Improved Manufacture of Boxes, Cases, and the like, and in Fasteners for Edges, Corners; and other Parts of same.
Year: 1896

page_text: Improved Manufacture of Boxes, Cases, and the like, and in
Fasteners for Edges, Corners; and other Parts of same.
I, CHRISTIAN WILHELM LUTHER, of Reval, Russia, Manufacturer of Wooden"
Articles, do.hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the manufacture of the sides, ends, bottoms, and the
tops or lids of boxes, cases, and the like for travellers, for the conveyance or
transport of goods, for containing articles of wearing apparel and other, from
wood veneers in suitable number to obtain the necessary thickness and strength,
the plys or vencers being glued or otherwise stuck together with the grains of the
wood faid crosswise or anglewise to each other, or as desired.
The boards so formed are then prepared with chamfered, dovetailed, or mitred.
ends or edges and where desired clamping plates can be fitted, said clamping plates.
consisting of shaped pieces with punched or jagged holes or edges which by pressure;
can be.forced into the wood and so obtainia bite or grip, the points or some of the
points of the punched or jagged portions turning to any angle according to the,
resistance they meet with in entering the plys.
In some cases, the plates can be inlaid to be flush with the outer layer of veneer.
and the corner edges of the boards can be recessed for the protection plates to be.
inserted; the punched or jagged points obtaining sufficient hold to materially:"
strengthen the body and cornere from injury due to rough usage.
Boxes and cases made of veneer in cross grained plys are very light in weight,.
very strong, and from the nature of the adhesive employed can be made water-
proof.
1000
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166 Fleet Street, London, .
Agent for the said Christian Wilhelm Luther.
Improved Manufacture of Boxes, Cases, and the like, and in
Fasteners for Edges, Corners, and other Parts of same.
I, CHRISTIAN WILHELM LUTHER, of Reval, Russia, Manufacturer of Wooden
Articles, 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:-
This invention relates to the manufacture of the sides, ends, bottoms, and the tops.
or lids of boxes, cases, and the like for travellers for the conveyance or transport of
goods, for containing articles of wearing apparel and other, from wood veneers in
suitable number to obtain the necessary thickness and strength, the plys or veneers

page_text: being glued or otherwise stuck together with the grains of the wood laid crosswise
or anglewise to each other, or as desired.
The boards so formed are then prepared with chamfered, dovetailed, or mitred
ends or edges and where desired clamping plates can be fitted, said clamping plates
consisting of shaped pieces with punched or jagged holes or edges which by pressure
can be forced into the wood and so obtain a bite or grip, the points or some of the
points of the punched or jagged portions turning to any angle according to the
resistance they meet with in entering the plys.
In some cases, the plates can be inlaid to be flush with the outer layer of veneer
and the corner edges of the boards can be. recessed for the protection plates to be
inserted, the punched or jagged points obtaining sufficient hold to materially
strengthen the body and corners from injury due to rough usage.
Boxes and cases made of veneer in cross grained plys are very light in weight,
very strong, and from the nature of the adhesive employed can be made water-
proof.
My invention will be clearly understood by reference to the annexed drawings.
Figure 1 outside elevation and edge views of my invention.
Figure 2 shows the application of a series of my edge plates in position and
secured to the edge corners of a box and of its lid, but the application is not limited
to those parts only as the plates can be affixed all along the meeting seams, or as
found convenient.
Figure 3 shows a top or plan view of two parts of a box with.one of my edge
plates folded to engage the two sides of a three ply wood veneer and bind them
together at the corners, the plate being laid on, while at Figure 4 a similar plan
has the edge or corner plate let in flush.
Each plate A is preferably in strip form and have holes B punched through
them by a special, or three or four winged cutting tool which not only severs the
metal crosswise within the diameter or width of the hole but turns the intervening
pieces C up or down at right angles, the points D of the punched in pieces also
turning slightly outwards, so that when said points are being forced into the outer
layer of veneer E, Figure 3, they incline a little more outwardly, this preparing
them to enter more freely through the middle or next layer Flaid cross grained
with the other with a tendency to become partially clamped as they come into
contact with the next or inner layer G not reversed which offers an additional
resistance, and finally finish the clamping by turning the point backward towards
its own body whereby from the number of points in clamped position a sound and
rigid connection of two sides or two adjoining compound boards is established, the
inner layer of vencer not showing a sign of injury, the points not passing through
the thickness of the wood.
Figure 2 is only to show in the position that some of my specially prepared strips
may occupy.
It will be understood that a strip of my prepared metal has only to be placed
points downwards on the veneer and be then forcibly pressed down or hammered
or malleted home, the points fixing themselves by a self clamping action, as
described.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is-
1. Cross cut punching of holes in metal, setting the pointed wings about right
angles to the base and employing such holed and point winged metal as a means of
securing the mecting edges or seams of three ply veneer wood boxes, cases, or the
like, as and in the manner described and substantially as shown on the annexed
drawings.
2. The improved manufacture of veneer boxes and the like by the employment
of specially prepared metal edge corner or other shaped pieces having cross out
punched holes and pointed wings, which when driven in become clamped and the

page_text: points enclosed through the resistance offered by cross grained layers of veneer
wood, as and in the manner described.
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166 Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said Christian Wilhelm Luther.