US1222719A - Cigar-can. - Google Patents

Description

E. B. BICKER.

CIGAR CAN.

APPLlcATloN FILED SEPT. 30. |915.

Patented Apr. 17, 1917.

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WHITE@ STATE@ PATENT FFIIEE EDGAR B. BIGKER,` OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, .ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO ERNEST EIClKI-IOFE,A OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

Spcccaton of Letters' Patent.

Patented Apr. 17, 1917.

Application filed September 30, 115. Serial No. 53,443.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, EDGAR B. BICKR, a citizen of the United States, and resident of St. Louis, Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar- Cans, of which the following is a specification containing a full, clear, and eXact description, reference being had to th'e accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to improvements in cigar cans, and the obj ect of my invention is to construct a can having a cedar lining and to provide the can with a metallic reinforcement at its bottom to hold in place the boti tom ofthe can, and also a hinged lid a1'- ranged to reinforce the can when in a closed position.

lVith the above object in view my invention consists in certain novel details of construction and arrangement of parts as hereinafter fully set forth, pointed out in the claim, and illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is an elevation of a can embodying my improvements shown partly in section.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmental sectional elevation.

Fig. 3 is a plan of the can.

Fig. 4 is a fragmental rear elevation showing the hinged connection between the lid and can.

Fig. 5 is a sectional plan showing the means for binding the ends of the can body and cedar lining, and

Fig. 6 is an elevation on a reduced scale of the metallic reinforcing strip for the bottom of the can.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings, 7 designates the body of the can which is preferably made of jute board and from a blank of rectangular form, and 8 designates the lining of the can proper which is made of cedar veneer and preferably secured to the jute board in the blank by adhesion.

As shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings the jute board extends beyond the cedar lining forming a bottom flange 9 to which I secure a binding in the form of a metallic strip 10 which strip as shown in Fig. 6 is provided throughout its length with a channel 11 designed to receive and hold in place the bottom 12 of the can. At intervals throughout the length of the strip I ,form the notches 13 which intercept the channel 11 and facilitate the bending of the strip at the corners of the can.

At the top of the can body I apply a metallic binding strip 14 which embraces both the cedar lining` and the jute board as clearly shown in Fig. 2, and through the can body as well as said strip 14 at one side of the ca'n I form openings 15 whereby to provide for the hinging of the lid as hereinafter explained'. In the said strip 14 opposite said opening 15 I provide a depression 1G which cooperates with the' locking element carried by the lid as hereinafter described.

In the making of this can body as just described I take a rectangular blank comprising a sheet of jute board and a sheet of cedar veneer, of less height than the jute board, and glue the veneer to the jute board.

lhile this jute board and veneer is still in the fiat. I bind the lower margin of the jute board beneath the cedar lining with the strip 10. I then secure the strip 14 at the other end of said jute board and cedar lining to embrace both. I then take the bottom 12 which consists of a substantially rectangular piece of cedar with rounded corners and insert the edge of the bottom 1Q into the channel 11, then 'bend the can body comprising the jute body and cedar around the bottom 12, at the same time of course bending with said can body the strips 10 and 14.

The loose 'ends of the can body are then secured together as clearly shown in Fig. 5 by means of a metallic stitching strip 17. The lid 18 consists of a. single piece of sheet metal generally of rectangular form, having at its margin a bead 19 which occupies a plane removed from the plane of the lid and which bead 19 when the lid is in place embraces the strip 14 at the top of the can as clearly shown in Fig. Q, for the purpose of preventing collapse of the sides of the can. At the one side of the lid I provide the integral ears 20 which form with the openings 15 of the can a hinged connection between the lid and can. As shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings at a point between the ears 20 a portion of the bead 19 of the lid is removed, and in the lid body alining with said removed portion of the bead as shown in Fig. 3 I depress from the lid body the strips 21 which form a holding means for a locking bar 22 having at its one end a bead 23 being a counter part of the bead of the lid proper.

At the other end of the locking bar22 I provide a point 24 arranged to co-act with the depression 16 in the metallic strip 14C as a locking means to prevent opening of the lid. It will be apparent from this description that I have provided a relatively cheap can body possessing the advantage of a cedar can and that by reason of the peculiar construction of the metallic reinforce I have in a very cheap, expeditious and advantageous manner guarded against the possible loss of can bottoms without having had to resort to securing them in place by gluing, and that I have provided a can which may be locked in transit and wherein the lid having a channel which embraces the can body l elfectually prevents bending or cambering of the can body to el'ec-t loosening of the lock. A further advantage arising from the employment of a reinforcing strip at the top of the can is to facilitate the removal and application of the lid for it is well known that the jute as well as the cedar lining are susceptible to dimension variations, or shrinking, stretching or warping, and if the lid were applied direct to the can body much difliculty would be experienced in the removing and placing of the lid, were it not for Copies of this patent may be obtained for the metallic strip which holds the can top to liXed dimensions.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters-Patent of the United States therefor is v A can comprising a non-circular bottom a can body made from al substantially rectangula-r blank and comprising inner and outer elements, the innermost element having a lesser dimension in one direction than the outer element, a metallic binding for reinforcing both of said elements along one margin, a second metallic binding for reinforcing the outermost element only, along its margin opposite the iirst mentioned metallic binding, said second metallic binding being channeled to receive the margins of lthe noncircular bottom and there being notches intersecting said channel whereby to permit the binding element to be bent about the non-circular bottom, and means for securing the can body around said bottom.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

EDGAR B. BICKER.

Witnesses:

It. G. ORwIG, E. L. WALLACE.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

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