US255374A

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Publication number: US255374A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1882-03-21
Anticipated expiration: 1899-03-21

Description

(Model) O. P. WOOLHISER.

PAPER BOX.

Patented Mar. 21

INVENTOR ATTORNEYS.

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, I r I I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES P. WOOLHISER, OF NEW YORK, ASSlGNOR TO WILLIAM H. H. ROGERS, OF BROOKLYN, N. Y.

PAPER BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 255,374, dated March 21, 1882,

' Application filed January 30, 1882. (Model) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES P. WooL- HISER, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Paper Box, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to make a paper box with body and cover in one piece, so that it can be set up without paste or other adhesive.

The invention consists in a folding box constructed as hereinafter described.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a plan view of the blank. Fig. 2 is a central sectional elevation of the box when set up, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of my new folding box.

A represents the main box or body portion of the blank, and B represents the portion of the blank which forms the cover to the box.

To form the blank, the body portion A is out to form the flaps a, a, b b, aud o 0, and the cover portion B is cut to form the flaps d d and the fastening-flap E. The blank is then scored, as iudicated,"atff and at g, h, 2', and j, the scoresff reaching the whole length of the blank, the scores 9, 7i, 1', and j running crosswise of the blank and reaching across the blank from end to end of the cuts which form the flaps of the blank. This manner of scoring the blank marks the blank off so as to form the corresponding square portions 0 O, which form respectively the bottom and cover of the box, and so as to form the corresponding rectangular portions D D, which form two of the sides of the box, the other two sides of h h, which are adapted to secure the box and cover in folded position. The flaps b b are made slightly tapering, and the flaps d d are by preference trimmed ofi at the corners, or made circular, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, for giving the box when set up a finished appearance.

In order to fold the blank for completing the box, the side portions, D D, are first bent up so as to stand at right angles to the bottom portion 0, the flaps a and a/ are next folded in, and then the flaps c c are folded in, and the cords or tapes passed through the perforations in said flaps. The flaps b b are then bent up and the cord or tape passed through the perforations thereof, which completes the folding of the body of the box. The cover B is then to be folded over the top of the box, and the side flaps, d d, bent down to the sides of the box, and if the box and cover are to be secured, the flap E is to be bent down and passed through the slots k, and the cord or tape is to be passed through the perforations in the side flaps, d d, of the cover, and finally tied over the top of the cover, as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

Though I have shown in the drawings and described the cover and box as being made together and of a single piece of straw-board or other paper, it will be understood that I do not confine myself to such construction, as the box may be made separate from the cover and so as to be used with an ordinary separate cover.

Instead of using the tapes or cords h h for fastening the box, eyelets or other fasteners might be used, and when the box is made without the attached cover other fastenings besides the cords h b will be used. By this construction of the boxes it will be seen that the box and cover are complete in one single piece; that they can be cheaply made; can be quickly and easily set up for use, and that they can be set up and held without the use of paste, and, when unfolded, lie in a perfectly flat condition, occupying very small space. Besides, the box is strong, tight, and durable, and adapted for all uses.to which ordinary paper boxes are applied.

Having thus described my invention, Ielmitn as new nnddesire to secure by Letters Patent- A folding box formed in one piece, with a bottom, 0, cover 0, two fixed sides, D D, 5 body-flaps a a, b I), e e, and perforated'coverflaps d d E, the flap E locking in slots 7; of side I), the body being held in form and the cover being secured to body When in folded position by cords h, substantially as shown and described.

CHARLES P. VVOOLHISER. Witnesses:

H. A. WEST, O. SEDGWICK.