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US 7,001,319 B1Granted
Candy box construction and method
OwnerSteven W. Stantoninventor
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Abstract
A method of making a candy box by forming a side element and placing inside it a closure element, depositing a single glue fillet or a plurality of spaced-apart glue fillets in the interior corner defined by them.
Claims10
A method of making a candy box or a cover for a candy box comprising;
- assembling to a fixture a side element made of paper board material in which a portion of the fixture is shaped to cause the side element to take on the desired shape, an inside surface of the side element defining an interior space;
- placing into the interior space a closure element which is shaped to conform to the shape of the inside surface of the side element and to fit such that at least selected portions are in contact with the side element the intersection of the side element and the selected portions of the closure element defining an interior corner formed around the inside periphery of the side element with the closure element wherein the interior corner is defined by the inside surface of the side element and the inside surface of the closure element;
- injecting hot melt glue at a sufficient angle into the interior corner into direct contact with the side element and the closure element to create at least one glue fillet to affix the closure element to the side element absent any other element holding the side element and the closure element together and in which the glue is deposited by directing around a substantial portion of the interior space a glue injector while injecting glue from the glue injector in a manner to leave at least one glue fillet in the interior corner on the inside of the box.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.