Improved Packing Receptacle for Goods or Articles.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Oct., 1894-Accepted, 17th Nov., 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Packing Receptacle for Goods or Articles.
I, FRANCIS ULRICH, of Linzer Street 93, Budweis, Bohemia, in the Empire of
Austria, Black Lead Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my said
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 relates to an improved receptacle in which goods or articles may
be packed and despatched, its object being to provide a receptacle which is strong
and durable, yet very light, and which may be made in any desired shape.
I will now describe my invention with reference to the accompanying drawings,
in which
Fig. 1 is a vertical section and
Fig. 2 a part horizontal section of the improved receptacle.
Fig. 3 represents a receptacle provided with a loose lid.
A are the wooden side-walls on the edges of which are nailed the ends of a card-
board M forming the mantle of the receptacle which consists of one unbroken piece,
cuts being made in same at the corner parts so that it can be readily bent over to
correspond to the square corners of the side-walls A. The lid D formed of oue
free end of the mantle M has a cut or groove across same, in order that it may be
easily opened and closed; the lid may also be composed of the two extended flap-
like ends D¹ (shown in dotted lines Fig. 1) of the mantle M. In both cases the
receptacle is closed by nailing the lid to the walls A; when the double flaps (D¹)
are used, one may be made to over-lap the other.
The card-board lid D shown in Fig. 3 is not connected to the mantle M, the
ends of which being preferably folded over (see at m, Fig. 3) and the corners of
the lid D being cut off or recessed in such manner that same may be readily pushed
underneath said folded parts m (see at d, Fig. 3); the box is then closed by nailing
the lid D on to the walls A.
By means of this arrangement of the card-board mantle M of one piece and the
wooden side-walls A, it is possible to make the receptacles for instance of prismatic
form, by cutting out of a piece of board the contour of the prism and then using
same as the side-walls. It will also be evident that a regular or irregular polygon,
a circle, ellipse or, in fact, any other geometrical figure may be made. Chamfering
or cutting away the edges of the board it is also possible to make conical and
pyramidal receptacles.
When the lid D is nailed down, the receptacle is exceedingly strong and durable
and, moreover, its card-board mantle makes same very light.
Such receptacles are well adapted for use as small boxes, cases etc. for goods,
which must be packed in certain numbers or quantities, whether it be in dozens
or any other quantity, as also for strong packing cases, by correspondingly
strengthening the parts forming the receptacle.
For strengthening the latter cases, angle-pieces W may be nailed on the edges
of the parts M and A, as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 1.
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. Improved packing-receptacle for goods or articles, consisting of wooden side-
walls (A) of any desired geometrical form, on the edges of which is nailed an
unbroken piece of card-board (M) forming the remaining parts of the receptacle,
the lid (D) which is also nailed on the walls (A) for closing the receptacle, being

page_text: composed either of the flap like extended end or ends of the mantle (M) or of an
.independent piece of card-board (D¹) substantially as described and shown in the
drawings.
2. A packing receptacle for goods or articles of the kind 'claimed in the foregoing
claim, provided with strengthening angle-pieces (W) on the edges, substantially as
described and shown in the drawings.
Dated this 17th day of October 1894
ALLISON BROS.,
Agents for the Applicant.