AN IMPROVED RECEPTACLE FOR TOBACCO
Year: 1866

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Antil Richards, of Holloway, in the County
of Middlesex, Commercial Clerk, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED
RECEPTACLE FOR TOBACCO."
Sealed the 4th June 1867, and dated the 7th December 1866.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Antil Richards
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 7th December 1866.
I, WILLIAM ANTIL RICHARDS, of Holloway, in the County of Middlesex,
Commercial Clerk, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN
IMPROVED RECEPTACLE FOR TOBACCO," to be as follows:-
Tobacco pouches are articles very extensively employed, and the object of
my Invention is the construction of an improved portable receptacle as a
substitute for the ordinary tobacco pouch; it is constructed in suchwise as to
hold tobacco securely, and allow of its being readily got at for use without
being scattered.
My improved receptacle. is made of caoutchouc or other elastic or flexible
substance, and it consists of an oval or otherwise shaped dish or tray forming
a holder for the tobacco, and provided with a cover. The dish or tray has a
frame at and extending all around or along its upper part or edge, which
frame is covered with the caoutchouc or other elastic or flexible material, and
is so disposed that when the dish or tray is in a horizontal position the frame
will be presented flatwise or broadwise instead of edgewise. By these means
the elastic material is kept suitably in shape; and if a pipe to be filled be

page_text: inserted into or brought near the receptacle it will not be injured because it
does not come into contact with any metal or sharp edge. Instead of the
frame being flat it may be rounded or convex. The cover has no frame nor
rigid edge, it is formed with a lip, flange, or border made also of elastic or
flexible material cemented or otherwise fastened to the dish or tray at the
back, the front being left free for opening and closing, that is to say, the front
part of the lip or border stretches and laps completely over the front edge of
the dish or tray, so that when the cover is closed the lip thus extending on all
sides over the whole framed edge of the dish or tray retains the contents
thereof effectually; it therefore does not require any fastening appliance, as
its resilience holds it in the required closed position, and yet permits of its
being opened without difficulty.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Antil Richards in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 7th June 1867.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
ANTIL RICHARDS, of Holloway, in the County of Middlesex, Commercial
Clerk, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Seventh day of December, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, in the thirtieth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said William Antil Richards, Her special license that I, the said William
Anti Richards, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as
1, the said William Antil Richards, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all
times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might
make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "AN
IMPROVED RECEPTACLE FOR TOBACCO," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said William Antil Richards, my executors or administrators,
by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and
seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention,
and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be
filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and
immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Antil Richards, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the fol-
lowing statement, reference being bad to the accompanying Drawings, and to
the letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say:-
Tobacco pouches are articles very extensively employed, and the object of
my Invention is the construction of an improved portable receptacle as a
substitute for the ordinary tobacco pouch, it is constructed in such wise as to
hold tobacco securely and allow of its being readily got at for use without
being scattered.
My improved receptacle is made of caoutchouc or other elastic or flexible
substance, and it consists of an oval or otherwise shaped dish or tray forming
a holder for the tobacco, and provided with a cover. The dish or tray has a
frame at and extending all round or along its upper part or edge, which
frame is covered with the caoutchouc or other elastic or flexible material, and
is so disposed that when the dish or tray is in a horizontal position the frame
will be presented flatwise or broadwise instead of edgewise. By these means
the elastic material. is kept suitably in shape, and if a pipe to be filled be inserted
into or brought near to my improved receptacle the pipe will not be injured
because it will not come into contact with any metal nor sharp edge. Instead
of the frame being flat it may be rounded or convex. The cover has no frame
nor rigid edge, it is formed with a lip, flange, or border made of clastic or
flexible material cemented or otherwise fastened to the dish or tray at the
back, the front being left free for opening and closing, that is to say, the front
part of the top or border stretches and laps completely over the front edge of
the dish or. tray, so that when the cover is closed the lip thus extending on all
sides over the whole framed edge of the dish or tray retains the contents
thereof effectually; it therefore does not require any fastening appliance as
its resilience holds it in the required closed position, and yet permits of its
being opened without difficulty.
The accompanying Drawings, which exemplify in what manner my Inven-
tion may be carried into effect represent holders constructed according to my
Invention.
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Figure 1 is a plan of my holder closed; Figure 2, plan or perspective view
of the same opened; Figure 3, edge view; and Figure 4, longitudinal section
of the holder closed; Figure 5, edge view of same opened; Figure 6, plan of
the tray or lower portion of the holder, the cover being removed.
A is an oval dish or tray made of caoutchouc or other elastic material. A
frame of metal, or other light rigid material extends all along or around the

page_text: upper edge of this tray, and is covered and concealed by the caoutchouc or
elastic material which forms the body of the tray. The position of this frame
which projects inward or over the interior of the tray at the edge is indicated
by the letter a, a, though the frame itself is not seen, as it is covered and
concealed as described. The Drawings shew that this frame or edge a is
disposed flatwise or broadwise instead of edgewise. B is a cover which is also
made of caoutchouc or like elastic material; it has no rigid frame nor rigid
edge, but it is formed with an elastic edge, lip, or flange 6 cemented or other-
wise attached to the upper part of the tray or dish A at the back part thereof,
as shewn in Figures 2, 5, the front part of the cover B being left free for
opening and closing; when closed its edge b stretches or laps over the edge a
of the tray or dish A, and keeps the article firmly closed without any fastening
appliance being required. c, c, are caoutchouc strenghening pieces cemented
to the edge of the dish or tray and to the cover B at the outer ends of their
junction.
Figure 7 is a sectional view of a modification in which the frame or top
edge a of the tray. A instead of projecting inward, as shewn in the preceding
Figures projects outwards from the body of the dish or tray. In other respects
this arrangement is similar to the preceding, and corresponding parts are
marked by corresponding letters.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner
the same may be performed, I declare that I claim,―
First, the employment of a rigid frame disposed flatwise or broadwise and
covered by elastic material, substantially in the manner and for the purpose
described.
Second, the improved receptacle herein-before described in respect of the
arrangement and combination of parts of which the same consists.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Antil Richards, have bereunto
set my hand and seal, this Fifth day of June, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.
Witness,
M. HENRY,
Patent Agent,
68, Fleet Street.
London.
W. A. RICHARDS. (L.S.)