Improvements in Millboard Boxes for Postal and other Purposes.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Dec., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 8th May, 1889-Accepted, 15th June. 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Millboard Boxes for Postal and other
Purposes.
We MICHAEL NEWIKLUF and ADOLF BERGL, both of VIII. Lerchenfelder-
gürtel 11, Vienna, Austria, Manufacturers of mill board goods, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the construction of millboard boxes-suitable for conveying
objects of limited weight and bulk by the post.
The invention has for its object so to construct these boxes that they can be
safely closed by means of one or more seals which must necessarily be broken on the
box being opened.
According to the invention the box is provided with an internal flange or frame of
wood extending around the top of the box and the cover has fixed to its underside a
corresponding flange or frame which fits accurately between the flange or frame of
the box in the one direction, say sideways, but not in the other direction, so that the
cover is free to be moved end wise on the box.
This end wise motion is permitted for the purpose of enabling dowel pins pro-
jecting in opposite directions from the cover to be inserted in holes in the box, the
one dowel pin being inserted by motion in the one direction and the other (after
pressing the cover down into its place) by motion of the cover in the opposite
direction, the hole in which the first pin was introduced being then closed by a seal,
whereby all endwise motion of the cover is prevented.
The pin first introduced would be so long as to protrude to the outside of the box,
its hole being a through one whilst the other pin is shorter and is blind or closed at
the outer end.
With this arrangement the cover must be moved end wise in order to open it and
by this endwise motion the seal is necessarily broken.
Any number of such dowel pins may be used and at the end opposite the seal
instead of entering holes they may take under the flange of the box or may be
replaced by lugs or by bevelled surfaces of the meeting faces of the flanges or frames
of the box and cover.
The dowel pins may also be fixed to the frame of the box and project inwards so
as to enter holes in the cover frame, the end wise motion of the cover being pre-
vented by one or more ribbons or cords attached to the cover and secured at the ends
by a seal or seals.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Millboard Boxes for Postal and other
Purposes.
We, MICHAEL NEWIKLUF and ADOLF BERGL, both of VIII. Lerchenfelder-
gürtel 11, Vienna, Austria, Manufacturers of mill-board goods, 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 construction of mill-board or wooden boxes suitable
for conveying objects of limited weight and bulk by the post.

page_text: The Invention has for its object so to construct these boxes that they can be safely
closed by means of one or more seals which must necessarily be broken on the box
being opened:
According to the invention, millboard boxes are provided with an internal
stiffening flange or frame of wood extending around the top of the box, and the mill-
board covers have fixed to their underside a correspondling flange or frame which fits
accurately between the flange or frame of the boxes in the one direction, say side-
ways; but not in the other direction so that the cover is free to be moved end wise on
the box.
In wooden boxes and covers, the stiffening frames are dispensed with and the
covers have secured to their underside, two ledges parallel to each other and to either
side of the rectangular outline. the length of these ledges being so chosen that they
fit exactly between the sides of the box perpendicular to them while their distance is
considerably smaller than that between the two other sides of the box, thus admitting
of an endwise movement of the cover.
This endwise motion is permitted for the purpose of enabling dowel pins projecting
in opposite directions from the cover to be inserted in holes in the box, the one dowel
pin being inserted by motion in the one direction and the other-after pressing the
cover down into its place-by motion of the cover in the opposite direction, the liole
in which the first pin was introduced being then closed by a seal, whereby all end wise
motion of the cover is prevented..
The pin first introduced would be so long as to protrude to the outside of the box,
its hole being a through one, whilst the other pin is shorter and its hole blind or
closed at the outer end.
With this arrangement, the cover must be moved endwise in order to open it and
by this end wise motion the seal is necessarily broken.
Any number of such dowel pins may be used and, at the end opposite the seal,
instead of entering holes they may take under the flange of the box or may be
replaced by lugs or by bevelled surfaces of the meeting faces of the flanges or fraines
of the box and cover.
The dowel pins may also be fixed to the box and project inwards so as to enter
holes in the cover frame or ledges, the end wise motion of the cover being prevented
by one or more ribbons or cords attached to the cover and secured at the ends by a
seal or seals.
Mill board boxes embodying the invention are shewn in the annexed sheet of
drawings in which figure I is a sectional side elevation (on line yy figure 2) of a
closed box, the cover of which is provided with a dowel pin on either end; Figure 2
is a horizontal section of this box (en line-figure 1) and figure 3 is an end
elevation of the same; Figure 4 illustrates in sectional side elevation, in what manner
the cover is applied to the box in order to close the latter; Figures 5 and 6 áre
sectional side elevations of a modified form of the box; shewing the box open and
closed respectively; Figure 7 is a similar view of a slightly modified box closed;
Figures 8 and 9 are sectional side elevations of a box open and closed with lugs
instead of dowel pins at the end opposite to the one first introduced.
The millboard Box A is provided at its upper edge with a frame a and the cover B
has secured to its underside, another frame fitting between the lateral sides of the
frame a while its length is so chose às to admit of the frame being moved end wise
inside the frame a The endsides of the frame carry dowel pins 6162 to which
correspond the holes a¹ a² of the frame a..
Bmoving the cover B in the direction of the arrow 1 figure 4, the pin b' is
caused to enter the hole a' when, the cover may be swung downward, as indicated by
arrow 2, and finally slid in the direction of arrow 3 for giving it the position shown
in figure 1, pin b¹ not having been withdrawn from the hole a¹ and pin 6 having
entered the hole a².
A small flap of woven fabric, a cord or a wire, 63, fixed to the cover is now placed
across the opening of the hole a and is there fixed by means of sealing wax a upon
which a seal impressed. To open the box, it is necessary first to displace the

page_text: cover B in the direction opposite to the arrow 3 wheroupon the seal a³ is broken by
the pin 6¹.
As already stated, more dowel pins may be arranged at either end of the
cover instead of the single pins b₁ b², a hole in the box frame corresponding to
each pin.
In the modification shewn by figures 5 and 6, the cover. frame b is adapted in the
same manner to move endwise inside the box frame a. but this cover B is simply
placed upon the box A and afterwards moved in the direction of the arrow 4 figure 5,
when the bevelled surface c of the cover frame becomes engaged beneath the
corresponding surface c¹ of the box-frame a and the pin e, outwardly projecting from
the opposite end of the box, engages in the hole c³ of a ledge c secured to the cover.
In this case, flaps cords or wires 63 are by preference provided at both ends of the
cover for the purpose of attaching them to the box, by means of seals a³. In this case
also the cover B must be displaced in the direction of the arrow 5, figure 6, before it
can be lifted.
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As shewn by figure 7, the closing device just described can be so modified that the
pin c² is secured to the ledge c of the cover and that the box frame a is provided
with the corresponding hole c³, the manipulation for closing and opening remaining
the same.
In the modification represented by figures 8 and 9, the pin 61 of the box, figures 1
to 4, is replaced by a lug d taking under the box frame and on the other hand the pin
or pins are secured to the box frame and the corresponding holes d² are formed
in the cover frame. In this case also, for closing the box the cover B is first moved
in the direction of the arrow 6 in order to cause the pin d¹ to take into the hole d²
and to enable the lug d to pass within the box frame.
When the cover is then swung
downward and slid in the direction of arrow 7, the pin d'always remains engaged
with the hole d and the lug d takes under the box frame a. By means of the seal,
a flap of fabric, a cord, or a wire, & is attached to the box.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1st. A box, the cover of which is adapted with the aid of parts projecting into the
box to slide in one direction a certain distance while it fits the box in the other
direction and the cover and box having horizontally projecting parts adapted to
engage with each other by the sliding motion of the cover in the act of closing it
thereby necessitating a sliding motion of the cover in the opposite direction in order
that it may be raised and this sliding motion causing the breakage of a seal,
substantially as described.
2nd. In boxes of the kind referred to in Claim 1, horizontal pins secured to the
cover and entering corresponding holes of the box.
3rd. In boxes of the kind referred to in Claim 1, horizontal pins secured to the
box and entering corresponding holes of the cover.
Dated this 8th day of May 1889