US376056A - Pocket-box for cigarettes - Google Patents

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POCKET BOX FOR GIGARETTES, &0. I

I Patent-ed Jan. 10, 1888.

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CHARLES sewn, on ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

POCKET-BOX FOR CIGARETTES, 80c.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 376,056, dated January 10, 1888.

Application filed April 6, 1857. Serial No. 233,933. lModel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, OHARLEs S. ALDEN, of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented acertain new-and useful Improvement in PocketBoxes for Oigarettes and Cigars; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the drawings accompanying this application.

My improvement relates to pocket-boxes for cigarettes and cigars; and the invention consists in the construction and arrangement hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a plan View showing the box extended or laid open fiatwise, one half being filled with cigarettes, the other half being empty. Fig. 2 is an enlarged cross-section of the box in the closed position, the line of section being indicated by line was of Fig. 1. Figs. 3 and 4 are enlarged longitudinal sections in lines y y and z z of Fig. l.

A Aindicate the two parts of the box, each forming a counterpart and hinged at a, so that either part can be thrown up as a cover to open the box, as-in Fig. 1. One part'of the box is provided with a'spring-eatch, b, which catches theother part .when closed and holds the two parts together. The box is made of thin and light sheet-brass or other suitable material.

The bottom orflat portion of each half of the box is struck up or formed with corrugations 0 c, of such size as to receive the cigarettes'd d. The cigarettes fill the corrugations and lie close together. By thus corrugating the box the cigarettes are got into less space, and are held more compactly and securely, and the box is made much stronger and stiffer, and it presents a better appearance. The corrugations do not extend quite to the ends of the box; but blanks e e are left outside, standing at the same level as the bottom of the corrugations, and said ends are left of theusual square or reetangular'form, which adds to the good appearance of the box.

D D are two swinging arms, forming binders. They consist of spring strips jointed aroundthe hinge a, soas to turn freely, and

provided at the opposite or outer end with right-angled nibs ff, that form catches or holders. These arms extend across the box, and when closed down in place the nibsff spring down inside the-outer edge of the box, and thus hold the arms in place by the spring pressure and contact. They swing in opposite directions and cover both halves of the box. If desired, the arms may be hinged at the outer edges of the box and turn inward, instead of being hinged at thecenter and turning outward. If desired, also, two or more of the binders may be used with each half of the box.

To pack the cigarettes in place, the binders are thrown open, which leaves the whole space clear. When the cigarettes are packed, the binders are turned over them and secured, which holds the cigarettes firmly in place and prevents them from dropping out. The binders are preferably located a little distance in from the ends of the box, as shown, so that the cigarettes can be drawn out endwise without raising the binders. For cigars the box is simply made larger, the same construction being involved.

Another use of the binders is to furnish space for advertisements, which are printed or stamped on the flat surfaces of the binders. It is designed to furnish these boxes so cheaply that dealers can afford to give them away to their customers with each purchase of a certain quantity of goods.

Each half of the box is struck up and the corrugations formed at one and the same op eration by the use of suitable dies.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with the box consisting of halves provided with corrugations in the bottoms and blanks at the ends of the corrugations, of binders hinged at one end to the box and shutting over the halves of the box, in the manner and for the purpose specified.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

, c. s. ALDEN.

1 Witnesses: I

R. F. Oseoon, M. D. PHILLIPs.

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