Year: 1898

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I, PETER STUART BROWN, of Bothwell Park, Bothwell, in the County of Lanark,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention which relates to boxes or cases made of wood or multiple
ply veneer has for its object to make provision for securely fastening the ends or
lid and bottom to the body of a box while permitting of ready removal of the
same without destroying or injuring any part of the box.
To that end in securing the lid or bottom to the box body I employ a metallic
band of channel section such as is described as applied to metallic boxes in the.
Specification of Letters Patent No. 17697 of 1891, and in order to provide for
engagement of said metallic band with the sides of the box I secure around
the box sides at the open end or ends a strap or band of sheet metal which
is bent and doubled over the end of each side and thence extended in line with the
outside of the box body so as to surround the lid or end piece when the latter is
laid in position over the doubled part of the strap. The doubling of the strap
over the ends of the box sides in the manner described forms a groove or recess
into which the lower member of the channel shaped metallic band enters when
it is fitted over the lid or end piece to secure it to the box body. The ends of the
channel band which meet on one side of the box may be secured by
screwing them to the end or lid or they may be locked by a nail passing
through the upper member of the channel, the lid, the lower member of the
channel and thence vertically into the side of the box. This mode of locking
may be used with detached clips of channel section instead of a continuous band,
the upper member of the channel clip lying over the lid and the lower member
being inserted through a longitudinal hole in the side and the locking nail being
driven down through all.
In lieu of fitting the sheet metal strap around the outside of the box sides
it may be secured on the inside of the box body, folded over the ends of the
sides and thence extended in line with the outside of the box body, so that the
lid rests only on a single thickness of the sheet metal band; and the recess for
the fastening band is formed between the end of the wooden side and the folded
part of the strap.

page_text: I, PETER STUART BROWN, of Bothwell Park, Bothwell, in the County of Lanark,
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:-
1
This invention which relates to boxes or cases made of wood or multiple
ply veneer has for its object to make provision for securely fastening the ends or
lid and bottom to the body of a box while permitting of ready removal of the
same without destroying or injuring any part of the box.
The invention is illustrated by the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 being
a vertical section of part of a box showing the method of placing the lid or bottom,
and Figure 2 a similar view showing the method of securing the lid or bottomi
in position. Figure 3 is a vertical section of part of a box showing a modified
method of securing the lid or end of the box.
In securing the lid A. or bottom to the box body B, I employ a metallic band C
of channel section, shown at Figures 2 and 3, such as is described as applied to
metallic boxes in the Specification of Letters Patent No. 17697 of 1891, and in
order to provide for engagement of said metallic band with the sides B of the box,
Isecure around the box sides at the open end Or ends a strap or
band P of sheet metal which is bent and doubled over the end
of each side, as shown particularly at Figure 1, and thence extended
in line with the outside of the box body so as to surround the lid
or end piece A, when the latter is laid in the position shown at Figure 1,
over the doubled part of the strap D. The doubling of the strap D over the ends
of the box sides B in the manner described forms a groove or recess E into which
the lower member of the channel shaped metallic band Centers when it is fitted
over the lid or end A. to secure it to the box body. The ends of the channel band C
which meet on one side of the box may be secured by screwing them to the end
or lid or they may be locked, as shown at Figures 2 and 3, by a nail F' at one or
more points passing through the upper member of the channel, the lid A, the
lower member of the channel C and thence vertically into the side B of the box.
This mode of locking may be used with detached clips of channel section instead
of a continuous band.
In lieu of fitting the sheet metal strap around the outside of the box sides it
may be secured on the inside of the box body, as shown at Figure 3, folded over
the ends of the sides B and thence extended in line with the outside of the box
body, so that the lid rests only on a single thickness of the sheet metal band D;
and the recess for the fastening band C is formed between the end of the wooden
side B and the folded part of the strap D.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:―
The improved means for securing the lid or bottom to the body of a wooden
box or case consisting of a metallic band or strap fastened to the sides of the box,
bent or doubled over the ends and extended in line with the box sides so as to
leave a longitudinal groove or recess between the doubled portions of the strap, or
strap and box, extending inwards from the outsides of the box sides, in combina-
tion with a channel-shaped band whose lower member is adapted to enter the

page_text: longitudinal groove whilst the upper member serves to clamp the lid or bottom
in position, substantially as described.
Dated this 24th day of July 1899.
WALLACE FAIRWEATHER,
the Firm of Cruikshank & Fairweather,
Chartered Patent Agents,.
incent Street, Glasgow, Agent for the Applicant.
WALLACE FAIRWEATHER,
O the Firm of Cruikshank & Fairweather,
Chartered Patent Agents, .
62, Saint Vincent Street, Glasgow, Agent for the Applicant.