Improvements in Folding Boxes..
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Feb., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 5th Nov., 1896-Accepted, 12th Dec., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Folding Boxes..
We, ALBERT ROSLINGTON BUCKTON, of Milton Villa, Askern, Commission
Agent and ROBERT WILLIAM BRUMBY, and SIMPSON CLARKE, both of Baker
Street, Hull, Lithographers and Printers, all of the County of York, do hereby
declare the nature of our said invention to be as follows, viz :-
This invention is a modification of a prior application which was applied for by
the first named applicant on the 3rd May, 1895, and was numbered 8,754, which
described a mode of forming folding boxes out of one or more pieces of paper,
straw board, or other suitable material in which the ends and sides are hinged to
the bottom in any suitable manner but by preference the parts referred to would
be all formed out of the same piece of material which would be scored or creased
where necessary to facilitate the bending of the same.
Two sides of the box had attached to them in this way wings or prolongations
so arranged that when the sides were turned up at right angles to the bottom the
wings or prolongations could be turned at right angles to the sides to which they
are attached. The two other sides or ends of the box were each provided at their
outer edge with a flap which was hinged or scored or creased to facilitate the
bending of the same.
When the box so made was being prepared for use, the sides with the wings or
prolongations were turned up at right angles to the bottom, the wings being then
turned at right angles to the sides, the remaining two sides or ends of the box
were then turned up at right angles to the bottom and by that means were brought
face to face or in line with the wings, the hinged or scored or creased flaps were
then turned to the inside of the box so that the wings were sandwiched or enclosed
between the flap and the side or end previously referred to.
Now the object of our present invention is to dispense with the flaps provided at
the outer edges of the sides or ends of the improved box and to substitute therefor
light metallic strips or clips, hereinafter called clips, which are inserted and secured
to the sides or ends, a portion of the said metallic clips projecting beyond the outer
edge of the same so that when the side or end containing such metallic clips is
turned up at right angles to the bottom and by that means brought face to face or
in line with the said wings, the clips are turned to the inside of the box and closed
over the wings so as to securely clip and hold the same in position.
The clips herein described are formed of ductile metal which can be easily bent
and manipulated as described.
The clips are secured to the sides or ends of the box by forming slits in the
material a sufficient distance from the edge so that one end of each metallic clip
can be passed through each slit and then turned back and closed towards the edge,
the other end projecting beyond the edge as previously described.
The lids in this case may be formed precisely in the same manner as the box
itself or they may be formed in the manner described in the application already
referred to, that is to say, the turning in clips which secure the wings or
prolongations of the two sides of the lid, may be employed in lieu of the flap on the
front only.
Dated this 3rd day of February 1896.
K. HEBER KADFORD,
Agent for the Applicants.

page_text: We, ALBERT ROSLINGTON BUCKTON, of Milton Villa, Askern, Commission
Agent, and ROBERT WILLIAM BRUMBY, and SIMPSON CLARKE, both of Baker
Street, Hull, Lithographers and Printers, all of the County of York, do hereby
declare the nature of our said 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 is a modification of a prior patent which was applied for by the
first named applicant on the 3rd May, 1895, and was numbered 8,754, the seal for
which has been now granted. The specification of the patent described a mode of
forming folding boxes out of one or more pieces of paper, straw board, or other
suitable material in which the ends and sides are hinged to the bottom in any
suitable manuer, but by preference the parts referred to would be all formed out
of the same piece of material which would be scored or creased where necessary to
facilitate the berding of the same.
Two sides of the box had attached to them in this way wings or prolongations
so arranged that when the sides were turned up at right angles to the bottom, the
wings or prolongations could be turned at right angles to the sides to which they
are attached. The two other sides or ends of the box were cach provided at their
outer edge with a flap which was hinged or scored or creased to facilitate the
bending of the same.
When the box so made was being prepared for use, the sides with the wings or
prolongations were turned up at right angles to the bottom, the wings being then
turned at right angles to the sides, the remaining two sides or ends of the box
were then turned up at right angles to the bottom and by that means were brought
face to face or in line with the wings, the hinged or scored or creased flaps were
then turned to the inside of the box so that the wings were sandwiched or enclosed
between the flap and the side or end previously referred to.
The nature of our present invention will be better understood on reference to the
accompanying sheet of drawings, in which,
Fig. 1. is a reproduction of Fig. 3. on the sheet of drawings which accompanied
the prior patent herein referred to, omitting the lid.
Fig. 2. represents the material for one of our modified forms of boxes which
forms the subject matter of our present invention, such material being cut to
shape, scored, or creased with the slit holes formed ready to receive the clips.
Fig. 3. represents the box after the clips have been inserted into position as it
would be packed and delivered by the makers to customers or as it would be kept
ready for use.
Fig. 4. is a perspective view of the box after it has been bent and folded into a
state of preparation for use.
The same letters refer to the similar parts throughout the several views.
Now the object of our present invention is to dispense with the flaps, e. e. Fig. 1.
which in the prior patent were provided at the outer edges of the sides or ends, c. C.
of the improved box and to substitute therefor light metallic strips or clips, e¹ e'
hereinafter called clips, which are inserted and secured to the said sides or ends, a
portion of the said metallic clips projecting beyond the outer edge of the same so
that when the side or end containing such metallic clips is turned up at right
angles to the bottom, a. aud by that means brought face to face or in line with the
said wings, d. d. which with the sides or ends, b. have been previously turned up at
right angles to the bottom, a. the clips, ele are then turned to the inside of the
box and closed over the wings, d. d. so as to securely clip' and hold the same in
position, as is shewn at one end in Fig. 4.

page_text: The clips herein describel are formed of ductile metal which can be easily bent
and manipulated as described.
The clips are secured to the sides or ends of the box by forming slits, f. f. in the
material a sufficient distance from the edge so that one end of each metallic clip
can be passed through each slit and then turned back and closed towards the edge,
the other end projecting beyond the edge as previously described.
The lids in this case may be formed precisely in the same manner as the box
itself or they may be formed in the manner described in the patent already referred
to, that is to say, the turning in clips which secure the wings or prolongations
of the two sides of the lid, may be employed in lieu of the flap on the front only.
We are aware that folding boxes of paper, straw board or the like material
have been made so that the bottom, sides and ends, together with the wings or
prolongations and the lid have been formed out of the same piece of material
which has been scored where necessary to facilitate the bending of the same and
also that the lids of such boxes have been made separately or hinged and so far as
such mode of construction is concerned we lay no claim as to novelty.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is.
1. In a folding box constructed as herein described and illustrated providing
light metallic strips or clips, e', e', which are inserted and secured in slits, f. f. on the
outer edge of each side or end, c. c. of such box so that when the box is being made
ready for use each strip or clip, e', e', is turned to the inside of the box so that
the wings, d. d. are secured between the said clips, el el and the sides or ends, c. c.
2. In a loose lid for a folding box providing and using light metallic strips or
clips, e, e, precisely in the manner as employed in the construction of the box
itself, substantially as set forth in Claim 1.
3. In a hinged lid for a folding box, providing and using light metallic strips or
clips, e', e', for securing the wings or prolongations of the sides of the said lid, in
the manner and for the purposes substantially as described in the construction of a
box in Claim 1.
יני.
R. HEBER RADFORD,
Agent for the Applicants.