IMPROVEMENTS IN TRAVELLING CASES, MORE ESPECIALLY APPLICABLE TO GUN AND CARTRIDGE CLORS
Year: 1878

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Gibson Bussey, of Museum Works, Rye Lane,
Peckham, in the County of Surrey, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
TRAVELLING CASES, MORE ESPECIALLY APPLICABLE TO GUN AND CARTRIDGE
CLORS"
Sealed the 2nd July 1878, and dated the 8th January 1878.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Gibson Bussey at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 8th January 1878.
GEORGE GIBSON BUSSEY, of Museum Works, Rye Lane, Peckham, in the County
of Surrey.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN TRAVELLING CASES, MORE ESPECIALLY APPLICABLE
TO GUN AND CARTRIDGE CASES."
The object of these improvements is to obtain greater strength and compactness,
improve the appearance, cheapen the production, and give greater facility in
securing the contents, and are more especially applicable to gun and cartridge
cases.
The first of these improvements consist in constructing the body, shell, or foun-
dation of such cases as are made of wood. and covered with leather or canvas, or
other suitable material, partly of pine or other cheap wood, and combining there-
with a frame or rim of oak or other hard and more expensive wood, and is applicable
to all kinds of cases and boxes.
The second of these improvements consists in so arranging the internal compart-
ments of gun cases as to secure greater compactness.
The third of these improvements consist in fixing the gun stock in the case by
means of a spring clip.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said George Gibson Bussey in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
6th July 1878.
GEORGE GIBSON BUSSEY, of Museum Works, Rye Lane, Peckham, in the County
of Surrey. "IMPROVEMENTS IN TRAVELLING CASES, MORE ESPECIALLY APPLICABLE
TO GUN AND CARTRIDGE CASES."
The object of these improvements is to obtain greater strength and compactness,
improve the appearance, cheapen the production, and give greater facility in
securing the contents, and are more especially applicable to gun and cartridge
cases.
The first of these improvements consist in constructing the body, shell, or foun-
dation of such cases as are made of wood and covered with leather or canvas, or
other suitable material, partly of pine or other cheap wood, and combining there-
with a frame or rim of oak or other hard and more expensive wood, and is applicable
to all kinds of cases and boxes.
The second of these improvements consist in so arranging the internal compart-
ments of gun cases as to secure greater compactness.
The third of these improvements consist in fixing the gun stock in the case by
means of a spring clip.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, I will now proceed to
describe the manner in which I carry out the improvements secured under this
Patent, and which will be understood by reference to the Drawings accompanying
this Specification.
Fig. 1 represents a sectional end elevation of the shell or body of a case con-
structed according to this Patent, the unshaded part being pine or other cheap
wood, the shaded or frame being oak or other hard wood, the external projections
of which are to allow the leather, canvas, or other covering of the case to come flush
therewith; by this union of oak and pine in the body with its external covering of
leather or canvas, a neat, strong, and cheap case is produced.
Fig. 2 represents the internal arrangement by which I secure great compactness.
A is the gun stock with its fore part resting on a compartment E, which will hold
an oil bottle; B are the barrels, the breech end resting on a box fixed to C and the
muzzle end resting on block D; Cis a moveable partition hinged at the end marked
C, which acts, 1st, as a cover to F; 2nd, as a platform for the barrels B to rest on ;
and 3rd, as a means of keeping down the stock by pressing on the fore part. F is
a compartment for cartridges or other accessories, which is entered by lifting the
partition C after first removing the barrels.
The third improvement consists in a flat steel spring bent to the form of the hand
part or the fore part of the gun stock, as shown in Fig. 3; this spring is covered
after the manner of a surgical truss, with any soft material; one end of this spring
is fixed to the bottom of a gun case, while the outer end is free to receive the hand
part or fore part, which it grips, and thus holds the stock steady; this spring is not
shown in the case, as it would tend to confuse the Drawing, but its use is to allow
gun stocks of various sizes to be fitted in the same case without fear of damage by
shaking.
My fourth improvement consists in the means I adopt of securing the contents
of gun and cartridge cases made according to this Patent; this is effected by fixing
to the front of the lid a hasp of metal, on which is formed a loop; to the front of
the base* I fix a hollow brass plate having a hole for the metal loop; behind this
plate a bolt is made to slide which engages with the said metal loop and prevents
the lid from being opened till the bolt is withdrawn.
Having now described the nature of my improvements and the best means known
to me of performing the same. I declare that what I claim and desire to be secured

page_text: to me by the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent is, the general arrangement
and combination of parts or fittings for travelling cases, more especially for gun or
cartridge cases, substantially as herein-before described, and shewn on the Drawings,
or any mere modification thereof.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Gibson Bussey, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Second day of July, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight.
GEORGE GIBSON BUSSEY. (L.S.)