An Improved Deed Box.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Feb., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 6th May, 1890-Accepted, 5th July, 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Deed Box.
ALFRED EDWARD EDWARDS 51 Westdown Road Stratford in the County of Essex
Law Clerk do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows
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My invention relates to an improved Deed Box the lid of which opens in front
preferably to the extent and same level as the bottom of the box, the lid being
guided and supported in the course of opening and when open by a support on
either or both sides so constructed and shaped as to describe a portion of a circle
during the opening and closing of the lid.
A convenient way of constructing my improved Deed Box is to fit inner ends or
sides at a sufficient distance from the outer ends or sides to allow of the guides or
supports working between the inner and outer ends or sides during the opening and
closing of the lid.
The guides or supports are attached to the extreme inside edges of the lid and so
shaped as to form sides to the lid when the box is open.
The guides or supports are fitted with stops to prevent the lid falling below the
level of the bottom of the box.
Dated this 3rd day of February 1890
ALFRED E. EDWARDS.
COMPLETE
SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Deed Box.
I ALFRED EDWARD EDWARDS of 51, Westdown Road, Stratford, in the County of
Essex, Law Clerk, 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 :-
My Invention relates to an improved deed box the lid of which opens in front,
preferably to the extent and same level as the bottom of the box, the lid being guided
and supported in the course of opening and when open by a support or wing-piece, on
either or both sides, so constructed and shaped, as a sector, and to describe a portion
of a circle during the opening and closing of the lid.
A convenient way of constructing my improved deed-box is to fit inner ends or
sides at a convenient and sufficient distance from the outer ends, or sides proper, to
allow of the guides, supports, or wing-pieces working between the said inner and outer
ends or sides during the opening and closing of the lid.
The guides, supports or wing-pieces are attached to the extreme inside edges of
the lid and so shaped as to form sides to the lid, and an extension of the sides of the
box, when the deed-box is opened.
The guides or supports are fitted with stops to prevent the lid falling below the
level of the bottom of the box when opened.
In the drawings annexed hereto,
Fig. 1, is an isometric view of a box constructed according to this invention.
Fig. 2, is a cross section showing the lid and side wing-piece open.
Fig. 3, shows a modification of construction with the front of the box arranged at
an angle to allow of the lid opening to the full horizontal position when the box is
opened, at the same time that the lid hinge is brought down to the bottom of the
box.
a, represents the body of the box; b, the cover of the opening, or lid; c, are the
guides, supports, or wing-pieces, secured to the opening cover or lid; d, are inner

page_text: ends forming, with the sides proper, a case or pocket wherein will work the wing-
pieces c.
To form stops for the lid b, and wing-pieces c, the inner ends d, are rolled or wired
at their front edges d¹, and the inner edges of the wing-pieces c, that are received
within the sides, are rolled or wired in opposite manner so as that when the wing-
pieces c, are drawn out, along with the lid b, the two rolled or wired edges engage
with each other so forming stops, limiting the range of opening of the lid.
Other stopping means may be applied such as stop-pins, in the sides, working in
slots, provided in the wing-pieces c (not shown).
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what I
claim is:
First. The improved deed-box having the side-pieces c, combined with the lid b,
and working inside the side cases a d, of the box, said side-pieces c, being provided
with stops so as to retain the lid when fully opened, as and for the purpose herein
set forth.
Secondly. In a deed-box the double sides forming the case or sheath for the side-
pieces c, of the lid of the box as and for the purpose specified.
Dated 5th May 1890.
Witness:
WALTER A. BARLOW,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Expert,
46, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.
ALFRED E. EDWARDS.