Tin box

Cans

Main article: biscuit tin

These tinplate cans{{Cite book | editor-last = Yam | editor-first = K L are often used to package breath mints, throat lozenges, instant coffee, biscuits and holiday treats. Highly decorated "holiday tins" are sold during the holiday season and are popular gifts, and often contain cookies, candy, or popcorn. Similar festive containers are used in Europe for sweets, biscuits, cakes and chocolates, mainly during Christmas, rather than in the summer holidays and in countries with British associations, they are usually called "biscuit tins". In Denmark, butter cookies in tins are produced and sold there, and are also exported to other countries. These types of smaller tin boxes are sometimes reused to store items, or to create kits, such as a survival kit. A hobby involves modifying tin boxes with decorations and embellishments.

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Construction

Some types of metal tins or cans have hinged covers; Others cans have removable interference fit covers or lids.{{Cite book | last = Soroka The lid, which sometimes is hinged to the body of the container, is often held in place when closed by friction. In other cases, two protruding lugs can pass each other only when the lid and the rest of the box are deformed slightly: pressure from the user's hands is sufficient to produce this deformation, while the parts resist this somewhat, and are flexible enough to recover their normal shape when released.

Collecting

Some people collect these types of tin boxes. For example, Yvette Dardenne in Belgium has amassed a collection of approximately 56,800 tin boxes over two decades.

Gift Boxes

Some companies also use tinplate to make gift cans and boxes, like Candle tin, Coin bank, Christmas tin box, Easter egg tin etc.

Trunks

Trunks and chests are sometimes constructed of tinplate. These large boxes often have a hinged top cover and are sometimes highly decorated.

References

References

1. Soroka, W. "Illustrated Glossary of Packaging Terminology". Institute of Packaging Professionals.
2. Nelson, Rick. (November 28, 2012). "The search for holiday cookie tins". [[Star Tribune]].
3. [https://books.google.com/books?id=x11EAAAAYAAJ&pg=SL9-PA1 ''Butter Cookies in Tins from Denmark'']. U.S. International Trade Commission. Volume 3092 of USITC publication. pp. I1-I12. 1998.
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