Improved Box for Matches and such like Articles.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Nov., 1892
Complete Specification Left. 2nd Aug., 1893-Accepted, 2nd Dec., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Box for Matches and such like Articles.
WILLIAM MAGUIRE of 36 Lancaster Street Birmingham Manager do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My Patent consists of an improved contrivance for making and adjusting the
spring and other parts for the holding down and opening of the lid of the box. I
claim to make the spring, the spring holder, the luing for the box and the two
out side sections of the joint or hinge, in one piece, arranged to fit the body of the
box. For the lid of the box I make a lever to work on the first spring and a tooth
or projecting piece of metal to work on the second spring on the centre joint or
section of hinge absent in the contrivance for the body of the box in one piece. I
fasten this to the lid of the box by means of an oblong slot or an oblong joint in
such manner as to bring the section of joint in position for dove tailing into joint
sections fixed to the body of the box and to bring the tooth or projecting piece into
a position to play on the spring of the box. I use two springs, one with the long
slot at top to allow the projecting piece before referred to, to pass through and
work up and down, the projecting piece being curved at the end in such form as to
hold on to the end of the spring over the slot to prevent the lid of the box from
falling backwards. The second spring I use for the purpose of covering the slot in
the first spring to prevent the matches from coming in contact with the projecting
tooth and also for adding to the elasticity of the arrangement.
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J. W. MILLIGAN,
Secretary, Perry & Company, Limited, Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Box for Matches and such like Articles.
WILLIAM MAGUIRE of 36, Lancaster Street, Birmingham, Manager, 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:-
The object of my invention is to manufacture an improved box, for matches and
such like articles.
My invention consists of a metallic box, preferably formed with corrugated sides
for imparting strength and stiffness thereto, and fitted with a lid in such a manner
that, by means of suitable springs and other attachments, the lid is held firmly and
securely in a completely open or completely closed position.
And in order that my said invention may be particularly described and
ascertained, reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawings, in which
similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts.
Fig. 1 is an elevation of the complete box, showing the lid open, and Figs. 2 to 12
are detail views, illustrating the construction and method of fitting the box.
Fig. 2 is a plate of thin metal of the form shown. The ears 13, 13, are bent
down to form the two sides of a binge, as shown in Fig. 3. The plate 14 is next
bent so as to assume the form shown in Fig. 4. The two wing plates 15, 15, are
thus brought into parallel positions, so as to form linings to the sides of the box.
A steel spring 16, having a slot 17 formed therein, and a steel spring 18, are placed
together against the plate 14, as shown in Fig. 5, and the overlaps 19, 19, are then
bent over the lower ends of the two springs 16 and 18, as also shown in Fig. 5,

page_text: whereby the springs are firmly held in position. 20 is a plate of thin metal. 21 is
a projection which is turned down to form the middle lug of the hinge, as shown in
Fig. 7. The plate 20 is next bent at 22 to the form shown in Fig. 8. The upper
part is then flattened, as shown in Fig. 9, and a hole 23 (Fig. 10) is punched
therein for receiving a rivet.
The two sides of the box and lid are formed separately, and are brazed or
soldered together. The wing plates 15, 15, (with the springs 16 and 18 in position
as shown in Fig. 5) are brazed or soldered to the sides of the box to form linings,
as shown in Fig. 1. The plate 20 is then riveted inside the back of the lid, and a
pin is inserted to complete the hinge at 13, as shown in Fig. 1. The tongue 24
passes through the slot 17 in the spring 16 and impinges against the spring 18,
when the lid is open; the shoulders of the plate 20 also impinging against the
spring 16. The position of the tongue 24 in the slot 17 prevents the lid falling
back, when open; and the spring 18 guards the matches against contact with the.
tongue. The power of both springs is thus utilised in retaining the lid in either an
open or closed position. When closed, the tongue 24 leaves the slot 17, both
springs holding the plate 20 against the back of the box.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
:-
1. In a box for matches and such like articles, the combination of the plates and
springs, severally manipulated and fitted to the box, so as to form a hinge, and to
retain and secure the lid in a closed or open position, substantially as herein before
described and illustrated by the drawings.
2. The general construction, combination and arrangement of the several and
respective parts, together forming my invention of an improved box for matches
and such like articles, substantially as herein before described and illustrated by
the drawings.
Dated this 1st day of November 1893.
J. W. MILLIGAN,
Secretary, Perry & Company, Limited, Agent.