Applicable for Containing Ointments and other like Substances.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 19th May, 1887
Complete Left, 4th Jan.. 1888
Complete Accepted, 10th Feb., 1888
Applicable for Containing Ointments and other like Substances.
1, JOHN PANNELL SHIELDS, of 141 Walton Lane, Liverpool in the County of
Lancaster, Chemist, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
Boxes for ointment and other substances have generally to be made sufficiently
strong to prevent the contents escaping or soaking through, and further are often
covered on the inside with varnish. A box made in this way is rather expensive.
Now the object of this invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive box for
securely holding ointment, vaseline and other like substances, and effectually
preventing the same soaking through the sides of the box.
The invention consists in covering the interior of the box or other receptacle with
wax paper or linen put in, in one piece, through which the ointment cannot pass.
The interior of the lid of the box is also covered in the same way. In place of wax
paper or linen, tin foil or other substance may be used if desired. The box may be
made of very light material such as thin wood or card board, the inside covering
effectually preventing any escape of ointment. The covering being made in one piece
there are no joints through which the ointment can pass.
The covering may be put into the box after it is made; but it is preferably put in
at the time the box is being manufactured.
D: 1011 1
1000
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in and Connected with Boxes and other Receptacles
Applicable for Containing Ointments and other like Substances.
I JOHN PANNELL SHIELDS of 141, Walton Lane, Liverpool, in the County of
Lancaster, Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement :-
Boxes or receptacles for ointment and other like substances, as heretofore usually
made, have been somewhat expensive, it being necessary that they should be such as
to prevent the contents from soaking through or escaping, to which end it has been
usual to make them of earthenware which is liable to break or when of wood or
chip then of disproportionate strength, regard being bad to the weight of the contents;
and in some cases their interiors have been varnished.
Now this invention has for object a simple and inexpensive manufacture of boxes
such as will securely hold ointment vaseline and other like substances in such a
manner that the same will not be liable to soak through the sides of the box.
To this end a box according to my invention comprises a box proper, which may be
of light material such as thin wood or cardboard, and within it a second box or lining
of suitable material such as wax paper, wax linen, or tin foil that will prevent escape
of contents of the kind referred to, the said lining being in one piece without joints.
The interior of the lid of the box is similarly lined.
With boxes so constructed it will be found that substances such as ointment,
vaseline or the like, will not soak through or escape. The lining may be put into the
box after it is made; but it is preferably put in at the time the box is being
manufactured which can conveniently be effected as follows:-
In the first place a tube is made on a mandril or core piece of the requisite size of
the finished box the paper being wrapped around the mandril or core piece and
cemented together with a sticky or glutinous substance preferably composed of finely
powdered talc and dextrine.
When the tube is sufficiently dry it is rotated and cut into lengths in an ordinary
turning lathe. The lid is made in a similar manner. The tube forming same is made
on a mandril or core the size of the outside diameter of the first named tube thus
forming the box proper. It is cut into the requisite lengths to form lids. The ends
and tops or lids are stamped out with circular punches either by hand or by a
machine constructed for the purpose. They are then fitted into the box and lid
respectively and cemented with a mixture of tale and dextrine thus forming a
finished box.
Into the finished box and lid respectively I force a piece of waxed paper or the like
previously cut to the required shape and moistened or softened; this takes the form
of the box or lid and is cemented therein."
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When a box according to my invention is required too deep to block the grease

page_text: proof material I then prefer to place the waxed paper, wax linen, or tinfoil on the
mandril or core and afterwards wrap the paper to form the box body and lid
around it, cementing the parts together, and cutting them off into lengths as above
described.
The material to form the top and bottom is previously coated with the grease proof
material and then stamped out to the requisite sizes; the edges are then coated with
powdered tale and dextrine and the blanks are then forced into the short tubular
pieces, thereby forming the finished box which will be found to be grease proof and
suitable for retaining ointments, vaseline. Larger boxes can be made for butter and
other like substances.
I find that waxed paper or paper prepared with acid and known as vegetable
parchment is cheaper and answers the purpose better than tinfoil which is injurious
for some classes of ointments and that a cement made from finely powdered talc and
dextrine is superior to glue or paste usually employed in the manufacture of the
ordinary boxes.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is :-
Boxes or receptacles with linings such as described for the purpose specified.