AN IMPROVED FOLDING Box FOR PARCEL POST AND OTHER LIKE PURPOSES
Year: 1884

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I WILLIAM BLAKE of the firm of Blake and Mackenzie of Liverpool in the
County of Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention for
AN IMPROVED FOLDING Box FOR PARCEL POST AND OTHER LIKE PURPOSES " to.
be as follows:-
Hitherto card or pasteboard boxes or cases employed for postal or other purposes
have been so constructed that when folded together they require special fasteners
to retain the sides and ends in position. Now my Invention dispenses with the
use of these fasteners and is so designed that when folded up the sides and ends
are easily and securely retained in their proper position.
In order that my Invention may be more completely understood I have
illustrated it in the annexed Sheet of Drawings.
I take a piece of card or pasteboard and cut it out to the form somewhat similar
to that shown at Fig. 1, in which A is the bottom of the box, B, B₁ the sides,
C, C¹ the ends, D the lid, E, F, G, are the projecting sides and ends of the lid,
HH are strengthening and retaining pieces, I gummed piece for fastening the box,
J label for stamps. The exact form will vary with the form and size of the box to
be made.
The mode of constructing the box is as follows:-
The sides B B and ends C, C, are folded into position as shown in section at
Fig. 2, when the end pieces b 61 62 6³ are turned inwards and the flaps c c¹.
containing the holes c² ca are then closed over them, and between strengthening
pieces H where it is firmly retained in position. The lid is then formed in a
similar manner, E, F, G, being folded into position as shown, pieces e e¹ turned
inwards and flaps ƒ and g provided with the holes f¹ and g¹ closed over them and
between second strengthening pieces H¹. The holes ccƒ and g are for
convenience in fixing the flaps in their places. Linen strips c, c ƒ ƒ³ may be
employed as hinges for the flaps. To the lid is secured the fastening piece as
shewn.
One point to be noticed in this box is that the pieces that are folded into the
sides are long and square so that when the sides are folded they cannot be pulled
out, whereas if short or bevelled like the folding pieces of ends of the lid for
instance they would be easily pulled out.

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I, WILLIAM BLAKE, of the firm of Blake and Mackenzie, of Liverpool, in the
County of Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention for
"AN IMPROVED FOLDING BOX FOR PARCEL POST AND OTHER LIKE PURPOSES
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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Hitherto card or pasteboard boxes or cases employed for postal or other purposes
have been so constructed that when folded together they require special fasteners
to retain the sides and ends in position. Now my Invention dispenses with the
use of these fasteners, and is so designed that when folded up, the sides and ends
are easily and securely retained in their proper position.
In order that my Invention may be more completely understood, I have
illustrated it in the annexed Sheet of Drawings.
I take a piece of card or pasteboard and cut it out to the form somewhat similar
to that shown at Fig. 1, in which A is the bottom of the 'box, B B the sides,
CC the ends, D the lid, E F G are the projecting sides and ends of the lid.
HH are strengthening and retaining pieces, I gummed piece for fastening the
box, J label for stamps. The exact form will vary with the form and size of the
box to be made.
The mode of constructing the box is as follows:-
The sides B B¹ and ends C C¹ are folded into position as shown in section at
Fig. 2 when the end pieces 6 61 62 63 are turned inwards and the flaps c cl
containing the holes c² c³ are then closed over them and between strengthening
pieces H where they are firmly retained in position. The lid is then formed in a
similar manner E F G being folded into position as shown, pieces e e¹ turned
inwards and flaps ƒ and g provided with the holes fl and g₁ closed over them,
and between second strengthening pieces H¹. In simpler boxes I use only the
parts D E and I of the lid, the others being omitted. In such cases I sometimes
make two bends in the sides of the box under strips c and co further apart than
the two dotted lines shown, so as to form a wider chamber than is necessary to
contain the flaps, and thus form a broader surface for the lid to rest upon. In such
case I so proportion the lengths that C shall stand vertical and c inclined; but
resting on the bottom of the box; this is done by making c slightly longer than C.
The holes c c f and g are finger holes for convenience in fixing the flaps in
their places. Linen strips c c5 fa f³ may be employed as hinges for the flaps.
To the lid is secured the fastening piece I as shown.
One point to be noticed in this box is that the pieces that are folded into the
sides are long and square so that when the sides are folded they cannot be pulled
out, whereas if they were short or bevelled, like the folding pieces of ends of the
lid for instance, they would be easily pulled out.
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:
1st. The folding boxes constructed and designed, substantially as described...
2nd. In folding boxes, the ends formed of two lengths, one folding over the other,
in combination with a stop such as H for holding same in place, substantially
as and for the purposes described.
3rd. In folding boxes, the flaps (6 61 63 6³) on the sides formed long, and with
square ends, in combination with the folding sides Cc C¹ c¹ folding over them in

page_text: place, whereby a strong firm support is given by the flaps and these latter nicely
fitting the space inclosed by the folding ends, the sides and ends cannot be pulled
apart while the sides are in normal position without serious injury to their texture.
4th. The combination of the ends (C) the folding flap (c) and abutment (H) with
the finger holes (C2) whereby the sides can be very quickly done and undone, and
yet will hold firm without fastenings of any kind.
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