Year: 1888

page_text: We, WILLIAM HENRY HILL of 38 New Bond Street in the County of Middlesex
Violin Maker and FREDERIC EDWARD HOLLYER of Stanley Villa Hamilton Road
Brentford in the. County of Middlesex, Jeweller do hereby declare the nature of this
Invention to be as follows :-
The object of our Invention is to provide a box or container especially adapted for
containing the rosin used by Violinists and the like which can be readily opened by
one hand by simple pressure between the fingers so that the rosin is exposed in position
for use the box or container when pressure is released automatically closing to protect
the rosin.
According to our Invention we provide a receptacle or trough shaped piece in which
the rosin is placed and held and on either side of this I hinge a flap or cover which
flaps or covers by a spring or springing action are caused to close together to form with
the receptacle or trough a complete box enclosing the rosin. To each flap or cover is
attached a wing piece or lug which wing pieces or lugs can be independent of each other
and be caused to lie flush with the box when out of use or they can be hinged at their
inward parts on to each of the flaps or covers and to each other at their outward parts
so as to leave a space between them. By pressing on these wing pieces or lugs the
flaps or covers open against the spring and the resin is exposed for use and
when pressure is released from the said lugs or wing pieces the box is closed by the
spring.
J. H. JOHNSON & Co.,
47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C.,
Agents.

page_text: An Improved Box or Container for Rosin or the like.
We, WILLIAM HENRY. HILL of 38 New Bond Street in the County of Middlesex,
Violin Maker and FREDERIC EDWARD HOLLYER of Stanley Villa Hamilton Road,
Brentford in the County of Middlesex Jeweller 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 :-
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The object of our Invention is to provide a box or container especially adapted for
containing the rosin used by violinists and the like which can be readily opened by
one hand by simple pressure between the fingers so that the rosin is exposed in position
for use the box or container when pressure is released automatically closing to protect
the rosin.
According to our Invention we provide a receptacle or trough shaped piece in which
the rosin is placed and held and on either side of this we hinge a flap or cover which
flaps or covers by a spring or springing action are caused to close together to form
with the receptacle or trough a complete box enclosing the rosin. To each flap or cover
is attached a wing piece or lug which wing pieces ar lugs can be independent of each
other and be caused to lie flush with the box when out of use or they can be hinged at
their inward parts on to each of the flaps or covers and to each other at their outward
parts so as to leave a space between them. By pressing on these wing pieces or lugs
the flaps or covers open against the spring and the rosin is exposed for use and
when pressure is released from the said lugs or wing pieces the box is closed by the
spring.
Figures 1, 2 and 3 are perspective views of a box made according to this Invention
showing respectively the fully closed position the position with the wing pieces or lugs
drawn out preparatory to opening the box and the position when the box is fully
opened.
The box consists of two flaps A connected to a receptacle or trough C by means of
spring hinges a which act to normally close the flaps A together as in figures 1 and 2.
Hinged at 6 to each of these flaps A is a wing piece or lug B which can be turned up
flush with the flaps A when out of use as in figure.1 or be turned down as shewn in
figure 2. A recess 62 may be provided on each of the wing pieces or lugs B to facilitate
opening them out.
To open the box the wing pieces or lugs B are turned down so as to lie at an angle
to the flaps A as shewn in Figure 2 projections 63 on the lugs preventing them from
being turned too far.
By applying a downward-pressure on the lugs or wing pieces B the flaps or covers A
open against the action of the spring hinges as seen in Figure 3 and the rosin which
is contained in the trough or receptacle C is exposed for use. On releasing the

page_text: pressure the flaps A impelled by the spring hinges automatically close together to the
position Figure 2 and the lugs B are then folded up as in figure 1.
Figures 4 and 5 are perspective views of a box in the closed and open positions
respectively shewing a modification in which the wing pieces or lugs B² are hinged at
their upper part one to each of the flaps A and they are connected
lower parts by a spiral spring pressing them outwards so as to leave a space between
each other at their
them when the box is closed as in figure 4. The rosin is held in a trough or receptacle C
to which the flaps A are attached by hinge pins a.
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To open the box pressure is applied to the wing pieces or lugs B2 so as to press them
together and draw inwards the lower ends of the flaps A, so that the said flaps open to
expose the rosin. On releasing the pressure the box closes automatically under the
action of the spring b.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is.
1. A box or container for rosin or the like, which is constructed so that it can be
opened by simple pressure applied by one hand and which when the pressure is released
automatically closes substantially as hereinbefore described.
2. A box for containing rosin or the like consisting of a receptacle or trough with
flaps or covers hinged on either side and caused to close together by a spring and with
wing piece or lug attached to each flap or cover which wing pieces or lugs can be
urned flush with the box when out of use and be folded out so that pressure can be
applied to them to open the box substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated
n Figures 1, 2 and 3 of the accompanying drawings.
3. A box for containing rosin or the like consisting of a receptacle or trough with flaps
or covers hinged on either side and with wing pieces or lugs hinged to each of the flaps
nd connected to each other with the intervention of a spring so that by pressure on
hese wing pieces or lugs the box is opened and when pressure is released the box
utomatically closes as hereinbefore described and illustrated in Figures 4 and 5 of the
ccompanying drawings.
Dat is th
1000