Improvements in Securing Together the Parts of Cardboard and other similar Boxes.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Aug., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 30th Apr., 1896-Accepted, 13th June, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Securing Together the Parts of Cardboard and
other similar Boxes.
I, JOHN EDWARD THORNTON, of Rokeby, Oldfield Road, Altrincham,
Cheshire, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The object of this invention is to provide a simple and cheap fastening for
cardboard and similar boxes, that may be permanently attached to and form a part
of the box, instead of being loose or detachable.
It is applicable to either folding boxes or those that are supplied to the
consumer ready made up.
It is adapted for use with boxes having an upturned end piece attached to and
forming an extension of the bottom, and inturned end pieces attached to and
forming extensions of the sides, which are all intended to form the end of the box.
Of course the sides of the box may be made in this way instead of the ends if
preferred.
To form the fastener I attach to the upturned end piece a fastening strip or
piece of suitable material, which can be folded over the inturned end pieces to
hold all together, and that will retain its position after being bent over.
I prefer to use soft thin sheet metal the full width of the box end, and I firmly
attach. this to the aforesaid upturned end piece. To secure the end pieces
together the strip is simply bent over and pressed down tightly with the fingers.
In some cases I may form a hole or holes in the strip and projections on the
inturned end pieces, so that the said projections may enter the said hole or holes to
keep the sides of the box together better, or the strip may be divided into two
parts for the same purpose.
Sometimes, instead of a strip the full width of the end of box, I use two or other
desired number of small pieces about one eighth of an inch wide. These are
sufficient to secure the box, although they do not form such a nice looking finish to
the box as the wide strip already mentioned. They may, with advantage, fit into
notches formed in the inturned end pieces, in order to keep the sides more firmly
in position, if necessary.
For boxes that are supplied to the consumer ready made up, the fastener may be
attached and bent over by machine at one operation.
Any suitable method of attaching the fastener may be used, but I prefer to form
projecting prongs on the fastener which go through the cardboard and are then
bent down tight and fast on the other side.
By another modification I may use paper, cardboard, cloth, or other kind of
strip which is ready gummed so that it may be quickly fastened after moistening
and folding over.
Dated this 28th day of August 1895.

page_text: Improvements in Securing Together the Parts of Cardboard and
other similar Boxes.
I, JOHN EDWARD THORNTON, of Rokeby, Oldfield Road, Altrincham, in the
County of Chester, Manufacturer, 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 :-
This invention relates to the securing together of the ends of cardboard boxes
either intended to be permanent or collapsible and is designed to provide a simple
and cheap fastening that will be permanently attached to the end or other part of
the box instead of being loose or detachable.
It consists essentially in securing together the ends of cardboard and other
boxes by means of a fastening strip or piece of soft metal attached to the
upturned end piece and folded down over the adjacent pieces to hold them all in
position.
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It will be fully described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1. perspective view of box showing one form of the invention.
Fig. 2. perspective view of box showing a modification thereof.
The box is constructed with an upturned end piece A attached to and forming
an extension of the bottom B and inturned end pieces C attached to and forming
extensions of the sides D all of which are intended to form the end of the box.
Referring to Fig. 1 I attach to the upturned end piece A a strip or piece of
metal E capable of being folded over the inturned end pieces C. The strip E is
made of soft thin sheet metal the full width of the box end and is provided with
projecting prongs e which are passed through the material or through holes
previously formed therein and are then bent and clinched over tightly on the other
side. To secure the parts A and C when in position the free edge of the soft
metal strip E is bent over and pressed down tightly with the fingers of the
operator or with
any suitable tool.
If found desirable I may form a hole or holes in the soft metal strip E and
attach projections to the end pieces C which may pass through the holes to keep
the sides D of the box in position and prevent them moving either outwards or
inwards.
Referring to Fig. 2 instead of a strip such as E extending the full width of the
box end I use two or more narrow pieces F. These pieces F are provided with
prongs which pass through and by which they are secured to the cardboard. In
order to keep the sides more firmly in position and prevent any inward or outward
movement I form notches a in the edge of the upturned end piece A. and notches c
in the edges of the inturned pieces C. The soft metal pieces F when turned over
fit into these notches securing the end pieces and making a neat finish.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is.―
1. Securing together the adjacent parts of cardboard or other boxes by means
of a soft metal fastening strip or piece extending across the end of the box, one
side of which strip is attached to the end and the other bent over the parts to be
secured substantially as described with reference to Fig. 1.
2. Securing together the adjacent parts of cardboard and other boxes by metal

page_text: fastening pieces F secured to the end of the box and fitting when turned over into
notches cut in the edges of the end pieces A and C to prevent the inward or
outward movement of the sides substantially as described and shown in Fig. 2.
Dated this 20th day of Anril 1896.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
6, Bank Street, Manchester, Patent Agents.