Improvements in Metal Boxes for Matches, Tobacco, Snuff, and other similar purposes.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Sept., 1890-Accepted, 1st Nov., 1890
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Metal Boxes for Matches, Tobacco, Snuff, and other
similar purposes.
I ARTHUR JOHN THURMAN of 102 Dolobran Road Sparkbrook, Birmingham, in
the County of Warwick, 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 :-
This invention relates to improvements in the construction and arrangement of
metal boxes, suitable for containing matches, tobacco, snuff, and other similar com-
modities, and is based upon an invention for which Letters Patent were granted to me
bearing date 24th day of July 1889 and numbered 11754; and its object is to still
further simplify the mechanical arrangement and construction of such boxes, after the
manner hereinafter described.
In order to more fully describe and explain this my invention, I have appended
hereunto illustrative sheets of drawings upon which are figures and letters of reference,
similar letters throughout the several views referring to the same thing or part, and
in which :-
Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation of a box made according to this my invention.
Fig. 2 shows the action when the lid is opened.
Figs. 3, 4 & 5 are respectively external side and end elevations, and plan of the box.
Fig. 6 shows detail views of the lid.
Fig. 7 shows a modification in the lid whereby it may be better secured when
closed.
Fig. 8 shows a modification of this my invention, in which the lid is hinged
to the back of the box, and is opened by being pressed inwards against a fixed stud
or stop &c.
Fig. 9 shows the position of these parts when the box is open.
Figs. 10, 11 & 12 are respectively external side and end elevations and plan views
of this box.
Figs. 13 to 17 inclusive, illustrate a box very similar in construction to that shown
in Figs. 8 to 12, but with a few variations in detail.
Fig. 18 shows the application of this my invention to what may be termed a
flat box, that is, the lid is formed upon the side, instead of the end as heretofore
described.
Fig. 19 shows the flat box opened.
Fig. 20 is an external plan view of the flat box.
Fig. 21 is a detail plan view of the lid, and
Figs. 22, 23, & 24 are sectional end view, front view, and plan respectively of the
hinged back of the box of Figs. 18 & 19.
I will first describe it as shown in Figs. 1 to 6 inclusive.
a, is the box, is the lid. At the back of the box, the piece c is connected only to
the body of the box at or near its bottom corner at d, its connection thereto forming
as it were, a spring, of the said piece c. Upon the lid bare provided two pivots e, e,
which take into the bearings f, f, provided in the sides of the box. Upon the end of
the lid is formed.the curved tail piece 9 which takes into the hole, in the upper end
of the piece c. Thus it will be readily seen that upon pressing in the back of the box,
the lid is rotated upon its pivots, and opened.
In some cases I may further provide that, when the lid is closed it shall be still
further secured, by making the bearings for the lid pivots, of an elongated slot form as
seen at f¹, see Fig. 7, and also providing undercuts upon the sides of the box at i, into
which side projections upon the lid at j shall pass when the latter is closed, the
tendency of the spring part c, being to pull them thereinto.
ID C

page_text: In Figs. S to 12, the yielding back or spring part c¹ is placed inside the box, and
a hole formed in the back proper of the box to permit of the push piece k, passing
through to the outside. In this case the lid is hinged to the piece c', when by pressing
inwards the push piece k, the lid is pressed against the fixed stud or bar 1, and
thereby turned over or opened, as seen in Fig. 9, the piece m upon the lid, controlling
its motion.
Again, in Figs. 13 to 17 inclusive, the lid is hinged as before to the yielding back
piece 2, and instead of the back piece m, I provide its equivalent, by means of a
slotted plate n at each side of the box, through which the fixed bar passes. Also I
dispense with the push piece k (Figs. 8, 9 & 10) and in place thereof, cut away the
sides of the box at o, to permit of the back being pressed inwards for the opening of
the box.
In Figs. 18 to 24 I have shown how this my invention may be applied to a box
having its lid opening upon its side, or, what may be termed a flat box.
The back is hinged at p, its upper part engaging with the tail part of the lid,
similar to that described and illustrated in Fig. 1, and the bottom q of the box, forming
the spring part, to return or close the box. Instead however of the spring being.
formed by the bottom q, I may employ (what is termed a mouse trap spring) that is,
a spring made of coiled wire around the hinge of the back, so that one extreme of
such coil shall press against the inside of the back, while the other extreme rests upon
and presses against the inside of the bottom of the box.
Having reference to the hereinbefore cited Letters Patent No. 11754 of July 24th
1889, I wish it to be understood that I do not in this my invention claim aught that
has been therein claimed, but,
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, declare that what I
claim is :-
1st. The improvements as hereinbefore described and illustrated upon the drawings
in Figs. 1 to 6 inclusive, in the construction and arrangement of such metal boxes,
that is to say-The combination of the yielding back c having its upper end formed
to receive the tail end of the lid, with the said lid moving about a pivoted bearing
carried upon
the body of the box and having a tail piece 9, as and for the purposes
specified.
2nd. The modified combination of the yielding back c, and the lid b, with the
locking device e and f, as described and shown in Fig. 7.
3rd. The modified combination and arrangement in a metal box, of the internal
yielding piece c¹, lid 6 having the controlling piece m, with the fixed bar l, constructed
and operating as described and shown in Figs. 8 to 12.
4th. The modified combination with the yielding back c², lid b, and bar l, of the
controlling slotted plates n, substantially as set forth and illustrated in Figs. 13
to 17.
5th. The modification and arrangement of this my invention to a flat box, sub-
stantially as set forth and shown, that is to say:-The combination with the body of
the box, of a hinged back c³, engaging with the lid b upon the side of the box, and
acted upon by a spring part q, or a suitable wire spring, substantially as set forth and
illustrated in Figs. 18 to 24.
Dated this 20th day of September 1890.
CHARLES T. POWELL,
Applicant's Agent.