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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.

With 100 Illustrations

by

ROBERT F. SALADE

Author of “Plate Printing and Die Stamping,” “How to Make Cutouts,” “Newspaper Men of the Night,” etc.

Published by The Shears Publishing Company Lafayette, Indiana 1920

Copyright, 1920 Shears Publishing Company LaFayette, Indiana

LIST OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER I

Introduction. Great Growth of the Paper Box Industry. The Field for
Attractive and High Quality Boxes. Creating Orders by Submitting
New Ideas for Boxes. Plain “Set-up” Paper Boxes--Kinds of Materials
Used. How “Set-up” Boxes Are Made. Kinds of Machines Used, etc.
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CHAPTER II

Plain “Set-up” Boxes (continued). Modern Methods of Working.
Various Kinds of Cover Paper. Gold-Edged Paper Boxes. The Stokes &
Smith Automatic Wrapping Machine. Extension Bottom Boxes. Properly
Grouping the Machines to Save Time and Labor. Larger Size Paper
Boxes With Flanges and Mitered Corners.
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CHAPTER III

Plain Paper Boxes With Flanges. Effecting a Saving of Stock. How
the Blanks Are Mitered. Efficiency in the Production of Hand-Made
Paper Boxes. Kinds of Paste and Glue Used. Equipment Required for a
Small Paper Box Plant. The Advantages of Specializing.
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CHAPTER IV

Druggists’ Pill and Powder Boxes. Round Pill and Powder Boxes.
Round, Shouldered Pill Boxes With Projecting Edges. Plain, Round,
Shouldered Magnesia Boxes. How the Tubes, or “Barrels,” for Round
Boxes Are Made.
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CHAPTER V

Druggists’ Pill and Powder Boxes (continued). Covering Paper for
Round Boxes. Cutting Round and Oval Pieces of Box-Board for Tops
and Bottoms. Oval Shouldered Pill Boxes With Projecting Edges.
Round Face Powder Boxes With Dome Tops. The Doming Machine.
Odd-Shaped Face Powder Boxes. Plain Oblong Powder Boxes. Sliding
Boxes for Powders and Lozenges. Oblong Shouldered Powder Boxes.
Square Shouldered Boxes. Square Telescope Boxes. Suppository Boxes
With Partitions.
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CHAPTER VI

Candy Boxes. The Increasing Demand. Specializing in Fancy Candy
Boxes. How the Machines May Be Arranged to Speed Production. Plain
Paper Candy Boxes. Telescope Candy Boxes. Lacing. Shouldered Candy
Boxes With Extension Tops and Bottoms. Trays for Candy Boxes. Flat
Candy Boxes. Round Candy Boxes With Extension Edges. Large, Round
Candy Boxes With Dome Tops. Large, Odd-Shaped Candy Boxes. Art
Candy Boxes.
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CHAPTER VII

Miscellaneous Paper Boxes. Wedding, Party and Banquet Boxes.
Jewelry Boxes. Handkerchief, Garter, Suspender, Necktie and
Collar-Button Boxes. Cut-out Inserts. Cigarette Boxes. Stocking
Boxes. Oyster and Ice Cream Boxes. Oyster Pails. Paper Dishes.
Suit, Hat and Flower Boxes. Graining Board for Boxes. Round Hat
Boxes. Suit Cases and Traveling Bags. Pocket Cigar Cases. Boxes
for Hardware, Glass, Tools, Picture Frames, Toys, etc.
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CHAPTER VIII

Folding Boxes and Cartons. Equipment Required for a Small Cutting
and Creasing Plant. Kinds of Stock Used for Folding Boxes. Making
the “Dummy” for a Folding Box. Kinds of Furniture Used in Blanking
Out the Steel Rule Dies. Steel Cutting Rules and Creasing Rules.
Work-Bench for the Folding Box Maker. Steel Rule Cutting and
Bending Machines.
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CHAPTER IX

Folding Boxes and Cartons (continued). Making a Cutting and
Creasing Die. Blanking Out the Steel Die. Making Steel Dies for
Cut-Outs. Cutting and Creasing on Platen Presses. Making Ready a
Steel Cutting and Creasing Die. Putting on the Feeding Guides.
Corking the Steel Die Form. Feeding the Sheets of Box-Board.
Stripping. Gluing Folding Boxes. The Gluing Machine. Cutting and
Creasing on Cylinder Presses. Making Ready a Steel Cutting Die for
Advertising Novelties, etc.
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CHAPTER X

The Printing Department for a Box-Making Plant. Equipment Necessary
for a Medium-Size Printing Department. Kinds of Machines. The Type
Equipment. Hartford and John Thomson Platen Printing Presses.
Cylinder Presses. The Kidder Automatic Printing Press. C. & P.
Press With Miller Feeder. Kinds of Work Done in the Printing
Department of a Paper Box Plant.
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CHAPTER XI

The Printing Department (continued). Time-Saving Suggestions.
Printing in Gold Size and Bronzing Box Wrappers. Burnishing.
Printing in Gold Ink. Gold Leafing for Box Wrappers. Embossing on
Platen Presses. The Hartford Electric Plate Heater. Making the Male
Die for Hot or Cold Embossing. Kinds of Composition Used for Male
Dies. Making Ready for Embossing. Special Process for Printing
Glazed Box Wrappers. Imitation Plate Printing and Steel Die
Stamping. Patented Printing Base for Cylinder Presses.
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CHAPTER XII

Corrugated and Fibre Products. The Great Field for Corrugated Boxes
and Paper Cans. The Making of Paper Cans. The Equipment Required
for Making Paper Cans. How Corrugated Paper Boxes Are Made. Various
Kinds of Machines Used. Regular Slotted Carton. Center Special
Slotted Carton. Overlap Slotted Carton. Full Flap Slotted Carton.
Half Slotted Carton With Separate Cover. Double-Wall Carton. Double
Cover Box. Telescope Box. Double Lined Slide Box. Single Lined
Slide Box. Double Slide Box. One-Piece Folder. Two-Piece Folder.
Corrugated Paper Tubes. Partitions. Printing Cartons. The End.
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