Year: 1899

page_text: I, WILLIAM RIGHTER COMINGS, Mechanical Engineer, of Wandlemere, River-
side Road, Summers Town, London, S.W., in the County of Surrey, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to produce boxes of paper and similar substances
that can be cheaply made and be readily folded into Hat shape for facilitating
transportation and storage.
In carrying out my invention I first take a strip of material equal in width to
the height of the box, then by suitable scoring or bending it in the proper places
and uniting the two ends, make it into a frame shape that corresponds to the
sides of the desired box, then from another piece of material, by scoring or
bending, I make another frame which will serve for the top, bottom, and two
sides, but in this second frame I leave the ends unfastened, and make it of the
The frame
proper size, when bent into shape, to fit inside the frame No. 1.
No. 2, should preferably be made to meet at the top corner of the box and
slightly lap over. It will thus be seen that when the two frames are fitted
together they form a box having a hinged lid and single thickness of material at
the top, bottom and two sides, but double thickness of material at the other two
sides.
The projecting lap of frame No. 2, when the lid is closed, fits sufficiently tight
between the other parts, so that it has no tendency to open accidentally. To
prevent No. 2, frame from slipping out of its enclosing frame No. 1, I provide
it with suitable corrugations, teeth or indentations, which grip into the other
frame and hold it securely, either by the natural stiffness of the material, or by
the filling of the box.
When it is not desired to have a hinged lid, I construct frame No. 1, as before
but make the top and bottom, in two separate pieces, each having one or more
edges turned up and provided with teeth, corrugations or indentations that will
enable it to lock into frame No. 1.
All of the parts as described above are adapted to fold flat when desired. In
some cases, instead of having these frames each made from a single strip with
suitable scores or bends, I make them of several pieces united by hinges of linen
or other material.
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10th 1900
I, WILLIAM RIGHTER COMINGS, Mechanical Engineer, of Wandlemere, River-
side Road, Summers Town, London, S.W., in the County of Surrey, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
Price 8d1

page_text: performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
The object of this invention is to produce boxes of paper and similar substances
that can be cheaply made and be readily folded into flat shape for facilitating
transportation and storage.
I will describe my invention with reference to the accompanying drawings in
which:
Fig. 1 is an elevation of the outside of the outer part of the box folded nearly
flat.
Fig. 2 is a top view of same.
Fig. 3 is an elevation of the inside of the inner part of the box opened out.
Fig. 4 is a top view of same bent into shape.
Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the box with the inner portion partly thrust
into the outer as it appears before closing, and
Fig. 6 is a section on a somewhat enlarged scale shewing a part of the outer
part with the inner part fitting therein to illustrate a locking device.
In carrying out my invention I first take a strip of corrugated material a
Fig. 1 equal in width to the height of the box, then by suitably scoring or bending
it in the proper places and uniting the two ends at 6 by rivetting or otherwise
I make it into a frame shape Fig. 2 that corresponds to the sides of the desired
box, then from another piece of corrugated material c shewn flat in Fig. 3 by
scoring or bending on the lines dotted thereon I make another frame Fig. 4
which will serve for the top bottom and two sides but in this second frame I
leave the end piece d unfastened, and make such frame c of the proper size when
bent into shape to fit inside the frame a. The frame c may be made to meet at
the top corner of the box but preferably slightly laps over as at d. It will thus
be seen that when the two frames are fitted together by inserting the inner c into
the outer a as shewn in Fig. 5 they form a box having a hinged lid and a single
thickness of material at the top bottom and two sides but double thickness of
material at the other two sides.
The projecting lap d of frame c when the lid is closed fits sufficiently tight
inside the other parts so that it has no tendency to open accidentally. To
prevent this frame from slipping out of its enclosing frame a I provide it with
suitable corrugations teeth or indentations such as by pieces of corrugated paper e
rivetted or secured thereon as shown which grip into the corrugations of the
frame a and hold or lock the frame c securely, or the frame c may hold by the
natural stiffness of the material or the piece e may act as a wedge in other ways.
When it is not desired to have a hinged lid I construct frame a as before but
make the top and bottom in two separate pieces each having one or more edges
turned up and provided with teeth corrugations or indentations that will enable
it to lock into frame c.
All of the parts as described above are adapted to fold flat when desired. In
some cases instead of having these frames each made from a single strip with
suitable scores or bends I make them of several pieces united by hinges of
linen or other material.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is: :―
An improved box substantially as hereinbefore described.