Improvements in and connected with Cigarette Cases and Match Boxes.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 26th July, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 26th Apr., 1894--Accepted, 2nd June, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Cigarette Cases and
Match Boxes.
I, EDWARD GRIFFITH BREWER of 33 Chancery Lane in the County of
London, and 30 East Parade, City of Leeds, in the County of York, Fellow of the
Chartered Institute of Patent Agents, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
(a communication to me from abroad by A. H. G. Pigg, of Peak Mine, Barberton
in the South African Republic, Gentleman) to be as follows :-
The object of this invention is to provide or conveniently arrange, in one and the
same box or case, cigarettes and matches for lighting such cigarettes, and thereby
produce a saleable article.
The cigarettes and matches are contained in an inner case free to slide in and
out to or from an outer case or covering, the sides of which latter may conveniently
be supplied with some match iguiting medium. The inner or cigarette holding
case should be made from a blank paper or card stamped so as to form two turned
up sides and folding over flaps at the ends one of such flaps being longer than the
other so that the flap at one end may cover slightly more than the end while the
flap at the other end when folded meets the shorter flap so that when the end with
the long flap is pushed the latter acts as a guide to the contents and at the same
time keeping them in position as the inner case is pushed end wise out of the latter.
The cigarettes are laid in this inner case or may be contained therein in foil, and
by the side of the cigarettes the matches are laid with a piece of wool or other
suitable material to fill up the space at the ends of the matches while also holding
the latter in position.
Or within the inner case there may be formed divisions of paper or card to
contain the cigarettes and matches. The long flap end of the inner case should
have printed on it the words "Push this end or to that effect. By this invention
there is combined in one and the same case, cigarettes aud a match box, and by
this means a cigarette-smoker carries in one and the same case his cigarettes and
matches which is a great advantage and convenience for such smokers, and cases as
herein described may be utilized to contain and be sold with ready-made cigarettes
in place of the cardboard cases now commonly in use.
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have said that the cases may conveniently be made of paper or card, it should
however be understood that they might advantageously be made of metal or other
stiff or flexible material.
Dated this 26th day of July 1893.
Improvements in and connected with Cigarette Cases and
Match Boxes.
I, EDWARD GRIFFITH BREWER of 33 Chancery Lane in the County of
London and 30 East Parade, City of Leeds in the County of York, Fellow of the
Chartered Institute of Patent Agents, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
(a communication to me from abroad by A. H. G. Pigg of Peak Mine, Barberton
in the South African Republic, Gentleman,) and in what manner the same is to be
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page_text: performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement :-
The object of this invention is to provide or conveniently arrange in one and the
same box or case, cigarettes and matches for lighting such cigarettes, and thereby
produce a saleable article.
I will describe the invention with reference to the accompanying drawings on
which is shown an example of a combined cigarette and match box constructed
according to the said invention,
Fig. 1 being a perspective view of the inner case and Fig. 2 a similar view of the
outer case;
Figure 3 shows the cigarette and match case fitted for use.
The cigarettes and matches are contained in an inner case A, Fig. 1, free to
slide in and out to or from an outer case or covering B, the sides of which latter
(Fig. 2) may conveniently be supplied with some match igniting medium C. The
inner or cigarette holding case A. Fig. 1 should be made from a blank of paper or
card, stamped so as to form two turned up sides D and folding over flaps E E' at
the ends, one of such flaps E¹ being longer than the other so that the flap E may
cover slightly more than the end, while the opposite flap E' when folded meets the
shorter flap E, so that when the end with the long flap E' is pushed the latter
acts as a guide to the contents and at the same time keeping them in position as
the inner case A is pushed end wise out of the case B. The cigarettes F are laid
in the compartment of this inner case A or may be contained therein in foil, and
by the side of the cigarettes the matches F' are laid with say a piece of wool or other
suitable material (not shown in the drawing) to fill up the space at the ends of the
matches. Or within the inner case A as shown at Figure 1 there may be formed
divisions H of paper or card, leather or any other material to contain the cigarettes
and matches. The long flap end E' of the inner case should have printed on it the
words "Push this end or to that effect. By this invention there is combined in
one and the same case cigarettes and a match box, and by this means a cigarette-
smoker carries in and the same case his cigarettes and matches which is a great
advantage and convenience for such smokers and cases as herein described may be
utilized to contain and be sold with ready-made cigarettes, in place of the card-
board cases now commonly in use. I have said that the cases may conveniently
be made of paper or card it should however be understood that they might
advantageously be made of metal or other stiff or flexible material such as leather.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
The general arrangement and construction composing my improvements in
combined cigarette and match cases substantially as and for the purposes
hereinbefore described, with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 26th day of April 1894.
Dated this 26th day of April 1894.
BREWER & SON,
London and Leeds, Agents.
BREWER & SON,
London and Leeds, Agents.