A NEW AND IMPROVED BOX OR RECEPTACLE TO BE APPLIED TO UMBRELLAS, WALKING STICKS, PARASOLS, WHIPS, BICYCLE HANDLES, BILLIARD CUES, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES, FOR HOLDING AND CONTAINING MATUNES, FUSEES, PIPE AND CIGAR LIGHTS, CHALK, AND SUCH LIKE USEFUL PURPOSES
Year: 1878

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Nathaniel Henry Holding, of 31, Gloucester Street,
Camden Town, in the County of Middlesex, Engineer, for the Invention of
"A NEW AND IMPROVED BOX OR RECEPTACLE TO BE APPLIED TO UMBRELLAS,
WALKING STICKS, PARASOLS, WHIPS, BICYCLE HANDLES, BILLIARD CUES, AND
OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES, FOR HOLDING AND CONTAINING MATUNES, FUSEES,
PIPE AND CIGAR LIGHTS, CHALK, AND SUCH LIKE USEFUL PURPOSES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Nathaniel Henry Holding at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 1st July 1878.
NATHANIEL HENRY HOLDING, of 31, Gloucester Street, Camden Town, in the
County of Middlesex, Engineer. "A NEW AND IMPROVED BOX OR RECEPTACLE TO
BE APPLIED TO UMBRELLAS, WALKING STICKS, PARASOLS, WHIPS, BICYCLE HANDLES,
BILLIARD CUES, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES, FOR HOLDING AND CONTAINING
MATCHES, FUSEES, PIPE AND CIGAR LIGHTS, CHALK, AND SUCH LIKE USEFUL
PURPOSES."
To carry out my Invention I bore a hole in the stick or handle sufficiently large
to admit of a metallic, wood, cardboard, or other tubular or other conveniently
shaped box closed at each end, with an aperture in the side to admit of the inatches,
fusees, chalk, or other articles being easily extracted, at the same time being kept
from falling out by means of a shield working inside the box.
At the outside bottom end I place a steel or other spring, and at the top end I
fix a catch or check spring, or facing this catch or check spring; the spring at the
bottom end forces the box out by pressing the box back, the catch or check spring
holds it firmly in its place, and at the same time the shield closes, being automatic.
I place a guide pin at the side to work in a slot in the box to keep it from
turning round, and act as a stop to prevent the box coming quite out, and at the
same time it closes the shield.
There are other ways by which this can be done, for instance, by means of a
steel or other suitable spring fixed to the bottom end of the box.
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page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Nathaniel Henry Holding in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
31st December 1878.
NATHANIEL HENRY HOLDING, of 31, Gloucester Street, Camden Town, in the
County of Middlesex, Engineer. "A NEW AND IMPROVED Box or RECEPTACLE
TO BE APPLIED TO UMBRELLAS, WALKING STICKS, PARASOLS, WHIPS, BICYCLE
HANDLES, BILLIARD CUES, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES, FOR HOLDING AND CON-
TAINING MATCHES, FUSEES, PIPE AND CIGAR LIGHTS, CHALK, AND SUCH LIKE USEFUL
PURPOSES."
This Invention consists in the construction and application of a box or receptacle
to contain matches, fusees, pipe and cigar lights, chalk, and such like purposes, to
umbrellas, walking sticks, parasols, whips, bicycle handles, billiard cues, and other
like articles.
To carry out my Invention I bore a hole in the stick or handle sufficiently large
to receive a metallic, wood, or other tubular, or other conveniently shaped box,
closed at the lower end; in this box slides telescopewise an inner box, closed at
both ends, and having an aperture at the upper part to allow of the matches,
fusees, or other lights, or other articles being easily introduced and extracted, at the
same time the said articles are kept from falling out by means of a shield working
inside the inner box.
Between the bottoms of the two boxes I place a steel or other spring, and at the
top end of the outer box I fix a catch or check spring; on forcing this catch or
check spring inwards the spring at the bottom end forces the inner box upwards,
and the shield may then be moved downwards, and the contents, or a portion of
the contents, of the box be withdrawn; by pressing the box back the catch or
check spring holds it firmly in its place, the same action closing the shield.
A guide pin on one side of the outer box works in a slot in the inner box, so as
to keep the latter from turning round, and at the same time act as a stop to
prevent it coming quite out of the outer box.
But to make iny Invention better understood I will proceed to describe the same
by reference to the accompanying Drawing, in which,-
Figures 1 and 2 are elevations of my improved box, Figure 1 shewing the box
applied to the handle of an umbrella or other similar article; Figures 3 and 4,
sectional elevations of Figures 1 and 2.
Figures 5 and 6, elevations shewing the box opened out; Figures 7 and 8,
sectional elevations of Figures 5 and 6; Figure 9, similar view to Figure 6, but
shewing the shield moved down to allow of withdrawing the contents, or part of
the contents, of the box; Figure 10, section of Figure 9.
Similar letters in all the Figures represent similar parts.
a is the outer box or case, preferably of metal, open at the top, and which is
placed in a hole bored in the stick or handle b, as seen in Figure 1; c is the inner
box working telescopewise in the outer box a, and having an aperture d, Figure 9,
in the upper part; e is the shield, working telescopewise in the inner box c; f is
a spiral spring placed between the bottoms of the boxes a and c, so as to always
tend to force the inner box e upwards; g is the guide pin projecting in the
interior of the box a and working in the slot h in the box c so as to act as a stop
to the box c in its upward motion and prevent it turning; also acting as a stop to
the shield e when this latter is moved down; ¿ is the spring of the catch Z fixed to
the outer box or case a, and working in the slot in the said case a and corre-
sponding slot k in the inner box c, the upper ends of the slots j and k being enlarged
to allow the catch of the spring i to act therein. The shield e is also slotted to
allow the spring catch to pass through when the box is opened.
By this construction of box it will be seen that if the inner box c be pressed
down into the position shewn in Figures 1, 2, 3, and 4, the catch 7 will be held by

page_text: its spring i in the enlarged parts of the slots j and k, and will thus keep the inner
box closed, as shown in Figure 4; if however the catch be pressed inwards by its
knob m the inner box c will be free of the catch, and will be pressed upwards by the
spring finto the position shewn in Figures 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10, the slot k allowing
it to pass over the small part n of the catch, the upward motion of the box c being
limited by the guide pin g, which acts as a stop. Tho shield e may now be pressed
down by the finger, as shewn in Figures 9 and 10, and a match or matches, or
other contents or portion of the contents of the box, be extracted.
To close the box it is merely necessary to press down the inner box c until the
enlarged part of the slot is brought opposite the catch l, when this latter will
be forced outwards by its spring i, and passing into the enlarged part of the slot
will keep the box in its closed position, as herein-before described. In being moved
downwards the inner box c will pass over the shield e, so as to close the aperture.
Figure 11 shews a section, in which I employ a central pin o and bar p in lieu
of the pin g and slot h.
Having thus described my Invention, and the best means I am acquainted with
for carrying the same into effect, I wish it to be understood that I do not confine
myself to the precise details herein laid down, as the same may be modified with-
out departing from the peculiar character of my Invention but what I do
claim is,
Firstly. The construction and application to umbrellas, walking sticks, parasols,
whips, bicycle handles, billiard cues, and other similar articles, of the improved box
or receptacle, arranged and operating substantially as and for the purposes herein-
before described and represented in the accompanying Drawing, or any mere modi-
fication thereof.
Secondly. The construction and employment of the spring catch in combination
with the slots in the inner and outer boxes, arranged and operating substantially
as herein-before described and represented in the accompanying Drawing,
Thirdly. In a box or receptacle, constructed as herein-before described, I claim
the employment of the moveable shield for preventing the contents of the box
from falling out when the box is opened, as herein-before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Nathaniel Henry Holding, have hereto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-eight day of December, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight.