IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO CASES OR BOXES FOR HOLDING OR TRANSPORTING BOTTLES
Year: 1884

page_text: I DAVID DAVIES of Wrexham in the County of Denbigh do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO CASES
OR BOXES FOR HOLDING OR TRANSPORTING BOTTLES " to be as follows:-
This Invention was exhibited in the Brewers Exhibition, Agricultural Hall
London, on the fifteenth day of October 1883 and following days which exhibition
was protected by a certificate of the Board of Trade. It consists in a packing
case in which a series of square columns fixed to the bottom and standing vertically
upwards with their sides at an angle of forty five degrees with the case sides, divide
the box into a series of receptacles for bottles. The columns are spaced at equal
distances apart in rows so that they shall all be touched or almost touched by the
bottles on all four sides and shall just prevent the bottles from touching each other.
The columns are fixed to the bottom of the box by glue, cement, nails or screws, or
a combination of these. They need not project much above. the middle of the
height of the box, just sufficient to confine the bottles. Their upper ends are
preferably bevelled or pointed somewhat, so as to more easily guide the bottles
into place.
Daind this This dose of Ianua… 1004
W. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: I DAVID DAVIES of Wrexham in the County of Denbigh do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO CASES OR
BOXES FOR HOLDING OR TRANSPORTING BOTTLES," 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 an improved packing case for bottles,
and other similar articles which are liable to breakage.
It consists in a packing case in which a series of columns, fixed to the bottom
and standing vertically upwards, divide the box into a number of compartiments or
receptacles for the bottles. The columns are spaced at equal distances apart in
rows, so that they shall all be touched or almost touched by the bottles on all four
sides, and shall just prevent the bottles touching each other.
It is best described by aid of the accompanying Drawings in which :-
Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation on line x x of Fig. 2 and
Fig. 2 a plan of packing box made according to my Invention.
In these A is the lid B the sides C the bottom of a packing case made in any
ordinary manner. The lid may be entirely separate from the case and nailed down
into position when the case is packed, but as the cases may be re-packed and used a
number of times, I prefer to have the lid attached by hinges a as shewn; b are
strengthening pieces fastened on the sides B and projecting a short distance above
them form supports to keep the lid A in position when closed. To the bottom C
of the case, I nail or otherwise fix by means of screws, glue, cement, etcetera, a
number of columns or upright projections D preferably rectangular and square,
though other shapes might be used if found desirable or better adapted to the
particular contour of the bottle or other article to be packed. Those shewn in the
Drawings are square as I consider such as best suited for packing round bottles.
The uprights D may be placed at any distance apart to suit the size of the bottles
to be packed, so that the bottle shall loosely bear against one side of each of the
four that surround it without allowing any space for play or shake. Their upper
edges may be bevelled so as to more easily guide the bottles into place. The size
of each of the uprights D is also determined by the size of the bottle, they should
be of such a size as to allow the bottles to come almost close together without
actually touching, so that a case fitted according to my Invention would hold almost
as many bottles as if the same were merely placed upon the bottom of a plain
packing case. In order to fix the uprights D more securely, a lath of wood or
iron E may be inserted into their tops, connecting all together and with the sides
of the case, but this I do not consider essential, and the case may be made without
it, though I have shewn it in the Drawings. It is not necessary that the uprights D
should be equal in height to the sides of the case, they may be made sufficiently
high to abut against the broadest part of the bottle, and thus confine it in the
allotted space.
The lid of the case when closed should abut against the corks in
the top of the bottle, and thus prevent any shaking in that direction, or if found
inore desirable a little loose packing may be inserted. If desired and in some
instances where the cases are for use over short distances only, I dispense with a
lid altogether as it does not form an essential part of the Invention, F is a slot in
the side of the case to act as a handle for lifting it.
Although I prefer cases made to hold only a single row of bottles, and have
shown such in the Drawings, it is obvious that if the cases were made sufficiently

page_text: deep, a second or third row of bottles could be packed by inserting a tray or false
bottom carrying similar uprights to those already described.
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:
A packing case for holding or transporting bottles or other similar articles in
which a series of columns or uprights fixed to the bottom of the case (with or
without connecting pieces at top) serve to prevent the bottles shaking in a lateral
direction, or coming in contact with each other, substantially as described and
shewn.