Improvements in the Construction of Cardboard or other Boxes, for Packing and Protecting Perishable Articles, such as Eggs, Fruit, Butter, and the like.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 14th June, 1888
Complete Specification Left, 13th Mar., 1889
Complete Specification Accepted, 13th Apr., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Cardboard or other Boxes, for
Packing and Protecting Perishable Articles, such as Eggs, Fruit,
Butter, and the like.
1 ARTHUR CHARLES HENDERSON of 46 Southampton Buildings, Holborn in the
county of Middlesex and 31 Lincoln Place Leinster Street, Dublin, Patent Agent do
hereby declare the nature of the said invention "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION
OF CARD-BOARD OR OTHER BOXES FOR PACKING AND PROTECTING PERISHABLE
ARTICLES SUCH AS EGGS, FRUIT, BUTTER AND THE LIKE, a communication to me
from abroad by Alfred Chollet of the city of Paris in the Republic of France
Merchant to be as follows:-
:-
The card board or other boxes are specially intended for packing eggs, fruit, and
other perishable articles likely to injury or breakage in conveyance or transport.
In the construction of these boxes in card board for example, I take a sheet of this
material of sufficient thickness, and cut it as shown by Fig. 1 of the accompanying
drawings, and slightly cutting with a ruler and knife the parts to be bent.
The large square or rectangular surfaces a. b. c. d. and e. f. g. h. form the top and
bottom of the box.
A strip or band A, separates the surfaces referred to, and is of the total height of the
box, whatever that may be.
At the edges a. b. and h. g. of these surfaces the strips i. and j. k. adhere: these
are of the same height as the strip A.
The strip is pierced with two square openings m. m' corresponding with the
simple cuts n. n' n² n³-o. o¹ o² o³ on the strip j. k. these cuts admit of the insertion of
the tongues l. l, or fastenings hereafter explained.
At the top and bottom of the surface e. f. g. h. are two pieces p. p¹ and q. q' of the
same height as the box, these are of trapezoidal form.
The surface a. b. c. d. at the top and bottom has also the pieces r. pel po poð and
The parts r. s. s being prolonged by the tongues l. 1.

page_text: Thus cut the card board is bent and formed into a box as follows:
The surface a. b. c. d. is raised and bent on the separating strip forming one of the
sides A, it will then be parallel with the piece e. f. g. h.
The pieces are then bent inwards, and the pieces or ends p. p¹ q. q¹ of the
surface e. f. g. h. are bent upwards to meet the parts 223 which are then fixed by
any convenient method, the piece or strip j. k. connected to the piece e. f. g. h. is then
bent upwards, the bottom of the box is now formed, and is closed by lowering the
the piece a. b. c. d hending down its ends s. str. 1 over p. p¹ q. g.
The part i. is bent down over the piece j. k, and the tongues l. 1, inserted through
the openings m. m³ into the slits n. n' n² n³ o. 0¹ o² 0³.
The card board is well suited for packing and conveying eggs, in this case the box
is divided into six (more or less) compartments each to contain an egg.
These divisions are made with three strips of cardboard v. Fig. 3 and x. x1
Figs. 4 and 5, there being slits cut up, the strips a. l and v, towards their centres,
the slits in the strips a. a' being passed over the slits in the strip v. the divisions are
then formed as shown Fig. 5.
Boxes similarly constructed are suitable for packing fruits such as pears, peaches,
and the like, by which means they are perfectly secure from injury.
For packing butter the divisions are removed and the butter in pats or otherwise,
or in a piece of the same dimensions as the box is wrapped as is customary in linen or
vegetable parchment.
Dated the 14th June 1888

page_text: COMITDIE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Cardboard or other Boxes for
Packing and Protecting Perishable Articles, such as Eggs, Fruit,
Butter, and the like.
I ARTHUR CHARLES HENDERSON of 46, Southampton Buildings, Holborn in the
county of Middlesex and 31, Lincoln Place, Leinster Street, Dublin, Patent Agent
do hereby declare the nature of the said invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CON-
STRUCTION OF CARDBOARD OR OTHER BOXES FOR PACKING AND PROTECTING PERISH-
ABLE ARTICLES SUCH AS EGGS, FRUIT, BUTTER AND THE LIKE and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement, a communication to me from abroad by Alfred Chollet of the
city of Paris in the Republic of France, Merchant :-
The cardboard or other boxes referred to are specially intended for packing eggs,
fruit, and other perishable articles likely to injury or breakage in conveyance or
transport. The lids may be made to close internally or externally.
In the construction of these hoxes in cardboard for example with the lid closing
internally I take a sheet of this material of sufficient thickness and cut it as shown by
Fig. 1, of the drawings given with the Provisional Specification and slightly cutting
or bluntly ruling the parts to be bent.
The large square or rectangular surfaces a, b, c, d, and e, f, g, h, form respectively the
top and bottom of the box.
A strip or band A, separates the surfaces referred to and is of the total height of
the box whatever that may be.
At the edges a, b, and h, g, of the surfaces the strips i, i, and j, k, adhere, these are
of the same height as the strip A.
The strip i, i, is pierced with two square openings m, m³, corresponding with the
simple cuts n, n¹, n² n³,—o, o¹, 02, 0³, on the stripj, k, these cuts admit of the insertion
of the tongues 1, 11, or fastenings hereafter explained.
At the top and bottom of the surface e, f, g, h, are two pieces p, p¹, and 2, g¹, of the
same height as the box, these are of trapezoidal form.
The surface a, b, c, d, at the top and bottom has also the pieces 1, 1, 2, 3, and
8, 1, 2, 3. The parts r, r, s, sl, being prolonged by the tongues 1, P.
Thus cut the cardboard is bent and formed into a box vide Fig. 2. as follows
The surface a, b, c, d, is raised and bent on the separating strip forming one of the
sides A, it will then be parallel with the piece e, f, g, h. The pieces 12, 3,², ³, are
then bent inwards and the pieces or ends p, p, 1,9', of the surface e, f, g, h, are bent
upwards to meet the parts 2, 3, 52, 53, which are then fixed by any convenient method,
the piece or strip j, k, connected to the piece e, f, g, h, is then bent upwards, the
bottom of the box is now formed and is closed by lowering the piece a, b, c, d, bending
down its ends r, r¹, s, s¹, over P, p¹, q, g¹.
1
The parti, is bent down over the piece j, k, and the tongues 1, 4, inserted
through the openings m, m², into the slits n, n', n², n³, o, o¹, o², o³.

page_text: Cardboard is well suited for packing and conveying eggs; in this case the box is
divided into six (more or less) compartments each to contain an egg.
These divisions are made with three strips of cardboard v, Fig. 3 and 2, 21,
Figs. 4, and 5, there being slits cut up the strips a, a, and towards their centres,
the slits in the strips x, x¹, being passed over the strip v, the divisions are then
formed as shown Fig. 5.
Boxes similarly constructed are suitable for packing fruit such as pears, peaches,
and the like, by which means they are perfectly secure from injury.
For packing butter the divisions are removed and the butter in pats or otherwise,
or in a piece of the same dimensions as the box, is wrapped as is customary in linen
or vegetable parchment.
In constructing the boxes with lids closing externally a slight modification in
cutting and shaping the cardboard is necessitated, but with boxes so constructed the
interior is more easy of access for packing the articles, than with those with the lid
closing internally as first described.
Figs. 1 and 2, of the accompanying drawings show a box of this description that
is to say with the lid closing externally seen in front elevation and end view. Fig. 3
represents a sheet of cardboard as cut for the purpose alluded to the parts where it
is intended to fold being slightly ruled with a knife or wheel a, b, c, d, and e, f, g, h,
are the rectangular or square surfaces destined to constitute the top and bottom of
the box a strip.d, c, e, f, separates these two surfaces and is of the total height of the
box whatever that may be.
The box is formed of the rectangular surfaces a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h. The back c, d, e, f,
the ends e, p, h, p¹, f, 9, 9, q', the parts p', h, u, u¹, and q', q, y', yr, p, r¹,
e, and
s, s¹, f, g, are bent inwards and fixed to the back c, d, e, f, and front h, j, g, k. The
lid is formed of the surface a, b, c, d, the two ends a, a', d, d', with tongue 1, and
b,, c, c', and tongue . The front being formed of the piece a, b, i, i¹.
When the partsr, r¹, p—e—p³, h, u, u¹‚—s, s', f, q, q', 9, y', y, are bent inwards
they are fixed to the back and front pieces c, d, e, f,h, g, j, k, by paper fasteners
passed through the slots t, t, t, t¹, 12, 12,-1³, 13, or by glueing, sewing or any other
convenient method of attachment.
Fig. 4, represents a box with the ends and sides bent up and fixed in the manner
described seen in front view.
The sides of the lid a, a, d,-b, b, c, are cut with the tongues c, d, these when
the box is closed are inserted in the slits z, z, whilst the tongues 1, 1, are inserted
in the slits m, m' n, n¹. The box is divided internally as before with the
divisions v, a, a¹, as previously described and shown separately by the Figs. 5, 6, 7.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
The cardboard or other box cut from a single piece of material as shown by
Figs. 1 and 2 of the Provisional and 1, 2, 3, 4 of the Complete drawings.
The sides and ends being bent up and fixed with tongues passed into openings
or slits in the sheets in the manner herein described and fitted or not with the
divisions internally as and for the purposes herein specified.
Dated this 13th day of March 1889