Improvements in Vessels or Packages for Holding or Shipping Articles.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Feb., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 30.h Apr., 1895-Accepted, 1st June, 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION:
Improvements in Vessels or Packages for Holding or Shipping
Articles.
I, JAMES HENRY PREATER, residing at No. 69, Munroe Street, Brooklyn, in
the State of New York, United States of America, Manufacturer of Packages, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Difficulty has been experienced in uniting the edges of thick paper, straw board
or mill board, in forming packages for enclosing different articles while being
transported or on sale.
In the present improvement the ends of the strip of thick paper, such as card-
board, paste-board, straw-board or mill-board, are inserted into folded strips of
sheet metal, such as sheet tin, and the metal and the thick paper are folded over or
doubled and compressed, thereby effectually securing the strips of sheet metal
upon the edges or ends of the thick paper, and to more effectually fold the thick
paper without breaking it, it is advantageous to moisten such paper with water or
other liquid previous to folding such paper jointly with the metal and compressing
the same.
After the folding and compressing as aforesaid the strips of sheet metal are
brought together and firmly united by a line of solder or similar material so as to
make the body of the package which may be cylindrical or polygonal iu form, and
heads or ends are applied to such package, usually of wood with a shoulder or
rebate upon which the ends of the body portion are received, and in order to more
effectually and strongly connect the ends of the body with the heads of the
package, folded strips of metal are applied around such thick paper, the end of
each strip being preferably passed through an incision in the thick paper and
folded over or clinched at the back, and the nails that connect the body portion
with the ends or heads are passed through these strips of metal and through the
thick paper. By this means a very strong package is constructed, and one that is
very durable and light, and the same may be lined with paper or other material if
desired, and the exterior may also be wrapped or covered with paper or other
material.
Dated this 8th day of kahman 1905
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Vessels or Packages for Holding or Shipping
Articles.
I, JAMES HENRY PREATER, residing at No. 69 Monroe Street, in the State of
New York, United States of America, Manufacturer of Packages, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed to be particularly describe and ascertained in and by the following
statement :-
Difficulty has been experienced in uniting the edges of thick paper, straw board
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page_text: or mill board in forming packages for enclosing different articles while being
transported or on sale.
In the present improvement the ends of the strip of thick paper, such as card-
board, paste-board, straw-board, or mill-board, are inserted into folded strips of
sheet metal, such as sheet tin, and the metal and the thick paper are folded over or
doubled and compressed, thereby effectually securing the strips of sheet metal upon
the edges or ends of the thick paper, and to more effectually fold the thick paper
without breaking it, it is advantageous to moisten such paper with water or other
liquid previous to folding such paper jointly with the metal and compressing the
same.
After the folding and compressing as aforesaid, the strips of sheet metal are
brought together and firmly united by a line of solder or similar material so as to
make the body of the package which may be cylindrical or polygonal in form, and
heads or ends are applied to such package, usually of wood with a shoulder or
rebate upon which the ends of the body portion are received, and in order to more
effectually and strongly connect the ends of the body with the heads of the
package, folded strips of metal are applied around such thick paper, the end of
each strip being preferably passed through an incision in the thick paper and folded
over or clinched at the back, and the nails that connect the body portion with the
ends or heads are passed through these strips of metal and through the thick
paper. By this means a very strong package is constructed and one that is very
durable and light, and the same may be lined with paper or other material if
desired, and the exterior may also be wrapped or covered with paper or other
material.
In the drawings
Figure 1 is a vertical section representing the two heads and portions of the
cylindrical package.
Figs. 2 and 3 are sections in larger size showing the manner in which the strip
of metal is applied to the end of the thick paper, and Fig. 4 is a similar section
showing the two ends with the join completed.
In constructing this package the heads A and A¹ are usually of wood, turned up
with a rabbet or shoulder 2 upon which the ends of the cylindrical portion of the
package are received, and the cylinder B is made of paper such as paste-board,
straw-board, mill-board or similar substance of the desired thickness and
strength.
In packages that require the present improvement, the paper material is
generally of considerable thickness and strength, and if such material was folded
in its ordinary condition it would break and become valueless.
I provide folded strips C of sheet metal of a length preferably slightly less than
the distance between the heads A and A¹ and such strips are folded to fit upon
each end of the strip of paper forming the cylinder B and the lapping portions of
the strips Care wider at one side than the other, that is to say, the lapping
portion 3 is narrower than the lapping portion 4. These strips of sheet metal are
applied upon the ends of the paper B and may be slightly flattened to hold them
in position, and where the paper B is rigid, in consequence of being thick, the
paper is moistened or steamed at and adjacent to the places where the strips Care
applied, and it is advantageous to moisten such paper after the strips have been
applied; otherwise the moisture swelling the paper interferes with the insertion of
the edge of the paper into the folded strip; and while the paper is sufficiently
moist a fold is made in the edge of the same so that the part 3 of the metal strip C
is brought between the surface of the paper B and the edge that is folded over, as
shown in Fig. 3. Thereby the fold holds the strip of metal securely to the paper
and the strip of metal and the folded edge are flattened down to any desired extent
without the paper breaking, and the metal is to be sufficiently stiff to hold the
paper as it is flattened down or compressed.
After the two ends of the strip of paper forming the cylinder B have been
prepared with strips of metal C, as aforesaid, upon them, such ends are brought

page_text: together and soldered as shown in Fig. 4, thereby making a permanent connection
between the two metal strips and joining up the paper into a cylindrical form; and
in consequence of the stiffening action of the metal strips the joint thus produced is
stronger than any other portion of the paper cylinder. The ends of the paper
cylinder are prepared by folded strips of metal D at suitable distances apart
around one or both ends and having the ends or tongues 5 passed through slits cut
in the paper of the cylinder and turned over or clinched; and after the cylinder
has thus been prepared the heads A and A' are to be applied in position so that
the ends set tightly and closely around the shoulders 2 of the heads, and nails 6 of
suitable size are driven through the metal strips D into the heads A and A'
respectively, so as to make a very firm connection between the heads and the
cylinder; and in consequence of the nails passing through the strips D of metal
the metal strips act to clamp the paper and also to grasp such paper by the tongues
so that the nails cannot pull or tear out from the paper as would be the
case if these metal strips were not made use of.
or ends
This package which is light and comparatively inexpensive can be made use of
for coffee, spices, flour, sugar, or even heavy substances such as sand and emery,
and the package can be lined with paper, muslin or other material pasted or caused
to adhere in position, and a covering may also be pasted on the outside, which
covering may be in the form of a paper wrapper or label and of a more or less
ornamental character.
It will be apparent that these improvements are adapted to packages that are
elliptical or polygonal the shape of the heads varying as desired.
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 1
claim is:
First. The combination with the thick paper forming the cylindrical or similar
portion in a package, of metal strips applied upon the ends of the paper and such
strips and the paper both folded over together and flattened to confine and hold the
paper and the two metal strips brought together as the paper is bent into the form
of a cylinder and the strips soldered together, substantially as set forth.
Second. The combination with the paper cylinder or barrel and the wooden
heads in a package, of strips of metal with their ends passed through the paper and
bent down, such strips being at intervals around the ends of the cylinder, and nails
passed through such strips into the heads of the package, substantially as set
forth.
Third. The combination with the paper cylinder or barrel and the wooden heads
in a package, of strips of metal placed at intervals around the end of the cylinder
each strip having one end passed through the paper and folded down and the other
end folded around the edge of the paper, and nails passed through such folded
strips into the head of the package, substantially as set forth.
Fourth. The method herein specified of uniting the ends of strips of thick paper
forming the cylindrical or other portions in a package, consisting in applying to
the ends of paper, folded strips of metal, moistening the paper and folding the
paper and the metal strips over and flattening the same and then bringing the
metal strips and the ends of the paper together and soldering them for uniting
the thick paper into a substantially cylindrical barrel, substantially as set forth.
Dated this 30th day of Anvil 1895
BREWER & SON,
London and Leeds, Agents for Applicant.