Certain Improvements in the Manufacture of Cigar Cases, Cigarette Cases, Card Cases, and Cases for Scissors and other Small Articles.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Sept., 1896-Accepted, 31st Oct., 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Certain Improvements in the Manufacture of Cigar Cases, Cigarette
Cases, Card Cases, and Cases for Scissors and other Small
Articles.
We, GEORGE WILLIAM HERBERT, and WILFRED KIRBY INGHAM, trading
together as Herbert & Ingham, of 16, 17 and 18, Wrottesley Street, in the City
of Birmingham, Toy and Fancy Goods Manufacturers, 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 cigar cases, cigarette cases,
card cases and those cases which are commonly known as "ladies' companions
and contain scissors siletto and certain other small articles.
This invention consists firstly of an improved method of fixing the lining of
leather plush or other suitable material in the metallic part of the case; secondly
of an improved method of forming the metallic case and covering the same with
leather plush or other suitable material and thirdly of an improved method of
constructing the straps or bands which are fixed in some of the said cases such as
the ladies' companions for securing the scissors or other fittings therein.
We will describe this invention by referring to the accompanying drawings on
which
Fig. 1 is a sectional view of one of the said metallic cases illustrating our
improved method of securing the lining therein;
Fig. 2 is a cross section of one half of the case shewing the lining secured
according to this invention;
Fig. 3 is a general view of one half of one of the cases covered in accordance
with this invention;
Fig. 4 shews the sheet metal blank for forming the half case represented by
Fig. 3;
Fig. 5 shews. the said blank Fig. 4 laid upon the outer covering of the same;
Fig. 6 is a cross section on line X X of Fig. 5;
Fig. 7 is a plan and Fig. 8 is a cross section on line Y Y of Fig. 7 shewing the
said blank in the next stage of fixing the covering thereto;
Fig. 9 is a cross section of one half of the said case covered and lined in
accordance with this invention;
Fig. 10 is a view of a portion of one half of the said case illustrating the third
part of this invention;
Fig. 11 is a plan and Fig. 12 is an inverted plan of the strap part of the case
shewn by Fig. 10;
Fig. 13 shews separately the sheet metal blank from which the covering of the
-strap part Fig. 12 is formed.
The same letters of reference indicate the same or corresponding parts in all
the figures of the drawing.
We will first refer to Figs. 1 and 2 and describe that part of our said invention
which has reference to the lining of the said metallic cases. According to this
part of our invention each half A of the metallic case is made with an inwardly
projecting flange a' extending all round each half of the case, and the edges b' of
the plush or other lining B (which is cemented or otherwise fixed in the case A)
extend up the sides of the case (see Fig. 1) and under the flanges a' which are
then by press tools or other means closed down over the upwardly turned edges b¹

page_text: of the lining B as shewn in Fig. 2, thus making A good finish to the lining and
effectually securing the edges of the same.
In carrying out the second part of this invention we form and cover the two
parts of the case as we will now describe by referring to Figs. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9.
We take a sheet metal blank C with the corners notched out as shewn in Fig. 4
this blank being of a size to form one half of the required case. The sheet metal
blank C is then laid upon and cemented or otherwise fixed to the plush or other
covering D which, as shewn in Fig. 5, is made to correspond with the shape of the
blank C and extends beyond each of the four sides cl ccc of the blank for a
certain distance. These extended parts of the covering D are then turned over
the sides c¹² c³c of the metal blank C and secured on to the top of the blank as
shewn in Fig. 7. The projecting sides c c c c of the blank covered as above
described are then by tools worked in a press or by other means raised upwardly
all round the body of the blank C thus forming one half of the case covered by
the covering D on the outside and also on the inside of the projecting sides c¹ c² c³ c.
(see Fig. 3). The inside of the body C of the case is covered by another piece
of material either before or after the sides of the outer covering are closed over
the edges of the blank as above described.
The third part of our invention is illustrated by Figs. 10, 11, 12 and 13. We
make the strap F for securing the fittings in the case from a sheet metal blank
with any conveniently projecting prongs such as fl at each side and we close the
edges of this blank over a strip G of felt or other suitable material as shewn in
Fig. 12; the strap thus formed is then bent into the required loops as shewn for
instance in Fig. 10 and secured in the case by the projecting prongs f¹ being passed
through holes in the body of the case and clenched over on the other side of the
same. The strap or band F formed in this way has a very neat appearance and
the strap G made of felt or other suitable material gives a frictional hold on the
fittings so as the better to secure them in the case.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same has to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. Fixing the leather or other lining in metallic cigar cases, cigarette cases,
card cases, ladies' companions and the like by making the said metallic cases with
inwardly projecting flanges a¹ which are closed down over the upwardly projecting
edges b¹ of the said lining, substantially as hereinbefore described with reference
to Figs. 1, and 2 of the accompanying drawing.
2. Forming the halves of cigar cases, cigarette cases, card cases, ladies' com-
panions and the like from a sheet metal blank C made with notched corners and
cemented or otherwise fixed to the leather plush or other covering D which
projects beyond and is folded over so as to cover the sides of the same which
covered sides are then turned upwardly thus forming a metallic covered case
substantially as herein described with reference to Figs. 3 to 9 of the accompanying
drawing.
3. In ladies' companions and other like cases, constructing the looped cross
band for the fittings of a strip of sheet metal F made with side projecting prongs f
and with the edges of the metal strip closed over a felt or other lining G said band
thus formed being bent into loops for the fittings and secured in the case by the
prongs all substantially as herein before described with reference to Figs. 10, 11, 12
and 13 of the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 1st day of September 1896.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicants.