How Paper Boxes Are Made / A practical and instructive book telling how the beginner may manufacture all kinds of paper boxes, with special chapters on the printing department for paper box plants, embossing, gold-leafing, label work, etc.

by Robert F. Salade

ROUND CANDY BOXES WITH EXTENSION EDGES

All round candy boxes are made by hand by skilled operators who have had long experience in the one line of work. Practically all round candy boxes are made with extension tops and bottoms, and have shoulders, although some are being made with plain tops and bottoms. The round, shouldered box with extension edges is formed of four (4) pieces of box-board—two disks, the side-piece, and the neck.

The disks are cut out to the proper sizes on a die-press by means of round steel dies. When plain covering paper is to be applied to the tops, or fancy covering paper for that matter, this paper is also cut to the necessary sizes and shapes with the aid of round steel dies.

For the side-pieces of round candy boxes the stock should be a quality of strong cardboard which will roll easily into “rings.” The ring is held together at the two ends with a strip of stay-paper, or linen, glued to the inner side of the ring.

First, the ring is placed over a form to obtain the proper round shape. Second, one of the round pieces of box-board, which is to form the top or bottom and extension edges, is placed to the edges of the ring in accurate position. Third, the operator then applies the covering paper, wrapping it around the sides of the ring and turning over the edges of the paper, top and bottom of the ring. The box and lid are both covered in the same way, the paper holding the round disks of box-board to the edges of the rings. Fourth, a round piece of paper is pasted to the lid of the box. Fifth, a slightly smaller ring than the one forming the side of the box, and higher, is glued to the inside of the box. This forms the neck, or shoulder. The box is now complete.

Large Round Candy Box with Flat Top.

Plain, round candy boxes are made much in the same manner, only the round disks of box-board are inserted at the top edges of the rings. Boxes of this model usually have shoulders, although some few are made on the telescopic pattern, the lid being large enough to fit down over the edges and sides of the box.

Through the courtesy of Jesse Jones Company, of Philadelphia, the writer is able to furnish information in reference to large round boxes with convex, or dome tops—information which is very practical and valuable. The Jesse Jones Company for many years has been noted for the production of round and fancy candy boxes and this concern has been successful in building up an extensive business in this line.

Dome tops for large-size round boxes, such as the five-pound size, for example, are made after the lids and boxes have been covered. The finished boxes are lined up on a spacious table. The lids are then inverted and placed upside down over the top edges of the boxes. Over the inverted lids soft, dampened pieces of muslin are spread. Each inverted lid is then filled with fine buck-shot, and while holding the buck-shot the boxes and lids are allowed to stand in that condition for several hours. The dampened muslin and the weight of the buck-shot causes the top of the lid to shape into an almost perfect convex form. This is said to be the best process for doming the tops of large round boxes. The lids for large-size oval or odd shaped boxes can be domed in the same way. It is necessary, of course, for the box-maker to have on hand a considerable quantity of the fine buck-shot when following this plan.