tin box
{{Short description|Tinplate container}}
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A tin box is a tinplate container. Tinplate metal is primarily steel with a very thin tin coating. Tin-free steel is also used. In some cultures, these boxes or cans are referred to as "tin boxes" or sometimes even "tins". Many “tin boxes” have hinged or removable lids or covers. Some people collect tin boxes as a hobby.
Cans
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These tinplate cans{{Cite book
| last = Kraus
| first = F J
| chapter =Steel Cans
| editor-last = Yam
| editor-first = K L
| title = Encyclopedia of Packaging Technology
| pages =205–216
| publisher =Wiley
| year = 2009
| isbn = 978-0-470-08704-6}}
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,{{cite news | url=http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/taste/blogs/181255461.html | title=The search for holiday cookie tins | newspaper=Star Tribune | date=November 28, 2012 | access-date=30 October 2013 | author=Nelson, Rick}} 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.[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. These types of smaller tin boxes are sometimes reused to store items, or to create kits, such as a survival kit.Mccann, John (2005). [https://books.google.com/books?id=CkP-wjUdBFQC&pg=PA107 Build the Perfect Survival Kit]. Krause Publications. p. 107. {{ISBN|0873499670}} A hobby involves modifying tin boxes with decorations and embellishments.[https://books.google.com/books?id=gJwYqRkky6YC&pg=PA6 Beaded Boxes and Bowls]. Kalmbach Publishing Company. 2006. pp. 6-7. {{ISBN|0890246297}}
File:Museum Wilhelmsbau FEBRERO Schimmelpenninck cigars tin box.JPG|A cigar tin box
File:20050522-0357 KUB Isle-sur-Sorgues-Ausschnitt.jpg|A bouillon cube tin can
File:Heinrich Haeberlein 002.JPG|A gingerbread container
File:Groot geel ORLA blik van ALGRAs koffiebranderij & theehandel nv Zwolle, foto4.JPG|A coffee or tea container
File:Display box - tins of cookies.jpg|Display box with tinplate cans of mooncakes
=Construction=
Some types of metal tins or cans have hinged covers; Others cans have removable interference fit covers or lids.{{Cite book | last = Soroka
| first = W
| chapter =Metal Cans
| pages =147–173
| title = Fundamentals of Packaging Technology
| year =2002
| publisher = Institute of Packaging Professionals
| isbn = 1-930268-25-4}}
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.{{cite web | url=https://xihonginc.com/news-tin-box-enthusiasts/ | title=Tin box enthusiasts: collecting 'feelings' and 'memories' | publisher=XIHONGINC | date=April 9, 2020 | access-date=9 April 2020}}
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
See also
References
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=Further reading=
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- O'Reilly Media (2008). [https://books.google.com/books?id=j6JxE0tCI-4C&pg=PA178 The Best of Instructables Volume I]. O'Reilly Media, Inc. pp. 178-180. {{ISBN|0596519524}}
- Gupta, Amit; Jensen, Kelly (2011). [https://books.google.com/books?id=cqSLmIEBVCAC&pg=PT47 Photojojo: Insanely Great Photo Projects and DIY Ideas]. Random House LLC. p. 55. {{ISBN|0307586936}}
- (1907). [https://books.google.com/books?id=ceU3AQAAIAAJ&dq=tin+box&pg=PA228 United States Congressional serial set]. p. 228.
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