Improvements in Fasteners and Protectors for Boxes.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Apr., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 22nd Jan., 1896-Accepted, 22nd Feb., 1896
Improvements in Fasteners and Protectors for Boxes.
I, JOSEPH MELLOR BAINES, of 3 Oak Mount, Harrogate, in the County of
York, General Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in appliances designed for holding,
securing, and strengthening collapsible card-board boxes when such have been
built or folded into the form or shape of box.
According to this invention, the device consists of a strip of metal bent double
and then to an angle corresponding to the angle of the box, so that when the box is
folded into shape, the metal strip is forced over the loose ends and corners of the
box, and may extend to the bottom of same, thus forming a locking and strengthening
device at the same time.
Instead of the metal being bent to an angle, it may be left straight and forced
over the loose edge or portion only of the box, so as to hold the same in correct
position. When the device is in position, it may if desired, be fixed by a pin, or the
spring in the metal when tempered will hold the device in position.
Dated this 02nd den of Anil 1905
BRIERLEY & HOWARD,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax, Agents for the Applicant.
I, JOSEPH MELLOR BAINES, of Oak Mount, Harrogate, in the County of
York, General Merchant, 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 relates to improvements in appliances designed for holding,
securing, and strengthening collapsible card-board boxes when such have been
built or folded into the form or shape of box.
According to this invention, the device consists of a strip of metal bent double
and then to an angle corresponding to the angle of the box, so that when the box is
folded into shape, the metal strip is forced over the loose ends and corners of the
box, and may extend to the bottom of same, thus forming a locking and strengthening
device at the same time.
Instead of the metal being bent to an angle, it may be left straight, and forced
over the loose edge or portion only of the box, so as to hold the same in correct
position. When the device. is in position, it may if desired, be fixed by a pin, or
the spring in the metal when tempered will hold the device in position.
Such being the nature and object of my said invention, the following is a
complete description of same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,
in which,
Fig. 1 is a plan view of a piece of straw or card board, cut or creased ready for
folding into box shane

page_text: Fig. 2 is a plan view of the straw or card board, folded into box shape, and the
loose edges secured together by metal clips.
Figs. 3 and 4 are end and side views of the metal clip.
Fig. 5 is an oblique view of a modified form of clip.
Fig. 6 is a sectional end elevation of a box, the corner of which is held together
and strengthened by a metal clip.
Fig. 7 is an elevation of the corner of a box supported and strengthened by a
modified form of metal clip.
According to this invention, the boxes are made from card or straw board, cut
and creased as shewn by Fig. 1, the board is then folded into the form of a box
(see Fig. 2) and the overlapping portions 1, 2, of the box are held together by
metal clips 3 which may be either narrow (see Figs. 3 and 4) and one placed at or
near each end of the box, or broad enough to extend the whole width of the box
(see Fig. 5) when only one clip is necessary. The application of both the above
clips is illustrated by Fig. 2.
When it is desired to strengthen and support the edges of the box, as well as to
hold the parts together, clips such as are illustrated by Figs. 6 and 7 are employed.
These clips are made of a strip of metal 4, bent to right angles so as to fit the
-angle of the box. At the bottom of the strip is a bent spike or piu 5 which
pierces the bottom of the box, and the top of the strip is elongated and bent
into the inside of the box as at 6 in Fig. 6, or a pin 7 is cut in the strip near to
the top, and this pin 7 is forced through the box and clamped on the inside (see
Fig. 7).
The bent portion 6 may, if desired, be carried to the bottom of the box.
The clips are preferably made of spring or tempered metal, so that they remain
in the correct position.
The clips are specially desigued for and applicable to what are known as
collapsible boxes,i.e, sheets or straw or card board cut and scored or creased so
that when bent, they assume the form of boxes; but it will be obvious that the clips
illustrated by Figs. 6 and 7 can be applied to the corners of ordinary boxes for
strengthening and supporting same.
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 metal clip or clips combined with collapsible or folding boxes, as and
for the purpose herein described, and as illustrated by Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 5 of the
accompanying drawings.
(2.) The bent metal clip having the spike or pin 5 and the elongated portion 6,
as and for the purpose herein described, and as illustrated by Fig. 6 of the
annexed drawings.
(3.) The beat metal clip having the spike or pin 5 and pin 7, as and for the
purpose herein described, and as illustrated by Fig. 7 of the annexed drawings.
Dated this 21st day of January 1896.
JOSEPH MELLOR BAINES,
By his Agents, Brierley & Howard,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax.