Year: 1886

page_text: WILLIAM HENRY DUFTON 121 Graham Road South Wimbledon Shop Assistant
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:
An improved pocket or case for packing tobacco, cigars, tea, made of canister
metal, leadfoil, or tinfoil. The object I have in view is to enable the article to be
used from the pocket or case, as required, without unfastening the ends of the
packet. For this purpose one side of the pocket or case, has an opening, this
opening is covered and the contents kept secure by flaps, or lids, attached. The
outer flap or lid may be kept in its place by an indiarubber band, or other means.
L 1000

page_text: WILLIAM HENRY DUFTON 121 Graham Road South Wimbledon Surrey Shop
assistant 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:―
An improved case or pocket for holding tobacco or other articles. The object
I have in view is to enable the consumers of tobacco or other articles when they
are packed in small packages called pockets or cases to obtain or use the article
at discretion without breaking open the ends of the pocket or case.
I effect this object by an opening in the side protecting the article enclosed by
two flaps or lids one overlapping the other and opening contrary ways; the outside
flap or lid being larger than the inside one, entirely overlaps it. I carry out my
invention in the following way I take an ordinary sheet of canister metal, leadfoil
or tinfoil or other material used for packing such articles as tobacco or tea in small
quantities and perforate small holes close to one another in the form of a lid
or flap.
This is done on that part of the sheet that will form one of the sides of the
pocket or case when completed I then take a piece of the same material that will
nearly cover the whole of one side of the pocket or case when completed, and join
it at its edge to the sheet just above where the top part of the line of the holes that
are perforated, and that will form the top part of the inside flap or lid-run, so that
it lays flat on the under sheet. The sheet is then ready to be made up into the
pocket or case which I do in the manner known in the tea and tobacco trades vizt
with a block or inould or other means. I apply this improvement also to empty
pockets or cases that are already made up for use to hold tobacco or other articles
by perforating the one side in the form of a flap or lid and then joining a piece of
the same material just above the line of perforations that will form the top part of
the inside flap or lid as described above.
When applying my invention to pockets or cases composed of canister metal
tinfoil leadfoil or material that is fastened together with heat or soldered I arrange
that that part where the metal or material is joined together up the side shall forin
the base of the inside lid or flap and that the perforated holes shall commence at
the join so that the inside flap or lid is stronger and less liable to split at the
corners of its base when in use. The object I have in perforating holes in the
pocket or case when made up or in the sheet before being made up to form
the inside flap or lid is, that in packing tobacco or tea a stick or rammer is generally
employed to press the substance down tightly in the packet or case and if the
inside flap or lid was cut clearly out of the material it would get damaged by the
stick or rammer while the case was being filled. But in applying my invention to
cases or pockets that are to contain articles that the point of a knife would damage
I cut or stamp the under lid or flap clearly out of the material in the sheet or after
the pocket is made up and then fix the outer lid on in the same manner as when
the inside one is perforated.

page_text: When my improved pocket or case is filled in the ordinary way and ready for
use the consumer has merely to lift the outside lid or flap and he will then find the
inside lid or flap This is clearly cut out or perforated in the form of a lid or flap
and opening the opposite way to the outside one as described above. If perforated
he takes a knife or other article and runs it round the line of perforation and the
inside lid is then perfect; having used what is required of the article enclosed he
closes down the inside lid or flap and then the outside or larger one. The flaps
may be kept closed by an india rubber ring going round the pocket or case. My
improved packet or case can be made in any size to hold from one ounce to three
pounds,
Having now described my invention and the manner in which the same is to be
performed I wish it to be understood that I limit my claim to the manufacture and
use of a package for tobacco cigars tea or similar substances having as a lid two
flaps opening contrary ways in such a manner that the enclosed material may be
used from the package itself without fear of loss.
The arrangement of the said package of the two flaps and of the method of
securing the same being substantially as hereinbefore described.
Dated this 1:01 day of Man Onn thousand sixht hundred and sichte sie