IMPROVEMENTS IN AND APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF MILLINERY, HAT, AND OTHER BOXES."
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Dickinson, senior, of Manchester, in the County
of Lancaster, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN AND APPARATUS FOR
THE MANUFACTURE OF MILLINERY, HAT, AND OTHER BOXES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Dickinson at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 28th January 1880.
WILLIAM DICKINSON, senior, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN AND APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF MILLINERY, HAT,
AND OTHER BOXES."
The object of this Invention is a novel means of joining the edges of cardboard
together in the formation of millinery, hat, and other boxes, so as to dispense with
the ordinary lap joint, and to effect a joining which will be flush and even with
the cardboard, and yet be of sufficient strength to withstand the usage to which
such articles are ordinarily subjected.
In carrying out my Invention I make exactly corresponding dovetails in the
edge of the cardboard which requires to be joined together, and this is most
effectually performed by means of corresponding dies or cutters in a punching or
shearing machine, or by rollers, so that when the dovetails formed on one edge are
introduced or forced into the corresponding dovetails in the other edge, and the
lining or covering paper is pasted or otherwise caused to adhere to one or both
sides of the cardboard so jointed together, a neat, effectual, and durable joining is
obtained.
Instead of dovetails being employed, as herein before described, the edges of the
cardboard to be jointed may be vandyked, serrated, toothed, or formed with a
Grecian or other key border, but these I should consider to be modifications of my
Invention.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said William Dickinson in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 28th
July 1880.
WILLIAM DICKINSON, senior, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN AND APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF MILLINERY, HAT,
AND OTHER BOXES."
The object of this Invention is a novel means of joining the edges of cardboard
together in the formation of millinery, hat, and other boxes, so as to dispense with
the ordinary lap joint, and to effect a joining which will be flush and even with
the cardboard, and yet to be of sufficient strength to withstand the usage to which
such articles are ordinarily subjected.
And in order that this my said Invention may be the more readily understood
and carried into practical effect, I have hereunto annexed a Drawing illustrative
of my improvements in millinery boxes, and will now proceed to describe the same,
reference being had to the Figures and letters of reference marked thereon. Figures 1,
2, 3, and 4 represent side sectional views of millinery boxes constructed in accordance
with this Invention, and Figs. 1ª, 2ª, 3, and 4ª represent one of the edges of the
cardboard used in the construction of each of the various boxes illustrated by
Figures 1, 2, 3, and 4 respectively, shewing more clearly the formation of the joint
in each case.
In carrying out my Invention I make exactly corresponding dovetails in the
edges of the cardboard which require to be joined together, for instance, as illus-
trated in Fig. 1, which represents one of the edges of the cardboard with dovetails
A formed upon it. The cutting or forming of these dovetails is most effectually
performed by means of corresponding dies or cutters in a punching or shearing
machine, or by rollers. It will be apparent when the dovetails so formed upon one
edge of the cardboard are introduced or forced into the corresponding dovetails in
the other edge, as illustrated in Fig. 2, and the lining or covering paper is pasted
upon or otherwise caused to adhere to one or both sides of the cardboard so joined
together, that a neat, effectual, and durable joining is obtained. In Figs. 2 and 2ª
I represent another form of dovetail marked B, and in Figs. 3 and 3ª what may be
termed a notched form of joining, marked C, and in Figs. 4 and 4a a Grecian
pattern joining, marked D, all of which are modifications of the same principle of
joining cardboard together, one edge being formed or cut to correspond with and
to fit the other edge; and in some cases I bevil the two edges of the cardboard in
reverse directions, as illustrated in sectional plan on an enlarged scale in Fig. 5, or
make a jump joint, as illustrated in sectional plan in Fig. 6, the object in each
case being to effect a joining which will not overlap as heretofore, but be flush and
even on both sides of the cardboard, and yet be of sufficient strength to withstand
the usage to which such boxes are ordinarily subjected.
These improvements are equally applicable to round, oval, and other forms of
millinery, hat, and other boxes made of cardboard.
Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature of this my
said Invention, together with the best methods with which I am acquainted for
carrying the same into practical effect, I wish it to be distinctly understood that I
do not confine myself to the precise details, relative proportions, or dimensions
herein before described and illustrated on the accompanying Drawing, as the same
may be considerably varied without departing from the Invention, but what I do
claim is,--
The improved method of and apparatus for joining the edges of cardboard

page_text: together in the manufacture of millinery, hat, and other boxes, substantially as and
for the purpose hereinbefore described.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Dickinson, senior, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty seventh day of July, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and eighty.
WILLIAM DICKINSON. (L.S.)