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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
FRANZ KUEHNE, OF AUSTIN, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT
TO FRANCIS B. FORSTER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.
IMPROVEMENT IN PAPER BOXES.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 174,541, dated March 7,1876; application filed
December 29, 1875.To all whom it may concer:
Be it known that I, FRANZ KUEHNE, of
Austin, in the county of Travis and State of
Texas, have invented a new and useful lin-
provement in Paper Boxes, which improve-
ment is fully set forth in the following speci-
fication, reference being had to tire accompa-
nying drawings:
Figure 1 represents a paper blank ready for
folding into a box. Fig. 2 is tire blank par-
tially folded; and Fig. 3 is a representation
of tire folded box, showing the tongue as
tucked into the slits.
The dotted lines in Fig. 1 indicate impres-
sions or slight cuts to facilitate the bending
of the paper into the shape of a box. The
solid lines 1 2 represent clear outs through
the paper to permit folding the sections p'
inwardly to form the ends of tihe box when
the side pieces r r are turned up on lines 6 6.
The slit a b is made to correspond with the
opposite tongue at e d, which is formed by
the cuts at cd and e f. The pieces l and m
must be folded over outwardly, so that the.
tongue d e will pass through the slit ab when
the sides are folded at 5 6, and, when through,
the pieces I and m can he straightened outagain, and thus retain the tongue in place.
The slits i k and g h are made to correspond
with the tongue o, and when the parts A B
are folded over at the dotted lines 3 and 4,
the tongue o is to be passed outwardly through
the slit i k, and again returned through slit g
h, so that when these folds are made the end
of tongue o will be concealed and protected
from injury, and the box will have been 'com-
pleted, as shown in Fig. 3.
I claim as my invention-
As a new article of manufacture, the box
herein described, made from a single piece cut
blank, consisting of a principal or body por-
tion, which forms, in folding, the sides of the
box, and from which project correspondingly-
attached top and bottom flap-pieces opposite-
ly located, and intermediate locking straps or
tongues; the entire blank being folded along
the dotted lines, and the tongue-pieces d e
and o, passed through their corresponding slits
a b, i ke, and g h, lock and complete the box,
substantially as herein described.
FRANZ KUEHNE.
Witnesses:
G. N. GOLDBECK,
C. A. PALM.
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Kuehne, Franz. Improvement in Paper Boxes., patent, March 7, 1876; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166527/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.