Improvements in Packages for containing Tobacco, Cigars, and other Articles.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd June, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 1st Mar., 1890-Accepted, 12th Apr., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
[Communicated from abroad by DANIEL CAMPBELL RIPLEY, of Pittsburg, in the
County of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, United States of America, Glass
Manufacturer.]
Improvements in Packages for containing Tobacco, Cigars, and other
Articles.
I JOHN THOMSON KING of 4 Clayton Square Liverpool in the County of Lancaster
Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is, first, to provide a box for containing tobacco, cigars,
and other articles, by which such articles may be enclosed in a glass chamber
hermetically sealed from the entrance of air, the material of the chamber being
of such nature that the moisture and flavour of the contents shall not be absorbed
thereby, as is the case when a wooden or paper packing is employed; and secondly;
to provide a box of such construction that it can be shipped or handled freely without
danger of breakage. The desirability of a box possessing such features of advantage
will be appreciated by those familiar with the rapid deterioration to which tobacco
packed in wooden boxes is subject.
The invention consists essentially in the combination of a box of glass or like
material having a suitable lid for containing the tobacco cigars and other articles with
a containing box of wood or suitable material having in addition a lid and means for
securing the said lid in position.
Additional improvements consist in fitting the glass box with an india rubber or
flexible gasket fitting between the said box and the lid and between the said box
and its container, and in providing a spring or equivalent device for maintaining the
lid of the glass box in position.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Packages for containing Tobacco, Cigars, and other
Articles.
I JOHN THOMSON KING of 4 Clayton Square Liverpool in the County of Lancaster,
Patent Agent, 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 :-
The object of my invention is, first, to provide a box for containing tobacco, cigars
and other articles, by which such articles may be enclosed in a glass chamber
hermetically sealed from the entrance of air, the material of the chamber being of
such nature that the moisture and flavor of the contents shall not be absorbed thereby,
as is the case when a wooden or paper packing box is employed; and secondly, to
provide a box of such construction that it can be shipped or handled freely without
danger of breakage. The desirability of a box possessing such features of advantage
will be appreciated by those familiar with the rapid deterioration to which tobacco
packed in wooden boxes is subject.
The invention consists essentially in the combination of a box of glass or like
material having a suitable lid for containing the tobacco cigars and other articles
with a containing box of wood or suitable material having in addition a lid and
means for securing the said lid in position.
Additional improvements consist in fitting the glass box with an india rubber or
flexible gasket fitting between the said box and the lid and between the said box

page_text: and its container, and in providing a spring or equivalent device for maintaining
the lid of the glass box in position.
Referring to the drawing: 1 represents a box of wood or other material, having a
lid 2, which is preferably hinged thereto, and is adapted to be held by a suitable
catch or lock 3. Within this box is placed a glass vessel or box 4 whose size and
shape conform approximately to the interior of the outer box, and on the rim of
the glass box is placed a suitable rubber gasket 5, having an exterior flanged portion,
which fits on the outer side of the rim between the latter and the sides of the wooden
box, so as to afford a packing which prevents lateral motion or shaking of the glass
box. 6 is a glass lid, which is adapted to fit upon the gasket 5, and to close the
glass box, and 7 are springs secured to the inner side of the lid 2, and adapted when
the lid is shut, to bear upon the surface of the glass lid, and to press the same upon
the rubber gasket, thus sealing tightly the joint between the glass lid and box and
rendering the same air tight. The springs are preferably constituted by bowed steel
plates, as shown in the drawing, since these are cheap and easy to apply, but they may
be otherwise constructed, their function being to hold the glass lid on its seat, and to
confine the glass box yieldingly within the outer wooden box, thus preventing it from
vertical movement, and packing it securely and safely in place, so that the outer box
may be handled and transported without displacing or breaking the glass.
advantages of the box in its use as a shipping case are in this regard of great
importance.
The
My improved box is simple and cheap in construction, and is very efficient for the
use for which it is intended. Cigars and tobacco placed in such hermetically-
sealed non absorbent boxes may be preserved for an indefinite period without loss of
flavour or moisture. The box may also be made neat and attractive in appearance,
and is thus a very desirable article both for keeping and displaying tobacco and cigars
in tobacco-stores and for private or domestic use.
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
First. A case for cigars &c., consisting in the combination of the glass box and lid,
and an outer box or case in which it is contained, substantially as and for the purposes
described.
Second. A case for cigars &c., consisting in the combination of the glass box and
lid, an outer box or case in which it is contained, a flexible gasket situate on the
rim of the glass box, and having a flange between the glass box and the outer box,
and a spring substantially as and for the purposes described.
Third. A case for cigars &c. consisting in the combination of the glass box and
lid, an outer box or case in which it is contained, and a flexible gasket situate on
the rim of the glass box, and having a flange between the glass box and the outer box,
substantially as and for the purposes described.
Dodol Rth J1800
Per pro J. T. KING,
J. Johnson,
Agent.