Improvements in the Manufacture of Boxes.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Oct., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 15th July, 1892-Accepted, 20th Aug., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Boxes.
I, DAN RYLANDS of Shepcote, Stairfoot, near Barnsley in the County of York
Glass Bottle Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
:-
My present invention has for its object the production of boxes which shall be
at once strong and neat.
In carrying out my invention I make a box either dovetailed or plain, and after
having put this box together I place it in a machine, which machine is fitted with
specially formed strips. These strips are attached to an iron box, which box is heated
up by gas, or in any other suitable manner. 1 place these strips at opposite sides
of the machine and cause each jaw of this machine to close from their opposite
sides; and the box having been placed in suitable position, the closing of these
jaws bring the heated strips on the end of box and burns in these ends a groove;
and the box being turned over burns in each portion of the ends a groove.
This groove is burnt deep enough to receive a binder of wire, and this binder of
wire I prefer to put on all in one piece, and it is put on in the following manner,
that is to say :-
In the first place the wire binder may be either square or round, or half round,
or any other section or shape of wire. The wire is just the size to slip into the
groove; but I make a suitable recess either on the top or at the sides or at the bottom
(but by preference at the bottom), and into this recess I hammer down the
wire, thus tightening it upon the box end. This process is repeated to each end of
the box, and thus a box thoroughly secured by wire is produced.
This plan dispenses to a great extent if not altogether with the necessity for the
use of nails, though I reserve to myself the right to use nails where it may be
deemed advisable to do so. The machine for indenting the groove by means of the
hot strips may carry two strips (one at each end of the box) or any other suitable
number of strips which may be desired or considered suitable to have, and these
strips may be of any suitable size or shape, and may be adapted for burning the
groove any suitable depth.
In some cases it may be desirable to use staples or loops for securing the wire
more safely in the groove.
It will be well understood that the groove may be burnt, either all round or only
partly round the end or middle or any other portion of the box.
The groove may
also be adapted to receive the twisted wire binding described in
Patent Specification No. 11,910 A.D. 1884.
Dated this 14th day of October 1891.
DAN RYLANDS.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Boxes.
I DAN RYLANDS of Shepcote, Stairfoot, near Barnsley in the County of York
Glass Bottle Manufacturer 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 :-
My present invention has for its object the production of boxes which shall be
at once strong and neat.
In carrying out my invention I make a box either dovetailed or plain and after

page_text: having put this box together I place it in a machine which machine is fitted with
specially formed strips. These strips are attached to an iron box, which box is
heated up by gas, or in any other suitable manner. I place these strips at opposite
sides of the machine and cause each jaw of this machine to close from their opposite
sides; and the box having been placed in suitable position, the closing of these jaws
bring the heated strips on the end of the box and burns in these ends a groove; and
the box being turned over burns in each portion of the ends a groove. This groove
is burnt deep enough to receive a binder of wire, and this binder of wire I prefer
to put on all in one piece, and it is put on in the following manner, that is.
to say :-
In the first place the wire binder may be either square or round, or half round,
or any other section or shape of wire. The wire is just the size to slip into the
groove, but I make a suitable recess either on the top or at the sides or at the bottom
(but by preference at the bottom) and into this recess I hammer down the wire thus
tightening it upon the box end. This process is repeated to each end of' the box,
and thus a box thoroughly secured by wire is produced.
be
This plan dispenses to a great extent if not altogether with the necessity for the
use of nails, though I reserve to myself the right to use nails where it
deemed advisable to do so.
may
The machine for indenting the groove by means of the
hot strips may carry two strips (one at each end of the box) or any other suitable
number of strips which may be desired or considered suitable to have, and these
strips may be of any suitable size or shape, and may be adapted for burning the
groove any suitable depth.
In some cases it may be desirable to use staples or loops for securing the 'wire
more safely in the groove.
It will be well understood that the groove may be burnt either all round or only
partly round the end or middle or any other portion of the box.
The groove may also be adapted to receive the twisted wire binding described in
Patent Specification No. 11,910 A.D. 1884.
I attach drawings in order that my invention may be more clearly understood.
Fig. 1 is an elevation showing the general arrangement of a machine 'well
adapted for burning the recesses or grooves in the ends or bodies of boxes as
contemplated by my invention-the construction of this machine' and the method of
operating it being similar to that of the machine for branding or lettering boxes
described in Specification 13,764 A.D. 1888.
Fig. 2 represents in plan view and to an enlarged scale the two branding boxes
with the branding strips attached, also a box in position showing the recesses or
grooves formed by the hot branding strips.
In Fig. 3, a box is shown with the recesses or grooves burnt in at either end
ready for the reception of the binding wire.
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In Fig. 1, a a are the two branding boxes heated preferably by a suitable
mixture of gas and heated air. The branding box a is caused to approach' and
recede from the branding box a¹ by means of the belt-driven pulley b, pinion c, and
spur wheel d fixed on the outer end of the webbed crank shaft e, the rotary
movement of the crank e being transformed into the rectilinear movement
of the branding box a by means of connecting rod f directly operating the
upper toggle-joint and indirectly through the medium of the connecting links h h
of the lower toggle-joint i. The weight of the branding box is carried by the road
wheels working on and in the roadway and guide k. It will be seen that the
to-and-fro movement thus imparted to the branding box a will be a truly parallel
movement, and that a box or other article placed between the opposing faces of the
branding boxes will be equally acted upon by both branding faces; 11 are strips of
metal securely attached to the loose covers of the branding boxes; these strips
may be made of any suitable sectional area to brand or burn the grooves or recesses
required in the ends or middle of the box so that they may form a suitable bed for
the reception of the solid or twisted wire it may be intended 'to 'use" in the binding
together of the box. In branding the grooves or recesses in 'the ends of a box; it is

page_text: only necessary to place the box in the position shown by Figs. 1 and 2, when the
heated strips will by the movement of the branding box be caused to burn or
brand the recesses to the required depth. This having been done, the box is turned
over and the branding of the grooves on the remaining unbranded sides of the box
completed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. The improved process of branding or burning grooves in boxes as hereinbefore
described and illustrated.
2. In the process of branding or burning grooves in boxes the use of the
machinery or apparatus hereinbefore described and illustrated with reference to
Figs. 1 and 2.
3. In combination with grooves in boxes made by the above-named process, the
use of strengthening wire inserted in the said grooves and secured in the manner
herein described either with or without the use of nails, or with or without the use
of staples or loops.
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4. In combination with grooves in boxes made by the above-named process the
use of the twisted looped wire binding hereinbefore mentioned.
Dated this 13th day of July 1892.
DAN RYLANDS.