Improvements in Folding Boxes.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Dec., 1898-Accepted, 25th Nov.,
1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Folding Boxes.
1, GÉZA VÁNGEL, of 3, Gyongytynkutoza, Budapest, Hungary, Engineer, 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:-
This invention relates to a box which can be put together without employing
adhesive material or fasteners in jointing together the bottom and sides of the
box. The making or folding up of boxes was hitherto effected by means of
adhesive material which necessitated a covering causing a lot of trouble; or
by means of stamped fasteners whereby the paper forming the box or surrounding
the same was often torn and thus rendered entirely useless. In both cases it was
not possible to find out forthwith the sign of an intentional injury.
To remedy these defects is the object of this invention which is illustrated
in the accompanying drawings wherein Fig. 1 is the blank used to build up one
form of box. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the box. Fig. 3 shows the blank
for building up another form of box while Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the
same.
As shown in the drawings, the new box is built up by folding in a pre-
determined manner a blank cut out of cardboard, pasteboard or strawboard or
other suitable material. The blank shown in Fig. I comprises a bottom f and
the sides and b', while g and a designate the front and back. The sides b, b',
are provided with prolongations c, d, and c, d, which serve to close the corners
of the box, the pieces cc, covering the upper corners, while the folds dd, cover
the lower corners. Besides the folds or flaps indicated, the sides b¹, b, are more-
over provided with flaps e, e¹, carrying the tongues i, i, i¹, ¹, which serve to
joint up the box. A flap which is bent or creased and thus retains the form
imparted to it is provided and forms an extension of the bottom f. In the front
wall are formed two slits k, k, in which are inserted the tongues i, i¹, after the
blank has been formed or built up into a box and as soon as the flaps e, el, are
laid on the front wall. The tongues i, ¹, are fixed in position by being thus
inserted in these shits k, k¹. When folding up the blank, care must be taken
that the flaps d, d', are laid upon the bottom piece f, while the folds c, c¹, are
placed under the cover piece f¹. To seal the box, the tongues i, i¹, of the flaps e, e¹,
are inserted in the slits k, k, and are finally secured therein by means of a paper
or wax seal. Or instead of a paper or wax seal the box may be closed by means
of a fastener or nail.
The box is thus fully closed on all sides and should it be attempted to open
the same with force, a mere look cast thereon would be sufficient to be convinced
that the contents of the box can only be got at by tearing or breaking open the
seal.
Figs. 3 and 4 show a second form of box construction and has reference to a
double box. In this case the tongues a, a¹, or b, b, which bind up the box and
the slits c, c, are arranged internally. After the box has been folded together
at the middle, the tongues a, a, are placed in the slits c, c, the tongues a¹, a',

page_text: in the slits c, d, the tongue in the slit and the tongue in the slit c, the
doubled over parts being secured together by a paper seal. As seen from the
foregoing, this invention is possessed of great advantages as greatly facilitating
and simplifying the manufacture of cardboard boxes; while the closing of the
box is likewise effected in a simple and yet secure manner. Moreover the goods
required to be packed may be placed on the blank before the box is built up.
It is obvious that the subject matter of the invention may be modified as far
as the form of the box is concerned, or as far as relates to the arrangement of
the tongues and slits which effect the closure of the same or as far as concerns
the locating of the same in other parts of the box without departing from the
nature of this invention.
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:
1. A box closed by a paper or wax seal characterized by all the closing sides
meeting upon a side of the box, and by the jointing up being effected without
adhesive means or fasteners by merely inserting the tongues (i, i, i, i¹,) found
on the flaps of the sides in the slits (k, k¹) of the box side."
2. In the box claimed above, the strengthening of the sides without loss of
material by bending in the prolonged folds (c, c¹, or d, d) upon the sides b, b.
3. A modification of the box above claimed characterized by the cover plate
being formed into a second or twin box for the sake of economizing the material
which is bent over the first box while fully covering the latter.
Dated this 20th day of December 1898.
CRUIKSHANK & FAIRWEATHER,
Chartered Patent Agents,
62, Saint Vincent Street, Glasgow, Agents for the Applicant.