Improvements in Card-board and other Light Boxes.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Mar., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 15th Dec., 1893-Accepted, 20th Jan., 1.94
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Card-board and other Light Boxes.
I, CHARLES BATTY, of Howarth Terrace in the City of Leeds, County of
York, Box Maker and Shop Fitter, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to construct card-board and other light boxes in
such a manner that they may be packed and conveyed to their destination in an open
or unfinished state, whilst at the same time they are or may be readily folded and
completed when required for use. In this manner boxes can be stored in large
quantities without occupying much space, and a great saving is thereby effected in
the carriage of such boxes from the manufacturer to the consumer.
According to my invention I take a rectangular sheet of card-board or other
material and mark a marginal line on same, the margin being of equal width to the
depth of the box required to be made.
The marginal lines after intersecting each other are continued forward to the edge
of the sheet. These marginal lines are grooved to any suitable depth, and the sheet
is cut or otherwise divided between each corner and the points where the marginal
lines intersect.
In making up a box ready for use, two opposite edges of the sheet are turned up
at right angles, bending inwards at their marginal lines, and the triangular ends of
these edges are bent inwards at right angles. The remaining two edges are bent
up in a like manner, and the triangular ends are bent at right angles round the
ends of the two sides which were first turned up. In this manner each corner of
the box is of double thickness, and by passing a rivet or other fastening through
each triangular end and the adjacent side, the box is most firmly clamped and
stayed together. The lid is constructed in a similar manner to the box above
described, though it is naturally of slightly larger dimensions.
Boxes constructed according to my invention can be forwarded to the consumer
in an open state; all that is necessary before using such boxes is to bend the sides
up at right angles as above described, and then to insert the rivets or other
fastenings. These operations may be performed by persons having no special
knowledge of box-making, at the same time no expensive machinery is required,
and a great saving is effected, compared with the employment of boxes at present
in use.
Boxes constructed as above described may be completed by the manufacturer,
and sent out to the consumer in the ordinary way.
Dated this 20th day of March 1893
BREWER & SON,
London and Leeds, Agents for Applicant.
.COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Card-board and other Light Boxes.
I, CHARLES BATTY, of Howarth Terrace, in the City of Leeds, County of
York, Box Maker and Shop Fitter, 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 :-
The object of any invention is to construct card-board and other light boxes, in

page_text: such a manner that they may be packed and conveyed to their destination in an
open or unfinished state, whilst at the same time they are, or may be, readily
folded and completed when required for use. In this manner boxes can be stored
in large quantities without occupying much space, and a great saving is thereby
effected in the carriage of such boxes from the manufacturer to the retail dealer.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood, I will proceed to describe
same with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters refer to
like parts in all the figures.
Figure 1 is a plan of the material prepared for folding.
Figure 2 is a plan of box when folded or completed.
Figure 3 is a transverse section on line X Y, Fig. 2, and Figure 4 is a transverse
section on line X¹ Y¹, Fig. 2.
Figures 5 and 6 are detail views, and Figure 7 is a perspective view of a box
when completed.
According to my invention I take a rectangular sheet of card-board or other
material, as shewn at Fig. 1, and mark a marginal line A on same, the margin
being of equal width to the depth of the box required to be made. The marginal
lines after intersecting each other are continued forward to the edge of the sheet.
These marginal lines A are grooved to any suitable depth, and the sheet is cut
at B between each corner and the points where the marginal lines intersect, thus
forming triangular pieces.
In making up a box ready for use, two opposite ends CC of the sheet are turned
up at right angles, bending inwards at their marginal lines, and the triangular
pieces C C of these ends C C are bent inwards at right angles. The two
sides D D are bent up in a like manner, the triangular pieces D' D' being bent at
right angles round the ends C C which were first turned up. In this manner each
corner of the box is of double thickness, and by passing a rivet E, as shewn at
Figs. 6 and 7, through each triangular piece and the adjacent side, the box is most
firmly clamped and stayed together.
The lid is constructed in a similar manner to the box above described, though it
is naturally of slightly larger dimensions.
Boxes constructed according to my invention can be forwarded to the retail
dealer in an open state, all that is necessary before using such boxes is to bend the
ends and sides up at right angles as above described, and then to insert the rivets
or other fastenings. These operations may be performed by persons having no
special knowledge of box-making, at the same time no expensive machinery is
required, and a great saving is effected, compared with the employment of boxes at
present in use.
Boxes constructed as above described may be completed by the manufacturer,
and sent out to the retail dealer in the ordinary way.
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. A rectangular sheet of card-board or other material having marginal
grooves A and divided corners B in combination, substantially as and for the
purposes set forth.
2. The general arrangement, construction and combination of the various parts
forming the improved box, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.
Dated this 15th dow of
BREWER & SON,
London and Leeds, Agents for Applicant.