IMPROVE- MENTS IN PAPER BOXES
Year: 1878

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edward Thomas Hughes, of the Firm of Hughes and Son,
Patent Agents, 123, Chancery Lane, London, for the Invention of "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN PAPER BOXES." A communication from abroad by Charles Mortimer
Arthur and Richard Rosevelt Colburn, of Derby, County of Newhaven and
State of Connecticut, United States of America.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edward Thomas Hughes at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 8th June 1878.
EDWARD THOMAS HUGHES, of the Firm of Hughes and Son, Patent Agents, 123,
Chancery Lane, London. "IMPROVEMENTS IN PAPER BOXES." A communication
from abroad by Charles Mortimer Arthur and Richard Rosevelt Colburn, of
Derby, County of Newhaven and State of Connecticut, United States of America.
This Invention relates to an improvement in paper boxes, such as used for
putting up various articles of commerce and for small packages, and consists in the
construction as herein-after described, and as represented in the several Figures of
the Drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a diagram showing the blank preparatory to
folding; Figs. 2 and 3, sectional views; Fig. 4, section enlarged; Figs. 5, 6, and 7,
modifications.
The blank for the box is cut from paper, or other suitable material, in the shape
seen in Fig. 1, the solid lines denoting cuts, and the broken lines indicating the
lines on which the parts are folded or bent; A being the centre or principal side,
with the four sides B, C, D, E, projecting therefrom; and from the side E the fifth
side F projects, with a flap F¹ on its extreme edge. The parts C, E, are turned up
toward A, the part F then brought down over A, and the flap F¹ secured to the
extreme edge of C by paste or other suitable material. This is all the securing
that is required in the manufacture of the box other than that afforded by the
peculiar cut.

page_text: On the side C is a lateral projection, forming two parts G, H. These are folded
and brought around the part H lying close within the side E and G, practically
closing the side of the box between C and E, as denoted in Fig. 3. On the side E
is a lateral flap I, which is then turned inward over G, as seen in Fig. 3; then the
side D is turned up, which also extends to form a flap L, the part D covering G
and I, as seen in Fig. 3, and L tucked beneath the side F, as seen in Fig. 2.
This completes the box up to the closing of the last side or mouth of the box.
On each of the two sides C, E, is a flap P, P; these two flaps are turned inward,
and then the part B turned up over those, and the tongue T, which is an extension
of the part B, tucked between the parts F and L, as seen in Fig. 2.
Referring to Fig. 2, it will be observed that the part L terminates at the angle of
the box, and so that the tuck T passes down over the edge of the part L, thus
leaving the joint between the parts L and P open, except as it is closed by the
tuck, and so that the contents of the box aro exposed so soon as the tuck is
removed, and also that the contents of the box come directly upon the inner folds P,
tending to throw them outward.
In order to more perfectly close the joint, and at the same time strengthen the
flaps P, an additional flap L is formed on the part L by extending that part and
making a bend at the angle, turning that part inward, as seen in Fig. 4, which
closes the joint, and lying transversely across the parts P, support those parts against
the pressure from the inside.
A locking device may be applied to the box, and which is also applicable to
other forms of blank from which the box is to be made by extending two sides of
the box, as seen in Fig. 5, say, as the parts P, P; these parts are each formed with
a V shaped notch a on what will be opposite edges when they are folded, as seen
in Fig. 6; these two parts P, P, are then doubled over the end of the box, as seen
in Fig. 7, and the V of the one part interlocked with the V of the other part, that
is, the free end of each tucking under the end of the other, as seen in broken lines,
Fig. 7.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Edward Thomas Hughes in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 7th
December 1878.
"
EDWARD THOMAS HUGHES, of the Firm of Hughes and Son, Patent Agents, 123,
Chancery Lane, London. IMPROVEMENTS IN PAPER BOXES." A communication
from abroad by Charles Mortimer Arthur and Richard Rosevelt Colburn, of Derby,
County of Newhaven, State of Connecticut, United States of America.
This Invention relates to an improvement in paper boxes, such as used for
putting up various articles of commerce and for small packages, and consists in the
construction as herein-after described, and as represented in the several Figures of
the Drawing, in which Figure 1 is a diagram showing the blank preparatory to
folding; Figs. 2 and 3, sectional views; Fig. 4, section enlarged; Figs. 5, 6, and 7,
modifications.
The blank for the box is cut from paper, or other suitable material, in the shape
seen in Fig. 1; the solid lines denoting cuts, and the broken lines indicating the
lines on which the parts are folded or bent; A being the centre or principal side,
with the four sides B, C, D, E, projecting therefrom; and from the side E the fifth
side F projects, with a flap F' on its extreme edge.
The parts C, E, are turned up toward A, the part F then brought down over A,
and the flap F¹ secured to the extreme edge of C by paste or other suitable
material. This is all the securing that is required in the manufacture of the box
other than that afforded by the peculiar cut. On the side C is a lateral projection,
forming two parts G, H. These are folded and brought around the part H lying close
within the side E and G, practically closing the side of the box between C and E, as
denoted in Fig. 3. On the side E is a lateral flap I, which is then turned inward
over G, as seen in Fig. 3; then the side D is turned up, which also extends to form
a flap L, the part D covering G and I, as seen in Fig. 3, and L tucked beneath the
side F, as seen in Fig. 2. This completes the box up to the closing of the last side
or mouth of the box.
On each of the two sides C, E, is a flap P, P; these two flaps are turned inward,
and then the part B turned up over those, and the tongue T, which is an extension
of the part B, tucked between the parts F and L, as seen in Fig. 2.
Referring to Fig. 2, it will be observed that the part L terminates at the angle
of the box, and so that the tuck T passes down over the edge of the part L, thus
leaving the joint between the parts L and P open, except as it is closed by the
tuck, and so that the contents of the box are exposed so soon as the tuck is
removed, and also that the contents of the box come directly upon the inner folds P,
tending to throw them outward.
In order to more perfectly close the joint, and at the same time strengthen the
flaps P, an additional flap L' is formed on the part L by extending that part and
making a bend at the angle, turning that part inward, as seen in Fig. 4, which
closes the joint, and lying transversely across the parts P, support those parts
against the pressure from the inside.
A locking device may be applied to the box, and which is also applicable to
other forms of blank from which the box is to be made, by extending two sides of
the box, as seen in Fig. 5, say, as the parts P, P; these parts are each formed with
a V shaped notch a on what will be opposite edges when they are folded, as seen
in Fig. 6; these two parts P, P, are thon doubled over the end of the box, as seen
in Fig. 7, and the V of the one part interlocked with the V of the other part, that
is, the free end of each tucking under the end of the other, as seen in broken lines,
Fig. 7.
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of the said Inven-
tion, and the manner in which the same is or may be used or carried into effect,
I would observe in conclusion that what I consider novel and original, and

page_text: therefore claim as the Invention secured to me by the herein-before in part recited
Letters Patent is,→
First. As an article of manufacture the herein-described box, consisting of the
principal side A, with the parts E, F, F, projecting from one side, and the flaps
P, I, transversely from the part E, the parts D, L, projecting from the second side,
the part C from the third side, with the transverse flaps G, H, and P, on the said
part C, the closing side B and its tongue T projecting from the fourth side, and the
flap L' turned inward from the flap L, the whole formed and folded from a single
piece, substantially as shewn and described.
Second. The herein described locking device for paper boxes, consisting in
extending two opposite sides and cutting in each a corresponding V shaped notch a,
so that when the two parts are turned down the one may interlock the other,
substantially as described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Edward Thomas Hughes, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Seventh day of December, in the year of our Lord
1878