Year: 1897

page_text: I CHARLES INGREY of 55 Bishopsgate Street Within, London Engineer do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
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My invention relates to improvements in Folding Boxes such as are required for
use by Drapers and others and has for its object the production of a Box which can
be manufactured with greater Economy and Expedition and which will possess
other advantages over folding boxes such as heretofore constructed.
In folding boxes such as hitherto made it has been usual to employ clips, rivets,
laces or other means of retaining the sides, ends or bottoms of the box when it has
been opened out ready for use.
Now according to my invention I can dispense with any fastenings and can
form a folding box which when opened out will be rigid and self supporting.
My invention consists essentially in so forming and shaping the Card or Mill-
board or other Material, that when it is scored or grooved and folded in the
required manner it will with its lid lie perfectly flat and occupy a trifling space,
but when it is opened out it will form a perfect box, having double ends, and
corners formed without any raw edge.
In carrying out my invention I cut from a piece of cardboard or other material
a piece sufficient to form the bottom-two sides and ends, and the corners of the
box. I do not form any so called "Wings" to the sides or ends but I leave the
cardboard uncut where the wings would in ordinary cases be. On the opposite
side to that upon which all other grooves or scores are made I form in the uncut
portion a groove or score so that when the two ends are raised to their vertical
position, the sides rise vertically, and the four unout portions fold inwards and
form gussets or pleats over which extra ends to the box forming flaps, can fall
and retain the whole in a rigid condition upon lifting up the said extra ends the
whole falls nerfectly flat.
The lid being practically another box of less depth and of slightly larger size
is made in the same manner, so that the box and its lid can lie flat one upon the
other and can consequently be packed into a small compass.
I have described my improved folding box as being made entirely of one piece
of Cardboard, but for the purpose of using up cuttings of the material I may join.
on the sides or ends in any suitable manner.
Dated this Fourteenth day of January One Thousand Eight Hundred and
Ninety Seven

page_text: I, CHARLES INGREY, formerly of 55, Bishopsgate Street Within, in the City of
London, now of 32, Victoria Street, in the City of Westminster, Engineer, 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 a novel and simple construction or manufacture of
folding boxes of cardboard, millboard or the like such as are used by drapers and
others, my improved box when opened out for use being rigid and self supporting
without requiring clips, laces or other means of retaining the sides, ends or bottoms
thereof in position as has been the case with this class of folding boxes as hitherto
constructed. When the box is not required for use it can be folded up and with its
lid will be perfectly flat so as to occupy but a very small space for storing or
transport.
In order to enable my invention to be readily understood I will describe the
same by reference to the accompanying drawings:-
In carrying out my invention I first cut from a sheet of cardboard, millboard or
other similar material a blank of the shape shewn in Figure 1; 'I then by means
of a suitable machine, such as a bending machine, groove, score or crease one side
of the blank transversely at a, b, c, d, e and f and longitudinally at g and has
shewn at Figure 2 and then also groove, score or crease the other side of the blank
diagonally at i, j, k, l, m, and n, that is to say, it is essential that the said diagonal
grooves, scores or creases be made on the opposite side to the grooves scores or
creases a to f as clearly shewn at Figure 3 which is a horizontal section on the
line 3 3 of Figure 2.
The parts o, o and o¹, o¹ are then folded over at the grooves g and has shewn in
Figure 4 the said folded over parts being then advantageously connected to the
part on to which they are folded by studs or rivets such as p, p or by means of
cement or in any other suitable manner.
The box with its lid thus formed out of one piece of material is now complete,
and if not required for use the parts and r can be folded over at the grooves a
and d respectively as shewn in the edge view at Figure 5 for storage or transport.
When required for use the box can be opened out by raising the parts s and s¹
into a vertical position when the parts o, o (forming the ends of the box) will be
raised, the diagonal grooves i, j, k 7 causing the corner pieces to fold in the form
of pleats as clearly shewn in the perspective view at Figure 6. The part 2 of the
lid is also raised to a vertical position thereby raising the parts o¹, ol.
The front and back and the ends of the box being brought into the vertical
position, the part or flap 9 is folded down over the inside of the part s forming
'the front of the box, and the flap over the inside of the part så forming the
front of the lid as shewn in the perspective view at Figure 7. Figure 8 is a
view shewing the box closed.
From the preceding description it will be seen that I produce a folding box and
lid from one piece of cardboard or like material in a simple expeditious and
economical manner; such box being as already stated very rigid when opened out
and lying perfectly flat when folded.
My improved boxes also possess the further advantage of having double fronts
and backs, the corners being formed without any raw edges.
I have described and illustrated my invention as applied to the manufacture
of a folding box and lid from one piece of material this being the construction L
prefer, it will, however, be obvious that the box can be formed separate from the

page_text: lid in which case, the blank Figure 1 without the lid portion would be formed with
a flap such as q at both ends so that the back of the box would be identical with
the front part. The lid would be practically another box made a little larger than
the box proper so as to fit over the latter.
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:-
1. A folding box and lid manufactured from one piece of material by grooving,
scoring or creasing it in the manner illustrated in Figure 2, and then folding it
as shewn in Figure 4 of the drawings, substantially as described.
2. In a folding box and lid of the kind claimed in the preceding claim, forming
the diagonal grooves, creases or scores i, j, k, l, m, n on the opposite side of the
material, to the grooves, creases or scores a to ƒ and g and h, substantially as, and
for the purpose described.
3. A folding box and a folding lid therefor each manufactured from a single
piece of cardboard or like material, substantially as hereinbefore described.
4. The manufacture and use of the improved folding box and lid hereinbefore
described and illustrated in the several figures of the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 13th day of October 1897.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.