Improvements in Boxes.
Year: 1892

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Boxes.
I, GEORGE MAUNSELL SMYTH, of 37 and 39 Britannia Row, Essex Road, in
the County of London, a Director of the Thompson and Norris Manufacturing
Company of the same address, 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 improvements in boxes.
The object of my said invention is to construct a cheap, simple, and useful box,
of two pieces of material firmly secured together and bent in such a manner that.
one of the said pieces forms the four side walls of the box, while the other piece.
is employed to close the top and bottom openings thereof.
It is an important feature of my invention that the said two pieces of material
secured together in readiness to be given a box form, can be folded into a very
small compass for purposes of transport.
In order that my said invention may be clearly understood I will now proceed
to describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which
Figure 1 is a perspective view of the said two pieces, one of which is shown
folded into the form of a rectangular cell, the other piece being attached thereto.
Figure 2 is a longitudinal central section of the pieces shown in Figure 1, when
they are folded to form a closed box.
A is the piece employed to form the four walls of the cell. It is bent into.
five panels A', A2, A³, A, and A', which, when set approximately at right angles.
to each other form a rectangular cell as shown in Figure 1. The portion A³ is.
secured to the portion A' by wire staples B, or by other suitable means.
C is the piece employed to form the bottom and the lid of the box. It is bent
into five panels or divisions C¹, C2, C3, C4, and C³. The portion C¹ is secured to.
the portion A3 by wire staples D, or by other suitable means.
E is a tag of stout paper or other suitable material, attached to the division C5.
for a purpose hereinafter specified.
To form the closed box the portions C2, C3, C4, and C³ are moved into the
position in which they are indicated in Figure 2, so that the portion C³ forms the
bottom of the box, the portion C³ lies close against the portions A' and A³ of
the outer wall, and the portion C₁ forms a lid, which is kept in position by
inserting the portion C' into the interior of the box as shown. When the closed
box is thus formed the tag E projects, as shown in Figure 2 in such a manner that
it can be readily grasped to effect the opening of the same.
The pieces A and C may be formed of any suitable material, either stiffened by
corrugations or left plain, which may be grooved along the lines or folds at which
the several panels or divisions are connected to each other, to facilitate the folding.
of the same.
It will be observed that both the pieces A and C are of uniform width
throughout. This fact conduces very considerably to ease and cheapness of
manufacture.
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 :-
First. A box formed of two pieces of material folded and connected to each.
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page_text: Second. A box substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the
accompanying drawings.
Dated this 8th day of November 1892.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.