Improvements in Boxes.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Aug., 1898-Accepted, 1st Oct., 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Boxes.
We, THOMAS WILLIAM PEARCE, of Caxton Works, Bristol, Foreman, and
MARDON, SON & HALL, LIMITED, of Caxton Works, Bristol, Printers, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement;-
This invention relates to an improvement in boxes and relates more especially
to that class of box constructed of card or other board known as knock down
boxes, and in which are packed goods either for transport by post, or storage
and it has for its object to provide the said box with a means whereby when the
box has been filled the flaps at the ends of the box may be held in position to
prevent the egress of the contents.
In carrying the invention into effect a loop or band is secured to one of the end
flaps, which loop or band may be of card board, metal, cloth or any flexible
material, the said band when composed of metal or board or other more extensible
material being of the same configuration as the top of the box to which it is
attached.
In order that the invention may be the better understood drawings have been
appended in which:
Fig. 1, is a side elevation with the upper and lower flaps open, the band,
which in the present case is constructed of card board being secured by suitable
rivets to the lower right hand flap.
Fig. 2, is an end view showing the side flaps partly open.
Fig. 3, is a side view showing the appearance of the box when closed, the flaps
being retained by the band.
Fig. 4, is a detailed view showing a method of securing the band to the flap.
1, is the body of the box which in the present case is formed from a single
sheet of card board, the ends of which are secured by rivets or the like placed at
the side, a portion of the card board 2, shown dotted in Fig. 1, being turned up
upon the inside of the box to receive the ends of the rivets. At the ends of the
box, at the sides, top and bottom, are formed flaps 3, 4, 5, 6, to one of which, 6,
is secured by rivets 7, 8, a band 9, which when the box has been filled is brought
into the position shown in Fig. 3. When closing the box, the side flaps are
first closed then the end one upon the top, next the lower end flaps, the closing
of the right hand flap bringing the band so that it may be passed around the
top of the box, securing the ends as aforesaid. The box when not required, or
when desired to be packed for transport, may be collapsed, the whole then lying
flat, and the band being secured thereto cannot be mislaid.
Although we have described and illustrated the box, we do not wish to limit
ourselves to the precise form of construction shown as it is obvious that the band
may be used with any box closed with end flaps and also that the band 9, may
be formed of any suitable material either elastic, such as rubber or non-elastic,
such as card board, metal, paper, or woven fabric.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:
In a box of the form herein described for containing goods for transport or
storage a band of any suitable material secured in any convenient manner to
a flap of the box so as to prevent the band being lost when not in use, or when
the boxes themselves are packed for transport, substantially as herein described
and shown by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 3rd day of August 1898.
J. E. EVANS-JACKSON & Co.,
Agents for the Applicants.