Improvements in Cutting Cardboard or other Flexible Material for use in the Manufacture of Boxes and Packages.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd July, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 2nd Apr., 1890-Accepted, 10th May, 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cutting Cardboard or other Flexible Material for
use in the Manufacture of Boxes and Packages.
THOMAS PETER BETHELL, Plain & Fancy Cardboard Box Manufacturer, 64, Stanley
Street, Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This Invention has relation to a new method of cutting or part cutting cardboard
or other flexible material used in the manufacture of boxes & packages.
The novelty consists in having cutters of the shape required with a base preferably
rectangular so that they may be placed & kept in the proper position by means of
spaces, leads, metal & wooden furniture, & the whole locked in a chase, the aforesaid
spaces, leads, metal & wooden furniture, being such as are usually used by letterpress
printers.
Each cutter is made so that it presents a keen or cutting edge to the material
required to be cut.
When the cutter is intended to entirely remove a portion of the material it is fitted
with suitable pins which stand sufficiently above the cutting edge so that by means
of springs the portion cut may be ejected after each operation & prevent the cutter
becoming choked, or the cutter may be so constructed that it does not remove the
portion cut.
To obtain this result it is required that the cutter shall be nicked in such place or
places as may be most convenient, so that the cutting edge does not present the
perfect surface of the cutter as in the previous method but allows the piece to be
retained (stencil plate fashion) to be removed afterwards.
The cutters when adjusted in their proper places by the aid of the aforesaid spaces,
leads, metal & wooden furniture & locked in a chase, are placed in a machine some-
what similar to a printing machine. At the back of the material to be cut I place a
sheet of soft metal or other suitable material to receive the sharp edge of the cutter.
I cut the material in the same manner as printing from type & claim the use of both
platten & cylinder printing machines for this purpose.
Dated this Second day of July One thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cutting Cardboard or other Flexible Material for
use in the Manufacture of Boxes and Packages.
THOMAS PETER BETHELL Plain & Fancy Cardboard Box Manufacturer 64 Stanley
Street Liverpool Lancaster 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 :-
This Invention has relation to a new method of cutting or part cutting cardboard
or other flexible material used in the manufacture of boxes and packages.
The novelty consists in having cutters of the shapes required with the bases
preferably rectangular so that they may be placed & kept in the proper position by
means of spaces, quads, quadrats, clumps, leads, reglets, metal & wooden furniture,
Fig. 7. O. Fig. 17. P., being such as are usually used by letter-press printers.
Each cutter is made so that it presents a keen or cutting edge to the material to be
cut, the said cutter made of steel may be engraved, cast, forged or ground to the
required shape.
The base being solid (except when drilled screwed & fitted with one or more

page_text: suitable pins and springs as in Fig. 1. F. Q. R. Fig. 6. F. F.) and made to range
with the usual type measures, preferably pica (6 to the inch) with additional sections
or parts Fig. 2. A a. Fig. 8. G. Fig. 9. H Fig. 10. S. Fig. 15. M. Fig. 16. N. to be
used seperately or in combination, by which means the said cutters, may be made to
suit various sizes of boxes and packages Fig. 17. shows arrangement of cutters to
cut six boxes or lids at one impression, being divided at, H.
When the cutter is intended to entirely remove a portion of the material it is
fitted with suitable pin or pins. F. which stand sufficiently above the cutting edge, so
that by means of springs Q. the portion cut may be ejected after each operation &
prevent the cutter becoming choked, or, the cutter may be so constructed that it does
not remove the portion cut. To obtain this result it is requisite that the cutter shall
be nicked (Figs. 13. K. 14. L. 15. M. 16. N.) in such place or places as may be most
convenient, so that the cutting edge does not present the perfect surface of the cutter
in the previous method, but allows the piece to be retained (stencil plate fashion) to
be removed afterwards.
The cutters when adjusted in their proper places. Fig. 7. E. E e. 17. A. B. G. H.
Fig. 18. A. C. C c. G. by the aid of the aforesaid spaces, quads, quadrats, clumps,
leads, reglets, metal & wooden furniture, O. P. and locked in a chase in the same
manner as type would be treated, are placed in a machine somewhat similar to a
printing machine.
At the back of the material to be cut I place a sheet of soft metal or other suitable
material to receive the sharp edge of the cutter. I cut the material in the 'same
manner as printing from type, and in place of the ink rollers, I use round or flat
brushes, or rollers of felt or other suitable material, either dry or oiled, to remove
dust and accumulations and to lubricate the cutters, and claim the use of both
platen & cylinder printing machines or similar platen & cylinder machines also
envelope punching machines & printing presses for this purpose. Figs. 1. A. 2. A a.
3. B. 10. S. 13. K. show cutters suitable for cutting corners of boxes & lids, and
sub dividing same as Fig. 17. H.
Figs. 4. C. 5. C. c. 6. D. 8. G. 9. H. 14. L. 15 M. 16. N. show cutters suitable for
folding boxes, packages or cases.
Fig. 7. shows cutter E. for folding box, or case, with additional sections or
parts Ee. made on a smaller body to be joined and used for larger boxes, or cases, the
same to be justified by means of spaces, quads, & quadrats, O.
Fig. 11. shows pin F. spring Q. screw for keeping same in position R. applicable
to cutters as section of Fig. 1. F. Q. R. or springs as Fig. 12. J. j. applicable to
cutters as Fig. 7. J. j. to prevent the cutters becoming choked, or for distribution
over the forme. Figs. 17. F. I. 18. F I. J. j. to help the delivery of sheet after it
is cut.
Figs. 13. K. 14. L. 15 M. 16. N. show cutters that do not remove piece cut, but
leave it stencil plate fashion.
Fig. 10. S. shows arrangement of cutters style of Fig. 9. H. but with ends
mitered so that they may be placed in close proximity, cutters as Fig. 8. G. may also
be mitered & both examples used for corners of boxes and lids, interchangeable
with A A. a. B. K. M. N.
Fig. 17. shows cutters A. B. G. H. and springs F. I. placed in position the
intervening spaces or apertures to be justified by means of spaces, quads quadrats,
.clumps, leads, reglets, metal and wooden furniture, with cutters, G. placed on two
sides of the forme, by which means the blanks when cut are the size required, the
exact distance of the remaining two sides being obtained by the lay on the machine.
One impression of this forme Fig. 17. will produce six blanks cut & cornered. The
number to be cut may be varied according to size of blanks & machine used.
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Fig. 18. is intended to convey the idea of moveable cutters, A. C. C c. G. applicable
any size of box, package or case, to be kept in their proper places by means of
the aforesaid, spaces, quads, quadrats, clumps, leads reglets, metal & wooden furniture,
with suitable springs F. to prevent the cutters becoming choked or distributed over
forme to help delivery after the impression or cut has been made as F. I. J. j..

page_text: The drawings are not intended to exhaust the shapes of cutters applicable under
this Invention.
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.
1. Cutters made of steel either engraved, cast, forged, or ground to the required
shape on a body rectangular and to range with type measures.
2. The use of spaces, quads, quadrats, clumps, leads, reglets, metal & wooden
furniture to be used conjointly with the aforesaid cutters.
3. The use of platen & cylinder printing machines, or similar platen & cylinder
machines, envelope punching machines, printing presses.
4. Round or flat brushes, rollers of felt or similar material to be used for clearing
dust & accumulations on cutters & lubricating the same.
Dated this First day of April 1890.
THOS. P. BETHELL.