In the case of an oblong shouldered box having set-in top and bottom pieces, forms, or blocks, are used by the operators for holding the tops and bottoms into position as the trimming paper and covering paper are applied. The trimming paper is applied first, then the covering paper is put on, leaving four edges of the trimming paper exposed.
The necks, or shoulders, are first made in long sections with the aid of a rotary cutting and scoring machine. The long sections are then cut into the desired lengths on a machine like the Robinson Chopper. The outer sides of the necks are now covered with white enameled paper, and after the paper has been turned in over the inner sides of the necks, the necks are then inserted in the boxes, held with glue at the sides.
Small boxes of this style usually are covered on the bottoms with white enameled paper. The tops of the lids are not covered, the printed labels used by the druggists serving as coverings. The boxes and lids of shouldered boxes of this kind are both of the same size. The trimming and covering is done in various colors of paper.
The greater number of square and oblong shouldered boxes have the tops and bottoms set in, instead of the box and lid being formed of solid pieces of box-board, for this reason: The sides for shouldered boxes are made in long sections, and after the long sections have been folded to the proper shape, and stayed at one corner, (on the inside) the long sections are cut into the necessary widths on a chopping machine. Naturally, by this method, the “frames” for the boxes and lids are all of the same square or oblong size, on account of having been cut from the one size material. This means that the lid and box register accurately.
SQUARE SHOULDERED BOXES.
Square shouldered boxes, for physicians’ prescriptions of powders and pills, are almost as popular in the drug trade as round boxes.
Square Shouldered Pill and Powder Box—Covered with buff
glazed paper, trimmed with four gold edges.
Practically all square shouldered pill and powder boxes are made with set-in tops and bottoms. The sides are first made in long sections. The long sections are then cut on a chopping machine to the smaller sizes necessary for the sides of the boxes. The small “frames” are put on forms; the square blanks are set in, and the trimming paper is applied which holds the square pieces to the sides. The strips of covering paper are then pasted around the sides. The necks are made in long sections, afterwards being cut into the required lengths. The stock used for the necks is lined on the inner side with white paper. After the long sections have been cut into smaller lengths, each small section is covered on the outer sides with white enameled paper, the paper being turned in over the edges which will appear at the top of the neck. The necks are then inserted in the boxes, held with glue at the sides. The lids and boxes are both the same size, and they register accurately over the neck.
An attractive color effect for a square shouldered pill and powder box is obtained by first covering the box and lid with red glazed paper, and then covering the sides of the box and lid with green imitation wood paper. This leaves four red edges showing.