Method of making fibreboard container

Claim 1

A METHOD OF SETTING UP, FILLING, AND CLOSING CARTONS FORMED OF SEPARATE FLAT BLANKS FOR BOTTOM AND COVER, EACH OF WHICH IS PROVIDED WITH, RESPECTIVELY, A BOTTOM PROPER AND TOP FROM EACH OF WHICH IN TURN EXTEND FOUR SIDE-WALLFORMING PORTIONS ADAPTED TO BE FOLDED INTO SIDE-WALLFORMING POSITION AND EACH BEING PROVIDED WITH A BAND OF CONTACT ADHESIVE, THE COVER SIDE-WALL FORMING PORTIONS EACH HAVING AN ADHESIVE-FREE PORTION DISPOSED BETWEEN THE ADHESIVE BAND AND THE TOP, AND THE BOTTOM SIDE-WALLFORMING PORTIONS EACH HAVING AN ADHESIVE BAND DISPOSED BETWEEN AN ADHESIVE-FREE PORTION AND THE BOTTOM PROPER, WHEREBY THE RESPECTIVE ADHESIVE BANDS ON THE SIDE-WALLFORMING PORTIONS ARE EACH IN POSITION TO CONTACT EACH OTHER ALONG THE LOWER EDGE OF EACH SIDE-WALL WHEN THE CARTON IS COMPLETED AND CLOSED; WHICH METHOD COMPRISES: SUPPORTING THE COVER PART UPSIDE DOWN IN A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL POSITION; PLACING THEREON THE CONTENTS TO BE ENCLOSED IN THE CARTON; FOLDING ALL OF THE SIDE-WALL PORTIONS UPWARD UNTIL THE CONTENTS ARE CENTERED AND SQUARED ON SAID COVER PART; MAINTAINING THE SAID SIDE-WALL-PORTIONS AT AN ANGLE OF MORE THAN FORTY-FIVE DEGREES WITH THE HORIZONTAL; FOLDING THE SIDE-WALL-FORMING PORTIONS ON THE BOTTOM TO NEARLY A RIGHT ANGLE AND PLACING THE BOTTOM PART OVER THE CONTENTS, WHILE LOWERING THE BOTTOM UNTIL THE EDGES OF ITS FOLDED SIDE-WALL-FORMING PORTIONS CONTACT THE ADHESIVE-FREE PORTIONS OF THE INCLINED SIDE-WALL-FORMING PORTIONS OF THE INVERTED COVER; THEN PRESSING THE INVERTED BOTTOM PART DOWNWARD UNTIL THE SIDE-WALL-FORMING PORTIONS ARE FORCED INTO POSITION CLOSELY ADJACENT THE CONTENTS BY CONTACT WITH THE CORRESPONDING SIDEWALL-FORMING PORTIONS OF THE INVERTED COVER; AND THEN COMPRESSING ALL OF THE SIDE-WALL-FORMING PORTIONS OF THE COVER INWARD WHILE HOLDING THE BOTTOM PORTION IN ITS EXTREME DOWNWARD POSITION UNDER COMPRESSION UNTIL THE ADHESIVE COATED PORTIONS OF THE INNER AND OUTER SIDE-WALL COME TOGETHER AND ADHERE FIRMLY AND THEREAFTER REMOVING ALL COMPRESSIVE FORCES FROM THE COMPLETED CARTON.

Claim 2

A METHOD OF SETTING UP, FILLING, AND CLOSING CARTONS FORMED OF SEPARATE FLAT BLANKS FOR BOTTOM AND COVER, EACH OF WHICH IS PROVIDED WITH, RESPECTIVELY, A BOTTOM PROPER AND TOP FROM EACH OF WHICH IN TURN EXTEND FOUR SIDE-WALLFORMING PORTIONS ADAPTED TO BE FOLDED INTO SIDE-WALLFORMING POSITION AND EACH BEING PROVIDED WITH A BAND OF CONTACT ADHESIVE, THE COVER SIDE-WALL FORMING PORTIONS EACH HAVING AN ADHESIVE-FREE PORTION DISPOSED BETWEEN THE ADHESIVE BAND AND THE TOP, AND THE BOTTOM SIDE-WALLFORMING PORTIONS EACH HAVING AN ADHESIVE BAND DISPOSED BETWEEN AN ADHESIVE-FREE PORTION AND THE BOTTOM PROPER, WHEREBY THE RESPECTIVE ADHESIVE BANDS ON THE SIDE-WALLFORMING PORTIONS ARE EACH IN POSITION TO CONTACT EACH OTHER ALONG THE LOWER EDGE OF EACH SIDE-WALL WHEN THE CARTON IS COMPLETED AND CLOSED; WHICH METHOD COMPRISES: SUPPORTING THE COVER PART UPSIDE DOWN IN A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL POSITION; PLACING THEREON THE CONTENTS TO BE ENCLOSED IN THE CARTON; FOLDING ALL OF THE SIDE-WALL PORTIONS UPWARD UNTIL THE CONTENTS ARE CENTERED AND SQUARED ON SAID COVER PART; MAINTAINING THE SAID SIDE-WALL-PORTIONS AT AN ANGLE OF MORE THAN FORTY-FIVE DEGREES WITH THE HORIZONTAL; FOLDING THE SIDE-WALL-FORMING PORTIONS ON THE BOTTOM TO NEARLY A RIGHT ANGLE AND PLACING THE BOTTOM PART OVER THE CONTENTS, WHILE LOWERING THE BOTTOM UNTIL THE EDGES OF ITS FOLDED SIDE-WALL-FORMING PORTIONS CONTACT THE ADHESIVE-FREE PORTIONS OF THE INCLINED SIDE-WALL-FORMING PORTIONS OF THE INVERTED COVER; THEN PRESSING THE INVERTED BOTTOM PART DOWNWARD UNTIL THE SIDE-WALL-FORMING PORTIONS ARE FORCED INTO POSITION CLOSELY ADJACENT THE CONTENTS BY CONTACT WITH THE CORRESPONDING SIDEWALL-FORMING PORTIONS OF THE INVERTED COVER; AND THEN COMPRESSING ALL OF THE SIDE-WALL-FORMING PORTIONS OF THE COVER INWARD WHILE HOLDING THE BOTTOM PORTION IN ITS EXTREME DOWNWARD POSITION UNDER COMPRESSION UNTIL THE ADHESIVE COATED PORTIONS OF THE INNER AND OUTER SIDE-WALL COME TOGETHER AND ADHERE FIRMLY AND THEREAFTER REMOVING ALL COMPRESSIVE FORCES FROM THE COMPLETED CARTON.