An Improved Export Butter Box.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Apr., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 8th Feb., 1897-Accepted. 13th Mar., 1897
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Complete Specification Left, 8th Feb., 1897-Accepted. 13th Mar., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Export Butter Box.
We, ALFRED HART, Poultry Expert, and CHARLES ALFRED BRAMWELL,
Clerk, both of the Freezing. Works, City Markets, Flinders Street, Melbourne, in
the Colony of Victoria, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention has been designed for the purpose of so constructing butter boxes
as to allow a free circulation of air around them whilst they are packed together
and being transported from place to place and especially whilst they are in the
refrigerating chambers of such as steam ships or vessels at sea. We make our
box as usual of wood with each of its six sides solid and nailed or otherwise
secured together and it is on the outer surface of each side that we apply our
invention in order to produce the foregoing result. Thus at each corner of each
side we provide a raised surface or projection say about three inches square such
surfaces standing one quarter of an inch or thereabouts above the remaining
surface of the side or in other words each side is recessed about one quarter of
an inch or thereabouts below the level of said four corner pieces. By having the
said projecting surfaces at the corners a plane surface is left in the recessed
portion for the brands and which are thus protected from being soiled by the
boxes rubbing one on the other. It is obvious that instead of the projecting
surfaces being formed solid with the sides such surfaces can be secured thereon
and made of wood metal or other material and again although we prefer such
surfaces at the corners they may be placed at other positions on the sides and
at same time leave a clear space for the brands. Further said projecting pieces
may be made in the form of a three winged piece and be cast or formed of metal
or other material and secured on each corner and in this manner applied to
ordinary butter boxes. Either method herein described will leave a clear way
for the circulation of air around each box when they are packed closely together
and without having to pack them in any particular way.
Dated this 7th day of April 1896.
A. F. SPOONER,
124 Chancery Lane, W.C., Agent for the Applicants.
DUA.
We, ALFRED HART, Poultry Expert, and CHARLES ALFRED BRAMWELL,
Clerk, both of the Freezing Works, City Markets, Flinders Street, Melbourne, in
the Colony of Victoria, 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:-
Our invention relates to boxes chiefly designed for packing butter or the like

page_text: The main object of our said invention is to so construct a butter box as to allow,
when a number are packed together, a free circulation of air taking place around
them. We are thereby enabled to provide boxes wherein the butter or the like
will be maintained in better condition whilst the said boxes are packed together
and being transported from place to place, and especially whilst they are stored in
refrigerating chambers such as those of steam ships or vessels at sea.
In the accompanying drawing, which represents one of the sides of a butter box
constructed according to our improved method, we have shown how our invention
may be conveniently and advantageously carried into practice.
We prefer to construct our improved box of wood with each of its six sides a
solid and nailed or otherwise secured together. On the outer surface of each side a
and at each corner thereof, or at other suitable positions thereon, we provide
a raised surface or projection a¹ which may be about three inches square, aud project
one quarter of an inch or thereabouts above the remaining surface of the said side a.
One method of forming the above mentioned raised or projecting surfaces a¹ is to
recess the remaining portion of each side one quarter of an inch or thereabouts
below the level of the said four raised or projecting corner pieces.
It will be seen that when a number of boxes are piled packed the one upon
the other they will touch or rest against each other at the points a¹ only, thereby
leaving a free passage for the air to pass between and around every box. By the
provision of the said raised or projecting surfaces a¹ at the corners, moreover, a
plane surface is left in the recessed portion of each side for brands or other marks
which are thus protected from being soiled or obliterated by the boxes rubbing one
against the other.
or
It is obvious that instead of the raised or projecting surfaces a' being formed
solid with the sides as shown in the drawing, such surfaces can be made separately
and secured thereon in any convenient manner. In this case the said raised or
projecting surfaces may be made of wood, metal, or other suitable material.
Although we prefer to place the raised or projecting surfaces at the corners of
each side of the box, they may be placed at other positions on the said sides so as
to provide the requisite ventilating spaces and at the same time to leave a clear,
level, and protected space for the brands and other marks. Furthermore the said
raised or projecting surfaces may, instead of being of square or rectangular shape,
be made in the form of a three winged piece, and be cast or formed of metal or
other material and secured on each corner in any convenient manner. In the latter
case they are readily applicable to ordinary butter boxes.
Either of the herein described methods will leave a clear way for the circulation
of air around each box when they are packed closely together, and obviates the
necessity of having to pack them in any particular way in order to secure such
ventilation.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. An improved box or receptacle for butter or the like having raised or
projecting surfaces situated at the corners of each of the sides of the said box, or at
other suitable positions thereon, substantially as and for the purposes specified.
2. The improved box or receptacle for packing butter or the like constructed
substantially as herein before described, and as illustrated in the accompanying
drawing.
Din 9th dan of February 1897
A. F. SPOONER,
323, High Holborn, London, Agent for the Applicants.