Boxes for the Transmission by Post, or otherwise, of Glass Plates
Year: 1898

page_text: Boxes for the Transmission by Post, or otherwise, of Glass Plates
I, WILLIAM HENRY BEACH, of 25, East Castle, Bridgnorth, in the County of Salop,
Veterinary Surgeon, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:---
My invention relates to boxes for the transmission by post, or otherwise, of glass
plates such as pyrographically etched plates, photographic negatives, and the like,
and it consists in a cheap but efficient construction of box whereby the transmission
of the plates may be effected without liability of breakage or injury; and the
invention consists in the construction of the box and in the means by which it is
closed, secured, and directed for transmission.
In its simplest form, and as adapted for the reception of a single plate, the box
consists of two plates or cheeks of wood, preferably with the grain crossed; held at
the proper distance apart for the reception of the plate by edge and bottom.strips to
which the said plates or cheeks are secured by nailing or otherwise, the closure being
effected by a fourth strip hinged at one end upon a cross pin and fitting between the
said plates or cheeks and secured at the other end by a cord or wire forming the
attachment of a label or tag upon which the destination is inscribed the cord or wire
.being threaded through holes drilled in the plates or cheeks and the hinged strip so
as to both secure the latter and form the means of attachment for the label
or tag.
In order to adapt the box to receive two, or more, plates three or more such plates or
cheeks may be similarly attached to and separated by distance strips at the side and
bottom edges, and be similarly closed by hinged strips all secured by the same tag or
label attachment as above described. Or instead of multiplying the number of plates
or cheeks dividing the interior of the box into as many distinct compartments the
distance strips may be of alternately different breadths so as by their juxtaposition to
form in effect grooves for the edges of the plates to slide in, a single lid secured as
above described enclosing the whole. Or instead of forming the edges of the box
by the juxtaposition of strips of different widths they may be formed of single pieces
grooved for the plates to slide in, the lid being formed of a single piece secured as
before.
For the transmission of undeveloped photographic negatives 'the box might be
covered with opaque paper and be enclosed at the lid end by a cap of the same
material to make it light tight.
.
A M. & WM. CLARK,
Chartered Patent Agents, 53, Chancery Lane, London.

page_text: I, WILLIAM HENRY BEACH, of 25, East Castle, Bridgnorth, in the County of
Salop, Veterinary Surgeon, 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 :-
My invention relates to boxes for the transmission by post, or otherwise, of glass
plates such as pyrographically etched plates, photographic negatives, and the like,
and it consists in a cheap but efficient construction of box whereby the transmission
of the plates may be effected without liability of breakage or injury; and the inven-
tion consists in the construction of the box and in the means by which it is closed,
secured, and directed for transmission.
The invention is illustrated in its various forms in the accompanying drawings
forining part of this specification and will be described with reference thereto.
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a single box partly broken away and closed, and
Figure 2 is a similar view of the same box open. Figures 3 and 4, are similar views
of various forms of multiple boxes.
In its simplest form as represented in Figures 1 and 2, and as adapted for the
reception of a single plate, the box consists of two thin wooden plates or cheeks A A
(preferably with the grain crossed) held at the proper distance apart for the reception
of the plate by edge strips aa and a bottom strip b to which the said plates or cheeks
are secured by glueing, nailing, or otherwise the closure being effected by a fourth
strip c hinged at one end upon a cross pin d and fitting between the said plates or
cheeks A and secured at the other end by a cord or wire e or by a split pin e¹ whose
ends are splayed apart after insertion like an ordinary paper fastener e (which may
also form the attachment of a postal label or tag upon which the destination is
inscribed) the cord or other fastener e or el being threaded through holes ƒ ƒ drilled
in the plates or cheeks A and the hinged cover strip c so as to both secure the
latter and form the means of attachment for the label or tag. The distance
strips a b c are slightly thicker than the plate to be received within the space thereby
reserved between the side cheeks A as will be understood.
Figure 3 shews the box as adapted to receive two, or more, glass plates, a capacity
of three plates being indicated in the example illustrated. In this example three,
or more, such wooden plates or cheeks A, A1, A2, etc., are similarly attached
to, and separated by, distance strips as before at the side and bottom edges respectively
and are similarly closed by hinged strips c c c² etc., all pivoted on the same cross
pin d and all secured by the same cord or other fastener e or el forming the tag or
label attachment as above described. Or instead of the intermediate plates A¹
dividing the interior of the box into as many distinct compartments as shewn, the
. distance strips a may be of alternately different breadths, as shewn in Figure 4, in
which the strips a¹ are broader than the strips a so as by their juxtaposition to form
in effect grooves for the edges of the glass plates to slide in, the strips a a¹ being
. either glued together or united by cross pins driven through them and through the
side cheeks A, A single lid C pivoted on a pin d and secured by a cord or other
fastener e or e¹, as above described, closes the whole capacity of the'box. Or instead
of forming the grooved walls of the box by the juxtaposition of strips of different
widths they may be formed of single pieces having grooves planed in them for the
glass plates to slide in, the lid being formed of a single piece C pivoted and secured
as before described.
For the transmission of undeveloped photographic negatives, the box might be
covered with opaque paper and be enclosed at the lid end by a cap of the same
material to make it light tight.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is-
The respective constructions of boxes for the transmission of photographic and
other glass plates by post substantially as herein described and illustrated in the
respective figures of the drawings.
1000.
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
Chartered Patent Agents, 53, Chancery Lane, London.