US2106663A

US2106663A - Box

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Publication number: US2106663A
Application number: US43092A
Authority: US
Inventors: Alfred A Schlegel
Original assignee: JAITE Co
Current assignee: JAITE Co
Priority date: 1935-10-01
Filing date: 1935-10-01
Publication date: 1938-01-25
Anticipated expiration: 1955-01-25

Description

Jan. 25, 1938.

A. A. SCHLEGEL BOX Filed OCC. l, 1955 INVENTOR W O ATTOR N EY- Patented Jar-1.25, 193s UNITED. STATES BOX Alfred A. Schlegel, Akron, Ohio, assignor to The Jaite Company, Jaite, Ohio, a corporation of Ohio Application October '1,

2 Claims.

This invention relates to boxes for containing cake or the like, and a principal object of the invention is to providea new and improved container of this type.

In the drawing accompanying this specification, and forming a part of this application, I have shown for purposes of illustration, one form which my improved container may assume, and in this drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the box assembled;

Figure 2 is. an exploded view of the securing member, top and body of the box;

Figure 3 is a section of a portion of the assembled box shown in Figure 1.

Referring more particularly to the drawing the assembled box I consists of a body member 2 having integral side walls 3, a top member 4 and a securing member or band 5 for clamping the top 4 to the side walls of the body member. The members 2 and 5 are made of flexible paper or the like, and the top 4 consists of a thin flexible translucent sheet of cellulosic material. The outer face of the body 2 is coated with a layer of waterproof wax M, which renders the box waterproof and provides means for securing the top sheet 4 of cellulose to the side walls 3, by the application of heat and pressure, as will presently be described.

In practice, the box parts are shipped to the purchaser, for example a baker, in the blank form illustrated in Figure 2, and designated A, B and C respectively, and the user assembles the parts according to his requirements. In this connection it will be noted from Figure 2 that the open ended rectangular securing member or band 5 can be collapsed for shipping and storing. A board or holder 6 is employed in assembly operations.

Adjustably mounted on the board or holder 6 are four L-shaped brackets 1, the horizontally disposed flanges 8 of which are formed with slots 9 adapted to register with corresponding slots Ill formed in the board or holder 6 which latter converge towards a common center. Headed bolts ll extend downwardly through the registering slots 9 and I0 and are adjustably clamped to the brackets by wing nuts I2. The brackets can thus be conveniently adjusted inwardly toward or outwardly away from each other, to accommodate boxes of different sizes, as will presently be explained. If desirable the top face of the board 6 may be marked with graduated scales l3, one for each bracket, to facilitate accurate adjustment of the latter.

1935, Serial No. 43,092

The blank A from which the body 2 is thus formed, is scored slightly along the lines IE to facilitate folding the side wall flaps or panels 3,

but these walls have a natural tendency to spring side walls 3 of the body. This operation causes the marginal edges of the top 4 to fold or drape downwardly over the side walls 3 and between the securing member or band 5 and these walls, it being understood that the blank A is of substantially the same length and width as the blank B; that the height of the vertical walls I6 of the securing member or band 5 is substantially the same as the height of the side walls 3 of the body 2 and that when the walls 3 are in vertical position the member 5 will sleeve snugly over the walls.

When the workman finally lifts the box I from a supporting member, not shown, the side walls 3 will spring outwardly and clamp the lower/depending apron like portion ll of the translucent top member 4 firmly against the waxed face of the side walls. If desired these parts can be securely adhered together by the application of heat and pressure, however, a very tight seal is had without doing so.

The band 5 is made from a single strip of pa.- per, not shown, scored as at l8 to facilitate bending, and is connected at its opposite ends in any suitable manner, not shown. A collar I9 is formed along the upper edge of the band 5 by cutting notches 20, scoring along the lines 2| and bending the material inwardly. This collar enhances the appearance of the box and by virtue of its tendency to spring upwardly and outwardly affords a resilient guard for the top member and thus minimizes the danger of this member becoming fractured in' handling. This collar also has a tendency to snugly engage the line of fold of the top member and to press and hold the top tightly in place. The corners of the side walls 3 are preferably rounded to facilitateassembly, as at 22.

Having thus described my invention what I 10 side walls, a top member extending across the top of the body portion beyond the side walls, and a securing member comprising a rectangular open ended frame fitting over the upper end of the body portion and forcing the edges of the top member down against the side walls 01' the body portion and tightly holding the same, and an inwardly and upwardly extending resilient collar member formed on said securing member.

ALFRED A. SCHLEGEL.