Improvements in Boxes.
Year: 1897

page_text: Improvements in Boxes.
We, MARDON SON & HALL LIMITED, of Caxton Works, Bristol, Printers, and
THOMAS PEARCE, of Caxton Works, Bristol, Foreman Box Maker, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in boxes and refers more particularly
to the collapsible boxes used for packing articles for transport. The box, which
is formed of cardboard or other suitable material, consists of a body and a loose
lid or cover. The body of the box is formed of four pieces of which two form
the ends, such end pieces being provided with turned-over portions at either end,
to which are secured upon the outside, by any suitable means, the side pieces
which consist of two pieces of card or other board provided with flaps which when
turned down form, in conjunction with flaps upon the end pieces aforesaid, the
bottom of the box. A hole is formed at the ends of the box at the base of the end
flaps through which is passed a string or the like, the string serving both as a
support to strengthen the bottom and, (by tieing the string at the bottom after
opening the box and folding the flaps into position) also to keep the box firm and
rigid. When the box is filled the ends of the string are passed through holes in
the lid and are tied at the top, forming a handle by which the box can be carried.
The lid consists of a plain piece of card or other board, having the edges turned
down at right angles to the plane of the board, the edges being secured at the
corners by suitable rivets or the like. The various flaps are formed by scoring
the ends and sides of which they respectively form part.
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J. E. EVANS-JACKSON & Co.,
Agents for the Applicants.
improvements in Boxes.
We, MARDON, SON & HALL LIMITED, of Caxton Works, Bristol, Printers, and
THOMAS PEARCE, of Caxton Works, Bristol, Foreman Box Maker, 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:
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This invention relates to improvements in boxes and refers more particularly
to the collapsible boxes used for packing articles for transport. The box, which
is formed of cardboard or other suitable material, consists of a body and a lid or
cover either attached to or separate from the body. The body of the box is formed
of four pieces of which two form the ends, such ends being provided with turned-
over portions to which the sides are secured in any convenient manner, both
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page_text: the side and end pieces being provided with flaps which when turned inwards
at right angles to the body, form the bottom of the box. A hole is formed at
the base of each of the end flaps in the centre thereof through which is passed
a string or the like, the string serving as a support for the bottom and (by tieing
the string at the bottom after opening the box and folding the flaps into position)
also to keep the box firm and rigid. When the box is filled the ends of the string
may be either cut off at the bottom of the box or may be passed through holes
formed in the sides of the lid and are tied, or otherwise secured, at the top, form-
ing a handle by which the box may be carried. The lid may consist of a plain
piece of card or other board having the edges turned down at right angles to the
plane of the board, the turned-down edges being secured at the corners by any
suitable means, the various flaps are formed by scoring the ends and the sides
of which they respectively form part.
In order that the invention may be the better understood, drawings are appended
in which,
Fig. 1 is a plan of the underside of a box showing the flaps open and the string
passing through the end holes.
Fig. 2 is a plan of the box with the flaps closed and secured by the string, and
the string tied or otherwise secured at the bottom of the box.
Fig. 3 is a plan of the box with the flaps closed and secured by the string, the
ends of the string being carried round the sides of the box and tied or otherwise
secured at the top to form a handle.
Fig. 4 is a plan of the top showing the string passed through the holes in the
lid and tied on the top.
A B C D are the sides of which the flaps E F G H form part, holes I J being
formed at the base of the end flaps G H through which is passed the string K
as shown in Fig. 1. L is the lid which has formed in it at the centre of its
length on both sides holes M N through which the string K is passed from the
underside and then tied or otherwise secured as shown in Fig. 4. In the case
of the lid forming part of the body only one hole would be necessary, such hole
being formed upon the outer end of the lid and placed in the same position as the
hole M, Fig. 4.
The box having been filled the flaps are closed, the longitudinal flaps first and
then the transverse or end ones, the string meeting in the centre where it is crossed
and then led up the sides and passed through the holes in the lid, then tied, or
otherwise secured, as shewn in Fig. 4, the string serving, if desired, as a handle
for carrying the box. In cases where it is found desirable to secure the bottom
of the box and leave the lid free, the string K would be passed through the holes I J
as shown in Fig. 1, and the flaps folded or turned into position and the string
led across the bottom of the box and tied, the bottom of the box presenting the
appearance indicated in Fig. 2.
Although we have fully described the box and the construction of the same, it
is to be understood that we do not claim it as part of our invention as such boxes
are common to the trade, but having now particularly described and ascertained
the nature of our said invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed,
we declare that what we claim is: -
In a box provided at the bottom with flaps and at the top with a lid, the com-
bination with such box of a string or the like passing through holes I J M N
substantially as herein described and shown by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 18th day of January 1898.