IMPROVEMENTS IN BOXES OR RECEPTACLES FOR HOLDING AND DISPLAYING TRIMMINGS AND OTHER LIKE MATERIALS
Year: 1884

page_text: I, EDWARD SAMUEL BOYS TOMBS of 12 Red Cross Street in the City of London
Frilling Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN BOXES OR RECEPTACLES FOR HOLDING AND DISPLAYING
TRIMMINGS AND OTHER LIKE MATERIALS" to be as follows:-
My invention relates to boxes or receptacles which are intended more particularly
for the convenience of retail dealers for holding frillings so as to protect the same
from injury, and at the same time expose the pattern to view whilst admitting of any
required length being drawn.off with facility, but the said boxes or receptacles are
also applicable for holding and displaying other similar trimmings and like materials.
In carrying out my said Invention in order to effect these objects I make the
box or receptacle of card board or other convenient substance of a width about
equal to that of the material (say frilling for example) and of a length and depth
suitable to the quantity of the frilling to be contained in it, and I construct the said
box or receptacle with superposed supports of a width about equal to that of the
box or receptacle and made by bending a piece of card board or other suitable
material so as to form a series of coils commencing at the centre of the box or
receptacle and increasing in size until the uppermost one merges in and coincides
with the upper side of the box or receptacle. The box or receptacle thus constructed
contains a continuous elongated spiral passage for the frilling one end of which is
placed at the centre whilst the remainder of the frilling fills the whole of the coils
of such spiral passage until it debouches at the uppermost one where an opening
is made at one end of the upper side of the box or receptacle for the egress of the
frilling which is carried over the top of the box or receptacle and secured at or
near its opposite end.
It will thus be seen that the necessary protection is afforded to the different
layers of the frilling which are separated from each other by the superposed
supports formed by the coils whilst the pattern is exhibited at the top of the box
or receptacle without the necessity for removing the frilling for that purpose. This
outside layer of frilling may remain permanently attached to the top of the box
or receptacle until the whole supply is exhausted as the lengths required for use are
by preference drawn off from the centre without interfering with the outside layer

page_text: displaying the pattern on top. The box or receptacle may be closed on one side
only or on both sides, and the top and bottom and ends of the box or receptacle
may be formed by the outer coil of the spiral. It is obvious also that where expense
is a consideration some of the coils or segments thereof may be omitted without
seriously impairing the efficiency of the box or receptacle for the purpose in view;
or the superposed supports may be made to form a zig zag passage in lieu of a
spiral passage whereby a similar result will be obtained.
The boxes or receptacles constructed in the manner herein before described are by
preference placed side by side edgewise in an outer box or case so that the patterns of
the material on the inner boxes or receptacles will be visible on opening such outer
box or case.

page_text: I EDWARD SAMUEL BOYS TOMBS of 12 Red Cross Street in the City of London,
Frilling Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN BOXES OR RECEPTACLES FOR HOLDING AND DISPLAYING TRIMMINGS AND
OTHER LIKE MATERIALS" and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My Invention relates to boxes or receptacles which are intended more parti-
cularly for the convenience of retail dealers for holding frillings so as to protect
the same from injury and at the same time expose the pattern to view whilst
admitting of any required length being drawn off with facility, but the said boxes
or receptacles are also applicable for holding and displaying other similar trimmings
and like materials.
In carrying out my said Invention in order to effect these objects, I construct
the box or receptacle with superposed supports, forming, a spiral, coiled or zig-zag
passage in which the trimmings or other like materials are contained the said
passage at its upper or outer end opening to or terminating at the exterior of the
box for the egress of the trimming or like material, which may thus be displayed
along the top, end or side of the box, all as hereinafter more fully described.
And in order that the said Invention may be perfectly understood I shall now
proceed more particularly to describe the same and for that purpose shall refer to
the several figures on the accompanying sheet of drawings the same letters of
reference indicating corresponding parts in all the figures.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents a front elevation of a box
constructed according to my said Invention and intended to hold and display
frillings (portions of the frilling being shewn in position, whilst the remainder of
the space is left vacant in order to facilitate the description of the construction of
the box) Figure 2 is a plan of the same and Figure 3 is a detail drawn to a larger
scale and hereinafter referred to. Figure 4 is a front elevation representing a
modification of the arrangement illustrated in Figures 1, 2 and 3.
Referring to figures 1, 2 and 3 the box, the body of which is composed of a
bottom á, ends bb¹ and side c, of card board or other convenient material, is
[constructed with superposed supports d d¹ d², made for example by bending a piece
of card board or other suitable substance or moulding pulp into shape so as to form
a series of coils commencing at the centre d of the box and increasing in size until
the uppermost one d³ merges in and coincides with the upper side of the box The
box thus constructed contains a continuous elongated spiral passage e for the
frilling, one end of which is placed at the centre e', whilst the remainder of the
frilling fills the whole of the coils of such spiral passage until it debouches at g at
the uppermost one, whence it is carried over the top of the box and secured at e².
It will thus be seen that the necessary protection is afforded to the different
layers of the frilling which are separated from each other by the superposed
supports formed by the coils, whilst the pattern is exhibited at the top of the box
without the necessity for removing the frilling for that purpose. This outside
layer of frilling may remain permanently attached to the top of the box until the
whole supply is exhausted, as the lengths required for use are by preference drawn
off from the centre without interfering with the outside layer displaying the pattern
on top.
In the example illustrated, the coils are assumed, as shewn in the detail transverse
section Figure 3, to be composed of two thicknesses or pieces 1, 2, of material, bent

page_text: or turned over at right angles where they come in contact with the side c.of the
box, and the portions 3, 4 so bent or turned over are attached by adhesion to the
side c of the box and to one another, with a coiled piece fapplied over and caused
to adhere to the whole, but these details may be greatly modified, as for example
the coiled piece f may be dispensed with and the coils may consist wholly of a
single thickness of material, or mainly of a single thickness with a strengthening
piece to ensure sufficient rigidity. When two thicknesses of material are used, it
is sometimes necessary to slit or slot the outer layer at intervals so as to facilitate
shaping the coils at the corners in the course of manufacture. The material may
also be corrugated in order to obtain additional strength and be perforated if
desired to reduce weight.
It is obvious, also, that where expense is a consideration, some of the coils or
segments thereof may be omitted, without seriously impairing the efficiency of the
box for the purpose in view.
Figure 4 illustrates a modification in which the superposed supports d d¹ d², in
lieu of being coiled, are caused to project alternately from opposite ends of the box
so as to form a zig zag passage e for containing the frilling one end of which is
placed at the bottom a, whilst the remainder of the frilling fills the whole of the
tiers of the passage e until it debouches at g-at the uppermost one d²; whence it is
carried over the top of the box and secured at e² as before, a similar result being
obtained to that herein before described with reference to the arrangement illustrated
in Figures 1, 2 and 3.
The boxes or receptacles, constructed in the manner herein before described, are
by preference placed side by side edgewise in an outer box or case, so that the
patterns of the material on the inner boxes or receptacles will be visible on opening
such outer box or case.
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
Constructing boxes or receptacles with superposed supports, forming a spiral,
coiled or zig-zag passage, in which trimmings or other like materials are contained,
the said passage at its upper or outer end opening to or terminating at the exterior
of the box for the egress of the trimming or like material, which may thus be
displayed along the top, end or side of the box, all substantially as hereinbefore
described.
Dated this 90th doxe of November 1881.