IMPROVEMENTS IN CASES FOR CIGARS AND OTHER ARTICLES
Year: 1870

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Henry James and Josiah James, both
of No. 11, Newgate Street, in the City of London, for the Invention
of "IMPROVEMENTS IN CASES FOR CIGARS AND OTHER ARTICLES."
Sealed the 4th October 1870, and dated the 6th April 1870.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Henry James
and Josiah James at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with their Petition, on the 6th April 1870.
We, GEORGE HENRY JAMES and JOSIAH JAMES, both of No. 11,
Newgate Street, in the Oity of London, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN CASES FOR CIGABS AND OTHER
ARTICLES," to be as follows:—

page_text: We construct cigar cases and similar cases in such manner that by
pressure on the bottom of one end of the case the lid at the other end is
caused to open and expose the contents of the case. The case consists
of an outer tube open at both ends, and of an oval or other suitable form
in section. Within this tube a second and similar tube fits so as to be
able to slide freely in the direction of its length. The inner tube is
suitably lined or fitted to receive the cigars or other articles, and it is
closed by a lid or lids. The lid at each end is, by preference, divided
into two parts, and these parts are jointed one on either side of the inner
tube. The outer and the inner tubes are connected by springs, by
preference of elastic web, and each spring is attached at one end to the
interior of the outer tube, and at the other to one of the parts of the
jointed lid just beyond the joint. The springs when left free draw the
inner tube into the outer one until the joints of the lid enter it, and so
the parts of the lid are closed together and held shut. When, however,
by pressing on one end of the inner tube its other end is thrust out
beyond the end of the outer tube and the joints of the lid of the inner
tube are thus set free the springs are able to draw back the two parts
of the lid and the case opens. The lid may be made in one piece, but
a divided lid is preferred. The case may open in a similar way at either
end, or it may open at one end only.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said George Henry James and Josiah James in the Great
Seal Patent Office on the 6th October 1870.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, wc, GEORGE 2
HENRY JAMES and JOSIAH JAMES, both of No. 11, Newgate Street, in
the City of London, send grecting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Sixth day of April, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and seventy, in the thirty-third year of 3
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant

page_text: unto us, the said George Henry James and Josiah James, Her special
Licence that we, the said George Henry James and Josiah James, our
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as we, the said
George Henry James and Josiah James, our exccutors, administrators,
and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to
time and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should
and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Islo
of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN CASES FOR CIGARS AND OTHER
ARTICLES," upon the condition (amongst others) that we, the said George
Henry James and Josiah James, our executors or administrators, by
an instrument in writing under our, or their, or one of their hands
and scals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the
said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and
cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six
calendar months next and immediatly after the date of the said Letters

page_text: jointed lid just beyond the joint. The springs when left free draw the
inner tube into the outer one until the joints of the lid enter it and
so the parts of the lid are closed together and held shut. When,
however, by pressing on one end of the inner tube its other end is
thrust out beyond the end of the outer tube and the joints of the
lid of the inner tube are thus set free, the springs are able to
draw back the two parts of the lid and the case opens. The lid
may be made in one piece, but a divided lid is preferred.
The case
may open in a similar way at either end, or it may open at one end
only.
The accompanying Drawings illustrate the form of cigar case (con-
structed according to our Invention) which we prefer to manufacture.
Fig. 1 is a section showing the case closed and having one cnd par-
titioned off from the rest for the reception of matches, fusces, or other
lights; Fig. 2 is a section showing the case open at one end (c); Fig. 3
is an clevational view of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is an elevational view of Fig. 2,
but having the opposite end (c¹) open; Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the
case open at one end (c). In all these Figs. the same letters denote
similar parts.
a is the outer case or tube open at both ends; 6 is the inner casc or
tube sliding freely in the outer one; c, c, c¹, c¹, are the lids jointed at
either side which close the ends of the inner tube b; d, d, d', d', (broad
black lines) are the springs, cach attached by one end to the outer tube,
and by the other respectively to the jointed lids c, c, c¹, c'. When the
inner tubo or case is pushed at one end as c, the other end c' is caused
to project, and the lids c¹, c¹, are drawn back by the springs d', d', and
retained in that position until the jaws or lids c', c', are closed by hand,
when the springs d', d', cause the inner tube to assume the closed position
indicated by Figs. 1 and 3, and vice versa.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of
our Invention, we hereby declare that we claim, the Invention of
Improvements in Cases for Cigars and other Articles" herein described
and illustrated by the accompanying Drawings, it being understood that
we do not limit ourselves to the precise proportions and details described

page_text: and illustrated, nor do we claim the mere constituent details per se and
apart from the purposes of our Invention.
In witness whereof, wc, the said George Henry James and Josiah
James, have hereunto set our hands and scals, this Sixth day of
October, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and
seventy.
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-Witness to the signature of
Geo. Henry James,
GEO. HENRY JAMES. (L.S.)
JOSIAH JAMES.
(L.S.)
F. WRIGHT,
55, Millbank St.,
Westminster, S.W.
Witness to the signature of
Josiah James,
ROB. DULLBY,
11, Newgate Street.