Improvements in Safety Olosing or Fastening Devices for Cases, Boxes, and the like.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Dec., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 28th Jan., 1893-Accepted, 4th Mar., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Safety Olosing or Fastening Devices for Cases,
Boxes, and the like.
I, FRIDERICH HEINRICH EMIL DIERCKSEN, of 47 Bartelsstrasse, St. Pauli,
Hamburg, Germany, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows :—
This invention relates to improvements in closing or fastening devices for pre-
venting the improper abstraction of the contents of cases boxes and the like.
One of the chief requisites in consigning goods is that the cases boxes or the
like in which they are packed, shall be secured in such a manner as to prevent theft
of the contents.
With this object there have been employed special kinds of nails for securing
together the parts of the box or case, designed to be screwed out by means of a
screw-driver, so that the opening of a case or box will require an appreciable time
sufficient usually to render theft impossible. Such devices however are no security
if the thief has sufficient time even if the precaution has been taken to employ
nails having heads without slots.
An example of the device forming the subject of this invention is illustrated in
the accompanying drawings, in which
Fig. is a plan of the device, the cover plate being removed.
Fig. 2 is a section through the same and the adjacent part of the box.
Fig. 3 is a plan of the complete closing device.
Fig. 4 shows a case or box provided with the device.
The device comprises a plate b formed with four slots c and designed to be fixed
on the case or box a in the middle of the cover. A plate d is provided which
serves as a cover plate for the device.
In the plate bare rivetted or otherwise fixed a number of studs f, and the cover
plate d is formed with corresponding holes g in which the said studs enter when the
device is in use.
In the middle of the two plates is a hole for the reception of a lead seal h. The
parts left between the recesses c and the edge of the plate bare bent up as shown
in Fig. 2 to an extent such that room is left underneath for a thin iron band such
as is employed to fasten together cases or boxes. The parts of the plate d which
overlap these parts, are also bent up.
The mode of using this closing device is as follows:-
The plate bis fixed by means of screws in the centre of the cover of the case or
box. Then iron bands i are nailed crosswise round the box (Fig. 4). The ends
of these iron bands are passed through the slots c and bent back over the turned
up part of the plate in the manner indicated in Fig. 2. Then the cover plate d
is placed upon the lower plate, and the rivets f are rivetted, and the previously
inserted leaden seal is rivetted or clinched over the cover plate as indicated in
dotted lines Fig. 2.
It is thus very difficult, or practically impossible, to surreptitiously open a box
closed with my improved device without detection. It is obvious that the form of
the device, the number of the slots c and other details may be varied, as for boxes
or cases of different shapes, without departing from the nature of my said
invention.
Dated this 30th day of December 1892.
F HE DIERCKSEN.
FHE DIERCKSEN.
By L. W., per F. B.

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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Safety Closing or Fastening. Devices for Cases,
Boxes, and the like.
I, FRIDERICH HEINRICH EMILI DIERCKSEN; of 147 'Bartelsstrasse, St. Pauli,
Hamburg, Germany, Merchant, 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 invention relates to improvements in closing or fastening devices, for pre-
venting the improper abstraction of the contents of cases, boxes.and. the like..
One of the chief requisites in consigning, goods, is that the, cases, boxes or the
like (hereinafter referred to as boxes) in which the goods are packed, shall be
secured in such a manner as to prevent theft of the contents.
With this object there have been employed. for securing together the parts of
the box, special kinds of nails designed to be screwed out by means of a screw-
driver, so that the opening of the box will require an appreciable time, sufficient
usually to render theft impossible. Such devices however are no security, if the
thief has sufficient time, even if the precaution has been taken to employ nails
having heads without slots.
An example of the device forming the subject of this invention is. illustrated, in
the drawings filed with my Provisional Specification, in which
Fig. 1 is a plan of the device, the cover plate being removed.
Fig. 2 is a section through the same and the adjacent part of a box to which.it
is shown applied.
Fig. 3 is a plan of the complete closing device.
Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing a box provided with the closing device.
The device comprises a plate 6 formed with four slots c and designed to be fixed.
on a box a in the middle of the cover thereof, and a cover plate d. In the plate b
are rivetted or otherwise fixed a number of studs f, and the cover plate d is formed
with corresponding holes 9 in which the said studs enter when the device is in use.
In the middle of the two plates is a hole for the reception of a lead seal h. The
parts of the plate 6 left between the slots c and the edge of the said plate 6 are:
bent up as shown in Fig. 2 to such an extent that room is left underneath for a
thin iron band such as is employed for fastening together the sides, top and bottom
of a box. The parts of the plate d which overlap these parts are also bent up.
The mode of using this closing device is as follows:
The plate is fixed by means of screws in the centre of the cover of the box to
be closed. Then iron bands i are bound crosswise round the box (Fig. 4), and the
ends of these iron bands are passed through the slots c and bent back over the
turned up part of the plate b in the manner indicated in Fig. 2. Then the cover
plate d
placed upon the lower plate and the upper ends of the studs are rivetted
over, as also in the upper end of the previously inserted lead seal as indicated
in dotted lines in Fig. 2.
It is thus very difficult or practically impossible to surreptitiously open a box,
closed with my improved device, without detection. It is obvious that the form of
the device, the number of the slots c and other details may be varied, as for boxes
or cases of different shapes, without departing from the nature of my said
invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A safety closing device for boxes that are to be secured or bound with metal
bands, comprising a plate adapted to be fixed to the box, and a second or cover
plate d.between which and the plate 6 the ends of metal bands that surround the

page_text: box crosswise can be securely held by rivetting both plates together, and securing.
the rivetting by a lead seal substantially as herein described.
2. My improved safety closing or fastening device for boxes, cases and the like,.
constructed and arranged, substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to.
5 and shown in the drawings.
Dated this 28th day of January 1893.
F. H. E. DIERCKSEN,
By L. W., per F. B.