An Improvement in or relating to Slider Boxes for Vestas, Sweets, and other Small Articles.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Mar., 1897-Accepted, 22nd May, 1897
COMPLETE SOTTOA LION
An Improvement in or relating to Slider Boxes for Vestas, Sweets,
and other Small Articles.
We, FREDERICK MORITZ BRBAL BERTRAM, of 84 Elgin Avonuo, Paddington,
Traveller, and GREGORY ROBINSON, of 11 Euston Road, County of London, Fancy
Importer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
This invention has for object, the construction of a puzzle box in which if a lover or
catch he pushed by a slider button in one position, a receptacle containing vestas,
sweets, or other small articles can be drawn out and the contents exposed, and by
pushing the slider button in the reverse direction a shell or empty receptacle is
presented when drawn out. In the one case both drawers or inner cases are pulled or
drawn out together, and in the other the intermediate one alone.
To carry our invention into practice, we provide three cases of flat rectangular
shape and of a size to fit easily within a waistcoat or a ticket pocket. One
case i.e. the outer has one open end and one closed end except near one corner of
same there is a vertical slot within which the pin of a sliding button can be raised
and lowered, said pin being connected to the free end of a lover pivotally attached
to the stud of a duplicate or dummy button head fitted at the opposite corner at the
samo end of the outer case as a sort of finish and to mystify a person into whoso hand
the article may be placed.
The lever is arranged a sufficient distance from the inside of the case to allow of
it dropping over a claw catch projecting rearwardly from the back end of the vesta
holder which is arranged to slide within the outer case.
Between these two cases is a third case or shell, this having a bottom and two side
walls only, its inner end is free except at its under side where there is a stop to come
into contact with a lip provided within the outer caso to provent the parts being
separated by ordinary or careful handling. This shell has its outer end closed and
outside is a couple of button heads coinciding with the buttons on the other end so
that until the proper button is found a person may have a difficulty in opening the
box to find the vestas because he might for at least three times keep opening the
dummy shell before the puzzle would be discovered.
Our invention will be clearly understood by reference to the annexed drawings.
Figure 1 plan elevation of complete box closed.
Figure 2 longitudinal section of complete box closed.
Figure 3 similar section with shell drawn out, the vesta receptacle being held back
by the lever in the catch.
Figure 4 another similar section with both the shell and the receptacle drawn
out as one article, the nip or tight fit of one to the other being sufficient for the
purpose.
Figure 5 plan view of the last named.
Figure 6 end view of outer shell showing the movable button, the lever pivoted to
the opposite button being shown in dotted lines.
A, outer case. B, back or closed end thereof. C, movable button. D, fixed
button. E, catch lever. F, vesta receptacle. G, catch on back of same. H, shell.
I, I, two duminy buttons on outer end. J, stops on shell. K, lips in onter case to
prevent complete separation. L, stud pin to push vesta container.back its full
distance when returning samo and sholl into outer case.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is :-
A puzzle box constructed in the manner and for the purposes described, especially
the throo dummy button heads, and ono movable button head for operating the
lever into and from the catch on the rear end of the vesta container, as reprosented
in the annexed drawings.
Dated this 30th day of March 1897.
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166 Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said Frederick Moritz Beral Bertram and
Gregory Robinson.