US400286A - Tool-holding box - Google Patents

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(Nomodel.) G. E BARTLETT.

TOOL v,FOLDING BOX. y No. 400,286. Patented Mar. 2.6, 1889.

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE H. BARTLETT, OE SHORT HILLS, NEYV JERSEY.

TOOL-HOLDING BOX;

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 400,286, dated March 26, 1889.

Application filed October 29-l 1888. Serial No. 289,490'. (No model.)

.To all whom, it may concern.'

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. BARTLETT, of Short Hills, inthe county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tool-Holding Boxes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to an improved box or receptacle for auger-bits or similar tools of that kind having a series` of separate compartments or cells for each of the several tools to be placed therein, and more especially that class of such boxes or receptacles consisting of a wooden block in which the cells or compartments for the tools are formed, and a cover which is recessed on its inner or under surface to receive the ends of the tools which project from the cells of the block.

The invention consists in the matters hereinafter described, and pointed out in the appended claims.

As shown in the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a tool-box constructed in accordance with my invention. Eig. 2 is a sectional view thereof,taken upon line 2 2 of Eig. 4. Fig. 5 is a side view thereof, showing the cover open. Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken upon line 4 4 of Eig. l. Fig. 5 shows in end view a box having a device for connecting the cover with the body of the box made somewhat different from that shown in Figs. l, 2, and 3. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the end of the box shown in Fig. 5. Eig. 7 is av detail section illustrating a modified construction of the body of the box.

As shown in said drawings, Figs. l, 2, 3, and 4, A is the main part or body of the box, and B the cover thereof. rIhe main part or body comprises a block which is formed of three separate layers or slabs, A A2 A3, secured together by means of glue or otherwise. The slabs-A A3, which form the front and rear surfaces of the block, have upon their inner faces recesses a a a3 a3. rlhe intermediate slab, A2, is provided upon its opposite sides with recesses a2 a2 a4 a4. W'hen the slabs are secured together, the recesses a a2 form one set orv row of cells or compartments, while the recesses a3 a4 form another set or row of cells. The bottoms of the several compartments or cells are, as shown in said figures, closed by means of a bottom piece, A4, nailed, glued, or otherwise secured to the lower surface of the block A.

The cover B consists of slabs or layers B B2 B3, provided with grooves or recesses b b2 5354, which form a series of cells or compartments like those in the block A, and corresponding with the same in relative size and location. The upper ends of the several coinpartments of the cover are closed by means of a top piece, B4, nailed or otherwise secured to the top of the block composing said cover.

In constructing the box or tool-holder the several slabs or layers of which the body A and cover B are formed will preferably be constructed by rst grooving longitudinally a long` strip or board with grooves of the proper size and shape to form the recesses a a2 a3 a4 b b2 b3 b4, then cutting said boards or strips into lengths suitable to form both the body and cover of the box, then securing the slabs or layers together by glue or otherwise, and then severing the block thus formed at such point as to make two pieces of a length suitable for the body and cover of the box. By thus constructing the box and cover not only may said part-s be easily and cheaply made, but the recesses of the cover will in every instance exactly register with or come opposite the cells of the block.

As far as the features of construction above described in the body of the box or block and cover are concerned, said parts may be connected in any manner found convenient or desirable-fas, for instance, they may be joined by a cylindric rod secured to the cover and having sliding engagement with the box, as shown in a separate application for patent, Serial No. 289,491, filed simultaneously herewith. I have herein shown, however, a novel form of hinged connection between the box cover and body adapted more especially for use in connection with a cover which is recessed to receive the Shanks or tangs of the tools which proj ect from the cells of the boxbody, the same consisting, generally, of arod rigidly attached to the cover and adapted for sliding connection with the block or box-body,

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said rod having hinged connection at its lower end with a part upon or connected with the block or body, the parts being so arranged that after the cover has been lifted from the top of the body a suiiicient distance to free the coverl from the ends of the tools the cover may be swung sidewise or laterally from over the box-body, thereby allowing the tools to be easily taken out of the cells.

A preferred embodiment of this part of the invention is shown in Figs. 1 to 4c, and is made as follows: C C are rods attached tothe cover parallel with the recesses therein and adapted to engage the ripper' part of vertical recesses c C, formed in the body of the box. To the lower ends of the rods C C are connected, by means of pivots c c', other rods, C C, which are also adapted to iit and slide in the recesses c c. The pivotal connection between the rods C and C is so formed that the parts are no larger at the point of such pivotal connection than elsewhere, so that when the said rods C and C are in alignment with cach other they will slide freely in said recesses c c. In placing the cover upon the box ihe rods C C are first inserted in the recesses. The cover is then moved so as to bring the rods C Cin alignment with said rods C C, and the cover Vis then thrust downwardly against the top of the block, thereby carrying the rods C C into the recesses c c. The cover may be held in place after thus being placed upon the block by means of a hook, l), on the block engaging a pin, d, on the cover', or by other fastening device. In opening the cover the same is lifted until the rods C C are clear of the recesses c c, when the cover may be turned backwardly until the said rods C C come into contact with the top of the block, after which the parts will remain in this position, the rods C (L remaining in engagement with the recesses c c, as clearly shown in Fig. The recesses c c may be conveniently formed in the block A bymeans of two opposite semicircula-r grooves, c2 c, formed in the adjacent faces of the layers or slabs A2 A3, said grooves ci ci being formed by means of a suitable cutting-tool at t-he same time that the recesses or grooves which form the cells are cut in the slabs or layers. The making of the said recesses c c .in this manner is of great importance and advantage, espccially in boxes for long tools, inasmuch as it would be almost impossible to form such recesses by the use of a boringtool.

The rods C C are conveniently attached to the cover l5 by being inserted in recesses or guides cL ci", formed between the layers B2 B3 of the cover by means of grooves in said layei s, in the same manner as before described in connection with the recesses c c. Said rods C C are conveniently held from en dwise movement in the said grooves c4 by means of heads c c on said rods, which heads are inserted in recesses at the upper end of the block composing the cover, and areheld therein by means of the top piece, l", which is leases placed in contact with the said heads. It will of course be understood that the heads c c" may be formed in any convenient manneras, for instance, by bending the upper parts of the rod at right angles.

In Figs. 5 and (3 l. have shown another form of connection between the cover and block, which operates in the same manner as that before described, and consists of rods E E, secured to the outer surfaces of the cover, and provided at their lower ends with rods or hinged extensions ll E. Said rods E E and hinged parts or rods E E have sliding con- 0 nection with the block A by means of eyes or staples c e c, which are secured in the side of the block and form vertical guideways for the said rods. The rods E E may be secured to the cover by bending their upper ends at right angles and driving them into the side of the cover, eyes or staples c e being conveniently employed to hold the rods perpendicular to the cover. 'By lifting the cover of a box thus made until the rods E E are free from the eyes or staples c c, the cover maybe swung backwardly upon the hinged connection between the said rods E E and rods or extensions E E', in the same manner as be fore described.

Then guideways or recesses are formed in the body of the block to receive the rods which are attached. to the cover, said recesses may be formed otherwise than between the layers A A2 A, which compose the said bloek--as, for instance, the construction shown in Fig. 7 may be employed, wherein an additional end piece, F, is secured to the side edge of the box, and grooves are formed in the end surface of one of said layers and the inner surface of the piece F, so as to form a recess, c.

It will of course be understood. that the device herein shown for connecting the cover with the body of a box may be employed as well in connection with a box made of a single piece or block as in one consisting of a series of layers or slabs such as are herein shown; and my invention, as it relates to the said connecting device between the cover and body, is not restricted to any particular construction in the cover and body-as, for instance, the box or tool-receptacle shown in Figs. 5 and G is made of a single block oi' wood containing a series of tool-recesses formed by boring, the said receptacle shown in Figs. 5 and LS containing only one row of recesses or cells. furthermore, that the employment of two hinged rods upon the box-cover is not essential, inasmuch as one rod may sometimes be used, although, perhaps, not so advantageously as two.

It is to be further observed that the rigid rod forming part of the connection between .the cover and body may be attached to the body and have sliding engagement with the cover with the same result as hereinbefore set forth.

I claim as my invention- It is to be understood,-

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l. A tool holder or receptacle provided With a plurality of cells or compartments, combined with a recessed cover, a rod rigidly attached to the cover, and a second rod having pivotal or hinged connection With the rod rst mentioned, said tool holder or receptacle being provided With a guide for the rods adapted to engageboth of the same when the latter are in alignment With each other and the cover is in place upon the receptacle, subst-antially as described.

2. A tool holder or receptacle consisting of a block of Wood provided with a plurality of cells or compartments, combined with a recessed cover, a rod rigidly attached to the said cover, and a second rod having pivotal or tioned, said block being provided With internal guide-apertures adapted to receive both of said rods when the latter are placed in alignment with each other, substantially as described. Y

3. A tool holder or receptacle comprising a plurality of slabs or layers grooved upon their adjacent faces to form a series of cells or comz5 partments to receive the tools, a recessed cover, a rod rigidly attached to said cover, and a second rod hinged or pivoted to the said rod first mentioned, said slabs or layers being provided also With grooves upon their 3o GEORGE H. BARTLETT.

VVitnessesf C. CLARENCE POOLE, F. W. JENKINS.

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