Improvements in Cigar Cases or Receptacles.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Dec., 1898-Accepted, 25th Feb., 1899.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cigar Cases or Receptacles.
I, JACOB BIESENBACH, of 25, Schwindstrasse, Frankfurt a/M, in the Empire of
Germany, Doctor of Laws, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:--
The present invention relates to a cigar case or receptacle which may either be
in the form of a small box, or in the form of a case for carrying in the pocket or
in any other desired form, and its most characteristic feature consists in arrang-
ing the receptacle for collecting the cigar ends and the match box in such a manner
that the two (i.e., the receptacle and the box) are not only of extremely easy
accessibility, but also interfere as little as possible with the holding capacity of
the whole cigar case. A further characteristic feature consists also in that the
cutting off of the cigar ends is effected, not by means of a special operation, but
by the closing of the case or receptacle.
In the accompanying drawings:.
Figure 1 is an inside elevation of a cigar case provided with the improved
arrangements.
Figure 2 is an outer side elevation of the same.
Figure 3 is an outer end elevation of the same, in a partly opened condition.
Figure 4 is a cigar box with the present improvements.
In all these figures, the same letters of reference indicate similar parts.
Along the inner edge of one part A of a receptacle A, A, which consists of two
hinged or pivotally connected parts, there is arranged a receptacle B. This recep-
tacle B is divided by a partition b into the two compartments B1 and B2 which are
provided at the front edge of their inclined bottoms with slides and that are
adapted to be opened for taking out the cigar ends and matches respectively. The
slide of the match box, when applied to cigar boxes, is always drawn by a rubber
band against the aperture in the receptacle B, and it may likewise be made of
rubber, in which case it may be made in one piece with the rubber band 63. The
receptacle 12 is intended to receive the cigar ends, and for this purpose it is made
with a lateral aperture into which the end of the cigar is inserted.
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In cigar cases for the pocket, this aperture & may, as shown in Figure 1, extend
through the push C, but it may also be arranged at any other desired place.
To the other pivoted or hinged part A of the cigar receptacle there is fitted a
knife or cutter 1) which cuts off the end of the cigar that is inserted in the hole e,
when the receptacle is closed. Any suitable kind of snap or catch c¹ may be
employed for the purpose of fastening the cigar receptacle. A frictional surface E
for striking the matches on, is provided at any desired place on the receptacle.
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:
(1) A cigar receptacle characterized by the fact that along one of the inner edges
of one of the two parts A which are hinged or pivotally connected to each other.

page_text: there is arranged a two-part receptacle B, one B₁ of the compartments of which
is provided with a sliding door 6 and is designed to contain and deliver matches,
whilst the compartment B2 which is provided with a sliding door 2 is intended
to receive and deliver the cigar ends, when cut off, as set forth.
(2) In a receptacle 132 for collecting cigar ends, as specified in Claim 1, the
arrangement of a lateral aperture in which the end of the cigar is inserted, so
that on the closing of the receptacle, the knife D arranged on the other part of
the receptacle A, will cut off the end of the cigar and will allow it to fall into the
receptacle B2, as set forth.
(3) In a cigar receptacle in accordance with Claim 1, the arrangement of a
frictional surface E for the matches at any desired place, as set forth.
(4) In a cigar receptacle in accordance with Claim 1, the particular construc-
tion of the arrangement shown in Figure 1, for cigar cases for the pocket, in which
the aperture c of the receptacle for collecting the cigar ends, extends through the
closing or fastening device C, as set forth.
(5) In a cigar receptacle in accordance with Claim 1, the modification adapted
to cigar boxes as shown in Figure 4, characterized by the fact that the sliding
door is always pressed against the aperture of the match box B by means of
a rubber band 63 which is attached to the inside of the box, as set forth.
ROBERT E. PHILLIPS, Assoc.M.Inst.C.E., M.I.Mech. E.
Chartered Patent Agent, 70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Associate Agent.