An Improvement in and connected with Butter-boxes..
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Jan., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 13th Mar., 1896-Accepted, 18th Apr., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in and connected with Butter-boxes..
I, BENJAMIN HAUGHTON, trading as B. Haughton & Co., at the Central
Sawing Planing and Moulding Mills, Cork, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to strengthen butter-boxes whether of pyramid or
other form. In making these boxes at present an attempt is made to strengthen
them by attaching to each of the angles formed by the junction of the sides with
the ends several small pieces of tinned plate between the top and the bottom of
the box. Now in my improved boxes 1 dispense with these separate and several
pieces of metal at each angle and substitute for them a single and continuous angle
piece of tinned or other metal extending in one piece from the top of the box to
the bottom thereof. These pieces of metal (of which there is one at each angle of
the box) greatly increase the strength of the boxes. As a further protection
I sometimes make these angle pieces of greater leugtli than is sufficient to extend
from the top to the bottom of the box and allow the surplus longth to extend below
the bottom of the box, and after having cut a slit at the extreme angle of the piece
of metal, I turu one of the free ends thus formed under the other and rivet them to
the bottom of the box. The same thing may be done at the top of the box by
allowing sufficient length of angle piece. If desired the augle picces may be used
also along the angles formed by the meeting of the bottom of the box with the
sides and ends. In all cases I rivet or otherwise attach 'the angle pieces to the box
angles by suitable rivets or their equivalents.
Dated this 27th day of January 1896.
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23 Coleman Street, London, E.C., Agents for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in and connected with Butter-boxes.
I, BENJAMIN HAUGHTON trading as B. Haughton & Co., at the Central
Sawing, Planing, and Moulding Mills, Cork, 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 :-
The object of my invention is to strengthen butter-boxes whether of pyramid or
other form. In making these boxes at present an attempt is made to increase
their strength by attaching to each of the angles formed by the junction of
the sides with the ends, several small pieces of tinned plate between the top and the
bottom of the box. Now in my improved boxes I dispense with these separate and
several pieces of metal at each angle and substitute for them a single and continuous
angle piece of tinned or other metal, extending in one piece from the top of the box
to the bottom.thereof. These pieces of metal (of which there is one at each angle
of the box) greatly add to the strength of the boxes. As a further protection
I sometimes make these angle pieces of greater length than is sufficient to extend

page_text: from the top to the bottom of the box and allow the surplus length to extend below
the bottom of the box, and after having cut a slit at the extreme angle of the piece
of metal I turn one of the free ends thus formed under the other of them and rivet
them to the bottom of the box. The same thing may be done at the top of the
box by allowing sufficient length of angle piece. If desired the angle pieces may
also be used at the mouth of the box & also along the angles formed by the
meeting of the bottom of the box with the sides and ends thereof. In all cases
I rivet or otherwise attach the angle pieces to the box angles by suitable rivets or
their equivalents.
In order that my invention may be more readily understood, I make reference to
the accompanying sheet of drawings in which Fig. 1 is a side view, Fig. 2 a plan
and Fig. 3 an angular view of a.box having my improvements. In each figure the
similar letters refer to the same parts where they appear. a a as the sides, bb the
ends, and cc the bottom of the box. d a piece of angle metal extending from top to
bottom of the box; e an angle piece when the extra length below is slit at the
angle and one free end is turned under the other and both attached to the bottom of
the box, as at : 9 shows an angle piece also covering the angles made by the
junction of the sides and ends with the bottom of the box.
I do not restrict myself to the precise details shapes, relative proportions or
disposition of parts as described in the above Specification and exemplified in the
drawings as any or all of them may be considerably varied without departing from
the spirit of my invention.
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 improved method of strengthening butter boxes by attaching to each of
the angles formed by the meeting of the sides, ends and bottom of the said boxes,
a strip of metal bent so as to cover the whole of the angle and be attachable by
rivets or the like to the said sides, ends, or bottom, the whole substantially as
described in the above Specification and exemplified in the accompanying
drawings.
2 The improved method of strengthening butter boxes by attaching to the
mouth end of the sides and ends of butter boxes of a strip of angle inetal
substantially as described in the above Specification.
Dated this 13th day of March 1896.
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23 Coleman Street, London, E.C., Agents for Applicant.