Improvements in Tooth-pick Boxes or Cases.
Year: 1896

page_text: I, AUGUST FISCHER, merchant of Poppelsdorf, in the province of Rhineland and
kingdom of Prussia do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:
The tooth-pick box shown in the annexed drawing is intended to contain the tooth
picks in order to pressure them from being wrongfully used, and only to issue them
singly for use.
Fig. 1 shows the apparatus in a front-view, Fig. 2 in an upper view; Fig. 3
is a section thereof.
The tooth picks lie in a closed box a and are placed on a plate 6 arranged on the
back of the box by means of a hinge in an oblique position and projecting a little
thr ugh a slit c in the front side of the box. By means of a spring d, the plate b
is continually pressed against the upper edge of the slit c, so that the tooth picks
cannot fall out of their own accord."
The following arrangement is made use of for taking out the tooth picks one by,
one.
At the outer side of the front part of the box there are pins e, which are con-
nected above by a plate h provided with a press button g and can be moved to and
fro in guides and are continually pressed upwards by springs i until a circular
projection on the pins strikes against the upper guides.
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If owing to pressure on the button g, the pins e are moved down wards, they
strike against the plate b, and on being still further pressed down, carry it along
with them.
This causes the slit e to become free at the top and the tooth-pick lying directly
behind it can roll out of the box on the inclined plane.
If the button g is now released the pins e are again jerked upwards by the force
of their springs, while at the same time the spring d again presses the plate b
against the upper edge of the slit, thus closing it anew.
Dated this 11th day of November 1896.
For AUGUST FISCHER,
Bernhard Brockhues.
Improvements in Tooth-pick Boxes or Cases.
1. AUGUST FISCHER, merchant of Poppelsdorf near Bonn on the Rhine
in the province of Rhineland and kingdom of Prussia do hereby declare
the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
Price 821

page_text: performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
The tooth-pick box shown in the drawing filed with the Provisional Specification
is intended to contain the tooth-picks in order to preserve them from being
wrongfulley used, and only to issue them singly for use."
Fig. 1 shows the apparatus in-a front view, Fig. 2 in an upper-view; Fig. 3
is section thereof.
The tooth-picks lie in a closed box a, and are placed on a plate arranged on the
back of the box by means of a hinge in an oblique position and projecting a little
through a slit c in the front side of the box.
By means of a spring d the plate 6 is continually pressed against the upper edge
of the slit c, so that the tooth picks cannot fall of their own accord.
The following arrangement is made use for taking out the tooth picks one by
one.
At the outer side of the front part of the box there are pins e, which are con-
nected above by a plate h provided with a press button g and can be moved to and
fro in guides f and are continually pressed upwards by springs and until a cir-
cular projection on the pins strikes agains. the upper guides.
If, owing to pressure on the button g, the pins e are moved downwards they strike
against the plate b, and on being still further pressed down carry it' along with
them.
This causes the slit e to become free at the top and the tooth-pick lying directly
behind it can roll out of the box on the inclined plane.
If the button g is now released the pins e are again jerked upwards by the force
of their springs, while at the same time the spring d again presses the plate b
against the upper edge of the slit, thus closing it anew....
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
Tooth-pick box in which the tooth-picks leave the holder one, by one, distin-
guished by the arrangement of a plate b obliquely placed and moving on hinges
and projecting partly through a slit c of the holder, a spring. d under the plate b
pressing it against the upper edge of the slit e as well as of a press-down mechanism
consisting of two pins e mounted on springs and connected by a plate h witn
knob g, for the purpose of opening 'the slit e.
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For AUGUST FISCHER,.
Bernhard Brockhues."