Improvements in Boxes.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd July, 1891
Complete Specification Left, 20th Apr., 1892-Accepted, 21st May, 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Boxes.
I, ALEXANDER MALCOLM, of 34, Ann Street, Glasgow, in the County of
Lanark, North Britain, Publisher, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows, that is to say :-
My said invention has for its objects to improve the construction of boxes and to
avoid the injury, waste, and expense ordinarily arising from the employment of
nails for securing the lids of boxes used for containing or conveying goods or
articles of various kinds; and my improvements are specially advantageous when
applied to packing cases or boxes which are frequently conveyed from place to
place and have their contents frequently changed.
In carrying out my invention according to one modification in the case, for
example, of a somewhat elongated rectangular box. I make the body of the box
with the long sides projecting a little heyond the end pieces, and at the vertical
edges of the end pieces I fix strengthening bars having outer surfaces flush with
the ends of the long sides. The said strengthening bars project below and above
sufficiently to have their ends flush with the outer surfaces of cross bars at the
ends of the bottom and lid of the box.
At what may be considered as the back of the lid of the box there are fixed two
or more metal pieces having their ends shaped so as to engage with metal pieces
fixed at the back of the box, the connections of the metal pieces acting as hinges
but being such as to allow the lid to be unhooked and completely detached. At
the front part of the lid there are fixed metal pieces having elongated or button
holes formed in their outer ends; and when the lid is closed the button holes
engage with buttons which are loosely rivetted to metal pieces fixed to the front of
the box, the buttons being turnable after passing through the holes so as to secure
the lid. In addition to the button fasteners there is a locking screw which is held
in a metal piece fixed in the lid and screws into a screw-tapped socket in a metal
piece fixed to the front of the box. This locking screw is prevented from becoming
detached from the lid, by a small washer held between the metal piece and the lid
and engaging in a reduced part of the screw near its head. For security a seal
may be applied over the locking screw.
The body of the box may be constructed in any suitable known way. The cross
bars on the lid may be increased in number, or be placed differently. Any desired
number of the button fasteners may be applied to the sides or ends of the lids; and
there may be two or more locking screws, or locking screws may be used instead of
button fasteners.
Dated this Twenty-second day of July 1891.
EDMUND HUNT,
Applicant's Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Boxes.
I, ALEXANDER MALCOLM, of 34, Ann Street, Glasgow, in the County of
Lanark, North Britain, Publisher, 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, that is to say :—
My said invention has for its object to improve the construction of boxes and to
avoid the injury, waste, and expense, arising from the employment of nails for

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securing the lids of boxes used for containing or conveying goods or articles of
various kinds; and my improvements are specially advantageous when applied to
packing cases or boxes which are frequently conveyed from place to place and have
- their contents frequently changed.
In carrying out my invention according to one modification, in the case, for
example, of a somewhat elongated rectangular box; I make the body of the box
with the long sides projecting a little beyond the end pieces and at the vertical
edges of the end pieces, I fix strengthening bars having outer surfaces flush with
the ends of the long sides. The said strengthening bars project above sufficiently
to have their ends flush with the outer surfaces of cross bars at the ends of the lid
of the box.
At what may be considered as the back of the lid of the box there are fixed two
or more metal pieces having their ends shaped so as to engage with metal pieces
fixed at the back of the box, the connections of the metal pieces acting as hinges
but being such as to allow the lid to be unhooked and completely detached. At
the front part of the lid there are fixed metal pieces having elongated or button
holes formed in their outer ends; and when the lid is closed the button holes engage
with buttons which are loosely rivetted to metal pieces fixed to the front of the
box, the buttons being turnable after passing through the holes so as to secure the
lid. In addition to the button fasteners there is a locking screw which is held in a
metal piece fixed in the lid and screws into a screw-tapped socket in a metal piece
fixed to the front of the box. This locking screw is prevented from becoming
detached from the lid, by a small washer held between the metal piece and the lid
and engaging in a reduced part of the screw near its head. For security a seal may
be applied over the locking screw.
And in order that my said invention and the manner of performing the same may
be properly understood I hereuuto append a sheet of explanatory drawings to be
hereinafter referred to and showing examples of my improvements.
Figure, 1, of the accompanying drawing is an oblique projection of a packing
box as made according to one modification of my invention.
Figures 2, and 3, are respectively a plan and a transverse vertical sectionion an
enlarged scale of the button fastening;
Figure, 4, is a sectional side elevation on an enlarged scale of part of the front
and lid of the box showing the locking screw arrangement;
Figure, 5, is an elevation on an enlarged scale of another modification of the
locking screw; and
Figure, 6, is a sectional side elevation of part of the back and lid of the box
showing the metal hinge pieces.
In these drawings the same reference letters are used to mark the same or like
parts wherever they are repeated.
I make the body of the box, which, in the modification shown; is of a somewhat
elongated rectangular form with long sides, A, projecting a little beyond the end
pieces, B; and at the vertical edges of the end pieces I fix strengthening bars; C,
having outer surfaces flush with the ends of the long sides, A. The strengthening
bars, C, project above sufficiently to have their ends flush with the outer surfaces
of crossbars, D-fixed upon the lid, E, of the box, at its ends.
At the back of the lid, of the box there are fixed two metal pieces, F, one of
which is shown enlarged in Figure, 6, having. hasps, G, formed on their outer ends
arranged to engage with books, H, formed on metal pieces, J, fixed at the back of
the box these parts acting as hinges and also allowing the lid, E, to be unhooked
and completely detached! At the front part of the lid there are fixed metal
pieces, K, having elongated or button holes, L, formed-in their outer ends and when
the lid is closed the button holes, Lengage with buttons; M,.which are loosely
riveted to metal pieces N, fixed to the front of the box the buttons being. turnable
after passing through the holes so as to secure the lid as shown on an enlarged
scale in Figure 2, and 3. The button, M, has a shank, Q; formed on it the end of
which is riveted to secure it to the metal piece, N. The metal piece, N, is forited

page_text: with a projecting part, R, fitting into and flush with the upper surface of the button
hole, L, in the metal piece, K, when the lid is in its closed position.
In addition to the button fasteners there is a locking screw, S, which is held in
a metal piece, T, fixed to the lid and screws into a screw tapped socket in a metal
piece, V, fixed to the front of the box as shown in section in Figure, 4. This
locking-screw, S, is prevented from becoming detached from the lid by a small
ring, W, which consists of a bent wire fitting on a reduced part near the head of
the locking screw, S. Or a washer or disk, X, with a hole in it screwed to fit the
screw, S, (as shown in Figure, 5) may be used, this washer being screwed along the
screw, S, until it reaches the reduced part near the head, where it becomes free and
allows the screw, S, to turn in the metal piece, T. The ring, W, or washer, X,
being larger than the hole in the piece, T prevents the screw, S, from being with-
drawn. For security a seal may be applied over the locking screw, S.
The metal pieces used in the construction of the box may be affixed in various
ways; two modifications being shown in Figures 4, and 6. In Figure, 4, the metal
piece, T, is affixed by screws tapped into holes in it and entered from the inside of
the box; or it may be affixed by ordinary screws screwed into the box from the
outside as shown in Figure, 6, or wire or other nails driven through and clinched or
riveted, may be used.
The body of the box may be constructed in any suitable known way. The cross
bars, D on the lid, E, may be increased in number or be placed differently. Any
desired number of the button fasteners may be applied to the sides or ends of the
lids; and there may be two or more locking screws, or locking screws may be used
throughout instead of button fasteners.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
1. The construction, arrangement and combination of parts constituting my
improved box substantially as herein before described and as shown in the accom-
panying drawing.
2. The improved undetachable locking screw for securing lids of boxes sub-
stantially as hereinbefore described.
Dated this Nineteenth day of Anvil 1800
EDMUND HUNT,
Appl cant's Agent.