US1444308A

US1444308A - Receptacle

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Publication number: US1444308A
Application number: US449630A
Authority: US
Inventors: Robert O Dunning
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1921-03-05
Filing date: 1921-03-05
Publication date: 1923-02-06
Anticipated expiration: 1940-02-06

Description

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RECEPTACLE FILED MARl 5 1921 Patented F eb. 6, 1923.

ROBERT O. DUNNING, F LEVANT, MAINE.

RECEPTACLE.

Application led March 5, 1921. Serial No. 449,630.

To all whom dt may concern: Figure is a vertical sectional View of a 55 Be it known that I, ROBERT O. DUNNING, combined match and cigarette box;

a citizen of the United States, residing at Figure 6 is a top plan view thereoi with Levant, in the county of Penobscot and the top cap removed;

5 State of Maine, have invented certain new Referring to these drawings, 10 designates and useful Improvements in Receptacles, of a body which may be made of wood, hard 60 which the following is a specification, referrubber composition, or any other suitable ence being had to the accompanying drawmaterial` and which is formed to provide ings. a central compartment 11 which extends 10 This invention relates to receptacles, and into the body but not entirely therethrou h.

particularly to receptacles on the order of Exteriorly of this central compartment 11 65 match boxes. there are formed a series of longitudinall The general object of my invention is to extending delivery compartments 12 Whic providea receptacle of this character adaptare open at opposite e'nds of the body.

15 ed to be carried in a pocket, which will de- These delivery compartments are illustrated liver one article, as for instance a match as being disposed concentrically to the cenor a cigarette, at a time and which may be tral compartment 11 and these delivery comso modified as to deliver, say a match and. partments, as illustrated in Figure 4, are a cigarette at the same time if desired. disposed relatively close to each other ex- 20 A further object is to provide a device of cept at one point where a blank space 13 is this character embodying a body having a left. I have illustrated the body as being central storage compartment and a series of surroundedat its middle by a band 14 of concentrically disposed delivery compartmetal or other suitable material, thoughl ments, and provide a cover or cap for one do not wish tot be limited to this.

255 end of the device closing the inlet ends of The inlet end or lling end of the recepthe storage and delivery compartments', and tacle is normally closed by means of a cap 8o a rotatably mounted cap upon the other end 15, which cap is preferaby of meta-1 and of the body which, as it is rotated step by carries on its inner face a rubber pad 16. step, will permit the discharge of one of The opposite sides of the cap are formed the articlesfrom a delivery compartment. with bayonet slots 17 and the body is formed An'd a further object is to provide means with oppositely projecting pins 18 engaging 85 whereby th's last named cap may be rotated said bayonet slots. The angular ends of the in'one direction step by step but will be prebayonet slots are so formed or shaped that vented from rotation in the opposite direcwhen the cap is inserted over the body and tion. rotated in a direction to carry .the pins 18 Still another object is to provide the first into the angular ends of the bayonet slots, 9@ named cap which closes the inlet end of the cap will be drawn inward against the the several compartments with means Wherebody and the rubber packing member 16 or by it may be drawn down tightly upon the pad compressed. The opposite end of the 40 body and with means whereby it may seal body is closed by a permanently attached,

this end of the body against moisture. rotatable cap 19. This cap is held in place Other objects will appear in the course of upon the body by means of a centrally disthe following description. posed, headed screw 2O or equivalent device My invention is illustrated in the accomwhereby the cap may be rotated around the 45 panying drawings, wherein 1 body. The cap is formed on its outer face Figure 1 is an elevation of a match box with one single perforation 21 which i's 10@ constructed in accordance with my invenadapted to register with any of the chambers tion; 12 and the cap is held from accidental rotap Figure 2 is a vertical section on the line tion by means of a spring projected pin 22 50 2 2 of Figure l; inserted in the side wall of the body and pro- Figure 3 is an under side plan view of jecting out therefrom. This pin or detent is 105 the match box; beveled upon one face, as at 23. so that it Figure 4 is a section oIr the line 4--4 of acts as a pawl and engages any one of a Figure 2; series of perforations 24 formed in the eide wallof the cap. This detent pawl 23 acts to hold the cap in any rotated position to permit the rotation of the cap in one direction and one direction only.

In the use of this device, the chambers 12 are each to receive a match, the head of the match being preferably directed toward the cap 15. The central storage compartment 11 may be filled with matches for subsequent use. After the receptacle is filled, the cap 15 is put in place and locked by its bayonet slots and the pins 18. At this time the opening 21 is disposed over the blank space 13 and if a match is desired the cap 19 is rotated one step so as to carry its aperture 21 over one ofthe chambers 12. Then the match, of course` is easily discharged into the hand. The detent 22 holds the cap from any further accidental rotation until the next match is wanted, when the cap is again turned one step, and so on until all the matches have been discharged. Then the Cchambers 12 are refilled with matches and a new supply is vdisposed in the chamber 11. The chamber 11 is designed to contain at least sufficient matches to refill the chambers 12.

I do not wish to be limited to the use of this device as a match safe or box-or even as a pocket match safe or box, as it also may be used for discharging cigarettes, in which case the chambers 12 will, of course have to be made large` enough to receive each individual cigaretteandthe chamber 11 large enough to receive a charge of cigarettes. I have illustrated in Figure 5 a receptacle de# signed to containl both cigarettes and matches, in which case the cigarettes will be contained within the relativelylarge chambers 25 and the matches within the relatively small chambers 26, these chambers 26 being disposed inward of the chamber 25 and there being two perforations 27 in the cap 19 sothat the one step rotation of the cap will discharge both a cigarette and a match. Of course obviously the relative positions of the match chambers 26 and the cigarette chambers 25 may be changed so that a match .and a cigarette will be alternately disposed.

Preferably the spaces 13 will be marked plainly so as to indicate at a glance that the matches in the chambers 12 have become exhausted and thattln-y ase needs refilling It will be understood that this device might be made for a pocket, or lforthe reception oit' matches for household use and. that it might be mounted on a holder in the latter case so as to discharge the matches downward as the cap 19 is rotated. I

While I have illustrated a device which is particularly ladapted for the discharge of matches, I do not wish to be limited "thereto, as it is obvious that it mi ht be used for discharging othervarticles. either do I wish to be limited to any particular construction of the box. The middle portion 14 might also be formed with a match scratching surface 28.

I claim:

1. A holding and delivering receptacle of the character described comprising a cylindrical body formed to provide a central compartment open at one end of the body and a plurality of longitudinally extending compartments arranged in a series concentric to the inner compartment and opening at opposite ends of the body and disposed between the central compartment and the periphery of the body whereby each article is held separate from and out of contact with each other and with the articles in the central compartment, a cap detachably engaged with one end of the body and when engaged bearing against the wall between the cent-ral compartment and the other compartments, said cap closing the central compartment and the corresponding ends of the outer compartments, a cap rotatably mounted upon the opposite end of the body and having an aperture adapted to register with any one of said outer compartments, and coacting means on the body and cap permitting a one step rotation of the cap in gn direction only with reference to the 2. A holding and delivering receptacle of the character described comprising a body having a plurality of longitudinally extending compartments opening upon opposite ends of the body, each compartment being designed to hold one of the articles to be delivered and the compartments being arranged in a series concentric to the longitudinal axis of the body, a detachable cap at one end of the body bearing against the body and closing the compartments at one end, a rotatable cap at the other end of the body having an opening adapted to register with any one of said compartments, a spring projected detent mounted upon the body and having'a beveled outer face, the rotatable cap being provided with perforations with which said detent is adapted to engage, the detent permitting a one step rotation of the cap in'one direction.

3. A receptacle ofthe character described comprising a body having a central storage compartment open at one end of the body only, the body being formed with a plurality of longitudinally extending compartments arranged in a series concentric to the central compartment and opening upon opposite ends of thebody, a detachable cap adapted to extend over that end of the body upon which the central compartment opens, normally bearing against the outer wall of the central compartment, the opposite end of the body having a rotatable cap formed with a perforation adapted to register successively with the several outer comlli partments, there being coacting means on the body and cap permitting a one step rotation of the cap in one direction relative to the body.`I

4. A receptacle of the character described comprising a body having a central storage compartment open at one end of the body only, that portion of the body exterior to the central compartment being formed with longitudinally extending compartments open at opposite ends of the body and arranged in a series concentric to the central compartment, a cap adapted to extend over that endof the body upon which the central compartment opens and normally bearing against the outer wall of said compartmentl and formed with bayonet slots in its side walls, the body having diametrically opposite pins with which said bayonet slots engage, the inner face of the cap having an elastic pad normally bearing against the end face of the body and the bayonet slots being formed to cause the cap being drawn against the body to compress said pad, the opposite end-of the body having a rotatable cap formed with a perforation adapted to register successively-with the several outer com partments and there being coacting means on the body and cap permitting a one step rotation of the body in one direction.A

5. A receptacle of the character described comprising a cylindrical body formed with a central storage compartment extending 'from one end of the body nearly to the opening upon one other end thereof and end of the body, the body being formed exteriorly of said central compartment with longitudinally extending vcompartments arranged in a series concentric to the axis of the body and opening upon oppositeend faces thereof, a detachable cap fitting over and embracing that end of the body upon which the central compartment opens and normally bearing against that end of the body and bearing against the outer wall of the central compartment, a rotatable cap fitting over the opposite end of the body and rotatably mounted thereon and formed with a perforation adapted to register successively with the several outer compartments, the body having a spring projected, bevel-faced detent carried in its side wall and the flange of said last named cap having a series of perforations with which said detent is adapted to engage, the devtent permitting a one step rotation of the cap in one direction relative to the body.

6. A receptacle of the character described comprising a body formed with two series of longitudinally extending compartments opening upon opposite ends of the body,

both series being disposed concentric to the central axis of the body, any opening of one series being in radial alignment with an opening of the other series, a vdetachable cap closing one end of the body and extendingover said series of compartments, and a rotatable cap mount-ed upon the other end of the body and extending over both series of compartments, said rotatable cap being formed with two openings in radial alignment adapted to register simultaneously with any two compartments in radial align-A ment as the cap is rotated, the last named cap and the body being provided with ooacting means for permitting a one step rotation of the body with relation to the body in one direction but. verse rotation of the cap.

In testimony whereof hereunto signature.

preventing a reaitix my ROBERT O. DUNNlNG.