Improvements in Metallic and Composite Boxes.
Year: 1897

page_text: DI PITICATION.
Improvements in Metallic and Composite Boxes.
I, PETER STUART BROWN, of Bothwell Park, Bothwell, in the County of Lanark,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention, which relates to metallic and composite boxes of the class
referred to in the Specification of Letters Patent No. 17697 of 1891, has for its
object to make provision whereby the metallic bands therein described for
holding the ends of the box in place may be dispensed with and the lid or ends
may be secured by folding down over the lid or ends the edges of the sheet
forming the sides or body of the box.
In order that the edges to be so folded may be sufficiently strong and stiff to
retain the lid or end in place whilst still providing flexibility to permit of un-
folding to open the box, the top edge or both top and bottom edges of the sheet
which forms the body or sides of the box is or are folded over to form a double
or triple thickness or bead at such a distance from the ledges formed in the
sides of the box for supporting the lid or end that the said lid or end will when
fitted in place be entirely under said thickened or stiffened edges, and that said
edges may be folded down along a line of single thickness of the sheet. By
this arrangement the lid is held down by a stiff and strong thickened strip or
bead whilst the part of the sheet subjected to folding or bending being com-
paratively thin permits of facility in folding and unfolding the holding edges.
In lieu of doubling or triple folding the edges of the sheet they may have a
strip or strips attached to them by riveting or otherwise in order to impart to
them the requisite stiffness and strength.
Screw nails may be passed through the folded edges and into the lid or end
to prevent unfolding of the edges holding the lid or end in place.
The corners of the box instead of being notched or cut to facilitate the folding
or bending over of the edges are or may be folded or doubled over whereby the
corners are strengthened.
Dated this 19th day of Novamba 1007
WALLACE FAIRWEATHER,
Of the Firm of Cruikshank & Fairweather,
Chartered Patent Agents,
62, Saint Vincent Street, Glasgow,
Agent for the Applicant.
I, PETER STUART BROWN, of Bothwell Park, Bothwell, in the County of Lanark,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
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page_text: the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement:-
This invention, which relates to metallic and composite boxes of the class
referred to in the Specification of Letters Patent No. 17697 of 1891, has for its
object to make provision whereby the metallic bands therein described for
holding the ends of the box in place may be dispensed with and the lid or ends
may be secured by folding down over the lid or ends the edges of the sheet
forming the sides or body of the box.
The invention is illustrated by the accompanying drawings, Figures 1 and 2
being vertical sections of part of a box as constructed under two modifications
of my invention.
In order that the edges to be folded as above described may be sufficiently
strong and stiff to retain the lid o end A in place whilst still providing flexi-
bility to permit of unfolding to open the box, the top edge or both top and bottom
edges of the sheet B which forms the body or sides of the box is or are folded
over to form a double or triple thickness or bead as shewn at B₁ at such a distance
from the ledges 132 formed in the sides of the box for supporting the lid or end A
that the said lid or end will when fitted in place be entirely under said thickened
or stiffened edges B₁ and that said edges B¹ may be folded down along a line
of single thickness of the sheet B as at B³. By this arrangement the lid or
end A is held down by a stiff and strong, thickened strip or bead B¹ whilst the
part of the sheet B subjected to folding or bending being comparatively thin
permits of facility in folding and unfolding the holding edges.
In lieu of doubling or triple folding the edges of the sheet B they may have
a strip or strips C, as shewn at Figure 2, attached to them by riveting or other-
wise in order to impart to them the requisite stiffness and strength
Screw nails D may be passed through the folded edges and into the lid or
end A, as at Figure 1, to prevent unfolding of the edges holding the lid or end A
in place.
The corners of the box instead of being notched or cut to facilitate the folding
or bending over of the edges are or may be folded or doubled over whereby the
corners are strengthened.
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:-
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In metallic and composite boxes the means for holding the ends of the box in
position consisting in folding over or thickening the top and bottom edges of
the sheet, constituting the body of the box, and folding over these edges upon
the ends of the box along a line of single thickness of the sheet, substantially
as described.
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WALLACE FAIRWEATHER,
Of the Firm of Cruikshank & Fairweather,
Chartered Patent Agents,
62, Saint Vincent Street, Glasgow,
Agent for the Applicant.