An Improved Box for Containing String, Twine, and similar Materials.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Apr., 1886.
Complete Left, 13th Jan., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 15th Feb., 1887.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Box for Containing String, Twine, and similar
Materials.
We ALFRED STEER of 3 Shornden Terrace, Bohemia Road, St. Leonard's on Sea in
the County of Sussex, Artist, and ARTHUR ERNEST KENNARD of 13 Stanhope Place,
St. Leonard's on Sea aforesaid, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-—
The object of this invention is to provide a string or twine box for counter use in
shops and warehouses, which will be provided with a sheathed knife, and he more con-
venient to use than the string boxes hitherto constructed.
In carrying out our invention, we prefer to make the box of bottle form, the neck
of which will afford easy means for grasping the box with the hand.
Inside the neck, a knife blade is placed, and this blade is secured by a cross pin to a
ring outside the neck, said pin passing through slots formed in opposite sides of the
neck.
The ring will fit loosely round the neck, and if made of metal, its weight, and the
weight of the blade (which will also fit loosely in the neck) will be sufficient to lower
the blade, and keep it sheathed when not in use, but an elastic or other spring may he
used if desired.
When using the box, it will be only necessary to take hold of the ring and raise it,
and the knife will be protruded, and the neck of the box will at the same time be
grasped by the hand, and the necessary length of string can readily be cut off. Upon
placing the box on the counter, the blade, by its own weight will retreat within its
cover.
NEWTON & SON,
Agents for the Applicants

page_text: We ALFRED STEER of 3 Shorden Terrace Bohemia Road St. Leonard's-on-Sea in
the County of Sussex Artist and ARTHUR ERNEST KENNARD of 13 Stanhope Place
St. Leonard's-on-Sea aforesaid Gentleman, 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 :-
The object of this invention is to provide a string or twine box for counter use
in shops and warehouses which will be provided with a sheathed knife and be more
convenient to use than the string boxes hitherto constructed.
In carrying out our invention we prefer to make the box of bottle form the neck
of which will afford easy means for grasping the box with the hand.
Inside the neck a knife blade is placed and this blade is secured by a cross pin to a
ring outside the neck, said pin passing through slots formed in opposite sides of the
neck.
The ring will fit loosely round the neck and if made of metal its weight and the
weight of the blade (which will also fit loosely in the neck) will be sufficient to lower
the blade and keep it sheathed when not in use but an elastic or other light spring may
be used if desired to return the blade.
When using the box it will be only necessary to take hold of the ring and raise it.
by which means the knife will be protruded, the neck of the box can then be grasped
by the hand and the necessary length of string can readily be cut off. Upon placing
the box on the counter the blade by its own weight or by the spring will retreat within
its cover.
In the accompanying drawing we have shown at Fig. 1. Sheet I an outside view of
a string box constructed according to our invention Fig. 2 being a plan view of the
same. Fig. 3 Sheet II is a vertical section of the box Fig. 4 is an edge view and
Fig. 5 a plan view of the knife blade and ring detached from the box. A A¹ are the
two parts of a string box said parts being secured together by a bayonet joint or in
any other convenient manner, the part A being provided with a string hole a.
f'
B is a cylindrical chamber or recess formed in the part A' to receive the knife
blade and are slots made one on either side of the part A¹ or neck. Disa ring
which is placed outside the neck A' and is secured to the knife blade by a pin which
passes through the slots -d is a light spring serving to return the blade into the
box when not in use. e is a slotted plate which is secured to the top of the neck to
prevent the blade falling out of its recess.

page_text: Although the form of the box shown in the drawing is the best for the purpose of
our invention we would remark that we do not intend to confine ourselves either to
such shape to the arrangement of the ring for raising the knife as other shapes and
means for effecting the same object may readily be devised for example buttons or
knobs placed on the opposite ends of the pin may be used instead of the ring.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we claim is :-
1st. A box or receptacle for string twine and similar materials constructed substan-
tially as herein shown and described.
2nd. The combination with a box or receptacle in which, a ball of string or similar
material is to be placed, of a knife blade mounted in a recess in the box and arranged
to be protruded from and retained within the recess as set forth.
NEWTON & SON,
Agents for the Applicants.