IMPROVEMENTS IN CASES OR RECEPTACLES FOR PIPES SPECTACLES, MATCHES, PENS, CARDS, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES
Year: 1879

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Reuben Phelps, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick,
for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN CASES OR RECEPTACLES FOR PIPES
SPECTACLES, MATCHES, PENS, CARDS, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Reuben Phelps at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 16th July 1879.
REUBEN PHELPS, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick.
"IMPROVEMENTS
IN CASES OR RECEPTACLES FOR PIPES, SPECTACLES, MATCHES, PENS, CARDS, AND
OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES."
The object of this Invention is to produce a case or receptacle which shall be
simple in its construction and application, and at the same time, be capable of more
securely encasing the article and preventing damage to the same.
I will now describe my Invention as applied to or for a case for pipes, which
consists substantially of the following arrangement of parts :-
First. To a smoking pipe, the stem of which is straight, I employ a cylindrical
tube passing over the mouthpiece and stem, and secreting the same; this tube has a
loop upon the surface; the bowl of the pipe has a lid or covering also provided
with a loop, and to these loops are arranged a helical or other spring which retains
each part in a desired position.
Second. To a smoking pipe, the stem of which is curved, I employ a case con-
structed of two parts, hinged or jointed together, both having loops; the spring, as
before described, is connected to these loops, also to the lid, answering the double
purpose of retaining them in position and fastening the same.
My improved case or receptacle may be made of any suitable metal or material
and of any shape or size to suit its innumerable applications, amongst which I may
name cases for spectacles (which will be lighter and more presentable than those
now in use), matches, pens, cards, and other like articles.

page_text: -SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the- conditions of the Letters Patent filed
_by_the_said Reuben Phelps in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 16th
January 1880.
REUBEN PHELPS, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick.
" IMPROVE-
"MENTS IN CASES OR RECEPTACLES FOR PIPES, SPECTACLES, MATCHES, PENS,-CARDS,
AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES."
The object of this Invention is to produce a case or receptacle which shall be
simple in its construction and application, and at the same time be capable of more
securely encasing the article and preventing damage to the same.
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I will now describe my Invention as applied to or for a case for pipes, which
consists substantially of the following arrangement of parts :—
1. To a smoking pipe, the stem of which is straight, I employ a cylindrical tube
passing over the mouthpiece and stem, and secreting the same; this tube has a loop
upon the surface; the bowl of the pipe has a lid or covering also provided with a
loop, and to these loops are arranged a helical or other spring, which retains each
part in a desired position.
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2. To a smoking pipe, the stem of which is curved; I employ a case constructed
of two parts hinged or jointed together, both having loops; the spring, as before
described, is connected to these loops, also to the lid, answering the double purpose
of retaining them in position and fastening the same. My improved case or recep-
tacle may be made of any suitable metal or material, and of any shape or size, to
suit its innumerable applications, amongst which I may name cases for spectacles
(which will be lighter and more presentable than those now in use), matches, pens,
cards, and other like articles.
But as my Invention will be best understood aided by a reference to the
Drawings hereunto annexed, I will proceed to describe the same, reference being
made to the figures and letters marked thereon (that is to say):
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Figures 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 represent cases or receptacles for pipes made according to
my Invention, the same being side views vertical, longitudinal. Figures 7 and 8
are views in elevation of iny Invention applied as a box or case for containing
matches.
Figures 9 and 10 are views in elevation, and shew my Invention to or for a case
for containing a cigar.
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In Figure 1 and Figure 3 "a is a metallic tube cylindrical; "b" in form is
identical, fitting the interior of "a," but moving in either desired direction with
freedom; C is a pipe used in smoking tobacco; "d" is a cap or cover, the interior
of which corresponds to the exterior of "c," and upon which it is fitted; " e," " e," are
loops through which is passed the india rubber or elastic ring-"f;" by taking
Figure 1 and extending b" from "a," and applying it to the stem of Figure 2
(which shews a pipe detached) and with a slight pressure to " d" the ring "f"
will yield sufficiently to allow the said "d" to be fitted upon "c;" this is illus-
trated by Figure 3.
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In Figures 4 and 6 I illustrate my Invention to that class of pipes, the stems of
which are curved as Figure 5 detached; this case is constructed with two
sides "a," "a," formed or raised by means of stamping in dies, specially provided
and jointed or hinged at "b," "b" upon each of the said sides is a loop "e," e;" "C"
is the pipe; "d" is the cap or cover, also having a loop "e;" "f" is the elastic
ring passing through the loops " e," e," on a," a," and the loop "e" on d;" by
taking Figure 4 and opening the parts "a," and inserting the pipe "c," Figure 5,
and applying the cap "d" the power of "f" effects the double purpose of retaining
"d" in its position, and closing and securing the two sides of the case “a," a."
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In Figures 7 and 8 I illustrate my Invention as applied to a case or receptacle
for containing matches; "a" is a metallic tube in form elliptical; "b" corresponds

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in shape to "a," and to the interior it is fitted; this has a base plate "b¹," and
receives or contains the matches; to the said base 61" is permanently affixed the
rod or standard "C," while the base of "a" has an aperture or opening "a";" "d"
is the cap or cover, in form and size corresponding to "a" "e," e," are loops; "f"f"
are elastic rings passing through the loops "e," e," and connected to "d" by passing
through pierced holes in the same, and shewn at "e" e." By applying pressure to
the base "b" through the aperture "a¹," in the base of "a," "b," will move in a
vertical line, the rings. "f" f" yielding and carrying the rod "C," and forcing open
the cap or cover" d," as illustrated by Figure 8; the contents may then be abstracted;
upon releasing the said pressure it will close or regain its normal position, as
shewn by Figure 7.
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In Figures 9 and 10 I illustrate my Invention as applied to a case or receptacle
for containing a cigar, or the same when partly consumed.
is the outer case,
cylindrical; "b" the inner case, also cylindrical; "d" is the cap or cover, cor-
responding to the size and form of a;" "e," e," are loops; "f" is the elastic ring
passing through the said loops. Figure 10 shews this case closed, and employed to
its purpose, the dotted lines indicating the cigar contained therein; should it be
necessary to encase a cigar partly consumed, the inner case "b" is compressed
correspondingly. Fig. 9 shews the case unemployed, the lid removed, but the
inner case 6" concealed, the chief feature being portability.
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Having given a general description of my Invention, and in the manner in which
the same may be practically carried into effect, nevertheless I wish to observe that
the mode that may be pursued according to the skill, taste, or appliances of the
artisan engaged in their production, the same may be extensively varied, according
to their individual taste, without effecting the character of my Invention, which in
this description and illustration I have sought rather to simplify than to elaborate,
as for instance I may ornament parts of my said Invention by means of stamping;
engraving, embossing, chasing, or engine turning, and of any design suitable to my
requirement, without affecting my Invention, but that what I claim is,―
The general arrangement and combination of parts, together forming my improve-
ments in cases or receptacles for pipes, spectacles, matches, pens, cards, and other
similar articles, for the purposes of protection and security to such articles, sub-
stantially as herein before described and shewn on the Drawings, or any mere
modification thereof.
In witness whereof, I, the said Reuben Phelps, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Fifteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and eighty.
Witness,
THOMAS KENDRICK.
REUBEN PHELPS. (L.S.)