Confectionery and like Artioles.
Year: 1886

page_text: Confectionery and like Artioles.
I, JOHN RANDOLPH STOUT of Brooklyn, New York, United States of America,
Manufacturer, 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 usual method of packing confectionery is to put it into paper boxes, putting
the first layer upon the actual bottom of the box' and then adding more until the
box is filled.
Most of the candies packed in such boxes are "assorted," that is, pieces of
candy of varying sizes, shapes and densities, hence it is a difficult matter and
one requiring great carefulness and skilled labor to pack a confectionery box
properly.
In packing these boxes it is especially desirable to make the top layer of candy
or other confection as even and regular as possible that it may present an inviting
appearance when the box is opened.
The operator, according to the present method, begins to fill the box from the
bottom, having first selected and put aside the pieces of candy which are designed
for the top layer.
He packs the candy until it is all in but the intended top layer. In almost
every instance he finds either that the bulk of the candies put in the box is.so
much in excess that when the top layer is added the box cover can only be secured
down in place on the box by a pressure that will crush some of the pieces of the
top layer, or that the candies already put in do not sufficiently fill the box up to
the proper point so that the box shall be completely filled by the addition of the
top layer.
In one case he must remove some of the more bulky pieces and substitute less
bulky ones, and in the other case he must put in "excelsior," cut paper or other
filling material to fill the box sufficiently so that the upper surface of the top layer
may be even with the box rim. In either case the box is badly packed, so that, in
transportation, the candies are disfigured, and broken either by pressure owing to
the fact of the box being too full, or by the pieces rubbing and jolting against each
other because the box has not been packed compactly and full enough; and by
neither method of filling the boxes can the top layer be laid or retained in place as
evenly and regularly as can be desired.
The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved method of packing
confectionery and the like, and an improved package for the purpose, by which all
these above mentioned objections' are obviated and by means of which also much
time may be saved in packing, and unskilled labor be made as serviceable as the
skilled labor now required.
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page_text: The invention consists essentially in using a "knock-down" box-the separate
parts of a box-an incomplete or unmade box for the packing, and in packing the
confectionery first upon or in the box top and in then filling up in the box body
or neck, and in then assembling the parts of the box together, all of which will be
hereinafter fully set forth.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of the
specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in
all the figures.
Figure 1, is a perspective view, of my improved package or box complete.
Figure 2, is a perspective view of the top thereof.
Figure 3, is a perspective view of the neck or body thereof.
Figure 4, is a perspective view of the bottom thereof.
Figure 5, is a plan of a blank for forming top or bottom of box or package.
Figure 6 is a plan of a box top or bottom showing the side folding-over pieces
scarfed:
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Figure 7, is a plan of a box top or bottom showing the side folding-over pieces
of full thickness and auxilliary strips for making level, even surfaces, on the ends
of box top or bottom.
In the drawings A, Figure 1, represents the completed box which resembles
boxes in common use.
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It is constructed in three separate parts; a; the top, b, the neck or body and
c, the bottom, the top and bottom parts having turned-up ends and sides to fit
over the neck or body in the usual way.
These three parts, a, b, c, constitute my package for confectionery and like
articles, and I use them before they are assembled to form a box.
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Preferably the cover or top a and the bottom c, are first shaped out in blanks as
shown in Figure 5, wherein the lines for folding are dotted, with cuts d; made at
the end extremities so that the sides may be made to lap over and upon the ends
in the construction of said top and bottom, and the ends of these lapping pieces
are scarfed or bevelled by cutting or by pressure as show at f, Figure 6, so that
when they are fixed in place in a completed, top or bottom the ends of such box
top or bottom shall be, in effect, plane and even and present no marked irregularities
to impair the appearance of the package.
Or the ends of the lapping pieces may be left unbevelled and be so folded over
on the top and bottom ends as shown in Figure 7 in which case a piece of. card
board g, like the lapping pieces, may be secured between them as shown in
Figure 7. Or, the lapping pieces may, after being bent. around on, the top and
bottom ends, be bevelled by pressure which will, in effect, incorporate them with
the substance of said ends and make an even surface.
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My method of packing confectionery is as follows: Taking a cover a, I fit it on
a-neck b, and then turning them upside down with the cover a, downward I lay
upon the inside of the cover the intended top layer of candy, and this, it is
obvious, can be done very readily, and evenly. Then I fit in upon this top layer
the required weight of candy according to the size of the package.
If the bulk is not sufficient to fill up and prevent shaking in transportation I
complete the filling with cut paper or the like until the two materials together fill
up to the now upper edge of the box neck or body b.
In the usual way of packing hereinbefore referred to the goods in the box, when
all are in with the exception of the top layer, almost always require adjustment by
hand for the reception of the top layer;
But when my package is filled as set forth no further adjustment of the
contained goods is necessary and I take a bottom c; and fix it in place over the
body or neck b,-that part of the body or neck designed to be covered by the
bottom, or the inside sides of the bottom itself having been first brushed with some
adhesive substance-gum, dextrine or the like, and the bottom and body or neck
then adhere together.

page_text: Then the box-which now, for the first time, has become a box-as its parts
have not been assembled before, is reversed, and on removing the cover, it is seen
that the top layer of confectionery is exactly even with the upper rim of the
neck b, and is level and regular, presenting a much more attractive appearance
than does candy packed by the ordinary method, and it is also found that the
candy is so packed that the particles will not shake about and thereby become
deteriorated either in fact or in appearance.
It will be obvious to every one that the purchasers will always prefer a well
packed box of confectionery, appearing unbroken, unrubbed and clean, to a badly
packed box, hence the commercial value of this method is of very considerable
importance.
Ordinarily a confectionery box has an edging of paper lace on the upper rim of
the neck and in the usual method of packing the boxes this lace is very apt to
become torn and soiled and therefore to present an unsightly appearance on the
opening of the box. When preparing to use a box neck or body provided with
this paper lace I first place the body or neck in the box top-which is upside
down and lay a piece of paper over the lace and then put in the candy so that
the lace shall lie smooth upon the box top, the piece of paper before mentioned
preventing the lace from being torn or soiled while the confections are being put
into the box.
Then, when the packing is completed and the parts of the box are assembled,
and the box is reversed, and the cover or top removed, the lace is found to be
uninjured in the slightest degree.
I do not confine myself in this method of packing, to the use of paper boxes, for
it is evident that boxes made of other material may be as readily used for this
purpose; nor is it necessary that the box cover or top should be made to lap over
the box neck or body.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is;
First. The method substantially as herein described of packing confectionery,
consisting in fitting a box cover removably to a box body or neck; in then placing
hem in position with the cover downward; in then laying the designed top layer
of confectionery in or on the box top; in then filling the package and in then
pplying and fixing the box bottom immovably in place as set forth.
Second. The method, substantially as herein described, of packing confectionery
onsisting in fitting it into or on a box cover or top and body or neck which are
eparable and removably put together, and then fitting the box bottom to the body
r neck and securing it permanently in place, as set forth.
Third. As an improved confectionery package, a "knock-down" box consisting
fa top, a body or neck b, and bottom c, constructed substantially as herein shown
nd described and adapted to be made without alteration of parts, into a complete
ox with removable unsecured top after it is packed, as set forth.
Fourth. An improved confectionery box or. package constructed with the top
nd bottom lapping pieces scarfed or bevelled as at f, substantially as shown and
escribed.
HERBERT J. ALLISON,
Agent for the Applicant.