Improvements in Boxes of Cardboard and the like.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Nov., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 28th Aug., 1899-Accepted, 14th Oct., 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Boxes of Cardboard and the like.
We, ARTHUR WILLIAM STEVENSON, Box Manufacturer, of 21-35 Bridge Street,
Ardwick, Manchester, and GEORGE DONALDSON, Box Manufacturer, of Montague
Villa, Rose Crescent, Perth, Scotland, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion to be as follows:-
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The object of this invention is to construct rigid boxes of cardboard or the like
material in such a manner that not only will the boxes and lids be of neat appear-
ance and construction, but so that a number of boxes of exactly the same size
will nest one within another, and thus take up little space.
To this end we construct a box which slightly tapers inwards towards the
bottom, that is to say, the sides and ends are not perfectly upright but are at
a slightly obtuse angle to the bottom of the box. It is obvious however that if
the lid were made to taper, it could not be put on the box unless it were made
much too large. Also if the lid were made with straight sides or rims, it would
project or stick out at the bottom from the tapering and receding sides of the
box, thus causing a very ugly appearance. To overcome this defect we leave open
or unfastened the corners of the box for a short distance from the top; and
also preferably cut away a small portion of material from the unfastened portion
of the corners. Thus when a lid with straight or rectangular sides is placed on
the box, the unfastened portion of the sides and ends of the box spring together,
and assume a nearly vertical position. The sides of the lid thus fit close to the
sides of the box, and the whole forms a neat package. The sides and ends of the
box may be horizontally scored, bent, creased, grooved or the like near to the top
in order that they may the more readily assume the vertical position, and this
would be desirable when thick material is used.
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page_text: Villa, Rose Crescent, Perth, Scotland, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
The object of this invention is to construct rigid boxes of cardboard or the like
material in such a manner that not only will the boxes and lids be of neat appear-
ance and construction, but so that a number of boxes of exactly the same size
will nest one within another, and thus take up little space.
To this end we construct a box which slightly tapers inwards towards the
bottom, that is to say, the sides and ends are not perfectly upright but are at
a slightly obtuse angle to the bottom of the box.
It is obvious however that if the lid were made to taper, it could not be put on
the box unless it were made much too large. Also if the lid were made with
straight sides or rims it would project or stick out at the bottom from the tapering
and receding sides of the box, thus causing a very ugly appearance.
To overcome this defect we leave open or unfastened the corners of the box for
a short distance from the top, and also cut away a small portion of material
from the unfastened portion of the corners.
Thus when a lid with straight or
rectangular sides is placed on the box, the unfastened portion of the sides and
ends of the box spring together, and assume a nearly vertical position. The sides
of the lid thus fit close to the sides of the box, and the whole forms a neat package.
The sides and ends of the box may be horizontally scored, bent, creased, grooved
or the like near to the top in order that they may the more readily assume the
vertical position, and this would be desirable when thick material is used.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings-
Figure 1 is an elevation of a box made according to our invention.
Figure 2 is a plan of a piece of cardboard or other like material illustrating
the mode of cutting and scoring the same in order to produce the box shown
in Fig. 1.
Figure 3 is partly an elevation, on a larger scale, and partly a section, of the
upper part of the box and its lid.
Figure 4 is an elevation, showing six of the improved boxes placed one within
the other.
The piece of cardboard a or other like material, is first cut into the form shown
in Fig. 2, and is bent, grooved or scored, along the lines 1-2-3-4-1, and also,
if the material be thick enough to require it, along the lines 5-5.
It will be readily understood that instead of making the box out of a single
piece it might be made out of a number of pieces if preferred.
The small piece 6 is also cut away from each outer extremity. The sides and
ends are then fastened together by any of the ordinary means known to box
manufacturers, for example we show the sides united by the well known metallic
claw clamp fasteners c to within a short distance from the top as shown clearly
in Fig. 1, this distance corresponding or approximating to the depth of the
lid b.
When the lid is placed on the box a, as shown in Fig. 3, the free or unfastened
portions of the sides and ends of the box spring together and assume the vertical
or approximately vertical position illustrated in the same view.
The advantage and economy of space in packing which arises out of the tapered
construction of the boxes is well illustrated by Fig. 4 which shows six of the boxes
packed one within the other.
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:-
A box of cardboard or other like material having tapered sides and ends with
a small portion at each corner near the top left unfastened and a little of the

page_text: material cut away in order to allow the sides to spring together and the lid to go
on easily and fit neatly all substantially as and for the purposes herein described
with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 26th day of August 1899
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
Agents for Applicants,
17, St. Ann's Square, Manchester.