Improvements in the Manufacture of Pocket Boxes or Cases from Sheet Metal.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Oct., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 23rd July, 1900-Accepted, 6th Oct., 1900
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Pocket Boxes or Cases from
Sheet Metal.
I, SAMUEL TIMINGS, of 55, Great Hampton Street, in the City of Birmingham,
Brassfounder, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to the manufacture of pocket boxes or cases of
various kinds from sheet metal such for instance as pocket match boxes, cigar
and cigarette cases card cases and other pocket boxes or cases.
As an example I will describe my invention as applied to a pocket match box
which is shaped like a watch and has the upper part of the case with the bow
and pendent cut off and hinged to the back part of the case to form the lid and
give access to the interior the hinge of the upper part or lid being provided with
heel which is acted on by a spring fixed to the back part of the same so as to
maintain the lid either opened or closed. I make the said pocket match box as
follows:-
I make the main portion of the box of two sheet metal stampings which are
shaped so as to form the front and back respectively and are secured together
by the edge of one stamping being closed round the edge of the other stamping.
The stamping forming the back of the box has a tongue which projects for a
certain distance from the top edge and is pierced and bent back against the
inside of the back of the box so as to form a loop to receive the hinge pin. The
lower part of this tongue has two piercings a short distance apart leaving a cross
bar or bridge which is somewhat raised to receive a spring tongue which is slided
under the bridge and is so located as to act upon the heel of the hinge, and main-
tain the lid open or shut. The lid of the box to which the pendent is fixed is
stamped to the proper shape to conform with the circular form of the box and has
formed with it a tongue which has two side projections forming the hinge pin and
taking into the loop above described at the top of the box; this tongue is con-
tinued beyond the said side projections and folded back upon itself so as to
form the heel upon which the spring acts.
I make pocket boxes or cases of various other shapes from sheet metal such for
instance as oval oblong and other forms similarly as above described with refer-
ence to a watch shaped pocket match box and in some cases the bow and pendent
are dispensed with.
Dated this 20th day of October 1800
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in the Manufacture of Pocket Boxes or Cases from
Sheet Metal.
I, SAMUEL TIMINGS, of 55, Great Hampton Street, in the City of Birmingham,
Brassfounder, 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:-
This invention has reference to the manufacture of pocket boxes or cases of
various kinds from sheet metal such for instance as pocket match boxes, cigar
and cigarette cases, card cases and other pocket boxes or cases.
As an example I will describe my invention as applied to a pocket match box
which is shaped like a watch and has the upper part of the case with the bow
and pendant cut off and hinged to the back part of the case to form the lid and
give access to the interior the hinge of the upper part or lid being provided with
heel which is acted on by a spring fixed to the back part of the same so as to
maintain the lid either opened or closed.
I make the said pocket match boxes as I will now describe by referring to the
accompanying drawings on which Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a pocket match
box constructed according to this invention; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the
same; Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the same open and with the front portion
broken away so as to shew the interior; Fig. 4 is a cross sectional elevation of the
same; Fig. 5 shews the blank for forming the back of the said match box partly
finished; Fig. 6 is a front elevation and cross section of the blank for forming the
J'd of the said match box partly finished; Fig. 7 is a side cross sectional elevation
of the same lid; Fig. 8 shews another form of match box or case for cigars
cigarettes cards and the like constructed according to this invention and Fig. 9
is a cross sectional elevation of the same.
I will first describe the arrangement of my invention illustrated by Figs. 1 to
7 both inclusive.
The
I make the main portions of the box of two sheet metal stampings marked
respectively AA2 which are shaped so as to form the front and back of the box
respectively and are secured together round the edges by the edge a' of the front
stamping A being closed round the edge of the back stamping A².
back stamping A2 has a tongue as which projects for a certain distance from the
top edge and this is pierced at to receive the hinged part of the lid Bas
hereinafter described and is bent back against the inside of the back of the box so
as to form the loop a to receive the hinge pin. The part of the tongue a³ which
is the lower part when bent against the back A2 as above described has two
piercings or slits 78 at a short distance apart leaving the cross bar or bridge a
between them which is raised as shewn to receive the spring tongue C which is
slided through the piercings a 8 and under the bridge and thus secured to
the tongue and is so located that the upper part of the tongue C (see Fig. 3)
acts upon the heel of the hinge and maintains the lid open or shut in the ordinary
way. The lid 13 of the box to which the pendant 1) is fixed is stamped as shewn
to the proper shape to correspond with the circular form of the box and has
formed with it a tongue b¹ which has two side projections 62 33 forming the hinge
pin and taking into the loop as above described at the top of the box.
tongue bis continued beyond the said side projections 263 and folded back upon
itself as shewn in Figs. 3, 4 and 7 so that the fold 64 forms the heel upon which
the spring C acts. The tongue a³ is secured in its folded position against the back
part A² by means of a rivet e passing through the holes a¹ all (Fig. 5). By con-
This

page_text: structing the back of the box with a tongue a³ to receive the hinge pin and the
spring Cand securing the spring C to the said tongue and by also making the
lid B of the box with the tongue forming the heel and linge pin ³ ³ all
as above described the hinge is rendered very strong and the cost of manufacture
of the box is reduced.
I make pocket boxes or cases of various other shapes from sheet metal such for
instance as oval, oblong and other forms similarly as above described with refer-
ence to a watch shaped pocket match box and in some cases the bow and pen-
dant D are dispensed with. For instance Figs. and 9 shew my invention
applied to an oblong cigar or cigarette case or match box or card case or the like
the construction of which is precisely the same as the construction of the watch
shaped pocket match box herein before described except that the outline shape of
the box or case is oblong whereas that of the watch shaped pocket box is round.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is :-
1. In sheet metal pocket match boxes cigar and cigarette cases card cases and
other pocket boxes or cases provided with a hinged lid, making the body of the box
or case of two sheet metal stampings closed together at their edges one of said
stampings having a projecting tongue which is folded down within and secured to
the back of the box or case forming a top loop for the hinge pin and made with
cross slots and bridge to receive the spring which acts upon the heel of the hinge
substantially as set forth.
2. In sheet metal pocket match boxes cigar and cigarette cases card cases and
other pocket boxes or cases provided with a hinged lid, making the said lid of a
sheet metal stamping provided with a tongue formed with two side projections
constituting the hinge pin said tongue being folded back upon itself within the
lid so that the folded part will form the heel for the spring to act upon to keep
the lid open or closed substantially as set forth.
3. In a pocket match box cigar or cigarette case or other pocket box or case the
combination of two sheet metal stampings closed together at their edges and
forming the front and back of the box respectively, the said back stamping
having a projecting tongue which is folded down within and secured to the
back of the box or case forming the top loop for the hinge pin and made with cross
slots and bridge to receive the spring, the spring C secured under said bridge
and acting upon the heel of the lid, and the sheet metal lid B made with project-
ing tongue at the back provided with side projections 62 63 which engage in
the said loop and folded back upon itself to form the heel for the spring to act
upon, all substantially as described and illustrated.
Datel this 204 1
P T 1
1000
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.