Improvements in a Receptacle for Tobacco.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Aug., 1899-Accepted, 7th Oct.,
1899
Improvements in a Receptacle for Tobacco.
I, ARTHUR BOLLARD, of 199, George Street, in the City of Toronto, in the
County of York, and Province of Ontario, Canada, Merchant, 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:-
My invention relates to improvements in a receptacle for tobacco, and is a
substitute for the present tin or can in which tobacco is stored for commercial
purposes, and has for its object to prevent the tobacco from deteriorating while
retained in the tin, also to preserve the humidity of the same when opened
for use.
In storing tobacco in tins, cans or in a similar manner the utmost care has to
be exercised to prevent mildew, caused by an over-plus of moisture through
sweating of the tobacco. As a preventive it is quite as injurious to resort to
storing the tobacco in a dry state.
Furthermore, in dry seasons after opening the same for use,
the tobacco
quickly parts with the greater portion of its moisture, thereby necessitating
frequent moistenings-with a deleterious effect.
My invention enables me to overcome the aforesaid defects in the tobacco tins
or cans, as in use heretofore.
To such ends my invention consists in the construction and combination of
parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth and pointed out in the claims.
Reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which similar figures of
reference refer to like parts throughout.
Fig. 1, is a vertical cross-sectional view of my improved tobacco receptacle,
showing the internal construction of the same, and
Fig. 2, is a view in perspective of the inner receptacle.
The outer casing 1, may be of any well-known construction. In this instance
I have shown the same cylindrical in shape, and having an annular bead or
ledge 2, struck upon its sides to form a stop for the cover 3.
Within the outer casing 1, is the inner receptacle 4, the form of which coin-
cides with the form of the outer casing. Upon the upper edge of the same is
formed an inclined flange 5, which slopes inward, while its periphery meets the
interior walls of the outer casing 1. Between the said flange and the receptacle 4,
and extending inward, as shown, is a ledge or shoulder 6, the purpose of which
is to provide a convenient means for removing the same from within the outer
casing.
Between the outer casing 1, and inner receptacle 4, is an air space 7, which
surrounds the latter, while to provide an air space 8, at the bottom, to act in
conjunction with the aforesaid air space, the bottom of the inner receptacle is
elevated above the bottom of the outer casing, and rests on a plurality of spherical
indentures, as shown.
The principal feature of my invention is the perforating of the flange 5. The
perforations consist of a plurality of small air vents 9, allowing the air in the
space 7 to communicate with the air in the space above the tobacco or below

page_text: the cover 3. In addition to the above is a second series of perforations 10. through
the upper edge of the inner receptacle and just below the shoulder 6.
After opening the tin and while the tobacco is being used, and only in dry
seasons, the space 8, below the inner receptacle is charged with water, or any
other suitable liquid, the moisture of which permeates the tobacco, commencing
at the top and working down, in the same order as the tobacco parts with its
moisture. By storing the liquid in an absorbent, such as a sponge, I make the
same portable without the liability of the liquid intermixing with the tobacco.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:―
Claim 1. In a receptacle for tobacco, the combination with an outer casing
and cover, of an inner receptacle, an air space within the outer casing and
surrounding the said inner receptacle on both sides and bottom, an inclined
perforated flange extending over said air space and meeting the inner walls of
said outer casing, substantially as shown.
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Claim 2. In a receptacle for tobacco, the combination with an outer casing
and cover, of an àir space between the said outer casing and said inner receptacle
and surrounding the said inner receptacle on both sides and bottom,' an inclined
perforated flange inclosing said air space, an inward extending shoulder formed
by the junction of said flange and said inner receptacle, substantially as shown.
Claim 3. In a receptacle for tobacco, the combination with an inner receptacle,
of an inclined perforated flange, an inward extending shoulder formed by the
junction of said flauge and said inner receptacle, and a series of perforations
below said shoulder, and means for elevating and supporting the bottom of said
inner receptacle-substantially as set forth.
Dated this Twenty-seventh day of July 1899.