Punnets, Baskets, Boxes, or Receptacles for Light or Small Articles and for the like purposes.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 10th June, 1898
Complete Specification Left, 10th Mar,, 1899-Accepted, 13th May, 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Punnets, Baskets, Boxes, or Receptacles for Light or Small Articles
and for the like purposes.
We, FRANCIS G FORGE JOHNS, of Johns Son and Watts Limited, of 40, City Road,
in the County of London, Fancy Box Manufacturers, and WALTER
JAMES
GILCHRIST, an Employee of the said Company, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows..
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Our invention relates to an improved method of constructing punnets, baskets,
boxes or receptacles which may be opened out and laid flat for convenience of
storage or transit so as to occupy but a small space when so packed, and which
are easily put to form for the reception of articles such as fruit butter, light
diapery, fancy or other goods requiring such protective packing as is afforded by
our invention
According to our invention the boxes or baskets are made of reel or sheet
material such as pasteboard mill-board strawboard scale board sheet-metal or
other suitable reel or sheet material and are primarily of cylindrical form although
this may be modified so as to become polygonal or more or less conical or the like
and in either case the cylindrical or analogous portion is formed of a stup of the
material the end portions of which are so shaped that certain projecting parts of
the one end will engage with or pass through holes or cuts or the like in the
other end in such wise that the two ends may be thus fastened together.
Along one or both sides of the said slip are a series of triangular or nearly tri-
angularly shaped projections of such form that when the slip is bent round as
before described these pieces may be bent at or nearly at right angles thereto so
that the pieces on the opposite sides may meet and overlap each other and may inter-
lock with each other by means of suitable mutually engaging parts.
These nearly triangular pieces are made, either by scoring or other suitable
means, to bend at their base or line of junction with the slip and such scoring or
other bending line may be either straight or curved to correspond with the eir-
cumferential curve of the article and for most purposes the sides of such nearly
triangular pieces do not meet, so that the apex is truncated on forms a short
additional side, but this is not essential and the details of the form or pattern of
such pieces may be varied for ornamental or other purposes The interlocking
of these pieces may be conveniently effected by making a transverse cut in each one
so that when any two of these are bent over from opposite sides so as to meet, the
cut portions fit one into and over the other so that they become interlocked with
sufficient firmness to make a safe and useful bottom (or top) to the article
When such side projections are provided on one side only of the circumferential
slip the resulting article is punnet like in form, and two such may be made to fit
one over the other so as to form a box and lid. When the side projections are
arianged on both sides of the circumferential alıp the article becomes when closed
both above and below a complete box or package well adapted for carrying light
articles which ought not to be crushed

page_text: It will easily be understood that such punnets boxes or baskets may be made of
ornamental material, or may be printed with advertisements or ornamental or other
matter and may be shaped, cut out coloured and the like in a great variety of
designs according to the use they are intended for.
When economy in manufacture is an object two such articles may conveniently
be cut out together in such wise that the nearly tiangular pieces of the one are
formed of the material between the like pieces of the other whereby the waste of
material is reduced to a minimum.
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NEWNHAM BROWNE,
Agent for Applicants,
Punnets, Baskets, Boxes, or Receptacles for Light or Small Articles
and for the like purposes.
We, FRANCIS GEORGE JOHNS, of Johns Son and Watts Limited, of 40, City Road,
in the County of London, Fancy Box Manufacturers, and WALTFR JAMES
GILCHRIST, an Employee of the said Company, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention and in what manner the sanie is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement.-
1
Our invention relates to an improved method of constructing punnets, baskets,
boxes or receptacles (hereinafter called "punnets") which may be opened out and
laid flat for convenience of storage or transit so as to occupy but a small space when
so packed, and which are easily set up and put into form for the reception of
articles such as fruit, butter, light drapery, fancy or other goods requiing such
protective packing as is afforded by our invention.
Oui invention is illustrated in the accompanying sheet of drawings in which
Fig 1, is a representation of the cut out piece of the material to form one of our
said punnets Fig 2, is an elevation of the punnet when set up and ready for
use, and Fig 3, 18 a plan of the same Fig 4, 18 & 1epresentation of the cut out
piece for a box like punnet with means of closure above as well as below so as to
make a completely closed package Fig 5, 18 an elevation of the same when set
up, and Fig. 6, is a plan of the same
The said punnets are made of reel or sheet material such as pasteboard mill-
board strawboard scale board sheet-metal or other suitable reel oi sheet material
and are primarily of cylindrical or nearly cylindrical form although this may be
modified so as to become polygonal or more or less conical or the like.
In either case the cylindrical or analogous portion is formed of a strip A of the
material, the end portions a, a¹ of which are so shaped that the projecting parts a
of the one end will engage with or pass through holes or cuts a³ in the other end
in such wise that the two ends may be thus fastened together as shown more
plainly in Figs 2 and 5
Along one or both sides of the said slip are a series of triangular or nearly tri-
angularly shaped projections B of such form that when the slip is bent round as
hown in Figs 2, 3, 5 and 6 these pieces may be bent, at or nearly at, right angles
thereto, so that the pieces on the opposite sides may meet and overlap each other
and may interlock with each other by means of suitable mutually engaging parts
as shown in Figs 3 and 6.
In order that the punnets may be easily and quickly set up when wanted for use,
and to insure symmetrical bending of the material, the pieces B are, either by
scoung or other suitable and well known means, made to bend at their base or line
of junction d with the slip A and such scored or other bending line may be either

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straight as shown in Figs 1, 2 and 3 or curved to correspond with the circumferen-
tial curve of the article as shown in Figs 4, 5 and 6 and for most purposes instead
of the sides of each such nearly tiangular piece meeting, the apex is huncated as
epresented in the drawings, but this is not essential and the details of the form
or pattern of such pieces may be varied for ornamental or other purposes
interlocking of these pieces may be conveniently effected by means of a transverse
cut e in each one, so that when any two of these are bent over from opposite sides
80 as to meet the cut portions can be fitted one into and over the other so as to
become interlocked as shown in Figs 3 and 6 with sufficient fumness to make
a safe and useful bottom (or top) to the article.
When such side projections are provided on one side only of the circumferial
slip, see Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the resulting article is punnet like in form, and two such
may be made to fit one over the other so as to form a box and lid
When the side
projections are arranged on both sides of the circumferential slip see Figs 4, 5
and 6 the article becomes, when closed both above and below, a complete box or
package well adapted for carrying light articles which ought not to be crushed.
It will be easily understood that such punnets may be made of ornamental
material, or may be printed with advertisements or ornamental or other matter and
may be shaped, cut out, coloured, and the like in a great variety of designs according
to the use they are intended for
In manufacturing these articles it is convenient to so arrange and cut them that
the pieces B of the one are formed of the material between the like pieces of the
next, whereby waste of material is reduced to a minimum
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:-
1 The improved punnet hereinbefore described.
2 Manufacturing punnets, baskets, boxes or receptacles substantially in the
manner hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying diawings.
3. Manufacturing pieces ready to be set up to form punnets, baskets boxes or
receptacles, of sheet or reel material by cutting out, and scoring or bending, sub-
stantially as hereinbefore described with 1oference to the accompanying drawings
Dated the 10th day of March 1899
NEWNHAM BROWNE,
Agent for the Applicants