Improvements in the Construction of Wooden Boxes.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Dec., 1896-Accepted, 15th Jan., 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Wooden Boxes.
We, EDWARD ASH BALL, Manufacturer, trading as Edward Spencer and
Company at 87 Fenchurch Street, in the City of London, and WILLIAM
HITCHINS, Foreman in his employ of Cottage Grove, Bow, in the County of
Middlesex, 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 :-
The object of this invention is to produce light and strong wooden boxes, in an
economical way. For this purpose we construct boxes of thin wood or veneer, in
the manner we shall now describe with the aid of the accompanying drawings
wherein,
.
Fig. 1 is a side elevation, partly in vertical section, and Fig. 2 a plan partly in
horizontal section, showing one construction of wooden box according to this
invention.
I represents the body of the box formed of a strip of veneer bent to a cylindrical
form, and overlapped at the ends 1" which are glued together. The bottom of the
box consists of a thin disc 2 of wood glued in place against a narrow ring 3 formed
of a strip of veneer that is glued within the lower end of the body of the box with
its lower edge flush with the lower edge thereof and with its ends overlapped and
glued together. 4 is a broad ring formed of a strip of veneer glued within the
upper end of the body 1 so as to project beyond the top edge of the latter and
form therewith a rabbet to receive the removable box cover.
This cover
comprises a ring 5 nade of veneer like the other rings and in which there is
secured a disc 6 and ring 7 that are secured in place within ring like the disc 2 and
ring 3 at the bottom of the box.
Figs. 3 and 4 are similar views to Figs. 1 and 2 respectively, showing a modified
arrangement in which the cylindrical body 1 of the box is made like that shown in
Figs. 1 and 2, but is unprovided with a ring 4, and the bottom of the box consists
of a ring 8 of veneer which has secured within it a disc 2 and ring 3 like those
shown in Figs. 1 and 2 and is glued around the lower end of the body 1 of the box.
The cover of the box is made in a similar way to the bottom, and like that shown
in Figs. 1 and 2 and so as to fit tightly, but in a removable manner, around the
upper portion of the body 1. By this construction the complete box, as seen in
side view, has the appearance of having a raised ring or hoop secured around each
end, which appearance is for some purposes preferred, whereas in Fig. 1 the box is
of the same diameter from end to eud.
Fig. 5 shows a modified construction in which the body of the box consists of
two cylinders 1 and 4 of veneer glued together and one within the other the inner
ring being made of a greater length than the outer one and so as to project
beyond each end thereof and form therewith rabbetted ends 4* 4b adapted to receive
the removable top and fixed bottom respectively of the box, these parts being
constructed in a similar manner to the corresponding parts of the box shown in
Figs. 3 and 4.
The outer overlapping end of the several strips of veneer forming the body 1
and rings 4, 5 and 8, may be bevelled off by any suitable means in order to remove
the shoulder that would be otherwise left and to improve the appearance of the
finished box

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
-claim is :-
Wooden boxes, constructed substantially as herein before described with reference
respectively to and shown in Figs. 1 and 2; in Figs. 3 and 4; and in Figs. 5 and 6
of the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 12th day
1070.
For the Applicants,
W. LLOYD WISE,
46 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Chartered Patent Agent.