Improvements in Wrappers for Bottles and the like.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date claimed for Patent under Sect. 103 of Act,
being date of first Foreign Application (in 28th Mar.. 1896
United States of America),
Date of Application (in United Kingdom), 15th Sept., 1896.
Complete Specification Left, 18th Sep., 1896-Accepted, 24th Oct.. 1896
Date of Application (in United Kingdom), 15th Sept., 1896.
Complete Specification Left, 18th Sep., 1896-Accepted, 24th Oct.. 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Wrappers for Bottles and the like.
I, JAMES JOSEPH HINDE of 319 Fulton Street, in the City of Sandusky,
State of Ohio, United States of America, 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:-
The invention consists in the construction of a wrapper for bottles and other,
fragile articles, formed of paper, strawboard, cardboard and the like and particularly
in constructing a wrapper from a flat sheet forming that sheet into a flat tube, and
forming complementary corrugations through both sides of the tube, so that the
convex corrugations in one side fit into the concave corrugations of the other side..
This forms, when finished, a double corrugated sheet.
The invention further consists in the construction of such a closed tube
with longitudinal corrugations its entire length, the corrugations being formed
to be permanently of varying depth, all as more fully hereinafter described.
In the drawings
Fig. 1 is a diagram perspective view showing how the tube is usually formed.
Fig. 2 is a section through the corrugating rolls, by means of which the tube is
corrugated. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of such rolls.
Fig. 4 is a perspective view illustrating the next step in the preparation of the
wrapper, namely, fixing the deep corrugations.
Fig. 5 is an elevation of one of the wrappers in the flat form.
Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one of the wrappers as applied in use. Figs. 7
and 8 are bottom and top plans thereof, respectively.
Figs. 9 and 10 are cross-sections through Fig. 5 on lines y y and x x
respectively. Figs. 11 and 12 show a similar construction with cross-corrugations.
I will first explain the construction of my wrapper formed with a natural
taper throughout.
I first form the tube A, flat, then cut it into lengths or sections B and pass
it through rolls C sidewise, to form longitudinal corrugations therein, in both
thicknesses of paper. In making these corrugations in the section, they are
formed in such a manner that they increase in depth gradually from one end to
the other or from the body of the bottle to the upper end of the neck. This
I preferably accomplish by means of corrugating-rolls C, having teeth a deeper
or longer at one end than at the other or, by arranging the rolls so that the teeth
intermesh deeper at one end than at the other. The effect of this is to form
the corrugations or flutings on the blank in this manner, and to draw the edges
of the blank nearer together at the end having the deep corrugations. This is
done while the board is wet, and the blanks are then squeezed or clamped at the
small end, as shown in Fig. 4, in which I have shown a rectangular frame D, in

page_text: which the small end of the blank is inserted, and a wedge E pushed in beside
the blank to compress the corrugations together. The blank being then allowed
to dry will retain this form permanently, being, when finished, substantially as
shown in Fig. 5. These flat wrappers in tubular form may be shipped in a very
compact space, and in use the operator simply opens the bottom and draws the
wrapper over the top of the bottle, as shown in Fig. 6.
As it is evident that the deeper the corrugation the greater the ability to
resist transverse strains, and as the greatest liability of breakage is in the neck of
the bottle, this wrapper presents the greatest strength where it is needed, and
without any sacrifice of material or expense in manufacture.
The spirit of my invention includes a construction, as shown in Figs. 11 and 12,
in which a flat tube A is formed as described, and the tube, while moist, is passed
through corrugating-rolls to form cross-corrugations, as shown in the figures
referred to. This construction has similar intergaging corrugations, and is
satisfactory for use on cylindrical bodies, as shown in Fig. 12.
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 :
1. A bottle wrapper formed of paper board in the shape of a flat tube, said
tube having corrugations substantially throughout the convex corrugations of one
side fitting in the concave corrugations of the other side.
2. A bottle wrapper formed from paper board in the shape of a flat tube,
having permanent corrugations longitudinally, the corrugations at the neck being
deeper than those in the body portion, the convex corrugations of one side fitting
in the concave corrugations on the other side.
3. A bottle wrapper formed from paper board, in the shape of a flat tube,
having permanent longitudinal corrugations, the corrugations increasing in depth
from the base to the top, the convex corrugations of one side fitting in the concave
corrugations on the other side.
Dated this 11th day of Amen 1000
JAMES JOSEPH HINDE.
Haseltine, Lake & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.