Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 5th June, 1899-Accepted, 22nd July, 1899
DOXES.
I, CHARLES ARTHUR ALLISON, Patent Agent, of 52, Chancery Lane, London, in
the County of Middlesex, hereby declare the nature of this invention (a communi-
cation from abroad by Spencer Cone Cary, Manufacturer, of 19 and 21, Roosevelt
Street, New York City, residing in the Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings,
and State of New York, U.S.A.), 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 and especially to boxes constructed of veneers.
Wooden boxes, especially those constructed of veneers, that is very thin layers
of wood glued, cemented, or otherwise stuck together, are very liable to absorb
moisture and then to warp and crack. That difficulty is often met with when
any material susceptible to moisture is employed, many kinds of paper being
thus subject to deterioration; but with woods and particularly with veneers, the
boxes must ordinarily be constructed so that the ends where the wood is cut across
the grain are exposed, and the pores of such points are much more open and much
more liable to absorb moisture than other parts of the same board or part, and
even if the faces should be protected moisture entering at these ends is likely to
destroy the tenacity of most cementing substances and permit one layer after
another to peel off, or so separate from its fellow as to allow it to be broken off
thus destroying the integrity of the package. If single boards, wooden or other-
wise, are used, still the moisture is likely to enter and cause trouble. But I
have conceived and constructed a box which does not present this difficulty, I
take the boards of which the box is to be constructed preferably veneers, outlaid
crossgrained to the next, and cemented or glued together so that some one or
other of the layers will have the grains extending at right angles to any one edge,
and cover them on one side with paper as shown in drawings, and I turn the
paper over the respective edges of the boards, thus protecting the said exposed
ends of the grain and extend it well on to the opposite side of the board. It may
be extended wholly over said other side of the board, but I find that extending it
a reasonable distance back from the edge has a satisfactory effect and is more
economical than to completely cover both sides. I prefer to cover one side
entirely as it improves the interior finish and the moisture resisting qualities
of the box as a whole, but the central thought of this invention is the protecting
of the crossgrained cut ends.
For this use very many kinds of moisture resisting papers or equivalent materials
are suitable, but I prefer to employ strong but thin close grained papers, to first
glue or cement or otherwise stick them in place and to then treat the whole board
thus protected with paraffine or some similar substance. I also prefer if the edges
are to be dovetailed or mortised and it is thus I most generally construct them,
to apply the covering first, then cut the dovetail or mortise notches and then treat
them with the moisture resisting substance. This order of procedure prevents
chipping of the edges by the cutting tool during the notching, and also renders
it more certain than the paraffine or similar substance will cover the completed
article. It does, it is true, leave what I might term a raw edge in the notch
but as that is wholly covered when the boards are fastened to form the box, that

page_text: fact is of little moment, especially as those edges will at least have received a
protective covering of paraffine if that be employed.
Boards thus covered may be packed in shooks and conveniently shipped to the
place where the boxes are to be used, and there assembled and secured in proper
form, especially if securing staples such as I show in the drawing are employed
for holding the assembled parts of the box together.
In the drawings forming part of this specification:-
Figure 1 is a perspective view of box embodying my invention; and
Figure 2 is a similar view of a similar box without a cover.
In said drawing V represents the veneers of which the box walls are formed
2 represents the paper here shown as covering the interior of the box, the ends of
the box walls and extending well over upon their outer faces C indicates the clasps
on double-pointed staples, by which the box is held together and N indicates the
mortises into which the projecting tenons of the adjacent wall project, and wherein
they are secured when the box is complete....
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:
1. A box composed of boards, the exposed edges of which are covered with
paper or its equivalent, extending from within to a point on the outside sub-
stantially as set forth.
2. A box composed of boards formed of veneers the exposed edges of which are
covered with paper or its equivalent extending from one side of the board around
the edge and upon the other side of the board, substantially as set forth.
3. A board for boxes, the edges of which are covered with paper or its equivalent
extending around the edge and back from the edge on each side of the board,
substantially as set forth."
4. A board for boxes composed of veneers the exposed edges of which are
covered with paper or its equivalent, extending around the edge and back from the
edge on each side of the boards, substantially as set forth.
5. A board for boxes composed of boards the exposed edges of which are
covered with paper or its equivalent, extending around the edges entirely across
one face and at least partially across the opposite face of the board.
6. A board for boxes the exposed edges of which are covered with paper or its
equivalent which is placed around the edge, extends back therefrom on both sides and
secured by adhesive substance, and then notched, and afterwards treated with
paraffine or its equivalent, substantially as set forth.
7. A box composed of boards having their inner faces covered with paper or its
equivalent, which extends around the edges respectively of the boards and upon
their outer faces, substantially as set forth.
8. A box composed of boards having their inner faces covered with paper or
its equivalent, which extends around the edges respectively of the boards and
upon their outer faces and is secured by an adhesive substance and treated with
paraffine or an equivalent moisture resisting substances, all substantially as set
forth.
9. A box composed of boards formed of veneers secured together in layers, and
having the surface of the boards covered with paper or its equivalent, which
extends around the edges of the united veneers, forming each board, and upon
their outer faces, respectively, and is secured thereto, by an adhesive substance
and treated with paraffine or an equivalent moisture resisting substance, all
substantially as set forth.
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115.11. l
f Tune 1900
CHAS. A. ALLISON,
Agent for the Applicant.