Year: 1887

page_text: 1, JOSEPH B. MEIER, Manufacturer, of 282, South Fifth Street, Philadelphia,
United States of America, do hereby declare the nature of my invention to be as
follows:-
My invention has for its object to provide a box or casing for cigars or other articles
which prevents them from becoming unduly dry, or, in other words, to keep them in
a normally moist condition most agreeable for use.
My invention chiefly consists of a glass or other case having at its top a mouth
closed by a cork or stopper, to the bottom of which is attached a sponge or other like
material for retaining a quantity of water, and an open bottom closed by a removable
base or cap which telescopes into the casing and in which telescoping cap the cigars
are placed.
The box or casing is preferably made bottle shaped, having an open bottom and the
usual mouth. The bottom is closed by a base plate, or cap of wood, card board or
other suitable material, and upon its upper side is a tubular attachment or flange
This
which telescopes into the bottle and serves as a receptacle for the cigars.
tubular receptacle may be in one piece of cardboard or other suitable material, or in
several pieces joined to the base or plate as desired.
A cork or other stopper is provided for the casing or bottle mouth, to the lower part
of which stopper is secured a piece of sponge or other material or fixture for holding a
supply of water to keep the air in the bottle moist and thereby prevent the cigars or
other articles inserted therein from becoming unduly dry. Instead of water, a suitable
aromatic or antiseptic substance may be introduced with the sponge or other con-
venient holder.
Dated this 28th day of December 1887.
FAIRFAX & WETTER,
433, Strand, London,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: I, JOSEPH B. MEIER, Manufacturer, of 282, South Fifth Street, Philadelphia,
United States of America, do hereby declare the nature of my invention and in
what manner the same may be performed, to be particularly described in and by
the following statement :-
My invention has for its principal object, to provide a box or casing for cigars,
which prevents them from becoming unduly dry, or in other words, to keep them in
a normally moist condition most agreeable for use, but it is applicable also for holding
or preserving tobacco, confectionery, spices, medicine and chemicals.
For this purpose, I employ a bottle of glass, porcelain or earthenware, or a metal
jar or case, without a bottom, and a flanged receiver or holder which fits into the
bottle or jar; the said receiver being filled with cigars or other articles to be pre-
served, and introduced into the bottle from the bottom. To the cork or stopper of the
bottle is attached a sponge or other suitable receptacle for water, if it is desired to
keep the interior of the bottle moist.
In the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 represents the bottomless bottle A empty,
having a sponge a attached to a wire which passes through the cork a. Fig. 2
represents the bottle with the receiver B in it, but without a sponge, to show its
application for dry substances. Fig. 3 represents the receiver, the bottom of which
forms a rim or flange wide enough that the receptacle can be easily grasped by hand
and pushed into or drawn out of the bottle.
Fig. 4 represents another form of receiver made of tinplate. This has a concave
bottom in which is fixed a wire serving as a handle for pulling the receiver out of
the bottle, if it is made to fit air tight. d is a rubber band which may be employed
for making an air tight joint. A rubber band or packing ring may be placed
horizontally on the rim of the receiver, instead of vertically, as shown.
The receiver B may have a cover, if desired, and may be made of wood, cardboard,
metal, glass or other suitable material.
The bottles, jars, or cases, may have various shapes and may be colored or painted
inside, to give them the appearance of being filled with wine or other colored liquid,
or to exclude the light.
Instead of a sponge, filled with water, I may employ a receptacle for a suitable
hygroscopic, aromatic, antiseptic, or medicinal substance, adapted to change the
condition of the air inside, according to the purpose for which the bottle or box is
intended.
Having now particularly described the nature of my invention and in what
manner the same may be performed, I declare, that I claim:
1. The combination of a casing A having an open bottom, with a telescoping
removable base B, and a receptacle containing water or other substance adapted
to change the condition of the air in the interior of the casing, substantially as
described.

page_text: 2. The combination of a casing A having an open bottom, and a mouth at its
upper end, with a telescoping removable base B, and a stopper a, substantially as
described.
3. The combination of a casing A having an open bottom, and a mouth at its
upper end, with a telescoping removable hase B, and a stopper a carrying a sponge
or similar article, substantially as described.
4. A bottle-shaped box or case, consisting of a casing A, and a telescoping re-
movable base B provided with a rim or flange, with or without hermetically closing
packing, and with or without a sunken handle, substantially as described.
Dated thin at der of October 1888
JOSEPH B. MEIER
By Fairfax & Wetter,
433, Strand, London,
Agents.