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

Some round, shouldered boxes of this type are covered on the inside with colored glazed paper, others have merely the tops and bottoms lined with white paper. In the latter case, the box-board used for the round top and bottom pieces is lined on one side before being cut into circles.

The rings for the lids, boxes and shoulders, when made of white paper, are naturally white on the inside. We will explain how the tubes for the rings and shoulders are made later on.

Round, Shouldered Projecting Edge Pill Box—Covered with colored enameled paper, leaving four gold edges.

BOXES WITH PROJECTING EDGES.

Round, shouldered pill boxes with projecting edges are made in about the same way as the plain, round boxes, with the exception that greater care must be taken by the operator in wrapping the trim paper around the projecting edges of the lids and boxes. Particular care must also be taken in placing the round pieces of box-board accurately in position over the edges of the rings.

For trimming the edges of boxes with projecting edges, light-weight paper having special stretching qualities should be used. In the trade this stock is known as “Round-work Glazed.” A. Hartung & Company, of 506 Race street, Philadelphia, are in a position to furnish this paper on special order. It can be supplied in white, gold and in various colors. It comes in rolls 24 inches wide.

Many expert operators on round box work are capable of making boxes with projecting edges without using forms for placing the tops and bottoms of the boxes accurately into position. Some operators make use of metal rings which are placed over the box-rings after the round pieces of box-board have been attached to the glued edges of the box-rings. According to the size of the boxes being made, the metal ring’s outside dimensions are the same as the diameter of the round pieces of box-board. The inside of the metal ring fits closely around the outside of the box-ring. By careful manipulation with the fingers, the operator with the aid of the metal ring, obtains an even margin on the projecting edge all around.

Other operators do not use glue in applying the edges of the rings to the round pieces of box-board, the strips of trimming paper serving to hold the material together firmly. The strip of trimming paper, with paste applied to one side of it, is neatly wrapped around the outside of a box-ring and around the edge of the round piece of box-board. One edge of the trim paper is then turned over the edge of the round piece of box-board, and the other edge of the trim paper is then turned over the edge of the ring. It requires experienced fingers indeed to accomplish this tedious work without causing the turned edges of the trimming paper to wrinkle. “Practice makes perfect.” The skilled operator can produce a surprising amount of this class of work during the course of a day. The finished product shows the trimming paper smoothly wrapped around the boxes and lids, and where the paper passes over the projecting edges of the boxes and lids, not the smallest wrinkle in the paper is to be seen. The turned-in edges of the trimming paper are even and smooth.