AN IMPROVED BOX OR RECEPTACLE FOR THE CONVEYANCE OR TRANSMISSION OF BUTTER, LARD AND OTHER SUBSTANCES OF LIKE NATURE
Year: 1885

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I, THOMAS BRADFORD, of 140, to 143, High Holborn, in the County of Middlesex,
Laundry and Dairy Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for
AN IMPROVED BOX OR RECEPTACLE FOR THE CONVEYANCE OR TRANSMISSION OF
BUTTER, LARD AND OTHER SUBSTANCES OF LIKE NATURE," 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 an improved box or receptacle for the conveyance or
transmission of butter, lard, and other substances of like nature, and which are
hereinafter intended to be referred to and included where the words "butter" and
"substances" alone occur :-Special objects of the Invention are to provide a
portable box or receptacle convenient for the reception of butter, either in rolls,
packets or definite quantities of (say) 1, 2, or more pounds, or in bulk, and which
shall combine in it the further advantages of being of great durability and strength
of construction, and of being capable of long continued re-use for the conveyance
and transmission of such substances from the producer to the market or to the
consumer, and for general use for such purpose, and for the safe and cleanly storage
of such substances in refrigerating chambers, and of being convenient, compact and
handy in use, and effective in preventing the contents from being tampered with
and of keeping the same from the access of dust, vitiated air, or like sources of
contamination, and which will moreover possess the very particular advantages of
being convenient of access for the placing and removal of the contents, and for the
thorough scrubbing, or washing out or cleansing of every part both as regards the
interior and the exterior, and for the sweetening and purifying of the same in drying
by allowing of the free passage of the air over every part of its surface and through
every part of its interior.
To this end, the Invention consists, essentially, in the use in combination, in the
construction of boxes or receptacles specially adapted for such uses, of an outer
casing or carrier adapted to receive an inner container and to perfectly enclose all
open parts of the same, with an inner container adapted to enter such casing and
to have all its open parts enclosed thereby, and formed or adapted with one or a
series of removable sliders, shelves or trays, so as to be capable of being packed

page_text: with butter, either in bulk so as to fill its interior, or in rolls or packages of definite
quantity, and also (if required) of carrying a removable cooling or refrigerating
device; and there may be further combined with such means, a readily detachable
combined fastening and holder or means of securely fastening or connecting the
casing and the container when the latter is packed and in its intended position
within the former, in such a manner as to prevent fraudulent access to or the
abstraction of the contents, or the access of means of contamination, and serving
also as a handle or convenient means of lifting, carrying or removing the box and
its contents, as desired.
An advantageous modification of construction of the improved box or receptacle
is illustrated on the accompanying drawings in which Fig; 1, represents, in full
lines, a perspective view of the outer casing or carrier, 1. Fig; 2, represents a
like view of the container, 2, and Fig; 3, represents a like view of the fastener, 3,
adapted for connecting and securing the parts 1, and, 2, together, and serving also
as a handle or means of carrying the whole about.
In the modification illustrated, the casing, 1, is made of wood, strongly bound
with bands, 4, suitably secured, and is closed at it's sides, top, and bottom, but is
open at both ends.
Its top is recessed at, 5, for the convenience of the hand in
carrying it, and it is or may be formed with a metal piece, 6, to prevent damage to
the front of the top in applying the combined fastener and handle; 3.
The container, 2, is also represented as formed of wood, and is closed at its ends,
top and bottom, but is open at both sides. It is formed with a series of inner
opposite grooves 7, or equivalent ledges, (preferably horizontal, and parallel,)
extending from the one open side to the other, and these grooves are adapted for
receiving and supporting one or more sliders, shelves or trays, 8, also formed of
wood, and which may be plain, curved, corrugated, fluted, V-shaped, waved or
otherwise formed, for receiving and conveniently supporting the packages or rolls
of butter, but these trays or sliders are preferably formed with elevated ridges, 9,
extending from the one side to the other across the trays, and are so shaped, formed
or adapted as to receive and support the adjacent rolls of butter, 10, in the manner
illustrated in Fig; 2. In each of the open compartments thus formed, there may
be similarly placed a roll of butter; or any one or more of the compartments, may,
in hot weather, be adapted with a removable cooling or refrigerating vessel or
chamber, 11, consisting of a closed metal case, to the interior of which access can
be obtained, for inserting and removing water, ice or other suitable cooling or
refrigerating medium, by means of a screw cap, 12; or some or the whole series of
such trays may be removed from the container, 2, so that the butter can be packed
in bulk, or partly in rolls or partly in bulk as desired, thus further affording a very
great convenience of conveying or transmitting the butter in such manner as may
be desired. The outer sides of the container are provided with suitable means of
fastening, 13, 14, which are suitably secured to the container, and which are adapted
to suit the fastener, 3, illustrated.
In such improved boxes or receptacles of the larger sizes, as well also, if desired,
in such boxes or receptacles of the smaller sizes, the edges of the open ends of the
container may be recessed or bevilled or otherwise equivalently formed so that a
slab or plate of wood or other suitable material may be inserted within or against
each open end with or without any suitable yielding intervening packing, after the
container is packed as desired, and prior to its being inserted into within the
casing, for the purpose of hermetically sealing the contents of the container from
the access of air or of any liquid or other source of contamination; or the same
result may be obtained by equivalently recessing the edges of such open ends of
the container, or the peripheral edges circumscribing the closed sides of the container,
and removably inserting therein any suitable yielding packing or material in such
a manner as that it will be compressed between the container and the casing when
the former is inserted within the latter.
The fastener, 3, is preferably formed of metal, and is adapted to fasten the
casing, 1, and container, 2, together, when the latter is packed with butter, and is

page_text: inserted within the casing, in the direction of the arrow, 16, and in such a way as
that its open sides are enclosed by the closed sides of the casing, in the manner
illustrated by the dotted lines in Fig; 1, and the fastening is rendered secure and
without liability of being tampered with without detection, by a padlock inserted
through the opening, 15, after having been inserted through the opening, 14, or by
other convenient means. In the form illustrated, the fastener, 3, serves also as
a very convenient handle or means of lifting, carrying or removing the case and
its contents.
I desire it should be understood, that I do not limit myself to the use of wood
in the construction of the casing, or of the container, or of the shelves. I prefer
to use wood as being especially applicable for the purpose, and as being a suitable
non-conducting material, but I may use other suitable materials. Neither do I limit
myself to the particular means of fastening or the form thereof illustrated on the
annexed drawings, as the same may obviously be made in a great variety of forms
and ways; nor do I limit myself to the exact conformation illustrated of the casing,
or of the container, or of the shelves, as these also are obviously susceptible of
modification without in anyway departing from the principle of their construction
and use in combination as herein described and claimed as peculiar to the present
Invention; but I prefer the construction illustrated and herein described, and
analogous arrangements in which the container is laterally inserted into an outer
containing casing, and in which the sliders, trays or shelves are removable, as being
generally most convenient, handy and cleanly in use.
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
The hereinbefore described novel and improved construction of box or receptacle
for the conveyance or transmission of butter, lard and other substances of like
nature:-the same consisting;—
1. In the use in combination, of an outer casing or carrier adapted to receive an
inner container and to perfectly enclose all open parts of the same, and of an inner
container adapted with removable shelves for the convenient placing thereinto, and
removal therefrom, of butter and such substances, either in rolls, or packages, or in
bulk, as hereinbefore described, and also adapted to enter such casing in such a
manner as to have its open parts enclosed by the closed parts thereof, and with
suitable means of connecting and fastening the casing and container together;
when such parts are adapted to be combined and used, substantially in the manner
herein before described, with reference to the accompanying drawings.
2. The further combination with such a box or receptacle consisting of such an
outer casing and inner butter container, of a detachable fastening adapted for
connecting and securing such parts together in the manner described, and also
adapted for use as a handle or means of lifting, carrying or removing the casing
and its contents, as desired, substantially as herein before described.
Dated this 20th
C
1 1000
DAY, DAVIES & HUNT,
321, High Holborn, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.