MANUFACTURE OF BOXES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Hugh Stevenson at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 21st January 1882.
HUGH STEVENSON of Manchester in the County of Lancaster.
IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BOXES."
"IMPROVEMENTS
My invention relates to the manufacture of plain and fancy boxes made of
pasteboard, millboard, wood or other material, my object being to secure and
strengthen the corners and joinings of the boxes and lids.
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To effect this I make use of wire which I insert at the angles where the sides
or ends or other parts of the box or lid are joined together or form an angle.
I pass the ends of the wire which is bent to fit the angle it is to strengthen through
the two sides or other parts near the joining or angle and bend the ends of the
wire flat against the inner surface of the box or lid each piece of wire forming a
right or other angle, each wire end which is inside the box being parallel to a part
of the wire which is outside the box or the ends of the wire may be bent to any
angle. I use any number of these pieces of wire at each joint or angle and I
insert them either by hand or by a machine.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Hugh Stevenson in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 20th
July 1882.
HUGH STEVENSON of Manchester in the County of Lancaster.
IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BOXES."
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"IMPROVEMENTS
My Invention relates to the manufacture of plain and fancy boxes made of
pasteboard, millboard, wood, or other material, my object being to secure, strengthen
and stiffen the corners and joinings of the boxes and lids.
To effect this I make use of wire which I insert at the angles where the sides
or ends or other parts of the box or lid are joined together or form an angle.
I pass the ends of the wire, which is bent to fit the angle it is to strengthen,
through the two sides or other parts near the joining or angle and bend the ends
of the wire flat against the inner surface of the box or lid, each piece of wire
forming a right or other angle; each wire end which is inside the box being
parallel to a part of the wire which is outside the box or the ends of the wire may
be bent to any angle. I use any number of these pieces of wire at each joint or
jangle and I insert them either by hand or by a machine.
On the accompanying drawing, Fig. 1 shows the form to which the wire is bent
before it is inserted into a box of rectangular shape, or into parts of a box that are
at right angles to each other, as for instance, the bottom and side of a circular or
other shaped box with vertical sides and a flat bottom (see Fig. 4.)
Fig. 2 shows the form of wire to be used to secure the angles of a box of
hexagonal shape.
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The part of the box to be operated upon is placed on a saddle or block shaped
to fit the angle of the part where the wire is to be inserted in this block is a slot
for the ends of the wire to pass through. When the wire has been inserted into
the box, the ends are bent back into the position shown on Figs 3 and 5; on the
drawing the sides of the boxes are indicated by dotted lines and the wire at the
angles is shown in full.
The wire may be inserted by hand or by machinery similar in construction to
that described in the Specification to Letters Patent granted to Sam Wood dated
the 12th January 1882 No. 159.
By the use of my Invention the angles of boxes are made very stiff, strong and
durable, and the boxes cannot be so easily torn or broken at the angles as those
hitherto made.
Having stated the nature of my Invention and described the manner of
performing the same.
I declare that I claim.
The use of wire in the manufacture of boxes substantially in the manner and
for the purpose herein described.
In witness whereof I the said Hugh Stevenson have hereunto set my
hand and seal this eighteenth day of July One thousand eight hundred
and eighty two.