Improvements in Boxes and Cases for the Carriage of Bottles and Jars, Fish Boxes, and similar Boxes and Cases.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Aug., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 17th May, 1889-Accepted, 6th July, 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Boxes and Cases for the Carriage of Bottles and
Jars, Fish Boxes, and similar Boxes and Cases.
I, JAMES DAWSON of 10 Stanley Street. Red bank, Manchester in the County of
Lancaster, Commercial traveller, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
My invention relates to boxes and cases for the carriage of mineral water bottles,
beer wine and spirit bottles and jars, or fish, and has for its object the strengthening
of said boxes and cases and the prevention of the ends and bottoms coming out.
The
This I effect by means of a hoop iron frame attached to said boxes or cases.
frame consists of two or more bands of hoop iron extending lengthways under the
bottom of the box and connected by cross bars rivetted or welded to the longitudinal
bands, or said cross bars may be nailed, screwed or otherwise fastened to the bottom.
The bands extend at both ends along or up the ends of the box or case and are
connected at the top by other bands extending along the top edges of the ends and
passing round to the sides, on which they may extend only a short distance or until
they meet. The frame of hoop iron is nailed, screwed or otherwise attached to the
woodwork of the box and prevents the ends and bottom coming away and obviates
the breakages and loss frequently resulting from this cause.
My further improvement consists in dovetailing the bottoms of said boxes and cases
with or to the ends and thereby preventing their coming out. The boxes and cases
thus made may be further strengthened by the hoop iron frame hereinbefore
described.
DULL
CAL 1000
EMMOTT & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Boxes and Cases for the Carriage of Bottles and
Jars, Fish Boxes, and similar Boxes and Cases.
I JAMES DAWSON of 10 Stanley Street, Redbank, Manchester in the County of
Lancaster, Commercial traveller, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, and
in what manner the same is to he performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement
:-
My invention relates to boxes and cases for the carriage of mineral water, beer,
wine, and spirit bottles and jars, and consists in strengthening said boxes or cases by
means of a frame made of hoop iron or other tough metal bands attached to the
game. The frame consists of two bands extending along the sides of the bottom of
the box or case and connected by crossbands rivetted or welded to the lateral bands
or said crossbands may be nailed, screwed, or otherwise fastened to the bottom. The
longitudinal bands extend along or up the edges of both ends of the box or case, and are
connected at the top by other bands extending along the top edges of the ends of the box
or case and passing round to the sides, in which they may extend only a short distance or till
they meet. The frame of metal hoops or bands is nailed, screwed, rivetted, or other-
wise attached to the woodwork of the box, and prevents the ends and bottom coming
away while the box is pulled and handled and thus obviates the breakages and loss
frequently resulting from this cause.
On the sheet of drawings appended hereunto fig. 1 shows a side view, fig. 2 an end
view and fig. 3 a view of the bottom of box or case with the metal frame attached.
By preference the longitudinal bands ab while straight or flat have the cross-

page_text: bars c and d and the top bands e and ƒ fastened to them as herein described. The
frame being put together is then bent and attached to the box as shewn. The
longitudinal bands a and b being attached to the ends A of the box support or
carry the bottom B and the top bands e and f being fastened to the sides c prevent
the ends A coming off. For large sized boxes or cases additional crossbands, or
one or more intermediate longitudinal bands as shewn by dotter lines may be
used. The crossbands at the ends of the bottom may also be made longer and
carried up the sides and extended to the iop.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of
my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is,
Firstly. Frames of hoop iron or equivalent metal bands made and applied to boxes and
cases for the carriage of bottles and jars substantially as herein described and
illustrated by the drawings.
Secondly. The combination of two or more longitudinal bands with two or more
crossbands and two top bands, substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated
by the drawings and for the purpose set forth.