Improvements in the Construction of Van-boxes and Packing-cases for containing Bottles or other Articles.
Year: 1889

page_text: This Print is in accordance with the Original Specification as it stands after
Amendment (under Section 18 of the Patents, &c: Act, 1883), as allowed by
the decision of the Comptroller General of the 31st day of March 1896.
Date of Application, 3rd Oct., 1889-Accepted, 7th Dec., 1889
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION (AMENDED).
Improvements in the Construction of Van-boxes and Packing-cases
for containing Bottles or other Articles.
I, JABEZ NALL of the Spring Vale Saw Mills Penistone in the County of York,
Case Manufacturer, 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
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My present invention relates to the construction of van-boxes or packing cases for
containing any kind articles, but it is more especially applicable to boxes which are
formed with partitions so that a suitable number of bottles may be placed therein in
vertical positions, and such boxes are generally formed with portions of the lower
parts of their sides cut away in order that the insides of such boxes may be
expeditiously and thoroughly cleaned when required, and they are also mostly
constructed with suitable hand holes formed either through their sides or ends so that
they may be more conveniently lifted and removed from place to place. By means
of forming the said openings and hand holes the box becomes considerably weakened;
the principal object therefore of my present invention is to construct the said boxes or
cases so that these weak parts are strengthened; and another object is to bind said
boxes with an improved form of iron or wire so that the same will embed itself into
the wood without it being necessary to form a groove, channel, or trench for its
reception.
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In order to attain the object first before mentioned, I improve upon the means
described by me in a provisional specification which I left at Her Majesty's Patent
Office upon the 23rd of September 1881, and which is numbered 4096; that is to
say I have two or more holes in a vertical direction through the ends or sides of box
or case, which holes extend through the thickness of wood forming the bottom of box
also, but instead of passing pins or rods through said holes and then rivetting them
up in the manner therein described, I according to my present invention construct the
van-boxes or packing cases in the manner illustrated by means of the accompanying
sheet of drawings (viz., sheet 1.) of which the following is a description.
Fig. 1 is an end elevation and fig. 2 a longitudinal elevation of my present improved
constructed van-box, and figs. 3 and 4 are end views of modification thereof. Figs. 5
and 6 are end sectional elevations showing modifications of my improvements applied
to packing cases. Fig. 7 is an enlarged end sectional elevation of corner of box
secured with an improved form of wire or other metal binding, and fig. 8 is a plan of
same; and fig. 9 is also an enlarged sectional elevation of a corner of box secured by
a similar form of wire but in a modified manner and fig. 10 is a plan of same.
Like letters of reference designate corresponding parts in each view.
Referring to figs. 1 and 2 the vertical holes may be bored previous to the sides

page_text: ends and bottom of box being dovetailed or otherwise secured together, or they may*
be bored subsequently, in either case in order to bore the said holes expeditiously and
with safety I employ the improved machine described and illustrated in my Complete
Specification numbered 15055 and dated 24th September 1889.
Through the holes I first pass the pieces of iron or wire C which I bend over the
corners and secure their ends into the wood of the box as shown; I then pass the two
ends d' of the piece of iron or wire D, one throug each hole b, downwards and bend
them underneath the bottom of box and secure them in about the middle thereof as
shown; or the two ends d' may be passed through the holes b upwards and secured
into top endge of box over the hand hole h. The pieces of wire or iron C go
sufficiently round each lower corner of box A so as to extend upwards beyond the
portions a (fig. 2) of ends of box in order to strengthen the same, which have
necessarily become weakened by the formation of the hole a which has before
described is for the purpose of cleaning out the inside of such van-boxes. The
portion of the wire or iron D looping over or around the hand hole / considerably
strengthens the box around such hole, and its ends d' being bent under and securely
attached to the bottom of box or bent over and secured to the top of box, tends to more
perfectly fasten the bottom of box to the ends or sides. It will be obvious that when
lifting the box by the hand holes the wires D will be in tension, and the box is
thereby practically lifted from the bottom thereof thus taking the strain off the wood
of box situated around the hand holes h.
Referring to fig. 3 instead of bending the pieces of iron or wire C and D under
the bottom of box, I rivet them up to a suitable narrow iron or other metal plate E
which is bent round the corners of bottom of box and has its ends secured into the
wood of box as shown. The ends d' of the pieces of wire D are then bent over to
right angles with the holes and are secured into middle of top edge of box
immediately over the hand holes h. Referring to Fig. 4 the pieces of iron or wire C
and D are arranged similarly to figs. 1 and 2 except the ends of the pieces C overlap
and are secured to the upper corners by means of nails or screws f, and I would here
have it understood that nails, screws, or other suitable ordinary fastenings may be
used for securing the exposed portions of the pieces of iron or wire C and D to the
box at any desired or convenient parts...
Referring to fig. 5 I dispense with the piece or pieces of wire D, and employ
pieces only, which I first rivet to a narrow plate E and then bend their other ends
over the top corners of case A as shown, this modification is more applicable to
packing cases or van-boxes which are not formed with hand holes or openings in the
lower parts of their sides.
In figs. 6 the ends of the pieces of wire or iron are arranged so that their
extremities respectively meet, by this means the ends or sides of packing case A
become entirely bound with said wire or iron.
Referring to figs. 7 and 8 the pieces of iron or wire C and D are half round in
cross section, they are placed together through the hole so as to form a round piece
of wire or iron, and are twisted respectively before being bent to right angles to said
hole so that their flat portions embed upon the wood of box, and their rounded portions
are only exposed.
Referring to figs. 9 and 10 instead of placing the flat portions of the half round
pieces of iron or wire C and D together in the hole & they are placed within said hole
with their rounded parts touching or together so that by this method it is not
necessary to twist them previous to bending the same over the tops and corners of box
or case.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is.
1. In the construction of van-boxes or packing cases for containing bottles or
other articles the combination of vertical holes with pieces of wire or iron. (
and D passing through the same, and bent over the corners and round the edges

page_text: of said boxes or cases, substantially as described and illustrated at figs. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6.
of the accompanying drawings.
2. In the construction of van-boxes or packing cases the combination of vertical
holes with pieces of wire or iron Carranged substantially as described and
illustrated at fig. of the drawings annexed.
3. In combination with holes 6, the use of half round iron or wire C and D for
strengthening van-boxes or packing cases substantially as described and illustrated.
at figs. 7, 8, 9, and 10 of the drawings attached hereto.
Dated this 25th day of September 1889.
H. F. BOUGHTON M.I.M.E.
Barnsley and Sheffield Agent.