Improvements in Collapsable Boxes Made of Card or Paste Board and the like.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 5th May, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 5th Feb., 1895-Accepted, 9th Mar., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Collapsable Boxes Made of Card or Paste Board
and the like.
We,
HUGH STEVENSON and ARTHUR WILLIAM STEVENSON, of the Firm of
Hugh Stevenson and Sons, of 71, 73 and 75 Silver Street, Manchester, and 21, 31,
33 and 35 Bridge Street, Ardwick, Manchester, in the County of Lancaster,
Fancy Box Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
Our invention relates to collapsable boxes and the chief object of our invention
is to make an improved box and one that can be readily put together when
wanted.
One of the usual ways of making boxes is to take a sheet of cardboard of the
required size and to bend or score it on four sides, the corners of the board are
then cut out to allow the four sides to turn up and form the sides and end of
the box.
According to our invention in making a collapsable box from one piece of card-
board we score the sheet to form the bottom and sides then in place of cutting out
the corners as is now customary we score the corners diagonally and preferably on
the inside so that when the cardboard is formed into a box the corners turn up
preferably inside the ends or sides and thus no open space whatever is left between
the sides and ends.
To complete the box we prefer to employ as a fastening a piece of string or
equivalent for each end and one feature of our invention is that this string is
threaded through holes in the cardboard preferably protected by metal eyelets and
the string is then cut to the right length and knotted so as to prevent the necessity
of retieing when the box is put together.
For packing or storage purposes the sides of the box can be doubled flat on the
bottom with the strings in position. To make the box up it is only necessary to
raise the sides, turn up the ends and bring the strings which are of the right length
over the ends to secure all together.
In place of string, metal clips, hooks, or staples could be employed to complete
the box; in this case the prepared sheets of cardboard could be packed,
quite flat.
In making deep boxes to save material we propose to score a rim on the sides
and on the ends; both of these rims would then be turned in and bent back on the
sides or ends and the whole secured by twine clips or hooks as before described.
Dated this Fourth day of May 1894.
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
Agents for Applicants.

page_text: Improvements in Collapsable Boxes Made of Card or Paste Board
and the like.
We, HUGH STEVENSON and ARTHUR WILLIAM STEVENSON, of the Firm of
Hugh Stevenson and Sons, of 71, 73 and 75 Silver Street, Manchester, and 21, 31,
33 and 35 Bridge Street, Ardwick, Manchester, in the County of Lancaster,
Fancy Box Manufacturers, 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:-
Our invention relates to collapsable boxes and the chief object of our invention
is to make an improved box and one that can be readily put together when
wanted.
One of the usual ways of making boxes is to take a sheet of cardboard of the
required size and to bend or score it on four sides, the corners of the board are
then cut out to allow the four sides to turn up and form the sides and end of
the box.
According to our invention in making a collapsable box from one piece of card-
board we score the sheet to form the bottom and sides then in place of cutting out
the corners as is now customary we score the corners diagonally and preferably
on the inside so that when the cardboard is formed into a box the corners turn
up preferably inside the ends or sides and thus no open space whatever is left
between the sides and ends.
And in order that our invention may be fully understood and readily carried
into effect we will describe the accompanying sheet of drawings reference being
had to the figures and letters marked thereon.
Figure 1 is a plan of a sheet of cardboard or like material scored or bent and
punched to form our improved collapsable box.
Fig. 2 is a plan showing one end and the two sides raised.
Fig. 3 is a transverse section showing the inside of the raised end.
Fig. 4 is a plan showing both ends as well as the sides raised.
Fig. 5 is a plan of our improved box collapsed and folded ready for transport.
Figs. 6, 7 and 8 are similar views to Figs. 1, 2, 3, respectively of an alternative
construction of our improved collapsable box...
Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.
Referring first to Figs. 1 to 5,-A desiguates the sheet of cardboard or like
material which is bent or scored as indicated by the dotted lines b to form the
sides and ends and scored diagonally or bent at the corners as indicated by the
full lines c.
This mode of bending or scoring divides the sheet A into the following parts:-
a¹ the bottom, a a² the two sides, a³ a³ the two ends and a, a, a, a, the four
corners which fold up to form the box as shown best in the plan view, Fig. 4, and
as no part of the cardboard sheet is cut through or away there is no gap or open
space of any kind between the sides a² and the ends a which is a special feature
of our improvements.
To complete the box we prefer to employ as a fastening a piece of string d or
equivalent material for each end and another feature of our invention is that this
string is threaded through holes e in the cardboard preferably protected by
metal eyelets and the string is then cut to the right length and knotted so as to
prevent the necessity of re-tieing when the box is put together.
For packing or storage purposes the sides of the box can be doubled flat on the
bottom a¹ with the strings d in position as shown in Fig. 5. To make the box up

page_text: it is only necessary to raise the sides a², turn up the ends a³ and bring the strings d
over the ends a³ to secure all together in the position shown in Fig. 4.
In place of string we might employ metal clips, hooks, staples or other fastenings
to complete the box and yet allow it to be readily collapsed when required; in
this case the prepared sheets of cardboard could be packed quite flat and in either
case the corners a' could be secured either to the ends a³ or to the sides a² if
preferred.
In the alternative construction illustrated by Figs. 6, 7, 8, the corner pieces a
are cut off and are bent or scored differently so as to enable part to be folded to
the side a² and the other part to the end a³ as shown in the plan Fig. 7. The mode
of threading the string d through the holes e is illustrated on the left hand side of
Fig. 7; but clips, staples or other suitable fastenings might be employed.
It is obvious that for large boxes where it is impracticable to get single sheets
of cardboard or the like of sufficient size and in other cases where sheets would
cut much to waste we may attach an extra strip or strips to make the sheet up to
the required size.
When the depth of a box is more than half its width or length part of the
material may be removed from the corners to prevent them overlapping.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
The herein described improvements in collapsable boxes which improvements
consist essentially first, in bending or scoring a sheet of cardboard or the like in
such manner that the corners will fold up inside against the ends or sides without
leaving any gap or open space between the sides and ends, and secondly in the
arrangement and use of a string or equivalent fastening threaded through holes in
the cardboard and knotted to obviate re-tieing as set forth.
Dated this 4th day of February 1895.
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
17, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for Applicants.