IMPROVEMENTS IN BOXES FOR RECEIVING CIGAR ASHES, APPLICABLE ESPECIALLY FOR THE SMOKING CARRIAGES OF RAILWAY TRAINS
Year: 1876

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Bertram, of the Hermitage, Haringey Park, in the
County of Middlesex, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN BOXES FOR
RECEIVING CIGAR ASHES, APPLICABLE ESPECIALLY FOR THE SMOKING CARRIAGES
OF RAILWAY TRAINS."
Sealed the 23rd March 1877, and dated the 10th October 1876.
"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Bertram at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 10th October 1876.
JOHN BERTRAM, of the Hermitage, Haringey Park, in the County of Middlesex.
IMPROVEMENTS IN BOXES FOR RECEIVING CIGAR ASHES, APPLICABLE ESPECIALLY
FOR THE SMOKING CARRIAGES OF RAILWAY TRAINS."
The object of the Invention is to construct a box for receiving cigar ashes, so
that it may be permanently fixed in a carriage, and yet allow of the ashes being
quickly and readily emptied from it. For this purpose I construct the box of a
rectangular or other case open at the top, and with a bottom which can be secured
by screws to the ledge in front of the window of a railway carriage. At the top
of the box is a tray or pan to receive the ashes; this pan is connected by a hinge
joint to the upper edge of the front of the box, so that the tray or pan although
always attached to the box can readily be emptied by turning it over on its hinge
joint, and the ashes can then be received into a pan held to receive them. Across
the top of the tray is a bar to serve as a handle by which the tray may be turned
upwards on its hinge. To the back of the box may be jointed a lid, by which the
top of the box with its tray may be covered over.
The front of the box may be
roughened to allow of matches being ignited upon it, and there may be also a small
drawer at the bottom of the box to contain matches. Boxes of this construction
may not only be used in railway carriages, but also in other carriages and in smoking
rooms generally.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by the
said John Bertram in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 10th April 1877.
JOHN BERTRAM, of the Hermitage, Haringey Park, in the County of Middlesex.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN BOXES FOR RECEIVING CIGAR ASHES, APPLICABLE ESPECIALLY
FOR THE SMOKING CARRIAGES OF RAILWAY TRAINS."
The object of this Invention is to construct a box for receiving cigar ashes, so
that it may be permanently fixed in a carriage, and yet allow of the ashes being
quickly and readily emptied from it. For this purpose I construct the box of a
rectangular or other case, open at the top, and with a bottom which can be secured
by screws to the ledge in front of the window of a railway carriage. At the top of
the box is a tray or pan to receive the ashes; this pan is connected by a hinge joint
to the upper edge of the front of the box, so that the tray or pan although always
attached to the box can readily be emptied by turning it over on its hinge joint,
and the ashes can then be received into a pan held to receive them. Across the top
of the tray is a bar to serve as a handle by which the tray may be turned upwards
on its hinge. To the back of the box may be jointed a lid by which the top of the
box with its tray may be covered over. The front of the box may be roughened
to allow of matches being ignited upon it, and there may be also a small drawer at
the bottom of the box to contain matches. Boxes of this construction may not
only be used in railway carriages, but also in other carriages and in smoking rooms
generally.
In order that my said Invention may be most fully understood and readily carried
into effect, I will proceed to describe the Drawings hereunto annexed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a front elevation; Figure 2 is an end elevation, and Figure 3 is a
transverse section of a box for receiving cigar ashes. The box is constructed
according to my Invention, and is intended especially to be fixed in a railway
carriage on the ledge or sill of the fixed window at the side of the door of the carriage.
but boxes thus constructed may be used in other places.
Figure 4 shows a plan of the box as it appears when open.
a, a, is a rectangular case which can be attached to the window sill by screws
passing through the bottom. At the front of the case a there is a roughened
portion a¹ upon which matches can be struck; b is a tray to receive the ashes, it is
hinged to the front of the case a, it is furnished with a cross bar 61 serving as a
handle by which the tray can be raised and turned over to empty its contents when
the carriage is cleaned; c is a lid which is closed down, except when the tray is
required for use, to prevent the ashes blowing about.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention and the manner of
performing the same, I would have it understood that I do not confine myself to the
exact form represented in the Drawings, but I claim the construction of boxes for
receiving cigar ashes, substantially as herein described and shown.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Bertram, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Tenth day of April, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and seventy-seven.
JNO. BERTRAM. (LS.)