US1166079A - Tobacco-box. - Google Patents

Description

K. E. RICHTER.

TOBACCO BOX.

APPucAnoN FILED NovA 24, 191s.

Patented. Dec. 28, 1915.

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TOBACCO-Box.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented met). 28, 1915,.

Apndation med November 24, 1913, serial N. 802,818.

To alltfwhom t may concern:

Be 1t known that I, KURT E. RICHTER, a

citizen of the` United States, residing at` New York, in the county of New York, in the State ofNew York, have invented `a new and convenient Tobacco-Box'.-

The invention relates to boxes or' contain.

Y ers for tobacco, and has for an object to proelement arranged for convenient use to light dental ignition of the element.

vide a box particularly adapted to'contain cigarettes and which has a suitable igniting one of the cigarettes, the igniting element, however, being separately retained and arranged in the box so as to prevent them from coming in Contact when the boxA is in the pocket and prevent the igniting element from injuring the cigarettes or vice versa, the igniting element furthermorebeing so arranged. that the box can be safely carried in thevpocket without danger of acci- ]n the further disclosure of the invention reference is Ato be had to the accompanying drawings, constituting a part of this specification, in which similar characters of ref- .erencedenote corresponding parts in all the views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the box, showing the same partially open; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the body of thebox, vwiththe cover for the igniting element shown i'n open position; and Fig. 3 is a vertical .transverse sectional view taken through the box when the same is within its closure.

Referring more particularly to the views, I disclose a box l0 and a closure 11 therefor, the same bein in the nature of a carton, with the box ormed to provide a back wall-12, end walls 13, a lid 14: .anda front wall 15 which is formed with the body of the box at its lower end and, therefore,is free to swing. The closure 11 is formed -in a substantially rectangular shape and the box is adapted to slide within the closure,

as will be readily seen by referring to the views, the lid 14 when bent over upon the front wall 15 being adapted tobe held closed by the closure 11 when the box is arranged within the closure, as will be readily seen by referring to Fig. 3.

Secured to the face of the front wall 15 in any suitable manner, but preferably by a staple 16, are a series of igniting elements 17 in the nature of safety matches or the like and secured at its lower end to the front wall 15 beneath the point of attachment of the elements 17 is a cover 18 for the igniting elements and which is preferably formed of a single piece of stiiin cardboard or paper, said cover, by reason of its connection with the front wall, being adapted to swing or hinge thereon and havingp'on its inner face an igniting surface or plate19upon which one of the igniting elements 17 is adapted to be rubbed for the' purpose of igniting the same.

Now referring to Fig. 3, it will be clearly seen that when the box lies within the closurethe cover l18 will be held in covering position so that the igniting elements will lie between the front wall of the box and the closure, said front wall spacing the igniting elements from the cigarettes adapted to be contained in the compartment 20 of, the

box. When the box is partially removedfrom the closure it Awill be seen that the lcovering can be bent or swung downwardly so -to expose the igniting elements and permit of the removal of one of them and the subsequent rubbing thereof upon the igniting plate and which will also be exposed by the downward swinging movement of the cover, as shown in Fig. 2. When the box is returned within the closure the association of the box with the closure will cause the closure to act upon the cover 18 and swing the same into position against the igniting elements so as to cover the same and protect the igniting elements.

From the foregoing description it will be clearly seen that the structure described provides a neat and compact package in which cigarettes and igniting elements can be con` veniently carried in a unitary and compact manner without danger of the cigarettes being injured by the igniting elements or the ignitingelements beinginjured nby the cigarettes when the box is carried in the pocket, the igniting elements, furthermore, being protected against accidental ignition7 particularly in case they 'are not of the safety variety.

l claim- The combination with a cigarette box embodving an open ended casing substantially rectangular 1n cross section, and a cigarette container slidably mounted within said casing and comprising a back wall, end walls, a bottom wall, a front wall having the lower end formed integral with the forwardend ot said bottom wall and the side ments and adapted to overlie the striking elements to protect the same from the front wall of s'adcasing in the sliding of said 15 container, and an abrading element secured to the inner surface of said flap adjacent fo the lower end thereof upon which sald striking elements may be ignited.

v KURT E. RICHTER. Witnesses:

ENGELBERT NEUs, JIM SICKELS.

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