Improvements in the Manufacture of Boxes, Cases, Packet Shapes, Bags, and the like, and in Machinery therefor.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Jan,, 1889
Complete Specification Left. 5th Oct.. 1889-Accepted, 14th Dec., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Boxes, Cases, Packet Shapes,
Bags, and the like, and in Machinery therefor.
We, GEORGE GIBBONS of No. 47, King Street, Leicester Wholesale Stationer,
Printer and Box Manufacturer and JOSIAH MENTOR GIMSON, JOSIAH GIMSON,
ARTHUR JAMES GIMSON and SYDNEY ANSELL GIMSON, of the firm of Gimson and
Company of the Vulcan Engineering Works, Vulcan Street, Leicester, Engineers,
all in the county of Leicester, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:--
This invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of boxes, cases, packet
shapes, bags, and the like and in machinery therefor. The principal object of this
our invention is to close up the sides or ends of a piece of material and stick them
together by machinery so as to form a bottom or top of a box, case, or packet for
holding powders such as farinaceous compounds, bottles, boots, shoes, stays, corsets,
or any other commodities saleable in packets and made or moulded together in the
manner hereinafter described and applicable to card board, paper, tinsel, light metal or
lead paper, tinfoil or other substance or composition that can be pasted, gunimed, glued
or otherwise stuck together.
The operations being peformed by the mechanism hereinafter described, or any
equivalent of same.
The machine is so constructed that when the sheets of material which are cut to a
suitable size are placed on the bed of the machine and a block or mould of the size
the box or case is to be made is brought down in the manner and for the purpose.
hereinafter described.
If the material is to be folded from the ends first, straight cuts are made in it at
right angles to the sides and at a distance from the ends equal to the depth the top or
bottom of the box or case is to be made, the depth of the cuts from the sides is also
equal to the depth of the bottom or top of the box or case. If necessary a portion of
the corners can be cut away but we prefer to leave it intact.
The block or mould being brought down on to the material the sides and ends are
left projecting from under it, the ends are then first turned up vertical by the means
hereinafter described, or equivalents of same, the corners are folded in to the sides of
the block or mould by fingers or blades coming down at the ends but in a line with the
sides of the mould or block.
The sides or as much of the sides as is necessary and which lie flat are now gummed,
pasted or glued by a pad which having received the sticking material from rollers
turns over automatically and deposits the adhesive substance on the sides. The roller's
which place the sticking liquid on the pad get a renewed supply by passing over and
coming in contact with other rollers that are constantly revolving with their lower
parts in wells holding the liquid and so convey the liquid to the rollers in contact
with them. The pasting of the sides being completed the pad turns back out of the
way and the sides are turned up vertical and pressed against the block or mould the
pasted parts coming against the corners of the material which have been turned
in by the fingers or blades, the said fingers or blades having moved back out of
the way.
The top or bottom of the box or case is now completed and, the block or mould
being raised, it can be removed from the machine. In this case the corners are
turned inside the box and along the sides.
It will easily be seen that the same contrivances will also allow of the corners to
be turned inside along the ends, the cuts.in this case having been made at right angles
to the ends of the material.

page_text: Or we can also make boxes or cases with the corners turned along either the
sides or ends on the outside of the top or bottom, the operations being similar to
those described but in a somewhat different, order. We can also make bags, in
this case we may make one side of the material wider to fold over the other side
and the pieces left in the ends, which would form the bottom of the bag; would be
turned in and stuck to the inner faces of the sides when each end having been
completed and the sides formed, by cutting across the centre two bags of equal size
could be thus made at one time. Or by cutting two strips of material of a length
suitable for the bag to be made and which may be of equal or unequal widths
and laying them at right angles across each other and making short cuts in and
from the sides of the strip which is crossed over the under oue the block is
brought down as in box or case making to be of the size of the bag required
when the sides are folded up and pasted and fastened together as previously
described. The machine by which we now propose to perform the operations
described is constructed in the following manner, a frame is made having a suit-
able bed and upright standard with overhanging arm, a driving shaft runs along
the centre, or a little below the centre of the machine in bearings fixed below the
bed on which the boxes and the like are formed.
The block or mould which determines the size of the box, case, packet or bag
to be made is secured upon the lower end of a plunger which moves vertically up or
down in a bored socket in the end of the overhanging arm. The block or mould is
raised from or lowered to the bed of the machine by a hand wheel fitted to a short
crank spindle turning in a bracket on the arm which carries the plunger, the crank
pin works in an oblong slot at the top of the plunger-Motion is given to the
horizontal driving shaft by means of a cross worm shaft fitted in bearings at the lower
part of the machine and gearing into a worm wheel running loose on the horizontal
shaft but driving it round by means of a clutch whenever the clutch is thrown into
gear, this clutch is so arranged that by means of a treadle it is thrown into gear and
when the driving shaft has made one revolution it is automatically thrown out of gear
and the machine stops. The sides and ends of the box, case, packet or bag being
made are folded up by means of flaps hinged in bearings on the bed of the machine,
to turn them up toothed wheels are affixed to them which gear with racks or quadrants
fixed in suitable bearings underneath the flaps, these quadrants have projecting arms
weighted so as to keep the flaps usually in a flat position but at their lower ends
points are fitted which ride on cains fitted on the driving shaft-The cams so operate
that the flaps are raised at the required moment and held up till the box, case or
packet is completed and then immediately released.
In the upright standard cross brackets are fitted carrying a vertical shaft upon the
lower end of which is a mitre wheel which is in gear with another mitre wheel fixed
on the driving shaft, at right angles to the vertical shaft near the top of it is a small
plunger upon which is coiled a spring to keep it against the face of a cam on the
vertical shaft, this short plunger by pressing on a short connecting rod which is joined
to the crank levers and fingers or blades fixed to the block or mould works the said
fingers or blades so that they press in the corners of the box, case, or packet and
holds them as long as required and then are moved up out of the way.
The rollers for glueing or pasting are fitted to traverse over wells containing the
liquid or substance and pick up the adhesive material from other rollers fitted in the
wells, the traverse rollers then move over the surface of pads which lie horizontally
on the bed of the machine, and which when the roilers return out of the way
automatically turn over to paste or glue the parts required and then turn back again
to receive a fresh supply of the adhesive material.
The traversing rollers are actuated by levers put in motion by a crank at the end of
short horizontal shafts at right angles to the main driving shaft and driven from it by
mitre wheels.
The pads are turned over by toothed wheels at the ends of the shafts on which they
are fixed, the toothed wheels being actuated by a rack which is regulated in its move-
ment by a cam on the driving shaft acting through a rocking lever.

page_text: It will be well understood that the part to form the lid of a box or case is made
slightly larger than the body.
In order that boxes, cases, packing shapes, bags and the like can be thus made in
machines and be complete or almost so on leaving the machine we may before putting
the sheets of material upon the bed of the machine print or emboss what matter the
customer desires on that part or parts of the material to form the outsides or ends or
top and bottom of the article.
Boxes have been made having their corners turned in or out but not folded up and
stuck together by machinery this work only having been accomplished by hand.
Modifications of the machine as described will be made but the main principle
of folding up and pasting the sheets of material automatically will be the same.
Dated this d
1000
WILLIAM BESTWICK MAXFIELD,
Patent Agent, Agent for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Boxes, Cases, Packet Shapes,
Bags, and the like, and in Machinery therefor.
We, GEORGE GIBBONS of No. 47 King Street Leicester, Wholesale Stationer,
Printer and Box Manufacturer and JOSIAH MENTOR GIMSON, JOSIAH GIMSON,
ARTHUR JAMES GIMSON and SYDNEY ANSELL GIMSON of the firm of Gimson and
Company of the Engine Works, Vulcan Street Leicester, Engineers, all in the
county of Leicester do bereby 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 relates to improvements in the manufacture of boxes, cases, packet'
shapes, bags and the like and in machinery therefor.
The principal object of this our invention is to close up the sides, or ends of a piece.
of material and stick them together by machinery so as to form a bottom or top of a
box, case, or packet shape for holding powders such as farinaceous compounds, bottles,,
boots, shoes, stays, corsets, or any other commodities saleable in packets, and made or
moulded together in the manner herein specified and applicable to cardboard, paper,
tinsel, light metal, or lead paper, tinfoil or other substances or composition that can be
pasted, gummed, glued or otherwise stuck together.
The operations being performed by the mechanism hereinafter described, or any
equivalent thereof.
That our invention may be well understood reference is made to the accompanying
drawings in which Figure 1 sheet 1. is a side view, partly in section, of the machine.
Figure 2. is an end view of same.
Figure 3. is a top view of the bed of the machine looking downwards, in which
are represented the contrivances for folding and sticking, with a top view of the.
driving mechanism; the upper part of the machine not being shown and cut
away at D.
Figure 4. sheet 2. is a cut off view of the lower part of the machine illustrating
the mechanism for operating the traverse rollers V, carrying the paste, glue, solution
or other suitable sticking material or composition, to the pads W
Figure 5. is an end view showing the mechanism for operating the pads W, con-
sisting of the horizontal rack 1, fixed to the upper end of the lever 2, which is
pivoted at 3, and operated by the lower free end of the lever 4, coming in contact
with the projecting point 5, of the cam 6. The spring 7, attached to the lever 2,
brings the rack back again to its original position.
Figure 6. is a flat view of a piece of material c¹, the corners U, to be folded from
the sides.
Figure 7. is another flat view of a blank piece of material c¹, the corners U, to be
folded from the end.

page_text: The letters of reference represent like parts in all the Figures.
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The machine by which we can carry out our invention is constructed in the
following manner: the frame, consisting of the bed, base, upright standards, and
overhanging arm A, the driving shaft Brunning along the centre or a little below
the centre of the machine in the bearings, fixed below the bed A, upon which the
boxes and the like are formed, the block, or mould C, which determines the size of
the box, case, packet shape or bag to be made is secured upon the lower end of
the rod at D, which moves vertically up or down in the guides E, and holder E', in the
end of the overhanging arm A, the block or mould C, is raised from or lowered to the
bed of the machine by the hand wheel F, fitted to the short crank spindle fl, turning
in the bracket G on the arm which carries the plunger H, the crank pin,
working the block in the oblong slot 2, at the top of the plunger, motion is given
to the horizontal shaft B, at I, by means of a cross worm shaft J, "shown in
Figure 3. fitting in the bearings J, at the lower part of the machine and gearing
into a worm wheel J2, running loose on the horizontal shaft B, but driving it
round by means of a clutch K, whenever the clutch is thrown into gear, this clutch is
so arranged that by means of a treadle " not shown it is thrown into gear and
when the driving shaft has made one revolution it is automatically thrown out of gear
and the machine stops, the shaft J, is driven by the pulley J³. The sides and ends of
the piece of material c', are folded up to the sides and ends of the mould C, by the
flaps I, hinged in the bearings, on the bed of the machine, to turn them up the
toothed wheels M, are affixed to them and gear with the racks or quadrants, N,
rocking in the bearings n', underneath the Haps, these quadrants have projecting
arms, weighted at n³, so as to keep the flaps usually in a flat position, at their lower
ends are the points n', which ride on the cams O, fitted on the driving shaft. B, the
said cams so operate that the flaps L, are raised at the required moment and are held up
till the box, case or packet shape is completed, that is to say until the projecting corners
of the material U, are secured to the sides or ends, as the case may be, the flaps are
then immediately released the mould C, is then lifted up and the lower ends of the
guides E, press off the box, case or the like and it is taken off the machine. In the
upright standards, A, are fitted cross brackets P', carrying the vertical shaft Q, upon
the lower end of which is the mitre wheels q¹ and q, fixed on the driving shaft B,
near to the top of the vertical shaft Q is a small plunger R, upon which is
coiled the spring, to keep it against the face of the cam 2, on the vertical
shaft Q this short plunger R, by pressing on the short connecting rod S, which
is joined to the crank levers T, and fingers or blades T', fixed at T2, to the block
or mould, which work the said fingers or blades T', so that they press in the
corners U, of the piece of cut material to form the box, case, or packet shape (see
figures 6 and 7 sheet 2) and holds them as long as required and then are moved up
out of the way as denoted by the dotted lines in figure 1. The rollers V, shown in
figures 2, 3 and 4. (not shown in figure 1.) for transferring the glue or paste to the
pads W, are fitted on the pins ', "sec figure 2," in the brackets, to traverse over
the wells X, containing the liquid or substance, and pick up the adhesive material
from the rollers X', (see figures 3 and 4) which are fitted in the wells, the traverse
rollers V, are then moved over the surfaces of the pad W, see figure 2," which lie
horizontally on the bed of the machine and which when the rollers return out of the
way automatically, turn over to paste or glue the parts required and then turn back
again to receive a fresh supply of adhesive material.
The traversing rollers V, are actuated by the levers Y, which are put in motion by a
crank the pin Y", fitting in the slotted end of the lever Y³, each lever being pivoted
to the side of the machine at Y, the crank Y¹, is fitted at the end of the horizontal
shafts at right angles to the driving shaft B, and driven from it by mitre wheels,
(see figure 4 sheet 2).
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The pads W, are turned over by the toothed wheels, Z, "figures 3 and 5," at the
ends of the shafts on which they are fixed, the toothed wheels being actuated by the
rack, 1, which is regulated in its movements by the cam, G, on the driving shaft

page_text: acting through the rocking lever 2, when the cam 5, is in action with the lever 4, the
pads deposit the sticking material, and then by the aid of the spring 7, the rack.is
moved back, which brings the pads to the resting position.
The sheets of material are cut to a suitable size, and one by one placed on the bed
of the machine under the block or mould C, corresponding to the size of the body of
the box or case to be made, if the material is to be folded from the ends first which
piece of material c¹, is illustrated in figure 7 sheet 2 of the drawings; straight cuts
are made in it at right angles to the sides and at a distance from the ends equal to the
depth the top or bottom of the box or case is to be made, the depth of the cut from
the sides is also equal to the depth of the bottom or top of the box or case. If
necessary a portion of the corners can be cut away but we prefer to leave it intact.
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The block or mould C, being brought down on to the material the sides and ends
are left projecting from under it, the ends are then first turned up vertical by the
means hereinbefore described, or any equivalent of them, the corners are folded in to
the sides of the block or mould C, by the fingers or blades T', coming down at the
ends but in a line with the sides of the mould or block.
The sides or as much of the sides as is necessary and which now lie flat are now
gummed, pasted or glued by the pad W, which having received the sticking material
from the rollers V, turns over automatically and deposits the adhesive substance on
the sides by the mechanism herein before described; the rollers V, getting a renewed
supply by passing over and coming in contact with the rollers X', that are constantly
revolving and have their lower parts in the wells X, holding the liquid.
When the sticking or pasting of the sides is completed and the pads W, have turned
back out of the way, and the sides turned up vertical and pressed against the block or
mould C, the pasted parts coming against the corners of the material which have
been turned in by the fingers or blades T. and the said fingers or blades have moved
back out of the way the top, or bottom of the box, case or packing shape is completed,
the block or mould C, is then raised, when the lower ends of the guides E, as
before stated press off the moulded piece of material and it is taken from the
machine.
In the case as specified the corners U, are turned inside the box and along the sides,
it will be easily understood that the same contrivances will also allow of the corners to
be turned inside along the ends, the cuts in this case having been made at right angles
to the ends of the material (as shown in Figure 6 sheet 2).
Or we can also make boxes or cases with the corners turned along either the sides
or ends on the outside of the top or bottom, the operations of the machine being
similar to those described but in a somewhat different order.
We can also make bags, or packing shapes of paper and the like, in the machine
by cutting two strips of material of a length suitable for the bag or case to be made,
and which may be of equal or unequal widths and laying them at right angles across
each other and making short cuts in and from the sides of the strip which is crossed
over the under one, the block C, is then brought down as in box making, of the size
of the bag required, the sides then folded up and pasted, and fastened together by the
ineans hereinbefore described.
It will be well understood that the part to form the lid of a box or case is made
slightly larger than the body part.
In order that boxes, cases, packing shapes, bags and the like can thus be made
complete, or almost so; on leaving the machine we may, before putting the sheets of
material upon the bed of the machine print or emboss what matter the customer may
desire on that part or parts of the material to form the outsides or ends, or top or
bottom of the article.
Boxes have been made having their corners turnel in, or out, but not folded up
and stuck together by machinery, this operation having only hitherto been accomplished
by hand labour.
We do not confine ourselves to the precise form of the machine herein described
for modifications of the machine may be made but the main principal of the folding
up and sticking the corners of the material automatically will be the same.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:
1. In the manufacture of boxes, cases, packet shapes, bags and the like;.
automatically folding and sticking the corners of the cut out material by the means
described, or any equivalent of same.
2. In machines of the character herein described the contrivances for raising or
lowering the mould or block C, the mechanical means for folding consisting of the
flaps, L, fingers or blades T', actuated in the manner described or by other equivalent
means.
3. In machines of the character herein described the sticking of the sheets of
material automatically by the traverse rollers V. actuated by levers from the crank Y¹,
taking up the adhesive material from the rollers X1, in the wells X and transferring it
to the pads W, for the purpose hereinbefore described.
4. Improvements in the manufacture of boxes, cases, packet shapes, bags and the
like in machines substantially in the manner and for the purpose hereinbefore described
and set forth.
Dated Hims 2nd day
ctober LOCH
WILLIAM BESTWICK MAXFIELD,
Registered Patent Agent,
"The Central Patent Office," No. 19, Bowling Green Street, Leicester,
Agent for the Applicants.