US1373577A - Cigar-package - Google Patents

Description

E. VALLENS.

CIGAR PACKAGE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.2I, 1919.

1 373 571 Patented Apr. 5, 1921.

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E. VALLENS.

CIGAR PACKAGE.

APPLICATION men AUG-2|. 191:9.

Patented Apr. 5, 1921.

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Patented Apr. 5,1921.

Application fled August 81, 1919. lerhl Io. 819,013.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EUGENE VALLENS, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Packages, of which the following is a specification.

The invention has for an object to present an improved tobacco package, especially a commercial package suitable for cigars wherein the bouquet and other peculiar qualities of smoking tobacco will be preserved. It is an aim to ive a package of this character in which t e ci ars and the fragile parts of the package wi 1 be liable in a minimum degree to fracture. It is also an aim to ive a package of this character in which the moisture contents of the tobacco will be preserved satisfactorily.

A'further aim is to give a package in which the cigars will be presented to view in an orderly arrangement and further to offer a new specific construction in structural parts, especially adapted to maintain the cigars in orderly arrangement in this style of package. 1

It has long been known that tobacco, especially in cigars deteriorates rapidly by exposure to the air, losin its good qualities, and becoming very brittle and dry. Air from the ocean also changes the flavor of the tobacco in a particularly disagreeable manner. It has been a practlce, heretofore, to inclose cigars in individual sealed glass tubes which has been found to preserve the desirable qualities of cigars in a very satisfactory manner, but considerable difliculty has been experienced in shipping the product in this way. Numerous attempts have been made to provide a satisfactory package for cigars of this form, without entire success, and it is an aim of my invention to overcome this difliculty, which I have accomplished by peculiar constructions in a container for the individual cigar cells, and in conjunction therewith extending the resilient closure stopper of the cigar cell and parts associated therewith in such manner as to completely attain the objects in view.

Additional objects, advantages and features of invention will appear from the structural details, arrangement and combination of parts hereina ter described and shown in the drawings, wherein,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a commercial package embodying my invention,

F g. 2 is a cross sectional view thereof,

Fig. 3 is a plan viewof a blank used in the packa FIE. 4 1s a similar view of a transverse blan used in connection with the one first mentioned,

Fig. 5 is a detail elevation partly in secgortis of one of the cigar cells and its con- Fig. 61s a plan view of a modified form of transverse lank.

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a modified form of package.

Fig. 8 is a cross sectional view of one of the units of the packa liig. 9 is a detail o the blank for such um There is illustrated in Fig. 5 an individual cigar cell and contents, including a glass receptacle 10 of cylindrical form with a rounded integral closed end 11, the opposite end being open flush with its cylindrical wall, being closed by a stopper element 12 of cork or other suitable resllient material, the cork treated with a substance to make it hermetically impervious to air and water, sealin the tube, a cord 13 bein looped aroun the stopper within the g ass cell, and its extremities loosely knotted over the outer face of the stopper, affording a cushion as well as means to be grasped and pulled upon for the extraction of the stopper. For further preservation of moisture within the receptacle 10, a piece of metal foil 14 is disposed over the outer end of the stopper and cord 13, being folded in closely around the sides of the receptacle 10 and held snugly thereagainst by means of a band 15 of suitable material, paper being ordinarily employed. The foil 14 may be replaced by ot er suitable material. Paper has been used, covered with a thin metal foil or other material.

Slightly beyond the middle-of V jeeptacle 10 toward its closed end fan intermediate band 16 of paper isJ'seCIfIKBdtherearound, serving as a cushioning'means for the lower part of the device; and also as a label.

A container for the individual cells is provided preferably in the-form of a box 17 having an inside depth sli htly greater than the length of the receptac e 10, and of suitable length and breadth to contain the number of clgar cells desired in the commercial package, set upon end side by side in orderly fashion. The box 17 may be formed of any suitable material and is provided with a hinged lid 18 adapted to fit snugly thereon. The box 17 is divided into compartments or chambers corresponding in number to the number of cigars to be contained in the package and adapted to receive snugly respective cells 10. The compartments are formed by respective wall elements 19 and 20, the latter comprising the supporting means for both sets of walls, and being substantially rectangular in form with short slots 21 cut in the upper portion extending vertically while the member 19 is formed with slots 22 extending vertically from its lower edge and stopping short of the upper edge a distance corresponding to the depth of the slots 21 before mentioned. The piece 20 is also provided at one side with a notched portion 23 at its upper part corresponding in form, size and relation to the material between the slots 21 for a purpose to be explained. The slots 22 in the piece 19 form individual compartment walls 24, and at a distance from the top of the piece 19 slightly less than the height of the piece 20, the wall portions 24 are bent on a horizontal line 25 so that when the pieces 19 are engaged in the slots 21 and notches 23 as illustrated in Fig. 2, the point of bend 25 will be held a distance above the bottom of the box 17 and the laterally bent portions 28 will extend diagonally downward to rest at their outer parts on the bottom of the box 17. The extreme end edge portions of the wall parts 24 are also bent on the line 26 so as to extend upwardly when the parts are assembled as mentioned, the upwardly turned parts resting against the lower vertical parts of the next adjacent wall 24 and side of the box so as to hold all of the walls against lateral movement in the box 17, as will be apparent in Fig. 2, the portion 26 of the piece 19 at the extreme left of the box 17 as illustrated in Fig. 2 being rested against the front side of the box. All of the lower wall portions 24, therefore derive mutual support against lateral oscillation between the sides of the box 17. The compartments 27 formed in this manner may be of a size to snugly receive the tubes 10 with their glassclosed ends presented downwardly to rest upon the inclined portions 28 which serve as resilient spring supports for the individual cigar containers, as will be readily understood. The pieces 19 and 20 are ordinarily formed of paste board or other material of moderate resiliency so that the function indicated is readily attained by the use of stock materials available in the open market at a low price.

I am aware that it has been a practice to form compartments in packages by mortised strips of card board, but ordinarily, the slots in each set of sheets have been extended to a point midway in the height of the sheets. and

aerate? in applying this practice to use inpackages such as T contemplate, the extended portions between the slots would be so lon that they become easily bent, and the order y arrangement of the individual containers sacrificed, as well as liability of fractures incurred, as the top portions of the tubes may all sway in one direction so that the tubes are subjected to considerable stress by lateral jar or other forces. It has been found that by forming the slots 21 extremely short as indicated, this disordered appearance of the package has been obviated, even without the extended portions 26 and 28.

When the box 17 is closed, the closely knotted portions of the material 13 and the projecting portion of the stopper 12 are borne upon by the lid 18, and serve as cushions for the outer ends of the tubs 10 during shipment or other handling, so that in conjunction with the cushion element at the lower part of the box, the tubes are well guarded at top and bottom and held against loose movement. Furthermore, by the arrangement of the compartment walls described, each cigar cell is supported individually by the compartment walls without communicating any of the stress to the tubes of adjacent or other cells in the package, so that by the resilient character of the sheets 19 and 20, the liability of fracture by lateral stress upon the tubes is largely eliminated.

In Figs. 7 to 9 inclusive, there is illustrated an application of the construction in part to a further use of especial advantage with cigars or the like. In this instance, a

package is made up, comprising units each in the form of a special carton, in which a glass tube before mentioned, and similarly closed, is inclosed, the tube containing a cigar or other tobacco article. Reference may be had to the earlier description herein for an understanding of the construction of the tube and its closure. The carton shown is so formed, however, that elements upon the blank are provided by which, when the blank is properly folded and the end tabs turned in to close the unit, resilient supports are formed at each end by which the tube is safeguarded against fracture at those points where it is most liable to damage by concussion or shock incident to the commercial handling of the package, or during its shipment.

The blank is stamped and slightly crimped to facilitate its folding so as to provide an outer lap side 31, and intermediate carton sides 32, 33, and 34 respectively, with a terminal inner lap side 35, which may be of slightly less width than the other side portions mentioned, although this is not essential. As is usual in blanks for such cartons, the sides 31 and 33 are provided at each end with closing flaps 36; These end flaps 36 fold on the dotted lines 37 to form flaps corresponding in area to the cross sectlonal dlmenslon of the carton, and upon the side 34 the usual closing tongues 38 are formed, of a length somewhat greater than that of the flaps so that they may be folded in over the flaps and their outer end portions inserted within the carton whereby the inserted parts are bound between the edges of the flaps and the sides 31 and 35, the outer portions being crimped so as to fold on proper lines. In the formation of the flaps and tongues described, the blank is slitted at 39, and the material at each end of the side 32 corresponding to the flaps 36, is removed. Contrary to the usual parctice, instead of cutting the lap side 35 of the same longitudinal dimension as the intermediate side 32 upon which no flaps are provided, I extend the end portions 42 of the blank from the side 35 for a distance slightly short of a line across the ends of the flaps 36, and I form slits 40 extended in to the blank beyond the bases or line of fold of the flaps 36 alined with the immediately adjacent boundary of the side 34 where it is crimped or folded, as indicated at 41. Thus, tongues 42 are formed at each end of the lap side 35, and the paper is crimped or weakened in the same manner as for the other folds of the blank on a line at the inner'end of the slit 4O slightly inwardly of the line upon which the flaps 36 fold, the tongues 42 bein of a length slightly greater than the widt of the sides 31 to 34, inclusive, or the width of the finished carton. The carton is formed by folding the blank in the customary way, and gumming or otherwise securing the lap side 35 upon the inner face of the lap side 31 at the opposite edge of the blank. The tongues 42 are then folded in and the flaps and other tongues before mentioned then folded in thereover in the customary way,

provided for the glass tubes containing the cigars or other artlcles of tobacco, safeguarding the tubes and contents against damage.

f a multiplicity of cartons containing the tubes properly filled are assembled in groups such as indicated in Fig. 7 and secured by tying a ribbon 43 or cord therearound, the necessity for introducing them into a box or other expensive container is obviated, while at the same time by reason of the mutual support derived by all the parts from the others in the package it will not become readily distorted, nor will the contents be damaged by ordinary usage and handling such as is involved in shipment and store handlin Such a package is the equivalent of that rst described in many respects, and the carton may be regarded as chamber 'elements corresponding to the compartments formed by the walls 19 and 20.

What is claimed:

1. In a tobacco package a receptacle, partition elements therein to form a multiplicity of compartments, one series of the partition elements including tongue parts between the other series, the tongues being inclined at their inner parts from a line spaced from the bottom of the receptacle and extended to rest upon the bottom of the receptacle in abutment with the next adjacent opposite side of the compartment.

2. In a tobacco package a compartment unit formed of sheet material and including a side having an integral longitudinal extension bent on a transverse line spaced from an end of the compartment and being of a length and inclined to extend to the side of the compartment opposite the base of the extension and formed to rest against a member across the adjacent end of the compartment, whereby an individual resilient compartment end is formed.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EUGENE VALLENS.

Witnesses:

O'rro F. GRAF, I'IERMAN Goms'mm.

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