Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Mar., 1887.
Complete Left, 3rd June, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 8th July, 1887.
I, ROBERT NEAL, of 33 North Church Street, Nottingham, Commission Agent, do
hereby declare the nature of my invention to be as follows:-
My improvements relate to boxes in which bottles containing mineral water, and
other liquids, are placed to facilitate conveyance from place to place.
Each box is constructed with sides and ends having the interior divided so as to
contain one or more dozen bottles in the usual way, but with an open bottom provided
with two or three runners secured to the sides and ends each runner being formed of
a strip of wood, above such runners other strips of wood are secured to the sides and
ends interiorly, upon which the sides and ends of a false bottom rest, the bottom may
be either in one solid piece or perforated to receive the necks of the bottles, or the
bottom may be made of wire work or canework, in either case the bottom is inserted
in the box through a slot or perforation in one side of the box, or if a wirework
bottom is employed
may be made a fixture.

page_text: I, ROBERT NEAL, of 33, North Church Street, Nottingham, Commission Agent
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 in which bottles containing mineral water or aerated
or other liquids, are placed, and in which the said bottles are conveyed from place to
place. And the object of my invention is to construct the Box so that very little dirt
can accumulate therein, and when it is required to clean or wash said box this can be
accomplished with facility and expedition.
To attain these objects I construct the Box with the ordinary sides and ends, which
may be bound together in any suitable way. The interior of the box may be divided
by means of partitions so that any suitable number of bottles can be placed therein in
the usual way. The bottom of the box is composed of two or more runners which are
secured to the sides and ends, and may be composed of wood or other suitable material.
Above the said runners strips of wood or other substance may be secured to the sides
and ends interiorly, upon which the sides and ends of a false bottom may rest; or
where preferred the sides and ends of the false bottom may rest upon the top of the
runners within the box. The false bottom may be either in one solid piece, or
perforated to receive the necks of the bottles, or the false bottom may be made of
wire work or cane work, or a combination of wire and wood or cane and wood. The
said false bottom may be either a fixture in the interior of the bottom of the box
above the runners, or may be arranged so as to be placed therein by means of a slot
or perforation formed in one side of the box.
In order to make my invention clearly understood so that it can be carried into
practice, I hereunto attach drawings, of which the following is a description:—
Fig. 1 is a longitudinal elevation, and Fig. 2 an end view of my improved box.
Fig. 3 is a plan of false bottom, and Fig. 4 is a cross section of the same, and Fig. 5 is
a plan of a modified form of false bottom.
Fig. 6 is a side elevation of a modified form of my improved box, Fig. 7 is a cross
section of the same, and Fig. 8 is a plan of false bottom which may be adapted to
said box.
Fig. 9 is a longitudinal elevation of another form of my improved box, Fig. 10 is a
cross section of the same, and Fig. 11 is a plan of false bottom which may be adapted
to said box.
The same letters of reference indicate similar parts throughout the several views or
figures.
Referring to Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, the box B is constructed with sides a and ends c,
and the interior is divided by partitions d. The runners e are secured to the sides a
and ends c either by means of wire binding as shown, or in any other suitable way.
Above the runners e in the interior of the box B is a false bottom F,
which may
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nade in form as shown at Figs. 3 and 4, having sides g, and ends h, and longitudinal
bars i which are bevelled as shown at Fig. 4. The longitudinal bars i are secured to
the sides g by means of wire cross bars j. Or the false bottom F may be made as
shown at Fig. 5, having sides g and ends h, with longitudinal bars i and cross stays j.
The longitudinal bars and cross stays may where preferred be made of cane or may
be made of any other suitable material. Whatever form of false bottom F is used it
is placed as previously described above the runners e and in the interior of the box
below the partitions ; it may either be nailed to the sides a and ends c of box B, or
to the top of runners e, or may be secured in the interior of the box B by being held
between the bottom of the partitions & and top of runners e.
Referring to Figs. 6, 7, and 8, the side a of box B is made with a slot or
perforation; through this porforation the false bottom F is passed and rests on the
runners e. The false bottom F is prevented leaving or falling out of the perforation
by means of suitable pieces of tin or iron m which are nailed or otherwise secured to
the sides a and ends of runners e of the box B.
Referring to Figs. 9, 10 and 11, the bottom of the box B has three runners e, one
passing along the centre of the bottom. The side a has a slot through which is
passed the false bottom F which has perforations o.
The false bottom F rests upon
the strips of wood or other suitable material p which are placed upon the runners e
and is held in position by means of a catch s.
Boxes constructed according to my improvements herein described and illustrated at
Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 cannot accumulate dirt, as the dust and other dirt falls from the
false bottom F and out of the bottom of the box. When it is required to cleanse the
false bottom of the box all that is needed is to dip the box into water bottom down-
wards, by which means the false bottom F is quickly and easily cleansed.
as shown at
Figs. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11, when it is necessary to clean the box all that is
required is to remove the bottom F, clean it in any suitable way, and again
replace it.
As regards boxes constructed with movable false bottoms
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. Constructing Van Boxes with false bottoms F supported by runners e substantially
as described and illustrated at Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
2. The construction of Van Boxes with false bottoms F supported by runners e and
placed and secured substantially as described and shown at Figs. 6, 7, 8 and 9 or any
mere modification thereof.
3. Constructing Van Boxes with false bottoms F supported by runners e, the said
false bottoms being secured within the boxes and removable through slots / formed
in the sides of the boxes substantially as described and illustrated at Figs. 9, 10,
and 11, or any mere modification thereof.
Dated this 2nd day of June 1887