Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Nov., 1886.
Complete Left, 12th Sept., 1887
Complete Accepted, 14th Oct., 1887
I, CHARLES BROWN of 18 Upper Mill Hill Leeds in the County of York
Manufacturers Agent do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
An improved method of securing and releasing the lids or covers of packing cases
and its object is to give a more rapid means of opening closing and protecting the
same from damage.
In carrying out my invention I form angular plates of Iron or other suitable metal
one or more of which I permanently attatch to one side of the box sufficiently high
to allow the lid to pass tightly under it. On the opposite sido I attach one or more
brackets on which I fix a pawl or tongue working freely on the round part of the
And when it is necessary to
same, when it is intended to remove the lid or cover.
secure the lid or cover this pawl or tongue is turned over on the round part then
slided on the square part of the bracket by the action of a screw, lever, or other
means when this pawl or tongue is so slided. The lid may be further secured by
placing a screw through this pawl or tongue.
I sometimes take the aforesaid angular plates and in addition to those put on the
side of the box I fix on the opposite side of the lid or cover the same angular plate or
plates in an inverted position so that the lid will fit under the side brackets and the
brackets over the same lid on the opposite side, which are further secured by a screw
or screws onto the lid, and one or more screws onto the side of the box thus
completing the fastening down of the lid.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION:
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An Improved Method of Securing and Releasing Lids of Packing
Cases.
1, CHARLES BROWN, of Mill Hill, Leeds, in the County of York Manufacturers
Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what mannor
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement:-
This Invention relates to an improved method and means of securing the lids or
covers of packing cases and other similar means of enclosure, such means also being
of utility in binding the case and its lid together, rendering support theroto, and
protecting the same from damage.
On the accompanying drawings, Figs. 1 and 2, represent, in perspective view, part
of a box or case adapted with the present improvements, Fig. 1 showing the case and
its lid as secured or fastened together by the said improved means; and Fig. 2
showing the latter as unfastened and in such position as will permit of the lid being
removed from the case. In carrying the Invention into effect, I adapt to the one
side or end of the box, or case, 3, one or more angular plates, 4, of iron or other
suitable metal or material fixed by securing them to the side or end of the box or case
by screws or other suitable means of attachment as at, 5, and adjusting the broad
overhanging part, 6, thereof above the top level of the sides or ends of the box or
case a distance about equal to the thickness of the lid or cover, 7, so as only just to
allow of the edge part of the side or end of the box lid being passed under it and .
then tightly gripping the same.
To the opposite side or end of the caso I apply one or more brackets, 8, which also
may be secured in position by screws or other suitable means, 9, and which are each
formed with a crossbar, 10, which at one end 11, is made of a circular or rounded
formation, and at its other end, 12, is made of a squared or angular formation, such.
crossbar being adapted with a moveable holdfast, 13, which is formed with a part, 14,
adapted to fit the squared or angular part, 12, of the cross bar, 10, and is mounted on
the latter and can be laterally shifted as desired from one end to the other of the
crossbar and so can be caused to engage with either the rounded or angular part
thereof, the hold fast is also formed with an extension or overhanging part, 15.
In the use of the said improved means:-in securing the lid, the holdfast, 13, is
first caused to occupy the position shown in Fig. 2. and the lid is placed in position
its. one end or side edge being firstly placed under the said overhanging part, 6,
of the angular plate, 4, and being then let down onto the top edge of the box
or case.
The holdfast, 13, is then turned on the rounded part of the crossbar to a position
similar to that shown in Fig. 1, so that its extension, 15, lies over the top of the lid or
cover, and it is then (while occupying the said overhanging position relatively to the

page_text: lid or cover) shifted laterally along the cross bar into the squared part, 12, thereof,
which causes it to keep such position overhanging the lid and retaining it until it is
again shifted backwards.
The position of the holdfast over the lid is ensured for the time being and the lid
securely fastened by screws or other suitable means, 16, passing through the same
into the top of the lid or cover.
According to another modification, in addition to the angular plates adapted as
aforesaid to the box or case and under which one edge or side of the lid or cover is
applied as aforesaid, I apply similar angular plates to the opposite side or edge of the
lid screwing or otherwise securing them thereto in an inverted position, so that when
the lid is in position it can be secured by passing screws through the overhanging
part of the angular plate attached to the lid into the side of the box.
When it is required to release the lid or cover, it is only necessary to undo the
screws, 16, which permits of the hold fasts being shifted to the rounded end of the
crossbar and of its being turned thereon to the position shown in Fig. 2.
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 :—
1. The hereinbefore described improved means of securing the lids or covers of
packing cases, boxes and analogous ineans of enclosure.
2. The uso in combination for the purpose of the Invention of the angular
plates and brackets formed, adapted and applied substantially as hereinbefore
described.
3. The use in combination for the purpose of the Invention of the angular plates
adapted and applied substantially as heroinbefore described.
4. The use for the purpose of the Invention of the brackets formed and adapted
substantially as hereinbefore described.
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DAY, DAVIES & HUNT,
321, High Holborn, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.