Improvements in Boxes for Small Articles.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Sept., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 31st May, 1894-Accepted, 14th July, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Boxes for Small Articles.
I, FERDINAND MÜLLER of 8, Bramshill Gardens, Dartmouth Park in the
County of Middlesex, Commercial Traveller, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as
:-
follows
My invention relates to improvements in boxes for holding small articles.
In boxes of this character adapted to hold pins, needles, matches, cachous and
the like 1 provide means for delivering a single article at a time instead of its
being necessary to open the box and pick out one from the mass or bulk.
To this end I form an opening at a convenient point preferably on the side of
the box and provide a similar opening on the lid to correspond therewith the lid
being so arranged that upon turning it slightly the opening in the box shall be
covered. In the box I employ a sloping bottom, which may be a false one if
desired, preferably so curved that all the articles will be directed to the hole when
the box is tilted or shaken so that one or more as arranged will fall through the
same. Suitable stops or a bayonet joint between the body and lid may be
employed for the purpose of preventing the lid turning round too far away, for
the holes to correspond quickly. In one form of box constructed according to
my invention I notch the rim upon which the lid or cover fits the turned down
portion or tongue of said notch forming a support for a sloping false bottom, while
the rim of the cover is cut away and slightly turned in so as to engage with the
notch in the body and thus form the stop.
Dated the 9th day of September 1893.
PHILIP M. JUSTICE,
Chartered Patent Agent, 55 & 56 Chancery Lane, London,
For the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Boxes for Small Articles.
I, FERDINAND MÜLLER of 8 Bramshill Gardens, Dartmouth Park, in the.
County of Middlesex, Commercial Traveller, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My invention relates to improvements in boxes for holding small articles. In
boxes of this character adapted to hold pins, needles, matches, cachous and the
like, I provide means for delivering a single article at a time instead of its being
necessary to open the box and pick out one from the mass or bulk.
To clearly explain my invention reference is made to the accompanying drawings
in which :-
Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation on line z =, Fig. 3, of one form of box constructed
according to my invention.
Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation taken at right angles to Fig. 1 on line xx, looking
to the right.
1 online of same.

page_text: In the construction of box shown I form an opening a on the upper edge or side
of the body of the box, and provide a similar opening 6 on the edge of the lid, the
lid being so arranged that upon turning it slightly the opening in the box body is
closed. In the body of the box I place a sloping bottom c which may be either
the actual bottom of the box or a false one as shown, such bottom being so curved
that all the articles in the box will be directed to the hole when the box is tilted
or shaken, so that one or more will fall through same as arranged, a pin being
shown falling through the opening in the box in Fig. 5. Suitable stops or a
bayonet joint between the body and the lid may be employed for the purpose of
preventing the lid turning round too far away for the holes to correspond quickly.
In the form of box shown I notch the rim upon which the lid fits, the turned
down portion or tongue d of said notch forming a support for the sloping false
bottom c while the rim of the cover at the edge of the hole is slightly turned in
to form a projection e which will engage with the bole a in the body and thus form
the stop. In place of having the holes in both the body and lid, the hole may be
arranged in one of these only.
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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 :- -
1. A box having a curved and sloping bottom and an orifice in the body or lid
of same, or in both, through which small articles may be readily discharged,
substantially as described.
2. The construction of box substantially as described and illustrated in the
drawings.
31st day of May 1894.
PHILIP M. JUSTICE,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agent,
For the Applicant.