IMPROVEMENTS IN DRAPERS' AND OTHER BOXES
Year: 1874

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Archibald Bennie M'Ilvride, of Glasgow, in the
County of Lanark, North Britain, Fancy Box Maker, for the In-
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Archibald Bennie
M'Ilvride at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 17th September 1874.
I, ARCHIBALD BENNIE MILVRIDE, of Glasgow, in the County of
Lanark, North Britain, Fancy Box Maker, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN DRAPERS' AND OTHER BOXES,"
to be as follows, that is to say :-
This Invention, which relates to improvements in boxes employed by
drapers, warehousemen, or others, to contain made-up or other fabrics,
as well as in boxes used for other purposes, has for its object to dispense
with the strip or piece of wood usually placed in such boxes to retain the
contents in position:⚫

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Under this Invention an elastic or other cord, band, or strap is
employed, and which is attached to the box at one end or side, the
opposite end of the cord, band, or strap being provided with a loop or
eye which, when the contents of the box have been adjusted in position,
is passed over a hook fixed in the side or end of the box opposite to that
at which the fixed end of the cord, band, or strap is secured. By this
means the injurious effect of employing pieces or strips of wood, whereby
the ends of the box are frequently so bulged out as to destroy the accurate
fitting of the lid is obviated, and the tendency of the box to bulge out
at the ends or sides of its own accord is also prevented by the elasticity
or tension of the elastic or other cord, strap, or band.
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In lieu of permanently attaching the cord, strap, or band to the box
at one end it may be provided with a loop or eye at both ends, and two
or more of these cords, straps, or bands placed parallel or diagonally
across the box from its four corners may be used.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent
filed by the said Archibald Bennie McIlvride in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 15th March 1875.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ARCHIBALD
BENNIE MILVRIDE, of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, North Britain,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Seventeenth day of September, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four,
in the 38th year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and
successors, give and grant unto me, the said Archibald Bennic
M'Ilvride, Her special license that I, the said Archibald Bennic
McIlvride, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others
as I, the said Archibald Bennie M'Ilvride, my executors, admini-
strators, or assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others,
from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein
expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, excrcise, and vend,
within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel

page_text: and these eyes or loops when the contents have been placed in the box
are passed over the hooks or catches c, whereby the said contents are
retained in position.
In lieu of forming the strap or band a with an eye or opening at cach
end, as shewn, an end of the said strap or band may be permanently
attached to one end of the box, either by nailing or tacking it to the
strip d, or by securing it to a ring or staple screwed into or otherwise
secured to the said strip, or the band or strap may be secured by other
equivalent means.
Instead of employing a band or strap, as shewn at a, Figures 1 and 2,
an elastic or other cord may be used, or two or more such cords may be
provided, as shewn in plan at a, Figure 3 of the Drawings, under which
arrangement one end of each cord a is knotted or otherwise permanently
fixed to a ring or staple b, whilst their other ends are cach formed with
a loop, which is passed over a hook or catch e when the contents of the
box have been adjusted in position.
Under another system of arranging the elastic or other bands, straps,
or cords, one or more of such bands, straps, or cords may be placed across
the box in lieu of in a direction parallel to its length. This arrangement
is illustrated in plan at a, Figure 4 of the Drawings, and the said bands,
straps, or cords may either be made removable or capable of being
detached from the box by passing them over hooks or catches at each
side of the box, or they may be permanently fixed to the box by one
end.
Under another arrangement (not shewn on the Drawings) the elastic
or other bands, straps, or cords may be placed both in the direction of
the length and breadth of the box, or as shewn in plan at Figure 5 of
the Drawings; the said elastic or other bands, straps, or cords may be
placed diagonally across the box, or this arrangement may be combined
with any of those herein-before referred to, it being understood that I do
not confine myself to the modes of placing and of attaching or securing
the elastic or other bands, straps, or cords herein-before described, as
such modes may be otherwise varied.
By the employment of bands, straps, or cords, as practised under this
Invention, the injurious effects of using strips or pieces of wood or a
other fastenings to retain the contents of the box in position (whereby

page_text: the ends or sides of the box are frequently so bulged out as to destroy
the accurate fitting of the lid) is obviated, and the tendency of the box
to bulge out at the ends or sides of its own accord is also prevented by
the elasticity or tension of the band, strap, or cord.
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of
my said Invention, and the system, mode, or manner in or under which
the same is or may be used or practically carried into effect, I would
observe in conclusion that what I consider to be novel and original, and
therefore claim as the Invention secured to me by the herein-before in
part recited Letters Patent is, the adaptation to boxes used by drapers,
warehousemen, and others, to contain made-up and other fabrics of one
or more elastic or other bands, straps, or cords, as and for the purposes
herein-before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Archibald Bennie M'Ilvride, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Thirteenth day of March
One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five.
ARCHIBALD BENNIE MÄILVRIDE. (L.s.)