US2519020A - Cigarette case with spring follower - Google Patents

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1950 G. BREITWIESER 2,519,020

CIGARETTE CASE wrm SPRING FOLLOWER Filed June 18, 1947 I z INVENTOR.

fiwgeBrezh/zemr Patented Aug. 15, 1950- 2 ,519,020 crcmemmxss wim sesm'erottowse Georgel'ireitwieser, Flemin Application- June it; 1947 semi-Nb 755,3'6i

'iireobject of'the' Invention" is'to' provide a cig- Cais'e, in which 2. 131111 2111331 of cigarettes are contained, and fifii- Whi'b'li (file may be conveniently extracted, fip'o'i'i' which" flie' Othets'flbdisposed a-manner to" readily extract or discii'argethe next cigarette.

The" invention consists of a casing shaped to lioIda' number of' cigarettes, say about ten, with a discharge opening atone e'rid and means within the casingfor discharging the cigarette beneath said openingg the remaining cigarettes being sub-'- jected-tb a. pressure from a spring which is placed iri ressure position by a slidable sleeve, and whichspring has a self contained inherent resiliency mhich when once'di's'pdsed in'to operative position servesto use up its tension until all of the cigarettes have been discharged, whereupon itisnec'essaLryto again dispose the sprin'g'into-operative position;

Elie-invention will be: further described, an embodiment thereof shown in the drawings, and the invention will be finally pointed out in the claims the accompanying drawings,

Fig; 1 is-a perspective view of the improved cigarett'e container, in phantom form: to show the improved spring;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken on 1ine'2-2 of- Fig. 1;-

Fig. a bottom view of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a horizontal detail section taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 2; V

Fig. 5 is an-end'view ofFig'. 2;

Fig. 6 is a detail section taken on line 6--6 of Fig. 2, and

Fig. 7 is a vertical end view of the cigarette pusheras seen from line'l-J of-Fig. 2, and

Figj8 is ardiag'rammatic drawing: of the spring action;

Similar characters of reference indicate corre" spending parts throughout the various views:

Refei' iing' to the drawings,- the casing i is of enera rectangular shape, having top I 1-,.a bottom: It; side walls [3 and 13h,- and end walls M emf Ha Within the casing [his a spring (5, comparable to a watch spring, which has one end la hinged to a. pusher it, formed of two cigarette embrac inc-members l1, and Ila, and intermediate mackets [8, which support a. rod l9 to which rod [9 the spring I5 is suitably secured, preferably by bending it into loop shape and securing the end to the main portion. Preferably a weight 19a is suitably secured to the lower member Ila. The spring i5 then extends downwardly towards the bottom l2 of the casing" It, in slightly curved 2 (Cl. zet -nit) 2 form and terminates at the fiirt'fiei" erid m1- of tire casing" to, where rsscarred t6 the'tbttsmj f2. This" is dbne' prefefably having the of the spring l5 enters not: 1 indie iiottont'aiicf ti'reniieid'in fixed position we solder'ZZ' (Ffgt'm. A sewers snrrcundin'gtne spring" lt'seryes' to" piece" the spring f5 into" tension position. {parts or the full line position shown in Fig. 2; frfie sieeve'fi; aster-en losing qhesprm rs, has divergent extensions 26 (Fig: 6)" which act-as a guide remove an opposed tracts"?! formed Bytes tottom 1%, thesetracl'rs'beir'ig' spaced from eaai' oflier to form a slot 28. To these xtensfons. there issecure'cr a" lip 29*, the flanges spjcr which move albhg'thfeb'otifoin or metraciizs wands).

- This sfeeveze-ismoyedmwtiieposrtiozrsnowir in fulllih'es in Fig; 2 whereby the Brackets" It which serve asa plunger orpressure member-me a: osition toact outlieadiacentcigaretfi oia ciiarge; of say, Q'ci'garetteS; whereby all qf'tlie" cigarettes are under pressure t'ethe" end or plateiiig are furthest cigaretteinto-discharge osition: The sleeve 25 istheir returned to its mien post tibnclose to the eiidf of the as shown iii dotted lines Fig 2; wher p tiie spijing exerts it"s pressure u 'on the cigaretfestlielfistdne has=beeh discharged;

The-discharge of'aigarettes madepossibleby a, sfiep- 35' aligned with the bottom end of thf' cigarette,- which end isflush with thetop or two- Parallel ridges 211; (-Fig; 25-. The step 35* has an upwardly extending member 3'6, bent at its upper end 3'61; secured we decorative handle 31- of plastic or the like. slot 31a in the'end lld permits movement or the end 313a. A- helical spring 38 Seats at one endagainst this bent".

portion, and. presses it downwardly. 'Ijhedth'ef' end of the spring 38 presses against a bent portion as of a guiding member 4'0: This member White -zislot' 40a topermit" tiiepassa'ge of the'step- 35-, and the" two legs 4-1 formed have their lowerendeformed'intoton ues 421:0"- engage slots 43 m the" bottom F2 and then upset; and preferstiy' soldered (Fig; 3). An inside plate- 3w is t me member 3'6} and mores with it, upcraawmoeover'tne-slbt-ou memsme Ridges" I-l'a cnthe inside or the waiis sci-yeto stiffen the wail's and guide the" cigarettes. The well (fr prevent-die spring abutting against the cigflettei- The top H is hinged at one end at H, and has a. detachable clasp 45 at its other end. A shutter 46 having its sides bent over the top slides between two abutments (I and 48, between which the top has the opening 50, slightly larger than the circumference of a cigarette 5!. The shut ter 46 is shown in its open position in Fig. 1, and in its closed position in Fig. 2.

when the case is empty, the cover l l is opened and a charge of cigarettes is disposed therein,

the sleeve 25 having nrst been moved from its ing 50. The button 31 is then moved to raise the step 35, and the cigarette on the step is then pushed upwardly to have its end project from the casing 10, and ready to be grasped and drawn out by the user. The shutter is then again moved to close the opening 50. The braces l7 and Na then keep on pressing the remaining cigarettes of the charge, and align the next cigarette below the opening 50, so that the one over the step 35 is ready to be partially projected when desired, as described.

Finally, in the embodiment, the ridges 21a. incline upwardly at 2'1 b, and raise the end cigarette slightly. The brace I! has a bent up projection llb, which may abut against the spring,so as to prevent the brace H from moving over too far. This projection llb causes the braces counterbalanced by the weight [9, to always be in a position to abut against the vertical position of the cigarette.

The spring 15 when placed under tension into the position shown in Fig. 2 in full lines, is allowed to work out its release from tension as the cigarettes are individually removed. While the slide, 25 is shown in full lines in Fig. 2, in which position it places the spring 15 under its operative tension, it is to be understood that the slide is immediately moved from left to right to its extreme right hand position, where the slide 25 abuts against the end of the slot 28. This end position of the slide [5 is shown in Fig. 8. The sprin I5 is thus free to work under its own law of operation as shown diagrammatically in Fig. 8. After the last cigarette has been discharged, the slide 25 is then moved into its full line position as-shown in Fig. 2, the cover II is opened, a charge of cigarettes is placed into the casing, the cover is closed, and the slide immediately moved to its position as shown in Fig. 8.

l I have described several forms of my invention, but obviously various changes may be made in the details disclosed without departing from the spirit of the invention as set out in the followin claims:

.I. claim:

1. In a cigarette holder, the combination of a plurality of cigarettes, a casing for holding said cigarettes in a vertical position one parallel with theother having two end and a plurality of intermediate cigarettes when filled, one end cigarette being a discharge cigarette and the other end cigarette being a pressure cigarette, a top wall above said cigarettes perpendicularly disposed to the longitudinal axes of said cigarettes, and havin an opening above the discharge cigarette for the discharge of said end cigarette from the casing, a bottom wall below said cigarettes and parallel with the top wall, a spring of flat shape having one end secured to the bottom wall substantially below the discharge opening in the top wall, and having a main 5 portion of the length of said bottom wall with a part extending in curved form upwardly from said bottom wall and towards the pressure cigarette, said spring forming a tension activating circular partial convolution in a vertical plane 10 passing through the vertical axes of the cigarettes and of such resiliency as to exert a pressure upon the pressure cigarette until the cigarettes have been discharged, a brace pivoted -to the free end of the spring to abut against the pressure cigarette, and means holding the spring from exerting pressure on said brace, and '1 holding the extending part with its brace in a temporary stationary position at the end of the casing opposite to its discharge end for filling 2 cigarettes between said brace and the discharge end of the casing, said holdin means when released, enabling the spring to exert its resiliency upon said brace from the cigarette filled position to cigarette discharged position.

'5 2. In a cigarette holder having a casing, the combination of a false bottom wall for said casing having a longitudinal slot, and forming a guiderail, a slidin member movable alongsaid slot on said guide rail, said slot extending 50 substantially the length of the casing, a spring of flat shape of the general character of a watch spring and normally coiled to almost a circular shape for tensing activation and of greater length than the slot, the length of the spring correspending to the length of the slot being the main:

part and disposed in a plane longitudinally perpendicular to the false bottom, said main part having one end secured to one end of the bottom wall, said sliding member embracing said spring for moving the main part, when the sliding member moves along said slot, from its circular shape activated position into a position flattened along the length of said false bottom inactivating the said main part of the spring, said main part 45 having an extension beyond said sliding mern-;

her when the sliding member is at the spring inactivating position.

GEORGE BREITWIESER.

50 REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in th file of this patent:

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