Improvement in the Manufacture of Boxes for Conveying Wedding or other Cakes.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Mar., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 27th Dec., 1893-Accepted, 27th Jan., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in the Manufacture of Boxes for Conveying Wedding
or other Cakes.
I THOMAS BURNEY 380 Spring Bank Pemberton near Wigan Box Manufacturer
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The box is of a cuneal or wedge shape.
;
An inside case which contains the article to be transmitted is of the same shape
and made to fit exactly in the outside box.
There is a lid to the inside case upon
which is fixed a card to contain the names of the senders of the cake. There is
also a piece of silk attached to the case so that the same can be easily withdrawn
from the box. There is a lid to the box and to the lid is affixed a long label at the
end of which the postage stamps can be affixed. The label being gummed the lid
is then brought over and closes the box, the label adhering to the sloping top of
the box.
Dated this Twenty-third day of March 1893.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in the Manufacture of Boxes for Conveying Wedding
or other Cakes.
I, THOMAS BURNEY of 380, Spring Bank, Pemberton, near Wigan in the
County of Lancaster, Box 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 :-
This invention has for its object a box for conveying slices of wedding cake or
the like.
It is best described by the aid of the accompanying drawings in which
Figure 1 shows the inside box and outside case, these being the elements or parts
of the box shown separately;
Figure 2 shows the box sealed up for transmission through the post ;
Figure 3 is a section showing a slice of cake inside.
Referring to these figures, the box is cuneal or wedge shaped. A is the inside
box containing the article to be transmitted and B the external case or box which
is made of the same shape so as to receive the inside box. The inside box A is
formed with a hinged lid a at top upon which may be pasted a card bearing au
indication of the sender's name, and this inside box is also provided with a lappet or
loop a' by which it may be pulled out. The outside case B is formed with a
hinged lid b at the end."
To seal up the box for transmission, the gummed address label C is affixed to the
end and sloping top of the case B, the lid in this manner being securely closed by
the address label. To open the box, the label is cut at the top corner or torn off,
thus releasing the hinged lid b. The postage stamps may be attached to the loose
end of the label, and as the private obliterating marks of the postal authorities will
all be stamped on this loose end where the postage stamps are, there will be no
danger of the box being crushed by this stamping.

page_text: 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. The combination of an internal wedge-shaped box or receptacle for holding the
article to be transmitted, an external case or holder of the same shape with hinged
lid at the ends for receiving the said internal box, and means for sealing up the
-external case to enable it to be transmitted through the post or otherwise
substantially as described.
2. The manufacture of wedding cake boxes substantially as herein set forth.
Dated this 92rd day of December 1802
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of Liverpool, Manchester, Nottingham, and London, Patent Agents.