Improvements in Dies or Formes for the Manufacture of Folding Boxes.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Sept., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 5th June, 1899--Accepted, 8th July, 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Dies or Formes for the Manufacture of Folding
Boxes.
ARTHUR WILLIAM STEVENSON, 21, Bridge Street, Ardwick, Manchester, Box
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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My invention relates to the means for cutting creasing and printing cardboard
and the like for the manufacture of folding boxes. Until now it has been custo-
mary to make dies or forms by using sharp steel rules to cut the cardboard, and
brass rules to crease the cardboard, such brass and steel rules being usually
up" inside a chase "with ordinary printer's leads and furniture. The cutting
and creasing by these dies or forms is by pressure usually either upon a brass,
zinc, or celluloid bed. Another and more expensive die has recently been intro-
duced, by means of which, it is possible, in addition to the cutting and creasing
described above, to print boxes at the same operation. For this purpose printing
electrotypes or the like are inserted in a die or form of special construction, these
electrotypes being supported by springs in such a manner that they stand higher
than the cutting and creasing rules. The object of this is that the inking rollers
may ink the electrotypes without touching the cutting and creasing rules, but that
when pressure of the bed comes upon them they may recede, and may then become
slightly lower than the cutting and creasing rules. By such a die it is possible to
cut, crease and print at the same operation. A die of this character is however
an expensive one, and it is mounted upon a solid foundation plate of iron or the
like to which the various springs, rules and electrotypes are fixed by screws or
similar suitable fastenings.
The object of my invention is to construct a die that will both cut, crease and
print at the same operation, but which will be considerably cheaper than the
die last before mentioned. For this purpose I construct the ordinary brass and
steel rule die inside a chase with printer's furniture in the ordinary manner
well known to the trade. Between these rules and in the positions in
which I wish the printing. to be, I place hollow boxes of iron or other suitable
material, which are likewise fixed in the form or die by printer's furniture:
Inside these boxes are placed springs, and upon these springs are laid the
printing electrotypes mounted upon metal or other suitable material of sufficient
thickness for the purpose. These electrotypes are kept in the required position and
prevented from springing out too far by screws, rivets, or any similar suitable
means of fastening them inside the metal box before mentioned. By this method
I dispense entirely with the iron plate foundation, and I am able to fix the print-
ing portions into the die by the use of ordinary type furniture. It is also quite
easy to remove these printing portions, and to use them in other dies, which is
not possible in the present style of die without considerable trouble.
By the before-mentioned word electrotype, I mean also stereotype, woodcut,
zincograph or any other suitable known means of letter-press printing.
Dated this 2nd day of September 1898.

page_text: Improvements in Dies or Formes for the Manufacture of Folding
Boxes.
I, ARTHUR WILLIAM STEVENSON, Box Manufacturer, of 21, Bridge Street, Ard-
wick, Manchester, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:-
Brass and steel rules are now used by box manufacturers for the purpose of
creasing and cutting cardboard folding boxes and the like. They are set up in
the required shape and size inside a chase and then fixed in a strong platen press.
The cardboard is placed upon the platen of the press, and when the pressure of the
brass and steel rules comes upon it, it is creased and cut out to the shape and size
required. The object of my invention is to construct a die which can if desired
be used in connection with these brass and steel rules, and by means of which
it is possible to print the cardboard also at the same impression of the platen press.
In order to fully describe my invention I have provided drawings of which
Fig. 1 is a plan.
Fig. 2 is a section on the dotted lines Y, Y.
Fig. 3 is a section on the dotted lines Z, Z.
Fig. 4 is a side view showing an alternative method of constructing my improved
die.
In carrying out my invention I employ a box A, constructed of metal or other
suitable material, and provided with hollow bosses B through which holes are
pierced as shown in the drawings. Into the box A I fit a bed F upon which is
mounted an electrotype or the like E, and I pierce recesses in the bed F corres-
ponding in position to the bosses B. Through the holes in the bosses B I pass a
screw, stud or the like C and fasten it into the bed F. I also pierce other recesses
in the bed F into which I fix springs D as shown in Figure 3, which springs serve
to support the bed F and electrotype E while the inking rollers of the platen press
are passing over the printing surface of the electrotype. The object of the screw C
is to prevent the springs from forcing the electrotype too far out of the box A.
The box A when fitted in this manner with electrotypes, springs, screws and other
parts is then ready to be used in connection with the ordinary brass and steel rule,
and both can be fastened in position in the chase by the use of printer's furniture
in the usual manner well known to makers of folding boxes.
The height of the sides of the box A should be slightly less than that of the
brass and steel rules employed, but the electrotype E when supported by the
springs D, should be slightly higher than the brass and steel rule.
rollers of the platen press will therefore pass over and ink the printing surface of
The inking
the projecting electrotype E without touching the brass and steel rule, but when
the pressure is applied, the electrotype E and bed F will recede and allow the brass
and steel rule to also come in contact with the cardboard, and the creasing, cutting
and printing will thus be done at one impression.
The box A has preferably 4 sides but two sides would often be sufficient for my
purpose.
If desired the sides of the box A may be made sufficiently thin or sharp and of
the necessary height that they may be used instead of brass rule for creasing the
cardboard.
Fig. 4 shows the side view of another die box which is somewhat different in
construction. In this case slots G are cut in the sides of the box A and screws, studs
or the like H are inserted through the slots G, and fastened in the sides of the

page_text: bed F, and prevent the springs from forcing the bed and electrotype too far out
of the box A. I prefer the construction shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3 because,
when it is wished to change the electrotype, it can be taken out without dis-
mounting or interfering with the remainder of the die.
By the word "electrotype," I mean also stereotype, woodcut, zincograph or any
other suitable known means of letter-press printing.
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:-
A box made of metal or other suitable material, having combined with it one or
more electrotypes, which electrotypes are supported by springs, and prevented
from springing too far out of the box by screws, studs or the like, substantially
as described.