A NEW OR IMPROVED FRAME OR SUPPORT FOR PACKING OR CARRYING BOTTLES IN CASES, TOGETHER WITH A NEW OR IMPROVED HINGE FOR BOXES AND CASES "
Year: 1867

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Alfred George Avenell, of Bethnal Green, in the
County of Middlesex, Timber Merchant, for the Invention of "A NEW
OR IMPROVED FRAME OR SUPPORT FOR PACKING OR CARRYING BOTTLES IN CASES,
TOGETHER WITH A NEW OR IMPROVED HINGE FOR BOXES AND CASES "
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Alfred George Avenell
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the-
2nd November 1867.
I, ALFRED GEORGE AVENELL, of Bethnal Green, in the County of Middlesex,
Timber Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"A NEW OR IMPROVED FRAME OR SUPPORT FOR PACKING OR CARRYING BOTTLES IN
CASES, TOGETHER WITH A NEW OR IMPROVED HINGE POR BOXES AND CASES," to be
as follows:-
The first part of my Invention consists in the construction of a frame in
the following manner, and which I place in an ordinary packing case or box
to hold or support bottles :-Supposing I require a case to contain two dozen
bottles I form the frame of three pieces of wood set at or at about equal dis-
tances apart, and at right angles to these pieces and intersecting them I place

page_text: and insert five other pieces, the length of the pieces being regulated by the size
of the box or case; five other pieces may be placed below the others to perfect
the frame. In this manner when the frame is placed in the case I have twenty-
four compartments to receive bottles. Although I have particularly described
the frame as made to support when placed in a case two dozen bottles, yet it
may be constructed in a similar manner to support less or more.
The cases
may rest on their sides or ends if desired, but I prefer them to rest on the
bottom on that part opposite the lid or cover, whereby all the bottles stand
upright, and the seals or corks are exposed to view when the lid of the case
is raised. When the frame is removed the case may be used as an ordinary
box or packing case.
The second part of my Invention consists in the construction of hinges for
boxes, packing or other cases, but which are particularly applicable to cases
such as those before described in the following manner :-Hitherto these
kinds of hinges have been formed of a buckle fastened to the case by studs
or eyes, but when so formed and fastened the buckles are liable to become
loose by the studs yielding on pressing down the lid or cover of the case.
Now I form the buckle in one piece of metal, by preference wrought iron;
one link is passed round the buckle, and the tail piece extends across or
nearly across the under side of the lid; the other link is passed round the
opposite side of the buckle, the tail of which is passed through the case and
extends down the inside of the case to the bottom or to nearly the bottom
thereof and secured by nails, screws, or otherwise, as also is the tail piece to
the cover. By these means a rigid and at the same time a very elastic
binge is obtained capable of bearing great strain, and which cannot be
undone or removed without cutting the buckle and thereby rendering
detection unavoidable.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Alfred George Avenell in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 1st May 1868.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ALFRED
GEORGE AVENELL, of Bethnal Green, in the County of Middlesex, Timber
Merchant, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her, Letters
Patent, bearing date the Second day of November, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, in the thirty-first year of

page_text: Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Alfred George Avenell, Her special licence that I, the said
Alfred George Avenell, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or
such others as I, the said Alfred George Avenell, my executors, adminis-
trators, and 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, exercise, and vend, within the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of
Man, an Invention for "A NEW OR IMPROVED FRAME FOR PACKING OR CARRYING
BOTTLES IN CASES, TOGETHER WITH A NEW OR IMPROVED HINGE FOR BOXES AND
CASES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Alfred George
Avenell, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under
my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and
ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal
Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the
date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Alfred George Avenell, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, reference being had to the accompanying Drawings, that
is to say:-.
The first part of my Invention consists in the construction of a frame in
the following manner, and which I place in an ordinary packing case or box
to hold or support bottles:- Supposing I require a case to contain two dozen
bottles I form the frame of three pieces of wood set at or about equal distances
apart, and at right angles to these pieces and intersecting them I place and
insert five other pieces, the length of the pieces being regulated-by-the-size
of the box or case; five other pieces may be placed below the others to perfect
the frame. In this manner when the frame is placed in the case I have twenty-
four compartments to receive bottles.
j
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawings is a plan, Figure 2 is a side
elevation, and Figure 3 an end view of a frame for carrying and supporting
bottles in cases made according to. my Invention; Figure 4 shows the frame
placed in a case; Figures 5 and 6 are views of a modified arrangement of
the frame. a, a, a, are the three pieces or planks of wood made by preference
the depth of the frame itself and intersected by the five cross pieces b, b, b, b, b';
c, c, c, c, c, are five other pieces secured to the pieces a, a, a, of or about the
same width as the others, but laid in the contrary direction thereto, and as

page_text: shown, and according to this arrangement the bottles are placed in the case
neck downwards, in the other arrangement shown at Figures 5 and 6 the
bottles stand on the bottom of the case; d, d, are ribs going round the case
on which the frame rests. Although I have particularly described the frame
as made to support when placed in a case two dozen bottles, yet it may be
constructed in a similar manner to support less or more, for example, a frame to
support a dozen bottles would consist of two planks intersected by three cross
pieces. When the frame is removed the case may be used as an ordinary
box or packing case.
The second part of my Invention consists in the construction of hinges for
boxes, packing or other cases, but which are particularly applicable to cases
such as those before described in the following manner:-Hitherto hinges
have been formed of a buckle fastened to the case by studs or eyes, but when
so formed and fastened the buckles not being joined or welded together are
liable to become loose by the studs yielding on pressing down the lid or cover
of the case.
Now I form the buckle in one piece of metal, the ends of which
are welded together, by preference of wrought iron; one link is passed round
the buckle, and the tail piece extends across or nearly across the under side
of the lid, the other link is passed round the opposite side of the buckle, the
tail of which is passed through the case and extends down the inside of the
case to the bottom or to nearly the bottom thereof, and secured by nails,
screws, or otherwise, as also is the tail piece to the cover.
rigid and at the same time a very elastic hinge is obtained capable of bearing
great strain, and which cannot be undone or removed without cutting the
buckle and thereby rendering detection unavoidable. Figures 7 and 8 are
views of this hinge, and Figure 9 shows the hinge applied to a case and its
cover. g is a portion of the case, and h is a portion of the cover of same; i
is the buckle made of one piece of metal; the ends welded together; k is a
tail piece or band passing through the buckle and embracing the lid h, as
shown at Figure 9 or passing along the under side thereof, as shown at
Figure 10, and secured by nails, screws, or otherwise;
tail piece passed through the buckle i, and thence
secured to the inner side thereof by nails or screws.
By these means a
is the other band or
through the case, and
And having now described the nature of my said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I claim,-
First. The construction of a frame or support for bottles (fitting loosely
into a case) whereby the bottles are supported either with their necks
down or up, substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying
Drawings.

page_text: Second. The construction of hinges for boxes and cases, substantially as
herein-before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Alfred George Avenell, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Thirtieth day of April, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.
ALF. G. AVENELL. (L.S.)