Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Cardboard or like Boxes.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 6th May, 1899-Accepted, 17th June, 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Cardboard
or like Boxes.
We, AUREL HAHNEMANN, Manufacturer, and HERMANN OSTERTAG, Manu-
facturer, both of Stillergasse 20, Schmalkalden, in the Kingdom of Prussia, 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 present invention relates to the manufacture of cardbord boxes the parts
of which can be opened out flat so as to take up very little room when boxes are
packed together or stored.
The invention is represented in the accompanying drawings by way of example.
Figure 1 showing the sheets or blanks forming the body and core of a box in
their flat condition.
Figure 2 being a perspective view of the same when put together
The parts a and b, which fit into each other consist each of one piece, the walls of
which are held together by tongues d being inserted in corresponding slits c in
the flap edges of the side i. In this arrangement the holding tongues dare
arranged on the overlapping flaps f of the ends g of the box, while the slits c
are made in the inwardly bent flaps h of the long sides i.
Of course it is also possible to provided the ends g with the flaps h and the long
sides i with the overlapping flaps f provided with the tongues d.
In the case of smaller boxes the arrangement may be altered so that the two
flaps with their corresponding slits c over-lap, the flaps f being then provided
with only one tongue d fitting into the slit or slits c.
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Figures 3 and 4 represent an opened out box and a perspective view of a modi-
fication of the described box in which both the lid and body parts, a and b are
made of one piece of material, by which arrangement material corresponding to
one long side is saved, while the part a serves as a lid. The securing together of
the several sides of the box is effected in a manner similar to that described in
the first example, by means of tongues d which fit into corresponding slits c. In
consequence of the overlapping flaps f covering or partly covering the flaps
better resistance is obtained against external or internal pressure, the side faces
being made double by such an arrangement. Such boxes can, in cases where store
room is of importance, be disconnected and made into a flat sheet and so stored.
The box as described may, of course, be manufactured in any size and covered
with any material such as paper, linen, and may be of any colour or ornamentation.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is:-
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1. A cardboard or like box consisting of two parts fitting together, made out
of sheet material, the sides of which are held together by tongues, such as d
engaging in slits such as c, substantially as described.
2. A construction of box of the kind described, in which the cover and body

page_text: portions are made of one piece of material, the sides being held together by
tongues, such as d, fitting into slits such as e, substantially as described.
3. The complete cardboard or like box substantially as described or illustrated
in Figures 1 and 2 or in Figures 3 and 4 of the. accompanying drawings.
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