GB203756A - Improvements in packing cases - Google Patents

Abstract

203,756. Lock, S. H. June 8, 1922. Corner joints; lids; straps; bands and battens, strengthening; tampering with, preventing; lined boxes.-A packing case comprising boards nailed in the ordinary way has the sides, bottoms, and ends secured together in addition by metal strips g of angle section nailed from the inside, and the heads of the nails, driven from the outside, are concealed and protected by battens b<1>, e, f, Figs. 3, 4 and 5, which also cover the joints between the walls. Battens d<1>, d<2> on the ends overlap the edges so as to form rebates into which the ends of the sides, top and bottom fit. The battens on the sides, top and bottom are arranged it alignment and secured by hoop iron bands h as shown. A waterproof lining is secured to the inner walls and has flaps to fold over the contents. The lid, shown in Fig. 5, is strengthened on the under side by a batten b<2> and on the upper side by battens b<3>. The boards d<2> and battens f are also secured together by U cramps i driven into the wood. The case is encircled midway between its ends by a third ring of battens secured by a metal strip similar to the rings of battens b<1>, e, f.