An Improved Box for Matches and like Articles.
Year: 1893

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Box for Matches and like Articles.
I, GIOVANNI GIACOMO CARBONE, of 6 Via San Lorenzo, Genoa, in the
Kingdom of Italy, Merchant, 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:-
My invention relates to a box for matches and like articles.
In the accompanying drawing
Figures 1 to 6 represent the various parts and different views of the box;
Figures 7 to 12 represent a modification of the same.
Figure 1 shows the piece of cardboard with cuts and scores along which the
cardboard must be folded in order to form the box.
Figure 2 shows the closing part or sliding cover.
Figure 3 represents the piece of cardboard which is cut out from the piece shown
in Figure 1 to form the opening in the box.
Figure 4 is a side view of the box.
Figure 5 represents a plan of the box when closed, and
Figure 6 shows a plan of the box when open.
Figures 7 to 12 also show, in the same order as Figures 1 to 6, the parts and
views of the modified box.
On reference to Figures 1 to 6 it is seen that the general form of this box is a
rectangular parallelopiped; but it will be understood that, without departing from
the scope of the present invention, the box may also have any other suitable
form.
The improved box consists of two parts A, B. The part A, being folded along
the scores a, a, constitutes the casing of the box; it has an opening b for the intro-
duction and the removal of the articles contained in the box, and two cuts c, c.
B denotes the sliding cover; the edges d, d are folded at a right angle and are
inserted between the edges ƒ and g which form the sides of the box; while the
lugs m m pass into the cuts c c and are designed to be taken hold of with the fingers
by which the cover is caused to slide in order to open or close the box.
The piece represented in Figure 3 is the material from the piece A, produced
by cutting out the opening b; sometimes this piece is pasted upon the lower face
of the cover B in order to give it more strength. In order to preserve the form of
the box after having folded the piece A it is sufficient to put a little gum at the
side & covered by the sand paper or the like for producing the friction necessary
for lighting matches.
The modification of the box represented in Figures 7 to 12 consists only in that,
in lieu of the lugs m m, the cover B has a tongue h of linen or other material by
which the said cover is opened or closed.
The box which forms the subject of this invention presents great advantages as
compared with the boxes heretofore used. Apart from the great saving in the
manufacture it has a smaller bulk for an equal capacity; it can be easily kept
without any deformation; it requires a smaller number of movements for its
operation; and the articles contained therein are safer, for the box opens only by
the intentional displacement of the cover.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
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A. box for matches or like articles, formed of a single piece and of a sliding
cover, substantially as hereinbefore described and represented in the drawings.
Dated this 8th day of November 1893.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.