IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BASKETS, SKIPS, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES
Year: 1884

page_text: We JOHN PARKER MILBOURNE and THOMAS HUMPHREYS, of Bridgewater
Viaduct, Knott Mill, Manchester, Lancashire, Basket Manufacturers, do hereby
declare the nature of said Invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE
OF BASKETS, SKIPS, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
Our Invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of baskets, skips and
other similar articles and the object of our improvements is to make the basket or
skip stronger and more durable than those of the ordinary construction and to
increase the rigidity of the lid and sides so as to prevent the contents being
abstracted during transit, thus dispensing with the necessity for cording and
sealing the ends.
To effect this object we construct the skip with a solid wood or metal rail
immediately under the top border and extending round all, or any of the sides:
the "sticks" or "runners which form the frame or skeleton passing through holes
in the rail.
"
In place of securing the "clogs" or "shoes" to the bottom of the skip with
nails or other fastenings, we bore holes in the " clogs" through which are passed
the sticks forming the frame or skeleton of the bottom when runners are
employed we pass them through the "clogs" and the ends of the "sticks" which
form the frame or skeleton for the sides may also pass through the "clogs" if
desired.
We make each end of the lid of a wood or metal rail and bore holes partly
through these rails into which the ends of the "sticks" project, or if preferred
some or all of the holes may be bored entirely through the rail and the "sticks"
secured in them: the rails are or may be further held together by passing one or
more metal rods or bars through the wickerwork of the lid and securing it or
them to the rails at each end.
And in order that our Invention may be fully understood and readily carried
into effect we will proceed to describe the accompanying Sheet of Drawings
reference being had to the Figures and letters marked thereon.
Fig. 1 is a side elevation and Fig. 2 a plan with the top border removed of a
basket or skip to which our improvements are applied. Figs. 3 and 4 are a plan
and side view of the basket lid.

page_text: a is the skip and b is the rail, in this case of wood placed immediately under
c and "runners d
the top border and extending round all four sides; the "sticks
"
on which the sides are built or worked pass through holes in the rail b; more than
one rail b placed at a suitable distance below that shown might be employed if
required: the ends of the "sticks" c and the "sticks" e and "runners" d on which
the bottom of the skip is worked pass through the "clogs" or "shoes" f: the
clogs" thus form part of the bottom of the skip and are secured by every bottom
"stick
e as well as by the "runners" d and side "sticks" c; nails bolts or other
fastenings are thus dispensed with and the "clogs" are held more securely.
The lid g has a wooden rail h at each end, secured by the "sticks" i, the ends
of which are fixed in holes in the rails : the end rails h are further connected
together and to the lid by the metal rods k which pass through and are secured to
the rails in the manner shown in the Drawings Figs. 3 and 4, or in any other
suitable manner.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed
We declare that what we claim is
1. The manufacture of baskets, skips and other similar articles, substantially as
and for the purpose herein described and as shown on the accompanying Drawing.
2. The method of securing the ". clogs" or "shoes" f to baskets, skips and
other similar articles, substantially as herein set forth.
3. The rail or rails b secured to the basket, skip or other similar article,
substantially in the manner herein shown and described.
4. The use and application of the rails
to the lids of baskets, skips and other
similar articles, substantially as shown and described for the purposo specified.
1100A
JOHN PARKER MILBOURNE.
THOMAS HUMPHREYS.
H. B. Barlow,
Agent for Applicants,
4, Mansfield Chambers,
17, St. Ann's Square, Manchester.
DEN PARKER MILBOURNE.
HOMAS HUMPHREYS.
H. B. Barlow,
Agent for Applicants,
4, Mansfield Chambers,
17, St. Ann's Square, Manchester.