Boxes for the transmission by post, or otherwise, of glass plates / [William Henry Beach].

  • Beach, William Henry.
Date:
1899
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Credit: Boxes for the transmission by post, or otherwise, of glass plates / [William Henry Beach]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A.D.1898 Date of Application, 12th Mar., 1898 Complete Specification Left, 12th Dec., 1898-Accepted, 14th Jan., 1899 PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION. Boxes for the Transmission by Post, or otherwise, of Glass Plates I, William Henry Beach, of 25, East Castle, Bridgnorth, in the County of Salop, Veterinary Surgeon, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :— My invention relates to boxes for the transmission by post, or otherwise, of glass 5 plates such as pyrographically etched plates, photographic negatives, and the like, and it consists in a cheap but efficient construction of box whereby the transmission of the plates may be effected without liability of breakage or injury; and the invention consists in the construction of the box and in the meaus by which it is closed, secured, and directed for transmission. 10 In its simplest form, and as adapted for the reception of a single plate, the box consists of two plates or cheeks of wood, preferably with the grain crossed, held at the proper distance apart for the reception of the plate by edge and bottom strips to which the said plates or cheeks are secured by nailing or otherwise, the closure being effected by a fourth strip hinged at one end upon a cross pin and fitting between the ] o said plates or cheeks and secured at the other end by a cord or wire forming the attachment of a label or tag upon which the destination is inscribed the cord or wire being threaded through holes drilled in the plates or cheeks and the hinged strip so as to both secure the latter and form the means of attachment for the label or tag. 20 In order to adapt the box to receive two, or more, plates three or more such plates or cheeks may be similarly attached to and separated by distance strips at the side and bottom edges, and be similarly closed by hinged strips all secured by the same tag or label attachment as above described.' Or instead of multiplying the number of plates or cheeks dividing the interior of the box into as many distinct compartments the 25 distance strips may be of alternately different breadths so as by their juxtaposition to form in effect grooves for the edges of the plates to slide in, a single lid secured as above described enclosing the whole. Or instead of forming the edges of the box by tlie juxtaposition of strips of different widths they may be formed of single pieces grooved for the plates to slide in, the lid being formed of a single piece secured as 30 before. For the transmission of undeveloped photographic negatives the box might be covered with opaque paper and be enclosed at the lid end by a cap of the same material to make it light tight. Dated this 12th day of March 1898. 35 A. M. & WM. CLARK, Chartered Patent Agents, 53, Chancery Lane, London. [Price 8cL]