An Improved Folding Box Suitable for Milliners and others.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Folding Box Suitable for Milliners and others.
GEORGE CANLER and THOMAS HAINES, 312, 314, Mare Street, Hackney, Lon-
don, N.E., Gold-Blockers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows;-
This box cannot collapse when joined together by several tongues & slits it
can be made out of one piece of board or otherwise according to sizes of boxes
required. Fig. 1, shows the box when opened out ready for joining or putting
together. The letters A and E denote the four sides the letters B flanges or
flaps the letters C tongues the letters D slits; The straight lines running through
and across, a score, crease impression or join; the dotted lines, a score crease
or impression to enable the four sides to bend over inwards. Fig. 2, shows box
when opened & fixed. Fig. 3, shows box complete with lid on. Fig. 4, shows
two boxes folded up inside their lids.
In fitting up or putting together our improved folding box you take the two
sides marked A & place them in a vertical position turning the two flanges or
flaps on left hand side inwards & place the tongue C through the slits D on the
opposite flange or flap on the inside you then place the side E in a vertical posi-
tion & pass the tongue C through slits D on side E, repeating the same order
on right hand side of box; then turn down inwards the two top sides of side A
to the score, crease, or impression & the two top sides on side E also with the
tongues thus fixing the box.
The lid is made in the ordinary manner either linen tipped or rivetted together
by machinery & can be made separate or attached to box.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Folding Box Suitable for Milliners and others.
We, GEORGE CANLER and THOMAS HAINES, of 312 and 314, Mare Street,
Hackney, London, N.E., Gold Blockers, do hereby declare the nature of our
said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be parti-
cularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
Our invention relates to folding boxes suitable for milliners and others, and
its object is to effect improvements therein, whereby the box is rendered capable
of being folded into a very small compass when out of use, and is also secure
against collapse when put together for use.

page_text: And in order that our said invention may be particularly described and ascer-
tained reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawings, in which similar
letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.
Fig. 1 is a plan view showing one form of the box opened out, which may
consist of one piece of suitable material, or of several pieces joined together,
as required.
Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the same box with three of its sides
raised and fixed in position, and the fourth side raised ready for fixing.
Figs. 3 and 4 illustrate another of our improved boxes, showing slight varia-
tions in details, or additional tongues and slots.
Referring to Figs. 1 and 2,
a is the bottom of the box. b, b, and c, c, are the four sides of the box d, d,
and e, e, are additional flanges or flaps attached to the sides c, c. 6₁, b', and c¹, c²,
are additions to the sides, which, when bent at right angles to the sides render
the same rigid, when in use. 62, 63, are slots formed in the flaps b¹, 61, for the
reception of the tongues e¹, el, attached to the flaps e, e. The dotted lines shown
in the drawings represent the usual scores, creases, impressions, hinges or joins,
enabling the several parts to be readily bent and folded.
In fitting the parts together to form the box the two sides c, c, are raised. The
flaps e, e, are turned towards the inside of the box. The flaps d, d, are then
turned externally to the flaps e, e, and the two sides b, b, are raised. The
flanges c, c, are bent over at right angles to the sides. The tongues e¹. e¹, are
then passed through the slots 2 while the flaps are being bent at right angles
to the sides b, as shown in Fig. 2.
Referring to Figs. 3 and 4, the two sides b, b, are raised to a vertical position.
The flaps d, e, are then turned inwards, and the tongues g, g, are passed through
the slots k, k. The sides c, c, are then placed in a vertical position, and the
tongues ff are passed through the slots h, h, and turned down, as shown in
Fig. 4.
The lids are made in the usual manner, either linen tipped or riveted together,
and either separate from or attached to the box.
In both arrangements the boxes are capable of being folded for packing and
placed in the lid as indicated by Fig. 5.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said in-
vention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:
1. In a folding box the combination with a bottom a of four sides b, b, c, c;
attachments d, d, e, e, to the sides; tongues e¹, e¹, for engaging in slots 62, b³,
whereby the flaps d, d, are partly enclosed between the sides b, b, and flaps e, e,
substantially as and for the purposes described and illustrated by the accompany-
ing drawings.
2. In a folding box of the description claimed in the First Claim, the combina-
tion therewith of additional tongues f, g, and slots h, k, substantially as and for the
purposes described and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
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1000
GEORGE CANLER,
THOMAS HAINES,
.
By George Downing & Sons,
Chartered Patent Agents, 8, Quality Court, London, W.C.