US502952A

US502952A - Double telescope box

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Publication number: US502952A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1893-08-08
Anticipated expiration: 1910-08-08

Description

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J T. GRAW. DOUBLE TELB$GOPE BOX.

N0. 502,952. Patented Aug. 8, 1893.

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J. T. CRAW. DOUBLE TELESCOPE BOX. No. 502,952. Patented Aug. 8, 1893.

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UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH T. ORAW, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW' JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO BROWN 85 BAILEY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

DOUBLE TELESCOPE BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 502,952, dated August 8, 1893.

Application filed October 4, 1892.

.To all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH T. CRAW, acitizen of the United States, anda resident of J ersey City, in the county of HudsonjState of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Double Telescope Boxes, of

which the following is a specification.

My invention relatesto a new article of manufacture, to wit, a double telescope box,

that is to say, a box whereon the cover fits The box is' termed double because for the first time in the history of the art the blank of which it is formed is so cut, and scored that there are formed side and end flaps which turn down in clear to the bottom, thereby doubling the sides and ends, and showing the same color and finish on the inside as on the outside; and further, the bottom of the box is formed double, the inside flap showing the same color and-finish as the rest of the box. The same construction is used with the cover, and thus I produce a double box (as well as cover) every partof which is of a uniform color, finish and handsome appearance, whereas heretofore, the inside and bottom of the boxes have exhibited the back of the board, which is of inferior color and finish from the front. By my 4 pleted box in shape without the use of glues,

method of doublingthe thickness of the bottom, which I efiect by giving a very tight fitto the inner thickness of board, I give much additional stiifness to the bottom of the box (or top of the cover) where stiffness is most needed, and can therefire use lighter board for the sides'and ends, thereby saving in the weight of board and cost of box.

My invention also relates to methods of construction such that the several fiapsof the box and cover shall interact upon each other as clamps and thereby hold the comcements, clips or any other fastenings whatever.

Referring to the drawings which accompany-the specification to aid the description, Figure 1 is a longitudinal elevation of the box and covercomplete. 'Fig. 2 is a perspective, partly broken, of the box, without the cover. This view clearly shows the relative positions of the several flapsin the'box after folding. Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section on the line Serial No. 447,844. (No model.)

X-X of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal vertical section on the line YY of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a-plan view on a much smaller scale of the blank out of which the box is made, and showing the various scores, cuts and flaps ready for folding. Fig. 6 is a plan view of the inside bottom clamp on the same scale as Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a plan view of the blank out of which the cover is made, and showing the vari- 6o ous scores and cuts ready for folding. Fig.8 is a plan view of the inside cover clamp. Figs. 7 and 8 are on the same scale as Figs. 5 and 6. Fig. 9 is a perspective view on a scale between Figs. 2 and 5 of the box partly folded. Fig. 10 is a horizontal section as on the line Z-Z of Fig. 2, but on the scale of Fig. 9. Fig. 11 is a'plan view of a modified blank, wherein the bottom clamp is in the same piece with the rest of the box, and Fig. 12 is a vertical 7o cross-section of the box, made of this blank. The scale is the same as Fig. 2. Fig. 13 is a plan view of a modified blank wherein the inside bottom clamp is in two pieces, each piece being connected with one side flap, and Fig. 14 is a vertical cross-section (on the scale of Fig. 2) of a box made of such blank.

Referring to Figs. 1 to 10 inclusive,a blank A, of paper board is taken and at a single operation is out on the external boundary lines So 1; 2, 2; 3, 3; 4., 4; 5, 5; 6, 6; 7, 7; 8, 8; 9, 9p, 10, 10; 11; is also cut'on the

internal lines

12, 12; 13, 13; and is scored on the

lines

14, 15, 16, 16; 17, 17; 18, 1 8; .19, 19; 20 and 21. Thereafter an attendant plucks away the waste parts so as to leave the outline as described, separates the flaps on the aforesaid cuts, 12, 12, 13, 13, and breaks the aforesaid score lines, 14; 15; 16,16; 17,17; 18,18; 10, 19; 20 and 21. Thus there is produced a blank having the rectangular bottom flap, a," end flaps, b, I); turn down end flaps, c, 0'; inside end flaps, d, d, and e, e; side flaps,

f, f, and turn down side flaps, g,g In connection with these flaps it is especially noted 5 that (first) the inside end flaps, d, d, e, e, are each attached to one of the side flaps and are one-half as long as the box is wide on the'inside; gsecond) that the turn down side flaps g, and g are each a very little shorter at each zoo end than the side flaps, f, f, the difference at each end being'the thickness of the board;

2o flaps, I), Z),

is of flaps, f, I", then folding in the inside end e, c, as in Fig. fl; folding down in the turn down side llaps, g, g, (which fold easily clear to the bottom of the box because of being shorter than the flaps, f,f,')

flaps rl I5 next folding up the end llaps, I), b, then folding down the turn down end llaps, c, 0', inside of the flaps, (1., d, e, 0', respectively, the said flaps, c, c, turning clean and easily over the flaps, d, (7,, c, 14, because of the end being a little wider (or higher) than the side llaps, f,f. When so turned down in, said flaps, c, c, are pushed back and crowded between the edges, 5, 5, and 7, 7 respectively of the flaps, g, g, and the liaps,d,

.25 d, e, e, respectively, and are here held bythe clamping action of the said flaps, g,g', Al said flaps, c, 0, being each a little higher, (or wider) than the flaps, b, b, bind on the bottom, (1. Thus by the aforesaid proportions 50 and relations of said flaps, b, b, e, e",d, d,

e,f, f, g, g, I provide a two-fold clamping action to hold the sides and ends of the box in position. Finally the inside bottom clamp, 11, which may be made of heavier board, and a size to lit tightly within the box all around, and has of course the upper side of the same color and finish as the outside of the box, is put in and tightly clamps the turn down end and side [laps all around. This piece, 1', also manifestly stiifens the bottom of the box, which is the part where the pressure of the board comes, and gives efiicient strength even if the board be light. Also by reason of turning clear down and in the 3 flaps, c, c, g, g, and of the finished side of the flap, z, being up, the interior of the box has the same color and finish as the exterior,

which adds much to the neat appearance.

lhe cover is formed of a blank, B, with relatively the same cuts and scores as the box,

and in Figs. 7 and 8 the same letters and figures are applied to similar parts as in the foregoing figures. But as will be understood, the cover willbe made a little larger in plan 5 than the box so as to telescope over the same. Also, at the same operation with the cutting and scoring of the cover blank 13, (or at a separate operation) holes j,j, are punched in said blank, 1;, being so positioned as to be in- 6o tersected by the lines, 17, 17, so that when the blank is folded to form the cover, said holes, j, 7",become semicircular thumb notches, in each side of the cover, as seen in Fig. 1. After the various flaps of the cover are folded, as described for the box, the inside cover clamp, 1., Fig. 8, is inserted, thereby clamping the sides and ends of the cover all around,

and also giving to thecover inside the same color and linish as it has outside In Fig. ll. is shown a blank wherein the doubling piece for the bottom, i, is formed integral with one of the side llaps, (g,) the line (i being new a score line. In allotherrespects the blank is similar to thathereinbei'ore described. The manner of folding in the said piece 11, will be evident from Fig. 12.

In Fig. 13 a blank is shown wherein the doubling piece is formed in two halves '6 1', each being one-half of the end of the box and integral with one of the llaps, g, g, and both of the lines 6, (5, being new score lines.

Fig. 14 shows how said pieces, t, 'i, are folded in. In all other respects the blank is similar to that hcreinbcfore described.

Evidently the cover as well as the box can be made of blanks like those shown in Figs. 11, 12, 13 and 14.

Now, having described my improvements, I claim as my invention 1. A knock-down box and cover, each having side and end flaps adapted to turn down inside the box and cover and extending to the bottoms of the same, andaclampingpieco adapted to clamp said side and end flaps, substantially as described.

2. A box and cover, each having turn-in side and end flaps extending to the bottom thereof, and a separate clamp piece, engaging said flaps, substantially as described.

3. A telescoping box and cover, each having turn-in side and end flaps and an inside clamp piece of the same finish as said side and end flaps and adapted to clamp the same, substantially as described.

t. In knock-down boxes and covers, and in combination with side and end flaps which will turn in and down to the bottoms of said boxes and covers, separate bottoms for looking said flaps, substantially as described.

5. In blanks for knock-down box covers the combination with side flaps and turn-in side flaps of holes situated to be bisected by the scores between the said side flaps and turn-in side flaps and so that when the last named flaps are turned in the halves of said holes will register and form thumb notches in the sides of the cover, substantially as described.

6. A telescoping box and cover having side flaps, turn -in side flaps shorter than said side flaps, end flaps,inside end flaps narrower than said end flaps, turn-in end flaps wider than said end flaps, and an inside clamp piece adapted to clamp said turn-in side and end flaps, substantially as described.

7. A knock down box having turn-in side and end llaps extending to the bottom of the box and showing within the same finish as the exterior of the box, and also having a separate bottom adapted to be inserted within the box and clamp said turn-in flaps and showing the same finish as the exterior of the box, substantially as described.

8. A. knock down box cover having turn-in side and end flaps extending to the bottom In testimony thatI claim the foregoing as of the cover and showing the same finish myinvention Ihave signed my name, in presto within as the exterior of the cover, and also .ence of two witnesses, this 13th day of Sephaving a double bottom adapted to be inserttember, 1892.

I ed in the cover and clamp said turn-in flaps J OSE PII T. CRAWV.

and showing within the same finish as the Witnesses: exterior of the cover,- substantially as de- -FRE1). C. COOHRAN, scribed. ARTHUR L. KENT.