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Cartons and method of forming same

Assignee: Somerville Industries Ltd
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Filing: 1962-01-02
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Granted: 1963-10-15
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Expires: 1982-01-02
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Dewhurst Ernest James

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-27 06:57
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D5/00; B65D5/42; B65D5/44; B65D5/48; B65D5/48024; B65D5/48048

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 335 words
THE METHOD OF FORMING A CARTON FROM THIN PAPERBOARD STOCK AND CAPABLE OF WITHSTANDING THE STRESS OF A CONTAINED LOAD OF GRANULATED OR LIKE MATERIAL AS TO PREVENT BULGING OF THE CARTON SIDE WALLS WHICH COMPRISES FORMING A BLANK OF SAID STOCK HAVING FOUR RECTANGULAR HINGEDLY CONNECTED SIDE WALLS WITH END WALL FLAPS, DESIGNED TO BE SET UP AS A CUBIC CONTAINER HAVING TWO OPPOSED SIDE WALLS NARROWER THAN THE OTHER TWO, AND INCLUDING WITH SAID BLANK A RECTANGULAR WEB OF STOCK HINGEDLY CONNECTED TO AND PROJECTING LATERALLY FROM A FREE EDGE OF SAID BLANK ADJACENT TO ONE OF SAID NARROWER WALLS, FORMING SAID WEB WITH HINGE LINES ADJACENT TO SIDE EXTREMITIES THEREOF, PARALLEL WITH ONE ANOTHER AND PARALLEL WITH SAID FREE EDGE OF SAID BLANK AS TO FORM A FIRST GLUING TAB ALONG ONE EDGE OF SAID WEB AND A SECOND GLUING TAB ALONG THE OPPOSED EDGE OF SAID WEB AND A PARTITION ELEMENT SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL IN WIDTH TO THE WIDTH OF THE NARROWER SIDE WALLS OF THE CARTON APPLYING ADHESIVE TO A SURFACE OF SAID FIRST GLUING TAB AND TO THE OPPOSITE SURFACE OF SAID SECOND GLUING TAB, FOLDING SAID NARROWER WALL OF THE CARTON ADJACENT TO SAID WEB, INWARDLY TO CAUSE SAID WEB TO OVERLIE A PORTION OF THE ADJACENT WIDER SIDE WALL AND CAUSING SAID ADHESIVE COATED SURFACE OF SAID FIRST GLUING TAB TO ADHERE THERETO, WHILE EXPOSING THE ADHESIVE COATED SURFACE OF SAID SECOND GLUING TAB, DETACHING SAID WEB FROM HINGED CONNECTION WITH SAID BLANK, AND FOLDING THE BLANK INWARD FROM ITS OPPOSITE FREE EDGE TO OVERLIE SAID WEB AND TO CAUSE THE REMAINING OVERLYING WIDE PANEL TO ADHERE TO THE EXPOSED ADHESIVE SURFACE OF SAID SECOND GLUING TAB AND HINGEDLY CONNECTING THE FREE EDGE OF SAID LATTER WIDE PANEL TO SAID NARROWER SIDE WALL LOCATED ADJACENT TO SAID WEB, WHEREBY SAID PARTITION IS SECURED BETWEEN THE OPPOSED WIDER WALLS OF SAID BLANK TO FORM A TRANSVERSE PARITION EXTENDING THEREBETWEEN WHEN SAID BLANK IS SET UP TO CUBIC CARTON FORM.
Claim 2
Independent Claim 335 words
THE METHOD OF FORMING A CARTON FROM THIN PAPERBOARD STOCK AND CAPABLE OF WITHSTANDING THE STRESS OF A CONTAINED LOAD OF GRANULATED OR LIKE MATERIAL AS TO PREVENT BULGING OF THE CARTON SIDE WALLS WHICH COMPRISES FORMING A BLANK OF SAID STOCK HAVING FOUR RECTANGULAR HINGEDLY CONNECTED SIDE WALLS WITH END WALL FLAPS, DESIGNED TO BE SET UP AS A CUBIC CONTAINER HAVING TWO OPPOSED SIDE WALLS NARROWER THAN THE OTHER TWO, AND INCLUDING WITH SAID BLANK A RECTANGULAR WEB OF STOCK HINGEDLY CONNECTED TO AND PROJECTING LATERALLY FROM A FREE EDGE OF SAID BLANK ADJACENT TO ONE OF SAID NARROWER WALLS, FORMING SAID WEB WITH HINGE LINES ADJACENT TO SIDE EXTREMITIES THEREOF, PARALLEL WITH ONE ANOTHER AND PARALLEL WITH SAID FREE EDGE OF SAID BLANK AS TO FORM A FIRST GLUING TAB ALONG ONE EDGE OF SAID WEB AND A SECOND GLUING TAB ALONG THE OPPOSED EDGE OF SAID WEB AND A PARTITION ELEMENT SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL IN WIDTH TO THE WIDTH OF THE NARROWER SIDE WALLS OF THE CARTON APPLYING ADHESIVE TO A SURFACE OF SAID FIRST GLUING TAB AND TO THE OPPOSITE SURFACE OF SAID SECOND GLUING TAB, FOLDING SAID NARROWER WALL OF THE CARTON ADJACENT TO SAID WEB, INWARDLY TO CAUSE SAID WEB TO OVERLIE A PORTION OF THE ADJACENT WIDER SIDE WALL AND CAUSING SAID ADHESIVE COATED SURFACE OF SAID FIRST GLUING TAB TO ADHERE THERETO, WHILE EXPOSING THE ADHESIVE COATED SURFACE OF SAID SECOND GLUING TAB, DETACHING SAID WEB FROM HINGED CONNECTION WITH SAID BLANK, AND FOLDING THE BLANK INWARD FROM ITS OPPOSITE FREE EDGE TO OVERLIE SAID WEB AND TO CAUSE THE REMAINING OVERLYING WIDE PANEL TO ADHERE TO THE EXPOSED ADHESIVE SURFACE OF SAID SECOND GLUING TAB AND HINGEDLY CONNECTING THE FREE EDGE OF SAID LATTER WIDE PANEL TO SAID NARROWER SIDE WALL LOCATED ADJACENT TO SAID WEB, WHEREBY SAID PARTITION IS SECURED BETWEEN THE OPPOSED WIDER WALLS OF SAID BLANK TO FORM A TRANSVERSE PARITION EXTENDING THEREBETWEEN WHEN SAID BLANK IS SET UP TO CUBIC CARTON FORM.

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