Robert Gair

Robert Gair (* 1839 in Scotland , † 1927 in the United States ) was a British - American inventor . He was the founder of the cardboard box manufacturer Robert Gair Co , based in Dumbo , Brooklyn .

The Scot invented the pre-cut cardboard or cardboard boxes in 1890 - flat pieces that were made as loose boxes. His invention came about as a result of an accident: he was a printer and paper bag maker during the 1870s, and one day he was printing an order for seed bags. A metal ruler that was normally used to fold the seed bags cut them off. Gair discovered that by cutting and folding, he could make finished cardboard boxes in one go. Applying this idea to corrugated cardboard was a logical development when the material became available around the turn of the twentieth century.

Individual evidence

^ Before Starbucks: Arbuckle Coffee . Retrieved June 25, 2017.
^ Diana Twede and Susan EM Selke: Cartons, crates and corrugated board: handbook of paper and wood packaging technology. DEStech Publications, 2005, ISBN 978-1-932078-42-8 , pp. 41-42, 55-56.

personal data
SURNAME	Gair, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British-American inventor
DATE OF BIRTH	1839
PLACE OF BIRTH	Scotland
DATE OF DEATH	1927
Place of death	United States

[1] Before Starbucks: Arbuckle Coffee . Retrieved June 25, 2017.

[2] Diana Twede and Susan EM Selke: Cartons, crates and corrugated board: handbook of paper and wood packaging technology. DEStech Publications, 2005, ISBN 978-1-932078-42-8 , pp. 41-42, 55-56.