Improvements in Boxes for Forwarding Articles by Post.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Aug., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 6th May. 1892-Accented 11th lunn
1000
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Boxes for Forwarding Articles by Post.
I, JAMES PASCALL of Valentine Place, Blackfriars Road, in the County of
Surrey, Wholesale Confectioner, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows :-
According to my invention I construct boxes of cardboard or other suitable
material for containing articles to be forwarded by post in a convenient and secure
manner and without detriment to the goods sent, while the opening of the box
without difficulty and the casy extraction of the goods are provided for without the
necessity for using string or tape.
I use a box provided with a drawer to contain the article to be sent or otherwise
the drawer may under some circumstances be dispensed with and instead thereof
a flap at one end be substituted and I surround the whole box with an envelope of
paper or paper backed with linen having a long flap of at least two thicknesses of
the paper. The object of the flap is to allow of the postage stamps being affixed
thereon and thereby saving the box itself from damage by the obliterating stamps
and the like used in the Post Office or otherwise. One end or side of the enclosing
envelope is left open for the withdrawal of the drawer by a tab thereon and the
insertion of the goods after which the drawer is replaced and the envelope scaled
or gummed down. The address is written on the side reserved therefor on the box
itself. These boxes are of special utility for sending damageable and other articles,
such as wedding cake, jewellery, seeds, flowers and samples of various kinds.
Dated this 6th day of August 1901
JENSEN & SON,
77, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Boxes for Forwarding Articles by Post.
I, JAMES PASCALL of Valentine Place Blackfriars Road in the County of
Surrey Wholesale Confectioner, 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:-
According to my invention I construct boxes of cardboard or other suitable
material for containing articles to be forwarded by post in a convenient and secure
mauner and without detriment to the goods sent, while the opening of the box
without difficulty and the easy extraction of the goods are provided for, without
the necessity for using string or tape.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawing is a perspective view of a box made
according to my invention ready sealed or gummed for transmission by post.
Figure 2 is a similar view as the box would appear before being gummed up.
Figure 3 is a view of the paper envelope blank used to cover the box.
Figure 4 is a view of the box with a slightly modified form of wrapper, before
sealing same.
Figure 5 is a similar view showing the box as it appears just before the sealing
or gumming of the last flap.
Figure 6 is a view of the paper envelope blank used for covering the box and
Figure 7 is a perspective view showing more particularly the shape of the
finished flap or tag for the postage stamp.
Referring to the accompanying Figures 1 2 and 3 it will be seen that I use a
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page_text: box provided with a drawer A. to contain the article to be sent and I surround the
whole box with an envelope of strong paper B or paper backed with linen having
a long flap or tag C and although as shown on Figure 3 the flap or tag C when
unfolded goes the whole width of the blank B still this is not necessary but I prefer
that the same should be of at least two thicknesses of the paper. The object of
the flap C is to allow of the postage stamp being affixed thereon as shown for
instance in Figure 7 and thereby saving the box itself from damage by the
obliterating stamps and the like used in the Post Office or otherwise. The dotted
lines in Figure 3 show the places where the blank is folded when put around the
box. When supplied for use I prefer that one end or side of the enclosing
envelope B be left open for the withdrawal of the drawer A by a tab D thereon
and after the insertion of the goods the drawer A. is replaced and the flaps E of the
envelope sealed or gummed down. The address is written on the side reserved
therefor on the box itself, as shown.
Instead of using a drawer I may as shown in Figures 4. 5. and 6. substitute a
flap or door A. hinged in any suitable manner to the body of the box the closure
of the box being effected by folding the flaps E in any well known manner and
securing them when in their proper relative positions.
These boxes are of special utility for sending damageable and other articles
such as wedding cake, confectionery, jewellery, seeds, flowers and samples of
various kinds.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner. the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is,
First. A box for containing articles to be forwarded by post or the like provided
with a flap or tag whereon to affix a postage stamp or the like so that the same
may be obliterated by stamping or otherwise without damage to the box or
its contents.
Second. The constructions of boxes for containing articles to-be forwarded by
post as shown on the drawings.
Dated this 6th day of M
1000
JENSEN & SON,
77, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agents.