US1863024A - Box labeling and edging - Google Patents

Description

Patented June 14, 1932 rarer WILLIAM H. MEYER AND WILLIAM A. JEFSEN, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY BOX LABELING AND EDGING Application filed June 10, 1929. Serial No. 369,661.

This invention relates to the attaching of labels and edging to cigar boxes and similar containers; and has for its principal object the provision of an improved combined label and edging, whereby the process of applying same to the cigar box is simplified and the cost of labor and materials is greatly reduced. a

The problem of applying labels to cigar boxes involves a number of considerations and difficulties that are peculiar to cigar boxes for the reason that a number of practices have come to be established in the trade and for the additional reason that cigar boxes almost universally are so constructed that the end walls project above the front and rear walls so as to provide for the reception of a lid between such end walls and resting on the front and rear walls.

The customary practice existing at present in the finishing of cigar boxes generally involves the application of a separate label to each face or wall of the box. In addition thereto a number of separate edging strips are pasted on the various corners and edges of the box body. The labels and edging strips in common use at present may be printed in colors and may in addition thereto have embossed designs thereon. It is also a common practice to make one or both of labels on the end walls in a large number of colors and generally more fanciful designs which are frequently embossed, whereas the labels on the front and rear walls are not usually quite as elaborate. The application of the edging strips involves a number of operations. Gne long edging strip is folded around the lower edges of the box and pasted to the outer surface of the bottom and to the lower side of all Walls of the box; another long strip is folded around three upper edges of the box body and pasted to the outer and inner surfaces of both ends and of the front thereof. Still another strip is pasted over the cloth hinge when in position on the box body. In

addition to the above, four edging strips are pasted 'on the vertical corners of the box utilized in the practice of the old method of I finishing cigar boxes and to provide a wrapping unit which comprises the necessary labels and edging elements for the lateral faces of the box. The wrapping unit is so designed that it may be applied with the aid of suitable machinery with a minimum number of operations and in a much more accurate neater and more expeditious manner than in the practice known hitherto.

The Wrapper designed in accordance with the present invention is so constructed that by the aid of one set of dies a web of paper may be properly cut and properly notched so as to provide a wrapper for a cigar box of any given dimensions. To accomplish the above objects the present invention contemplates the use of a unitary wrapper which embodies a labeling and'edg ing unit for each of the lateral facesfthese labeling and edging units constituting extensions of a main body portion which is adaptedto be attached to the bottom of the box. The extensions or labeling and edging units are so designed that two of them adapted to cover two opposing lateral faces are substantially rectangular in shape, whereas the other pair of labeling and edging units are properly notched so that they may cover those portions of the end walls which. project over the front and rear walls.

The following is a description of one embodiment of the present invention. It will be understood that modifications and changes may be made Without departing from the spirit of the invention and without exceeding the scope of the claims. K

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the wrapper unit.

Figs. 2 to 6, inclusive, show the various stages of the box wrapping operation.

Fig. 7 is a sectional view on line 77 of Figure 5.

Referring to Fig. 1 of the drawings, 10 illustrates a wrapper unit of suitable material such as paper. The wrapper 10 is a flat sheet of paper wh ch is cut and notched as inclicated and as described in greater detail hereinafter and is provided with printed matter and is preferably so designed as to provide label portions and edging portions, these being so printed that when the wrapper is applied to the box it has the same appearance as a box having the labels and edging strips applied thereto by the use of separate labels and edging strips in a manner common in the art.

The rectangular portion 11 of the wrapper unit 10 which is outlined by the lines 12, 13, 1 and 15, is applied to the bottom of the box. The portions 16 and 17 constitute labeling and edging units for the end walls of the box. The portion 18 is a labeling and edging unit for the front wall of the box and the portion 19 is a label and edging unit for the rear wall of the box.

In order to simplify the construction of the wrapper unit and in order to simplify the manner of its application to the cigar box and in order to reduce the number of cutting dies, the wrapper unit shown in Fig. 1 is so designed that the units 16 and 17 provide labels for the end walls of the box and also edging strips for all of the four corners ad- ]acent to each of the end walls, whereas the portions 18 and 19 are shorter in length than the front and rear walls of the box, respectively, and do not provide any edging strips for the adjacent vertical corners.

The unit 18, however, provides a label por tion for the front wall of the box and an edging strip for the upper and lower corner of the wall whereas the labeling and edging unit 19 provides a label portion for the rear wall of the box and an edging strip only for the lower horizontal corner. The unit 19 is substantially shorter than the height of the rear wall of the box so that when the wrapping unit is applied to the box a longitudinal strip immediately adjacent the upper edge of the rear wall of the box is left bare so that the cloth hinge, which is commonly utilized for holding the lid of the box, may be applied directly to the bare wood.

Referring now to the details of construction of the wrapper unit, it will be seen that the units 16 and 17 are integral with the main body portion 11, extending in. opposite directions therefrom and are substantially rectangular in shape. Each of these units comprises a label portion 20. a lower or hori zontal edging strip 21, an upper horizontal edging strip 22 and vertical edging strips The label portion 20 is outlined by lines 2-1,

25, 26 and 27. The lines 25 and 27 also serve as the inner border lines of the vertical et ging strips whereas the lines 24 and 26 serve as the inner border lines of the horizontal edging strips. The lines 28, which may or may not actually appear on the wrapper depending upon the type of edging strip the wrapper is designed to simulate, indicate the overlapping portions of the units 16 and 17 and are designed to coincide with the ver- I tical corners of the box. The overlapping portions 29 which lie between the lines 28 and the vertical edges of the units 16 and 17 provide sufiicient material for the edging strip and in addition thereto provide a narrow strip of material 30 which are intended to be covered by the corresponding unit 18 or 19, as the case may be, and thereby prevent any possibility of the exposure of the bare wood underneath the wrapper. The portions 28 are cut away slightly as shown by lines 31 so as to facilitate the application of the wrapper to the box and prevent the possibility of this lower edge interfering with the application of the unit 18 or 19 to the box.

In order to facilitate the application of the units 16 and 17 to the end walls of the box and in order to provide means for completely covering every portion of the box, cut out portions are provided so that each of the vertical edging strips 23 carries a tab 32, which is vertically spaced from the remainder of the unit. This tab 32 is designed to be folded over the top and onto the inner face of the front and rear wall of the box. The cut out portion is so designed that each of the units 16 and 17 are provided with turn in sections 33 adapted to cover the upper edge of the end wall, a substantial portion of the inner face of the end wall and at the same time smoothly and snugly covering that portion of the inner face of the end wall which projects above the front or rear wall. The turn in portion is so designed that this may be accomplished by one operation. The manner in which this is accomplished will be readily appreciated from an inspection of Figures 2 to 6 inclusive, which show the manner of application of the wrapper unit in the various stages. Before proceeding with a description of the manner of application of the wrapper unit, the specific design of the cut out portion should be noted.

The lines 34, 35, 37 and 38, disposed in the manner shown, outline the cut out portion, and serve to provide the various small portions that are necessary for the purpose of snugly covering the corner of the end wall that projects above the front or rear wall.

Turning to Figure 2 of the drawings, it shows the wrapper unit applied to the bottom of the box with the main body portion 11 pasted onto the bottom of the box, the lines 12, 13, 14 and 15 coinciding with the like four edges of the bottom face of the box. The labeling and edging units 16 and 17 are folded upwardly and pasted against the outer faces of the end walls of the box. This figure shows the turn in portion 33 of the unit 16 standing upright before it is turned over the upper edge of the end wall. It also shows the corresponding turn in portion 33 of the unit 17 turned over the upper edge of the end wall and pasted against the inner face of the end wall. The unit 16 is also shown with its overlap portion 29 still in the same plane with the unit 16 whereas the end portions 29 of the unit 17' are pasted against the outer faces of the front and rear walls. The overlap portion 29, which is applied to the front wall is shown turned in so that the tab 32 is applied to the upper edge of the front wall and turned in against the inner face of the front wall. It will be seen that the line 35 coincides with the front or rear edge of the upper face of the end wall whereas line 34 lies snugly against the inner face of the end wall. This relationship will'be observed more clearly in Figs. 3 and 4, which show the unit 16 in the various stages of its application, the dotted lines showing the unit in the same condition in whichit appears in Fig. 2.

It will further be seen that the line 36 falls partly along the front or rear edge of the upper face of the end wall and partly along its inner vertical edge and reaches down to the upper face of the front or rear wall. Line 37 falls snugly against the upper face of the front or rear wall and line 38 falls snugly against the inner face of the front or rear wall.

It will be seen from the above, therefore, that when the end units 16 and 17 are pasted onto the box in the manner shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 4, the corners of the box which include the portions of the end wall that project above the front and rear wall are covered smoothly and neatly and without any creases. The next operation is shown in Fig. 5 where the unit 18 is pasted against the front wall and then turned in to cover the upper face of the front wall and partly the upper portion of the inner face of the front wall. The unit 19 is then turned up and pasted against the rear wall, this unit being so designed that it does not quite reach to the top of the rear wall and therefore leaves a longitudinal strip bare for engagement by the cloth hinge which holds the lid on the box.

The steps and stages in the application of the wrapper unit to the box illustrated in the drawings and described herein, are only for the purpose of clarifying the function of the construction of the wrapper unit, it being understood that in actual operation some of the steps which appear to be shown as performed independently and successively may be performedsimultaneously by the aid of suitable machinery or in any other manner.

In View of the fact that the units 18 and 19, which cover the front and rear walls re- 'spectively, do not extend over the entire length of thebox, their lower edging strips 10' are cut diagonally at their extreme ends as shown by lines 41. 1 The embodiment of the invention shown and described herein comprises a wrapper unit which may be applied to a cigar box by a minimum number of very simple operations, each operation consisting merely in pasting someportion of the wrapper against a flat surface and none of the operations involving any sort of creasing. The wrapper unit comprises a main body portion and a pair of opposed labeling and edging units which are so designed that they provide labels and edgings for their corresponding walls and at the same time completely cover the upper corners of the box. As a result of this construction of this pair of units the other pair of units are substantially rectangular in shape and serve merely to cover the other pair of walls insofar as they were not covered by the first mentioned pair of units, the unit intended for the rear wall of the box being made of such width that it leaves a longitudinal strip of the wall exposed for attachment of the hinge for the cover.

What is claimed is:

1. A wrapper for cigar boxes having their end walls projecting upwardly above the upper level of the front and rear walls, said wrapper comprising a pair of combined label and edging units for the end walls of the box, said units having overlapping portions forming edging strips for the adjacent corners of the front and rear walls, said units also being provided with cut out portions formed to cover the projecting parts of the end walls with a single layer of wrapper material, said wrapper also comprising a substantially rectangular unit providing a label and horizontal edging strips for the front wall, and a substantially rectangular unit forming an edging strip for the lower corner of the rear wall and a label for the lower portion of the said rear wall, and having a longitudinal strip of the said wall exposed for attachment of the hinge for the cover.

2. A wrapper for a cigar box of the type having end walls projecting over the front and rear walls, said wrapper comprising a rectangular main body portion, a pair of wrapper units for the end walls integral with said main body portion and extending from the ends thereof, each unit being substantially rectangular and having overall dimensions greater than the dimensions of the end wall, each unit also having a cut-out portion adjacent each upper corner whereby defined integral areas are provided for application to the outer face of the end wall and for covering with a single layer of Wrapper material the front, rear and upper edges of the end wall, and a portion of the inner face of the end Wall including the portions lying immediately over the front and rear Walls, and another pair of rectangular units for the front and rear Walls of the box integral With said main body portion and extending from its opposed edges, said last named ends having a; length-Wise dimension smaller than the corresponding dimension of the front or rear Wall.

In testimony whereof We have aifixed our signatures to this specification.

WILLIAM H. MEYER.

VILLIAM A. J EFSEN.

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