Improvements in the Construction of Receptacles or Boxes from Wood, Wood Pulp Boards, and other like Material.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Aug. 1897-Accepted, 25th Sept.,
1897
Improvements in the Construction of Receptacles or Boxes from Wood,
Wood Pulp Boards, and other like Material.
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I ELIJAH FREDERICK TAYLOR of 61 Arundel Street, City of Sheffield Manufacturer
do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same has to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
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My present invention refers to a novel construction of box or receptacle to be made
from thin wood, wood pulp board, and other like material for containing and carrying
fruit for example, but which may be used for any other purpose for which it is
suitable.
The process of construction, and the finished article are both illustrated in the
annexed drawings, and like letters of reference indicate like parts in any of the
figures.
Fig. 1, represents a sheet of material and shows the arrangement of the cuts or
divisions.
Fig. 2, shows the form cut out, with the folding lines dotted, and the position of
the holes by which the folded parts are secured.
Fig. 3, side view of receptacle when folded to have the holes punched out.
Fig. 4, an enlarged perspective view of the receptacle when completed, shown with
one of the lids opened.
In carrying out my present invention, I take a rectangular piece of the desired
material, of the required dimensions to produce a receptacle of a given size, thus for
example to produce a box the base of which shall be three inches wide by four and a
half inches long and the ends three inches high, I use a sheet sixteen and a half
inches long by nine inches wide, which are the proportions shown in Fig. 1, on a
reduced scale.
I then proceed to cut it upon the lines shown in Fig. 1, producing the shape shown
in Fig. 2, by cutting away entirely the parts marked A', A2, A3, A', and B1, B2, B3, B4,
and cutting through the material on lines C1, C2, C3, 0+.
The parts A, are in this case three inches square, the cuts C, are three inches
long, and the broad ends of the parts B, are three quarters of an inch wide or
thereabouts.
If preferred the parts D, which form the lids of the receptacle, may be made
broader at the outer edges by making the cuts upon the dotted lines shown, and for
a cheaper class of receptacle the lids may be omitted altogether.
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Having thus produced the form shown in Fig. 2, I now proceed to make the eyelet
holes E, insert the cyclets and complete the construction; I first " score or slightly
cut the under surface of the material on the lines marked F, for the purpose of
enabling the material to be folded square upon such lines.
I then turn up the corner pieces G, on the lines F, and then on the lines F2,
bringing the diagonal edges together, the sides S are then turned up as shown in
Fig. 3, and in that position the holes E, are punched through the parts S and G,
and eyelets inserted and closed which secure the said parts together.

page_text: Loops of cord or like material H, are threaded through the eyelets and the ends
secured together by metallic clasps or equivalent means, forming the handles by
which the receptacle is carried.
No paste or cement is required to fasten any of the parts together, the receptacles
so constructed are exceedingly strong and attractive, and the sides can be readily
utilised for printed matter, they can also be nested together for packing purposes.
A complete receptacle having one of its lids open and one closed is shown in
Fig. 4, and if desired a clasp or like means may be added to secure the lids when
closed.
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. A receptacle or carrier with lids, constructed in the manner herein before
described and shown in the drawings.
2. The special method of constructing a box or receptacle from one continuous
piece of material having corner pieces G, which meet centrally, sides S, which turn up
and are secured to the parts Ĝ, and lids D, as hereinbefore described and shown
in the drawings.
3. A receptacle or carrier without lids, constructed in the manner herein before
'described and set forth.