Corrugated board
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Description
A paper board that is folded or shaped with parallel alternative ridges and grooves. Corrugated or pleated Paper was patented in 1856 and in 1871 a patent was issued for corrugated Cardboard. By 1874, a machine was patented to make corrugated board with liner sheets on each side. Corrugated board is strong but lightweight. It is used for packaging and cushioning. A specific type of corrugated board, known as Blueboard or Archival corrugated board, is often used in museums.
See also Archival corrugated board.
Synonyms and Related Terms
blueboard; corrugated paper; pleated paper; corrugated brown; cardboard
Additional Images
Archival corrugated board
Sources Checked for Data in Record
- Boise Cascade Paper Group, The Paper Handbook, Boise Cascade, Portland OR, 1989
- The Dictionary of Paper, American Paper Institute, New York, Fourth Edition, 1980
- E.J.LaBarre, Dictionary and Encyclopedia of Paper and Paper-making, Swets & Zeitlinger, Amsterdam, 1969 Comment: 1890 patented by G.M.Smith
- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, at http://www.wikipedia.com Comment: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrugated_board - gives the following patent dates: corrugated paper=1856 (England); corrugated cardboard=1871 (Albert Jones, U.S.); corrugated cardboard box=1890 (Robert Gair, U.S.)
- Book and Paper Group, Paper Conservation Catalog, AIC, 1984, 1989
- Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online, http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/, J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, 2000