IMPROVEMENTS IN PORTABLE RECEPTACLES OR BOXES FOR CONTAINING AND PRESENTING MATCHES OR OTHER ARTICLES
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Lloyd Wise at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 27th September 1879. (A communi-
cation from abroad by Mr. Henry Roman, of Paris, in the Republic of
France.)
WILLIAM LLOYD WISE, of 7, Whitehall Place, in the City of Westminster.
" IMPROVEMENTS IN PORTABLE RECEPTACLES OR BOXES FOR CONTAINING AND
PRESENTING MATCHES OR OTHER ARTICLES." (A communication from abroad by
Mr. Henry Roman, of Paris, in the Republic of France.)
This Invention has reference to improvements in portable receptacles or boxes
of the class described in the Specification of Letters Patent granted the
7th November 1876 to the said Henry Roman, No. 4314, and the objects of
these improvements are to produce boxes of the class referred to more economically,
with fewer parts, capable of being closed by direct pressure on the lid, as well as
by drawing down the inner box or case as before, and to lessen the liability to get
out of order.
By way of example the improvements are represented in the accompanying
Drawings as applied to receptacles or boxes for matches.
Fig. 1 shews a sheet of metal cut to a suitable shape for making the outer case
or box A, shewn in isometrical view in Fig. 3, with its igniting surface f and large
opening b.
Fig. 2 shews a sheet of metal cut to a suitable shape for forming the inner case
or box D, represented isometrically in Fig. 4, and the upper part m of which serves
as a lid or cover to the compound receptacle or box formed by the combination of
the two parts A, D, one of which D enters within the other A as shewn. Other
modes of manufacture may obviously be adopted for the cases or boxes A and D.
Figs. 5 and 6 shew the improved box complete; it is closed in Fig. 5, and open
in Fig. 6.
It will be seen that by means of the opening b in the outer case or box A the
inner box, case, or holder D may be directly acted upon by the thumb; it is provided
at the top with a projecting part p (which may be formed with a punch) to form
a stop, and at bottom with a roughened surface h to give a better hold to the
thumb
The receptacle may be opened by pressing the thumb against the roughened
surface h, and simultaneously moving the thumb towards the top of the box; thus

page_text: the inner box, case, or receptacle is caused to slide like a drawer until it presents
the matches, as indicated in Fig. 6.
In order that these matches may be easily taken out a recess is provided at g,
which enables a match to be taken between the finger and thumb or two fingers
without difficulty, and the inner case to be removed for separate use if desired.
The receptacle may be closed by returning the inner case or box D, either by
pressure of the thumb on the roughened part h or by pressing on the cover m.
When the receptacle is closed the projection p catches and keeps the cases or
boxes A, D, in their respective positions, so that the matches may be well preserved
within the receptacle D, which cannot open of itself.
Figs. 7 and 8 shew two arrangements of inner case or box D, one (Fig. 8)
without a recess, the other (Fig. 7) with two recesses, one at each side.
These boxes as described may be made of metal, wood, cardboard, or other
suitable material, and arranged for holding cigars, pens, or other useful articles.