Dust Proof Stock Box.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 26th July, 1892
Complete Specification Left. 26th Apr., 1893-Accepted, 27th May, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Dust Proof Stock Box.
MITCHELL HOLT, 20 Waterloo Road Burslem, Boot Maker, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
This my invention has reference to boxes, called stock boxes, such as used by
boot dealers and drapers, made of or from cardboard, wood, or cardboard and wood
combined.
My object is to produce stock boxes that will be dustproof and without lids,
cach box to have a separate case or fitting.
To accomplish my purpose I make a box in two parts to any required size, an
outside case and an inside case.
To one
The outside case 1 make with four sides and one end leaving the other end open.
The inside case 1 make a suitable size to slide easily into the outside case.
end of the inside case I attach a suitable handle.
To make dustproof I form by any suitable means a cushion edge inside the
outside case at the open end.
The inside case I make with three sides and two ends and at the handle end I
form cushion edges. When the inside case is forced into its normal position inside
the outer case the cushion edges fitting close form a dustproof box.
When a number of such boxes are placed tightly together on shelves or other
fixtures the inside cases only are moveable.
Dated this 23rd day of July 1892.
MITCHELL HOLT.
COMPLETE
SPECIFICATION.
Dust Proof Stock Box.
MITCHELL HOLT 20 Waterloo Road Burslem, Staffs. Boot-maker, 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:-
This my invention has reference to boxes, made of or from cardboard or thin
wood, or cardboard and thin wood, such as those used by boot-dealers, drapers,
stationers and others; but more especially applicable to the boot-trade, and known
as stock boxes, the object of my invention being to dispense with boxes having
lids, as ordinarily used, and to make dust proof stock boxes of any suitable shape
and size.
To carry my said invention into practice I make such boxes in two parts, a
drawer having three sides and two ends, and a casing with four sides and one end,
the drawer being withdrawn from its casing by means of a suitable handle or
handles attached to its front end by any suitable means. The sides and lower edge
of the front or handle end of such drawers I make with a slanting or angular
inward bevel, and the casing I make with an internal wedge shaped cushion on its
upper front edge, so that when the drawers of such casings are pushed in or forced
into their said casings, such bevelled or slanting strips or edges will cause the
front portion of such drawers to fit closely within their casing.
In order that my said invention may be more readily understood and explained
in detail, I have hereunto, annexed a sheet of drawings on which letters of
reference are marked on corresponding parts on all the figures alike.

page_text: DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1. is a side sectional elevation of the front portion or end of such an
improved box, as made according to my invention showing the drawer portion
partly withdrawn from its casing.
Fig. 2. is a similar sectional elevation to Fig. 1. shewing the drawer closed.
Fig. 4 is a front elevation of a number of such improved boxes stacked together
or superimposed.
In these figs. a is the drawer and the casing of such improved stock boxes,
around the sides and front lower edge of which drawers I form a slanting or
bevelled cushion c, the casing b I make with an internal wedge shaped cushion d,
so that when such drawers are pushed or forced into their casings, such bevelled
or slanting cushions will cause the front portion of such drawers to fit closely
within their casings.
On reference to Figure 4. it will be understood that when a number of such
improved boxes are stacked together, the drawer or drawers of one
or all of
the lowermost casings can be readily removed, without displacing the boxes and
casings above.
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 :-
The construction of stock-boxes for the use of boot-dealers, such boxes having a
drawer with three sides and two ends, and a casing with four sides and one end.
The sides and lower edge of the front or handle end of such drawers being made
with a slanting or inward bevelled cushion and the casing with an internal wedge
shaped cushion on its upper front edge in the manner and for the purpose as herein
substantially described and set forth.
Dad is with 1 of dul 1902