IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANU- FACTURE OF BOXES OR CASES USED FOR HOLDING NEEDLES. PENS, MATCHES PENCILS, AND FOR OTHER LIKE PURPOSES
Year: 1859

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Edward Wiley, of 34, Great Hampton
Street, Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Gold Pen and Pencil
Case Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANU-
FACTURE OF BOXES OR CASES USED FOR HOLDING NEEDLES. PENS, MATCHES
PENCILS, AND FOR OTHER LIKE PURPOSES."
Scaled the 22nd September 1859, and dated the 24th March 1859.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Edward Wiley
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
.the 24th March 1859.
1; WILLIAM EDWARD WILEY. of 34. Great Ilampton Street, Birmingham.
in the County of Warwick, Gold Pen and Pencil Case Manufacturer, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF BOXES OR CASES USED FOR HOLDING NEEDLES, PENS, MATCHES
PENCILS, AND FOR OTHER LIKE PURPOSES," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists of the improvements herein-after described, in the
manufacture of boxes' or cases used for holding needles, pens, matches, pencils.
and other articles, which said boxes are of a tubular figure and made wholly
or mainly of metal. In making the said boxes, I raise both the part con-
stituting the body and that constituting the lid or cover out of sheet metal.
For this purpose I take cruciform pieces of sheet metal, and by a pair of
raising tools and a press I raise or form the said pieces of sheet metal into
the form of a tube, closed at one end. I insert in the body of the box a piece
of smaller tube, and fix it by soldering or otherwise for the lid to fit upon;

page_text: the boxes may be finished by being covered with paper. or ornamented in
various ways. It is sometimes desirable that the bottom or top, or both
bottom and top. of tubular metal boxes should be made of soft material
which will not injure the points of needles or other pointed articles placed or
kept in the said boxes. In boxes used for holding needles, and other like
purposes, make the top or bottom of a disc of wood, card, or other substanco
sufficiently soft for the purpose. 1 fix the said discs in the ends of the tubes
either by turning in the ends of the tubes upon the said discs or by making a
depression in the tube engage with the edge of the disc.
described kind may be made from ordinary tubing..
Boxes of the last
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Edward Wiley in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 24th September 1859.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
EDWARD WILEY, of 34, Great Hampton Street, Birmingham, in the County
of Warwick, Gold Pen and Pencil Case Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fourth day of March, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, in the twenty-second year
of Her reign, did, for Ilerself, Iler heirs and successors, give and grant
unto me, the said William Edward Wiley, Her special licence that I, the
said William Edward Wiley, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or
such others as I, the said William Edward Wiley, my executors, adminis-
trators, 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 MANUFACTURE OF BOXES OR
CASES USED FOR HOLDING NEEDLES, PENS, MATCHES, PENCILS, AND FOR OTHER LIKE
PURPOSES," upon the condition (amongst others) that 1, the said William
Edward Wiley, my exccutors or administrators, by an instrument in writing
under my, or their, or one of their hands and scals, 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.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Edward Wiley, 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, that is to say:-
My Invention consists of the improvements, herein-after particularly
described and illustrated in the accompanying Drawing, in the manufacture of
boxes or cases used for holding needles. pens, matches, and for other like
purposes, which said boxes or cases are of a tubular figure, or consist of a
series of tubes or hollow bars jointed together and made wholly or mainly of
metal.
One of the improvements constituting my Invention consists in making
tubular boxes by raising or forming both the part constituting the body. and
that constituting the lid or cover out of sheet metal. In carrying this part of
my Invention into effect, I take cruciform picces of sheet metal, one of which
is represented in Figure 1 of the Drawing, and by means of a pair of raising
tools worked in a press I raise or form the blank or piece of sheet metal,
Figure 1, into a tube, closed at one end, as represented in elevation in
Figure 2, and section in Figure 3. Instead of the cruciform blank repre-
sented, any other convenient winged-shaped blank may be employed. 'The
said tube, Figures 2 and 3, constitutes either the top or bottom, that is, the
body or lid of the intended box or case. 1 insert and fix in the body of the box
marked in Figure 4. a piece of smaller tubing, represented in elevation at 3
in Figure, for the lid of the box marked 4 in Figure 4 to slide upon. The
tubing 3, Figure 4, inserted and fixed in the body of the box, is represented
in Figure 5. The said piece of tubing 3 may be fixed in the body of the
box by soldering, or in any other convenient manner. The boxes or cases
made as described are finished by being covered with plaid or other paper.
As the raising tools which I employ in carrying this part of my Invention into
effect do not differ in any essential respect from these commonly employed for
similar purposes. I do not think it necessary to describe or represent the said
raising tools.
My Invention consists further in making the bottom or top, or both bottom
and top, of tubular metal boxes of a soft material, so that the points of the needles
or other pointed articles placed or kept in the said boxes shall not be injured.
Figure 6 represents in vertical section a metal tubular box, the bottom and
top of which are made according to this part of my Invention, the lid of the
said box being detached from the body: and Figure 7 represents the same
with the lid fitted upon the body of the box. The top of the lid and bottom
of the body of the box are closed by circular discs of paper or other sufficiently

page_text: soft and rigid material, marked 2. The said discs 2 are fixed in the ends of
the body and lid by the said discs being pressed against the turned in ends 5
of the tubes, as represented in Figures 6 and 7, the said discs being intro-
duced through the larger open ends of the tubes, and pressed against the
turned in ends at 5 by a plunger entering the said tubes: or the disc of
paper may be placed in the ends of the tube and kept in its place by a depres-
sion made from the outside of the tube, bearing against the edge of the disc;
or the said disc may be fixed by any other convenient means.
When I make the top or bottom, or both top and bottom, of tubular boxes
of a soft material, I either manufacture the said boxes in the manner before
described, that is to say, by raising from sheet metal, or 1 employ ordinary
tubing. When manufacture the said boxes of tubes raised from sheet
metal, as described, the closed ends of the said tubes must be cut off, so that
the open ends of the same may be turned in for the paper or other discs
to bear against.
My Invention consists further in manufacturing boxes or cases for holding
needles, leads, or other similar articles. of a series of tubes joined together.
Figure 9 represents in elevation a box made according to this part of my
Invention Figure 10 represents a horizontal section of the same; Figure 11
represents a vertical section of the same; and Figure 12 represents a plan of
the same. The said box or case, Figures 9. 10. 11, and 12, consists of a series
of small tubes a, arranged around a central rod or tube b, the said tubes being
soldered together. The lower open ends of the said tubes a are closed by a
disc or plate c fixed to the central tube b, as represented. The upper ends of
the said tubes a are closed by another disc or plate d. the said disc turning
freely upon the end of the central tube b. In one of the compartments of
the box formed by the tubes a a small bolt e works, pressed to its bearing by
the spring. The neck of knob g of the bolt c works in a slot in the tube.
The plate or cover d is provided with a hole h. by bringing which said hole
opposite to the open end of either of the tubes a the needles or other articles
contained in the said tube may be removed through the said hole.
The plate
or cover dis lixed, when not in use, by the sliding boli e entering the hole h
in the said plate. Different sized needles or other articles may be kept in the
compartiments of the box last described.
I sometimes modify the last described box in the following manner, that is
to say, I take a plate of corrugated or fluted metal, as represented in plan
and edge view in Figure 13. and I bend the said plate into a tube, and join
the edges of the same by soldering. I fix upon the exterior of the fluted
tube i, Figures 14 and 15, a plain tube h, and fix in the interior of the

page_text: said fluted tube i a smaller plain tube 1, the said tubes and having the
relative positions represented in Figures 14 and 15, which said Figures 14
and 15 represent in vertical and horizontal section respectively a box made
according to this part of my Invention.. The three tubes i. k. 1, are fixed
together by soldering, or otherwise. There is thus formed a series of compart-
ments m. n. the compartments m being formed by the concave flutes of the
fluted tube i and the interior of the outer tube k. and the other compartments n
being formed by the convex flutes of the fluted tube i and the exterior of the
smaller tube. The ends of the smaller tube I are closed by discs o. p. soldered
thereto. The open ends of the compartments m. n. are closed by the discs or
covers q. r. the said discs or covers being capable of turning on the axis q². The
said covers q. r, are provided with holes through which, when the said
holes have been brought opposite the open ends of the compartments m, n. the
articles contained in the said compartments may readily be removed. The
articles placed in the exterior compartments m are removed through the hole
in the lower plate or cover p. and those in the inner compartments n are
removed through the hole in the upper plate or cover o. The upper and
lower covers o. p, are fixed, when not in use. by the sliding bolts s. s³, entering
the holes in the said covers. The bolts works in one of the compartments
m. and the other bolts works in one of the compartments n of the hox. as
represented. A plan of the box. Figures 14 and 15, is represented in
Figure 16. Instead of making the compartments of the box of tubes, as
represented in Figures 9. 10. 11. and 12. I sometimes make the com-
partments of the box of V-shaped bars disposed radially, the open faces of the
said bars being closed by a tube. Figure 17 represents in vertical section a
box or case, made according to my Invention: Figure 18 represents a hori-
zontal section of the same; and Figure 19 represents a plan of the same. The
said box consists of a series of V-shaped bars marked 1, (one of which is shown
separately in elevation and section in Figure 20). the said bars being disposed
radially upon the central tube ". The open faces of the said bars are closed
by the tube being fixed by soldering to the said bars. The bottom of the
box is closed by the disc u fixed by rivetting to the central tube . and the
top of the said box is closed by a lid or cover turning on the pin or axis u
working in the central tube u. The lid or cover
hy bringing which said hole opposite to one of the
the bars 1, the needles or other articles in the
removed through the said hole.
by the bent end
The bent end 1
is provided with a hole x,
compartments formed by
said compartment may he
The lid or cover is fixed, when not in use,
entering the hole in the said lid.
when the cover is required to be
of the pin or rod
is raised from the hole

page_text: turned by pressing upwards the end of the rod we, which will protrude from
the bottom of the box.
I sometimes dispense with the bolts e, s, s, and w, by which the rotation of
the covers is prevented, and place upon the said covers a plate capable of
turning thereon. To remove the needles or other articles. the hole in the
cover is first brought opposite to the compartment from which the articles, are
required to be removed, the moveable plate is next turned upon the cover
until a hole in the said plate comes opposite to and coincides with the one in
the cover, when the articles can be removed through the said holes. When
the hole in the moveable plate is not opposite that in the cover. the articles
cannot be removed from the box.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Edward Wiley, have hereunto
set my hand and seal. this Twenty-second day of September, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.
Witness,
RICHARD SKERRETT.
Clerk to George Shaw.
WHAZIAN EDWARD WILEY. (L.S.)