A NEW OR IMPROVED METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE TOPS AND BOTTOMS OF CYLINDRICAL AND OTHER SHAPED CASES OR BOXES
Year: 1876

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Austin, of Greville Street, Holborn, in the County
of Middlesex, Box Manufacturer, for the Invention of "A NEW OR IMPROVED
METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE TOPS AND BOTTOMS OF CYLINDRICAL AND
OTHER SHAPED CASES OR BOXES."
Scaled the 14th November 1876, and dated the 17th May 187
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Austin at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 17th May 1876.
WILLIAM AUSTIN, of Greville Street, Holborn, in the County of Middlesex, Box
Manufacturer. "A NEW OR IMPROVED METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE TOPS AND
BOTTOMS OF CYLINDRICAL AND OTHER SHAPED CASES AND BOXES."
The object of my present Invention is to protect and strengthen the internal
and external edges of the tops and bottoms of cases or boxes, especially those made
of paper, tin, or other light material; also the tops or bottoms of toy telegraph
cases, which object I attain as follows:-
In the manufacture of cylindrical cardboard cases or boxes (herein-after called
cases) I make the cylinder in the usual way. I then take a sheet of cardboard
and form or mark squares thereon as a guide for cutting the tops and bottoms, and
the rounds or washers for protecting and strengthening such bottoms and tops.
I then take a number of such sheets of cardboard and cut out from each square
thereon a disc somewhat sinaller than the tops or bottoms of the cases to which
they are to be fitted; I then place thereupon a sheet of the material which is to
constitute the tops or bottoms of the said cases, upon this latter sheet I so place
another of the said perforated sheets of cardboard that the circular spaces in each
exactly correspond, these three sheets are united together by any suitable adhesive
material, and dried in any convenient way. When dry I cut out the bottoms or
tops (herein-after called "wads") to the size and shape required. These wads may
be fixed either outside or inside the cases, but by preference I press or force them
into the inside of such cases, having previously prepared the insides of the cases
or the edges of the wads with some suitable adhesive material to hold them in
place. These wads thus prepared have a rim or washer around their edges on both
sides, so that when fixed in place the outside washer is by preference placed flush
with the bottom edge of the case, and thus protects and strengthens the bottom or
top of the case as proposed. The tops or bottoms may be of any suitable material,
[Price 4d.]

page_text: as paper, parchment, felt, woollen or other cloth, cork and the like, and be perforated
when and as desired. When these cases are to be used as blasting cartridges I
propose to make the tops and bottoms thereof of felt, thick woollen cloth, or cork,
between the washers. When the tops or bottoms are made of tin or other hard
material I place the same between two hoops of thick cardboard or other suitable
inaterial instead of between washers. By placing my improved wads a short
distance up the cases the latter can be used for night light cases.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by the
said William Austin in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 15th November
1876.
WILLIAM AUSTIN, of Greville Street, Holborn, in the County of Middlesex, Box
Manufacturer. A NEW OR IMPROVED METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE TOPS AND
BOTTOMS OF CYLINDRICAL AND OTHER SHAPED CASES OR BOXES,"
The object of my present Invention is to protect and strengthen the upper and
lower edges of cases and boxes, and also the edges of the tops and bottoms of such
cases or boxes, especially those made of paper, tin, or other light or thin material;
also the tops and bottoms of toy telegraph cases, which object I attain as follows:-
In the inanufacture of cylindrical cardboard cases or boxes, herein-after called
cases, I make the cylinder in the usual way. I then take cardboard in sheets and
form or mark thereon as many equal squares as each sheet will contain in regular
order as a guide for cutting the tops or bottoms, and the rings or washers for pro-
tecting and strengthening such bottoms and tops. I then take a convenient
number of such slicets of cardboard and cut or punch out from each square there-
upon a disc as much smaller than the intended top or bottom of the case as will
leave the width of the required ring or washer all around. I then place upon one
such perforated sheet a similarly sized sheet of the material which is to constitute
the tops or bottoms of the said cases, upon this latter sheet I so place another
of the said perforated sheets of cardboard that the circular spaces in the upper
and lower sheets exactly correspond in position. These three sheets so placed aro
united together by any suitable adhesive material, and dried in any convenient
way. When dry I cut from the said squares the bottoms or tops, herein-after
called "wads," when cut to the size and shape required, that is, as much larger than
the previously cut dise as will leave the ring or washer on the upper and under side
of such top or bottom of the desired width. These wads may be fixed either
outside or inside the cylinders or cases, but by preference I press or force them
into the interior of such cases, having previously prepared the insides of the cases
or the edges of the wads, or both, with some suitable adhesive material to hold
them in place. These wads thus prepared have a ring or washer around their
edges on both sides thereof, so that when fixed in place with the outside washer
placed flush with the edge of the case the bottom or top of the case as well as the
case itself is protected and strengthened as proposed. The said tops and bottoms
may be of any suitable material, as paper, parchment, felt, woollen or other cloth,
cork, or other similar or suitable material, and may be perforated when and as
desired. When these improved cases are to be used as blasting cartridges I prefer
to make the tops and bottoms thereof of felt, stout woollen cloth, cork, or other
similar description of material between the rings or washers. When the tops or
bottoms of my improved cases are made of tin or other hard material, instead of
placing them between the said washers with their flat sides placed horizontally
and adjoining such tops and bottoms, I prefer using hoops of strong cardboard
or other suitable material, that is, hoops with their flat sides placed vertically and
next to the inner face of the case and secured thereto, and having one edge thereof
adjoining and secured, or not secured as desired, to the said tops and bottoms. Or
I may use only the outside hoop in such cases. Or I propose to turn a portion of

page_text: the edge or edges of the cylinder inside thereof to supercede the outer hoop of the
said wads. Or both hoops may, in some cases, be dispensed with. The washers
and hoops may be made of any required width and thickness, and two or more
may be used instead of one only, as herein-before described.
It will be readily perceived that my improved wads can be made to suit oval or
any other shaped cases or boxes, even when corrugated or formed in any other
fashion or shape, regular or irregular in design, by punching out the wads with
tools formed for the purpose. By placing or fixing my improved wads a short
distance up the cases the latter can be used for night light cases.
Having thus fully described and ascertained the nature of my said Invention,
and the method of performing the same, I claim as my Invention, and desire to
secure by the before-mentioned in part recited Letters Patent, the method of con-
structing the tops and bottoms of cases and boxes by protecting and strengthening
such tops and bottoms with washers or hoops on each side, or only on one side
thereof, substantially as herein described.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Austin, have hereuuto set my hand
and scal, this Fourteenth day of November, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-six.
W. AUSTIN. (LS.)