IMPROVEMENTS IN PACKING CASES
Year: 1877

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Carter, of Masham, in the County of York, for
the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN PACKING CASES."
a
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Carter at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 15th January 1877.
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WILLIAM CARTER, of Masham, in the County of York. IMPROVEMENTS IN
PACKING CASES."
My Invention has reference to the construction of sea-going and other packing
cases; its object is to provide a means of ventilation at the same time the contents
are free from the liability of sustaining damage from water or fermentation.
The cases may be made of either wood, metal, or both combined, or any other
suitable material, and divided into any number of compartments, each being
separated from the other by two partitions; a small space is provided between each
two partitions. The sides of the box or case are perforated or otherwise provided
with openings for the admission of air; each partition also is perforated or provided
with openings into the compartments. By this arrangement there is a direct com-
munication between the outer air and each compartment. The openings in the
partitions are brought as near the centre thereof as possible, so that any water
passing into the space between the partitions cannot get into any of the com-
partments but passes out of the side of the case through other holes or perforations.
By having packing cases constructed on my principle on reaching port when the
packing cases are too large for transmission, the case can be divided so as to form
separate cases by cutting it in two in the space between the double partitions, each
compartment thereby forming a separate case.
In order to allow a free admission of air all round the case or box, I provide lags
or battens for the purpose of raising the case clear of the floor or clear of other cases
when packed together.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said William Carter in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 4th July
1877.
WILLIAM CARTER, of Masham, in the County of York, "IMPROVEMENTS IN
PACKING CASES."
My Invention has reference to the construction of sea-going and other packing
cases; its object is to provide a means of ventilation at the same time the contents
are free from the liability of sustaining dainage from water or fermentation.
The cases may be made of either wood, metal, or both combined, or any other
suitable material, and divided into any number of compartments, each being
separated from the other by two partitions; a small space is provided between each
two partitions. The sides of the box or case are perforated or otherwise provided
with openings for the admission of air; each partition also is perforated or
provided with openings into the compartments. By this arrangement there is a
direct communication between the outer air and each compartment. The openings
in the partitions are brought as near the centre thereof as possible, so that any
water passing into the space between the partitions cannot get into any of the
compartments but passes out of the side of the case through other holes or
perforations.
.
By having packing cases constructed on my principle on reaching port when the
packing cases are too large for transmission, the case can be divided so as to form
separate cases by cutting it in two in the space between the double partitions, each
compartment thereby forming a separate case.
In order to allow a free admission of air all round the case or box, I provide lags
or battens for the purpose of raising the case clear of the floor or clear of other cases
when packed together.
And in order that my Invention may be more completely understood, reference
is given to the accompanying Sheet of Drawings and to the letters and marks
Figure 1 is a plan looking at the top of the case; Figure 2 is a transverse section
through line A, B, Fig. 1; and Figure 3, a longitudinal section through line C, D,
Fig. 1.
a is the case which may be made either of wood, metal, or both combined, or any
other suitable materials, and divided into any number of compartments, as shown
at A, B, C, each being separated from the other by two partitions c; a space d is
provided between each two partitions c. The sides of the box or case a are per-
forated or otherwise provided with openings e for the admission of air; each
partition c is also perforated or provided with openings f into each compartment.
By this arrangement there is a direct communication between the outer air and
each compartment. The openings or perforations f in the partitions c are brought
as near the centre as possible, so that any water passing in the space d between the
partitions c cannot get into any of the compartments, but passes out at the side or
sides of the case a through the holes or perforations e. In some cases where
ventilation is not required, the holes or perforations e and ƒ may be dispensed with
for one or more of the compartments, as shown for compartment A, or only one
side of the compartment to suit certain classes of goods, as shewn at compart-
ment B, but where a thorough system of ventilation is required, by preference I
perforate both sides of the compartment, as shown at C; when this is the case each
end compartment in order to assimilate them to the inner ones, and for the purpose
of keeping out the water, is provided with the end pieces h, the inner one only being
perforated.
As a further safeguard in preventing the water getting into the compartments, I
provide (when preferred) the projections J which can be made bevelled on the outer

page_text: edge as shown; this is intended to throw off the water from the holes or per-
forations, should a rush of the same take place in between the partitions c.
By having packing cases constructed on my principle on reaching port when the
packing cases are too large for transmission, the case can be divided so as to form
separate cases by cutting it in two between the partitions on dotted lines E, F, of
each compartment, thereby forming a separate case.
In order to allow a free admission of air all round the box or case, I provide the
lags or battens g for the purpose of raising the case clear of the floor or clear of
other cases when packed together. When preferred the case may be made small for
the purpose of seasoning cigars.
Having now described the nature of the said Invention for "Improvements in
Packing Cases," and shewn by Drawings how the same may be carried into practice,
I would have it understood that I do not limit myself to the exact details or con-
figuration of the various parts herein explained and shewn, as the same may of
course be varied or modified without in anywise departing from my said Invention,
but I claim,
First. The arrangement, construction, and application of cases having double par-
titions either perforated or otherwise, substantially as herein set forth.
Second. The arrangement and combination of various parts forming the case,
having one or more compartments, substantially as and for purposes herein set
forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Carter, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Twentieth day of June, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven.