLY APPLICABLE TO JEWEL CASES,
DRESSING CASES, AND OTHER LIKE CASES OR BOXES," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists, firstly, in fitting despatch boxes at their upper
part with one or more sliding trays, which can be made to slide entirely
or partly out at the end or ends of the box when the lid is raised. This

page_text: improvement also applies to jewel cases, dressing cases, and other like
cases or boxes.
My Invention consists, secondly, in providing despatch boxes in a
space underneath the sliding tray or trays, or other compartments at
the top of the box with leaves or compartments arranged alphabetically
or numerically, for the purpose of allowing instant reference to papers
or other articles placed in such leaves or compartments; these leaves
may either be fixtures in an inside frame or tied in through eyelet holes,
so as to be moved at pleasure. The inside frame carrying the leaves
may be taken out when desired.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Fabian James Knewstub in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 20th February 1869.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, FABIAN
JAMES KNEWSTUB, of the Firm of Jenner & Knewstub, of Saint James'
Street, in the City of Westminster, Desk and Dressing Case Manu-
facturers, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-first day of August, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, in the thirty-
second year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Fabian James Knewstub, Her special
licence that I, the said Fabian James Knewstub, my executors, admi-
nistrators, and assigns,. or such others as I, the said Fabian James
Knewstub, 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 Inven-
tion for "IMPROVEMENTS IN DESPATCH BOXES, PARTLY APPLICABLE TO JEWEL
CASES, DRESSING CASES, AND OTHER LIKE CASES OR BOXES," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said Fabian James Knewstub, my executors
or administrators, 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

page_text: 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 Fabian James Knewstub, do hereby
declare the nature of my 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:-
My Invention consists, firstly, in fitting despatch boxes at their upper
part with one or more sliding trays, which can be made to slide entirely
or partly out at the end or ends of the box when the lid is raised. This:
improvement also applies to jewel cases, dressing cases, and other like
cases or boxes.
My Invention consists, secondly, in providing despatch boxes in a
space underneath the sliding tray or trays, or other compartments at the
top of the box with leaves or compartments arranged alphabetically or
numerically, for the purpose of allowing instant reference to papers, or
other articles placed in such leaves or compartments; these leaves may
either be fixtures in an inside frame or tied in through eyelet holes, so as
to be moved at pleasure. The inside frame carrying the leaves may
be taken out when desired.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawings is a perspective view of a
despatch box fitted with a sliding tray free to slide within the same;
it has fillets on the sides to slide in grooves c formed in the sides of the
tray. When the tray is pushed home, and the lids shut down, pins d, d,
on the under side of the lid enter holes e, e, in the tray and secure it in
position. This tray is divided into compartments for holding sealing
wax, wafers, ink bottle, wax tapers, or lights, or other articles. Below
the tray is a case f, shown separately in Figure 2, for holding papers or
other articles; this case is divided into a series of compartments by
partitions or leaves g, a portion of the upper part of these leaves is
cut away or removed, as shewn, and the portions not removed have the
alphabet or numerals printed or impressed on them in alphabetical or
numerical order for the purpose of instantaneous reference. These
leaves may either be fixed in the case for tied in through eyelet holes,
so that they may be moved at pleasure. Although I have described
and shewn only one sliding tray two or more may be employed in one
case if necessary, and although I have described the tray or trays a as
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page_text: being fitted to a despatch box, it or they are equally applicable to jewel
cases, dressing cases, and other like cases or boxes.
And having now described the nature of my said Invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I claim,―
First. The employment of one or more sliding trays made to slide
entirely or partly out at the end or ends of despatch boxes, jewel,
dressing, and other like cases, in the manner herein-before described
and represented in the accompanying Drawings.
Second. The employment of leaves or partitions arranged alphabetically
or numerically, in the manner and for the purpose herein-before described
and represented in the accompanying Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Fabian James Knewstub, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Sixteenth day of February,
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.