Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Sept., 1886.
Complete Left, 11th June, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 12th July, 1887.
I SAMUEL DREW ARUNDEL of the firm of Arundel & Marshall, Penn Street Works
Hoxton in the County of Middlesex Paper Box Manufacturer do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to an improvement upon the boxes at present in use in which
photographic dry plates are packed by the manufacturers, its object being to facilitate
the removal of the plates, which with the grooved boxes at present in use is somewhat
difficult. The boxes are usually made of cardboard, straw board or other light
material and are formed with a draw off cover of considerable depth in order that the
light shall be prevented from getting to the plates, the inside ends having grooves of
corrugated paper, or tin either plain, or paper covered, or cut wooden grooves, in
which the plates are held. My invention consists in forming on such a box at both
ends a hinged flap above the level of the grooves (which would not be carried quite
up to the top of the box) and which flap may be readily bent back exposing the edges
of the plates, so that they may be conveniently removed by the fingers without the
necessity of reversing the box and dropping all the plates forward before one can be
picked out.
The hinge or flap may be formed in many different ways, but the most convenient
I have found is to score the ends across at a distance of about half an inch from the
top so that the card or straw board may be bent outwards when a plate is to be
removed.
In this way when the cover is on, if any light were to find its way underneath it at
the ends, it would be deflected up into the cover and would not pass over the top of the
plates so that the box remains fully as light tight as the ordinary one, while when
the original purpose of the box is served, the flap may be torn off and when used for
storing negatives the same advantage will be experienced.
Dated this 13th day of Santamber 1886
PHILIP M. JUSTICE,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London,
Applicant's Agent.

page_text: I, SAMUEL DREW ARUNDEL of the firm of Arundel & Marshall, Penn Street
Works Hoxton in the County of Middlesex Paper Box 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 invention relates to an improvement upon the boxes at present in use in which
photographic dry plates or negatives are packed or stored by the manufacturers or
others.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood reference is made to the
accompanying drawing which forms part of this specification and in which is
represented a "plate" box with the lid removed the construction being such as to
facilitate the removal of the plates, which with the grooved boxes previously in use
was somewhat difficult. The boxes A are usually made of card-board, straw-board or
other light material and are formed with a draw-off cover (not shown) of considerable
depth in order that the light shall be prevented from getting to the plates, the inside
ends of boxes A are provided with grooves a, a, of corrugated paper, or tin, either plain,
or paper covered, or cut wooden grooves, in which the plates are held.
At both ends of the box are formed hinged flaps 6 above the level of the grooves a
which are not carried quite up to the top of the box. Said flaps may be readily bent
back exposing the edges of the plates, so that they may be conveniently removed by
the fingers without the necessity of reversing the box and dropping all the plates
forward before one can be picked out.
The hinges or flaps may be formed in many different ways, but the most convenient
I have found is to score the ends across at a distance of about half an inch from the
top so that the card or straw board may be bent outwards when a plate is to be
removed. In this way when the cover on, if any light were to find its way under-
neath it at the ends, it would be deflected up into the cover and would not pass over
the top of the plates, so that the box remains fully as light tight as the ordinary one,
while when the original purpose of the box has been served, the flaps may be torn off
and the boxes used for storing negatives.
Experience tends to show that where the boxes are used for carrying about plates or
negatives the straw board or paper is powdered or scraped up somewhat by the edges
of the plates and forms a dust on same while when plain tin grooves are used there is
a possibility of the formation of rust spots which stain the plates. These objections
are overcome by placing strips of cork or other suitable material c, across the bottom

page_text: and inside the lid of the box for the plates to rest upon while the tin grooves or
corrugations are covered with paper.
I am aware that plate boxes formed with paper, wooden or tin grooves are not new
and I lay no claim thereto, but :-
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
The improvements in boxes for holding photographic plates hereinbefore set forth
said boxes being constructed substantially as described and as illustrated in the
drawings.
PHILIP M. JUSTICE,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London,
Applicant's Agent.