Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 12th July, 1898
Complete Concifiontion Loft 19th Sont 1808 Accented 20th Oct
1898
BERNHARD BLOOM, Engineer, of 25, Regent Square, London, W.C., do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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This invention consists of a box whereby one cigarette at the time may be
quickly extracted therefrom.
For its purpose I construct a square box having one of these edges wider than
the other which gives the box a hopper shape. The narrow edge is slightly wider
than a cigarette. At the marrow edge of the top end of the box is a tongue or
flap, covering an opening into the box, said opening being slightly larger than
eircumference of a cigarette, and adapted to allow the removal of such cigarette
from the box. To get the cigarette through the said end hole, finger-holes are
arranged in the centre of the narrow edge of the box to permit the cigarette to
be grasped with the fingers and pushed endwise through the end hole. The
removed cigarette will be replaced by another one when box kept with the front
narrow edge downwards. A sliding band is put round the box to cover the finger-
holes when box not in use.
This box can be made of card board, tin or any other suitable material.
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BERNHARD BLOOM, of 25, Regent Square, in the County of London, England,
Engineer, 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 cigar and cigarette boxes and has for
its object to enable a smoker to expeditiously extract therefrom one cigar or
cigarette at a time.
In the accompanying drawings which fully illustrate my invention Fig. 1 is a
view of the blank wherewith I make my improved box.
Figs. 2 and 3 are views showing the cigarette box closed and open respectively;
Fig. 4 is a cross section on line x x of Fig. 3.
My improved cigarette box is made by means of a blank of card-board' metal
or other suitable material of the shape shown in Fig. 1 and comprising a rectangu-
lar piece A surmounted by a strip 9 and provided with two lateral flaps, wings,
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page_text: or extensions and a central opening o spanned by a strip f of similar material
fixed to the outside of the piece A midway between the folding lines ii and d d
which delineate the narrow lower or delivery end of the case when the piece A
is folded in two to form the two sides of the case C; the flaps j being subsequently
folded along the lines a i, a i to form the lateral ends of the said case and being
fixed in any suitable manner to the edges of the sides formed by A, while the flap g
forms the wide top of the case, its edge being bent over in order to be fixed
inside the case (Fig. 4); r is a small movable shutter more clearly shown in
Fig. 3.
The case C thus formed by the blank shown in Fig. 1, is further provided
with a runner s s having an enlarged semi circular top s which normally, that is
to say in the position shown in Fig. 2, covers the central opening o when the case
is stored away say in the smoker's pocket. But when a cigarette is required
the runners is moved along in the position shown in Fig. 3 and the opening o
is disclosed. As the cigarettes are piled i.e. superposed in the manner clearly
shown in Fig. 4 through the top of the case C, the bottom flap g of which had
been opened for that purpose and is subsequently closed, the case on being held
downwardly will be found with a cigarette bearing on the strip f which can be
grasped by two fingers in the opening o and moved along in the direction of the
shutter r so as to push it out and be withdrawn from the case, while the hitherto
superjacent cigarette takes the place of that just extracted ready to be withdrawn
in its turn. The piece A may also be provided with lower flaps glued onto the
flaps when making the case. Although we have described our invention as
applied to a cigarette case it is obvious that it can be similarly applied to a cigar
or other case. Moreover it is likewise obvious that I may substitute for the
runner a hinged or other lid of any suitable construction without departing from
the nature of my invention.
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. A case of suitable material containing a vertical row of superposed cigar-
ottes cigars and the like and made by means of a blank comprising a rectangular
piece provided with a central opening spanned by a strip of the same material
and divided by a narrow band forming the bottom of the case when this piece
is folded in two, a strip provided with a bent over edge surmounting the said
piece and forming when folded the top cover of the case, while two or more flaps
or lateral extensions of the rectangular piece aforesaid form the ends of the case.
one of the flap being furnished at its lower end with a moveable shutter sub-
stantially as herein described and shown.
2. A new or improved case for cigarettes, cigars and the like arranged and
combined in such a manner as to constantly allow the prompt withdrawal of one
article at a time substantially as herein described and shown.
Doted this 10th day of Cantomba 1900