IMPROVEMENTS IN BOXES FOR MATCHES AND OTHER ARTICLES
Year: 1884

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
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I, HENRY DE SCHWABACHER of 15, Rue des Halles, Paris, in the Republic of
France, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN BOXES FOR MATCHES AND OTHER ARTICLES and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:—
This Invention relates to a novel construction of box of small size with printed
or illustrated exterior, and arranged for the reception of matches, and also of a
pencil and a small note book, part of which is available for the reception of notes,
while the remainder is devoted to announcements, advertisements, pictures, jokes,
and the like.
Referring to the accompanying Sheet of Drawings Figs. 1 to 6 illustrate the
construction of the box, which is formed of two distinct parts, the body A with
two compartments, and the match drawer B. The body A is made by a special
method of folding the sheet or blank a (Fig. 5), and the drawer B by turning up
the edges of the sheet or blank b (Fig. 6). The shoet a is previously printed,
prepared and cut or stamped between rollers or by pressure and thus is already
provided with the roughened portion e, which will come upon one of the edges E of
the box, and the projections of the grooves d, d which will form the lateral
edges D. D' of the upper compartment.
The sheet or blank b, Fig. 6, is likewise previously prepared, and has the
hollows c. cl which will form the ribs or projections C. C₁ of the drawer. According
to the nature of the material the corners oo are cut out and detached, or they
remain connected by a single junction m, n or m³ n', in such a way as to fold these
corners over the adjacent edges as soon as the edges are turned up. When these
corners are to be folded on the outside of the longitudinal edges of the drawer, the
hollows c. c are made shorter in order that these corners inay lie better on the
edges, and that the hollows c. c² may project slightly upon then.
Fig. 1 shows how the construction or formation of the body of the box A is
effected by the folding of the sheet a, and that there results therefrom two
compartments or stories, open at the ends. The lower compartment, of a rectangular
section, receives the drawer B, the ribs or projections of which press lightly against
he vertical walls, in order to hold the drawer fast.
ess height, is also rectangular, but with lateral grooved edges D, D', not forming
The upper compartment, of

page_text: projections, designed to give a certain elasticity to the upper face of this com-
partment, and to receive a pencil or any such article, case for pins, needles, etc. In
the upper compartment there is placed a little note book F, furnished with a tab ƒ,
and carrying upon its outer pages an artistic subject, visible through the cover of
Under the cover of this
the compartment, which is cut away for this purpose.
The leaves can be
book are the leaves reserved for notes and announcements.
distinct like those of a book or can be formed of a band of paper folded backwards
and forwards or arranged like a fan.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
The construction or formation of a box for matches and other articles, comprising
a body A with two compartments and a drawer B sliding on the ribs or
projections C, C¹ in the lower compartment; the upper compartment with the
lateral grooved edges D, D', and the upper portion cut away, receiving a pencil and
other useful object, and a note book F, the whole substantially as and for the
purposes herein before described and illustrated.