Improvements in and relating to the Packing of Articles of Merchandise.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Oct., 1892-Accepted, 19th Nov., 1892.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
[Communicated from abroad by ROBERT HENRY THOMPSON and HENRY DALE
NORRIS, both of 34, Prince Street, Brooklyn, Kings County, State of New
York, United States of America, Manufacturers.]
Improvements in and relating to the Packing of Articles of
Merchandise.
I HENRY HARRIS LAKE of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co. Patent Agents
45 Southampton Buildings in the County of Middlesex, 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 :-
Heretofore packages have been made of packing material composed of a corru-
gated strip united with a plain strip of paper or like substance, and oftentimes
such material has been made into the form of boxes, and had the ends closed. The
object of this improvement is to provide a superior package and to afford greater
facility for making packages of small articles of merchandise.
The improvement consists in the combination with corrugated packing material,
of pieces fitted in the corrugations of the corrugated material, and it further
consists in taking a strip of packing material of the character described, bending or
folding in suitably to partially form the body of a box, introducing the article or
articles to be packed within it while in this condition, bending or folding, the
material still further to complete the body of the box and inserting at any suitable
time in the process of making the body of the box, cross pieces and, if necessary,
cross pieces intermediate of the first named cross pieces. Preferably the packing
material will be preliminarily creased by a machine or otherwise, so as to facilitate
the bending or folding of it in the required manner. It will be advantageous to
place the packing material, after being partially bent, in a holder to retain it in
position while articles are placed within it and its cross pieces inserted in their
places.
In the accompanying drawing,
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a piece of corrugated packing material made
for use in accordance with this invention.
Figure 2 is an end view of the same formed into a box or complete package.
Figure 3 is a longitudinal section of the box or complete package.
Figure 4 is a perspective view of one of the end pieces.
Figure 5 is a perspective view illustrating a manner of forming a package with
some articles introduced therein.
Figure 6 is a longitudinal section illustrating a modification.
Figures 7 and 8 are perspective views of a package of modified form.
Figure 9 is a longitudinal section of part of a package of another modified
construction.
Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures.
For the body of the package illustrated in the drawings a piece of corrugated
packing material A, of paper or other suitable substance is used, and with it will
preferably be employed a plain strip of similar material, B. The material is
creased, bent or folded transversely to the length of its corrugations, as indicated
at a a² a³ a. The creases are made across the corrugations so that the packing
material may be folded at any desired angle, and in the present instance at right
angles. At those edges of the piece of packing material which are parallel with
the length of the corrugations of the strip A, this strip A will be preferably in
contact with and united to the strip B.
End pieces are intended to be fitted to the ends of the package or box. These
end pieces may each consist of two sections, C1, C2, of a packing material composed

page_text: of two pieces of plain paper or like substance, c² 2, and an intermediate piece
of corrugated paper or like material e, to which said pieces c¹² are united by
paste or other adhesive substance. The sections C₁ C2 are united together and
are relatively so located that the corrugations of the strip c in each section
extend at right angles to those of the strip c in the other section. The section C2
is made somewhat smaller than the section C', so that the latter extends beyond
it all around like a flange. The section C¹ may be fitted into corrugations of the
body of the package near the ends after the same shall have been folded, and then
the smaller sections C2 will substantially fill the end portions of the body of the
package. If preferably, however, the end pieces may be arranged with their
smaller sections inwards or towards the inside of the body of the package. Their
larger sections will then bear against the first inwardly projecting corrugations at
the ends of the body of the package, while their smaller sections will entirely fill
the spaces at the extreme ends of the body of the package. Owing to the arrange-
ment of the sections C1 C2 of the end pieces with the corrugations of their corrugated
strips crossed, these end pieces will be extremely strong and therefore very efficient
in resisting the pressing inwards of the body of the package.
The end pieces may consist of three sections C1 C2 C3, two of which are larger
than the intermediate of them as shown in Figure 6, and can positively engage
with the corrugations of the body of the package.
In Figure 7 we have shown that an end piece may be made narrower in one
direction than the package so that it may be made to expose the contents of the
package.
Figure 8 illustrates a box having one of its sides cut away, so that the end piece
may be moved out through one side like a drawer. Such a box would have the
advantage due to the fact that its end piece would normally entirely close it, but
yet would afford opportunity for inspection of its contents.
D designates a number of partitions or braces which may consist of pieces of
plain paper or like substance d¹ d², with an intermediate piece of corrugated
material of like substance d, united by paste or other adhesive substance.
These partitions are cut of a size to fit in those corrugations which, at the
inner surface of the body of the package, are retiring, or hollow, or groove-like.
The partitions may be inserted at any points in the length of the body of the
package. They may have holes through them if desired, or they may be notched
in the edges or made sufficiently narrow to be capable of sliding within the body
of the package.
D', in Figure 9, designates braces consisting of wire or like material bent to
form angular frames and fitted into corrugations of the body of the package.
We are unwilling to be limited to the described kind of partitions or braces or
end pieces.
By this improvement we provide a very simple and desirable package for a
variety of articles. The material for the body of the packages may be furnished
of any dimensions and creased at intervals for packages of different sizes. It
may be cut parallel with the length of the corrugations and also transversely
thereto to form the bodies for packages of different sizes. If, for instance, it is
desired to pack a bottle, the body material will be folded along the creases, the
bottle laid in, two partitions inserted in the retiring or groove-like corrugations
adjacent to the end of the bottle, and, after completing the folding of the last side
of the body of the package, the end pieces will be applied, and any wrapping
material or any securing device will be added to fasten the parts together. If
desired, the body material may be dropped into a trough-like holder after being
partly folded, and for the purpose of retaining it in form for the insertion of the
partitions, as hereinafter described.
If an umbrella, a fan, or any similar device is to be packed, the article could be
inserted in holes or notches cut in the partitions or partitions and end pieces.
It will be seen that in a very few moments packages for an endless variety of
articles may be made up and that when completed they would be superior to

page_text: almost all, if not all, packages now known, in that they would be very light and yet
immensely strong.
We will now describe a means for forming a package in a trough like holder.
E designates a base piece having a backing or fixed standards E' at one side and
movable standards E2. The backing or standards E¹ serve to support one side of
the folded packing material and the standards E' serve to support the opposite side.
The standards E2 have blocks e on the lower end which are inclined on their edges
and are fitted to slide in grooves e¹ in the base piece. The side walls of the
grooves are undercut as shown to engage the inclines of the blocks e.
standards E may be held in their adjusted position by means of clamping screws c².
To form a package in accordance with this improvement the piece of packing
material is cut to the required size and bent in trough shape as before described,
then it may be slipped into the holder E between the uprights or posts E' and the
uprights or posts E², then the cross pieces may be slipped into position.
The
After the package has thus been completed the upstanding portion shown in the
drawing is folded down and over the other portion of the package.
Obviously, the inner sides of the uprights E2 may be cut away as indicated by
the dotted line so that said uprights or posts will contact with the lower part of the
adjacent side of the package material, but yet will allow the edge which is last
folded over to be slipped down in front of them.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me by
my foreign correspondents, I declare that what I claim is :
1. The combination with a flexible corrugated packing material, of pieces or
braces fitted to opposite corrugations of the corrugated material, substantially as
specified.
2. A package having a body consisting of flexible corrugated packing material
and having partitions or braces fitted to the corrugations of each body, substantially
as specified.
3. The combination with corrugated packing material, of end pieces composed of
several sections of corrugated material, the adjacent sections having their corru-
gations crossed, the said end pieces being supported by corrugations of the packing
material, substantially as specified.
4. The combination with corrugated packing material, of end pieces composed of
two sections made of such relative sizes that the one section will extend beyond the
other, and between corrugations of the packing material, substantially as specified.
5. The combination with corrugated packing material, of end pieces composed of
two sections of corrugated material having their corrugations crossed and made of
such relative size that the one section would extend beyond the other between
corrugations of the packing material, substantially as specified.
6. A package having a body consisting of corrugated packing material and
having end pieces fitted to engage between corrugations and constructed to slide
along the corrugations, substantially as specified.
7. The method of packing articles of merchandise consisting in taking a strip of
elastic packing material, bending or folding it suitably to partially form the body
of a box, introducing the article to be packed within it, bending or folding the
material still further to complete the body of the box and inserting cross pieces
during the process of making the body of the box, substantially as specified.
8. The method of packing articles of merchandise consisting in taking a strip of
elastic packing material, bending or folding it suitably to partially form the body
of a box, introducing the article or articles to be packed within it, bending or
folding the material still further to complete the body of the box and inserting in
the process of making the body of the box cross pieces, and, cross pieces inter-
mediate of the first named cross pieces, substantially as specified.
9. The method of packing articles of merchandise consisting in taking a strip of
elastic packing material, bending or folding it suitably to partially form the body of a

page_text: box, fitting it in a holder while thus bent or folded, introducing the article or articles
to be packed within it while it remains in the holder, bending or folding the material
still further to complete the body of the box and inserting in the process of making
the body of the box, cross pieces, and, cross pieces intermediate of the first named
cross pieces, substantially as specified.
10. The method of packing articles of merchandise consisting in taking a strip of
corrugated packing material, bending or folding it suitably to partially form the
body of a box, fitting it in a holder while thus bent or folded, introducing the
article or articles to be packed while it remains in the holder, bending or folding
the material still further to complete the body of the box and in the process of
making the body of the box inserting cross pieces into the corrugations of the
material forming the body of the box, substantially as specified.
Dated this 18th day of October 1892.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.

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