US1935600A

US1935600A - Combined cigarette and match dispenser

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Publication number: US1935600A
Application number: US634758A
Authority: US
Inventors: Archie A Wolf
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1932-09-24
Filing date: 1932-09-24
Publication date: 1933-11-14
Anticipated expiration: 1950-11-14

Description

A. A. WOLF COMBINED CIGARETTE AND MATCH DISPENSER Nov. 14, 1933.

Filed Sept. 24, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Nov. 14, 1933. A. A. WOLF COMBINED CIGARETTE AND MATCH DISPENSER Filed Sept. 24, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 II-i5:

Patented Novl 14, 1933 UNITED STATES CIGARETTE AND MATCH,

DISPENSER COMBINED Archie A. Wolf, Louisa, Ky.

Application September 24, 1932 Serial No. 634,758

7 Claims. (Cl. 312-78) This invention relates to improvements in dispensing devices and relates particularly to a dispensing device for cigarettes and matches.

The primary object of the present invention is to provide a device for attachment to the windshield of a motor vehicle or to be mounted at any other place within a motor vehicle or other structure, which by the operation of a singleelement thereof will simultaneously eject or dispense a match and a cigarette.

Another object of the invention is to provide a dispensing device of the above described character which if of a neat and compact nature and which will occupy a minimum of space and is, therefore, especially suited for use in'a motor vehicle.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a device for simultaneously dispensing a single cigarette and a single match in which novel means is employed for effecting this operation.

The invention will be best understood from a consideration of the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, with 2 1 the understanding, however, that the invention is not confined to any strict conformity with the showing of the drawings'but may be changed or modified so long as such changes or modifications mark no material departure from the sali- 3 ent features of theinvention as expressed in the appended claims.

In the drawings:, Figure 1 is a View in front elevation of the dispenser embodying the present invention; 35 Figure 2 is a view in rear elevation of the dispenser;

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 33 of Figure 1 and showing the mode of mounting the dispenser upon a body such as 4 the glass of a motor vehicle windshieldj V Figure 4 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line4 i of Figure 1;

Figure 5 is a view of the dispenser with the cover thereof open showing the'cigarette com 5' partmentand a portion of the ejecting mecha- Figure 8 is a sectional view taken substantially upon the-line 88 of Figure '7.

windshield and showing the elements attached Referring now more particularly to the drawings wherein like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views, the numeral 1 indicates a body upon which the present device is shown mounted and represents a portion of a motor vehicle windshield,v v The present device is designedparticularly for application to a motor vehicle windshield so that the driver of the motor vehicle may readilynobtain a match and cigarette without moving into any position which would be likely to cause him to lose control of the vehicle such, for example, as shifting the position of his body in order to put his hand into a pocket. With the present device the driver can maintain a firm gripupon the steering wheel of the motor vehicle while employing the other hand to remove thejcigarette and match from the dispensen- While the device is shown as applied to a glass body which is described as being a windshield of a motor vehicle it is to be understood that it is not to 75.

be confined to such use but may be mounted in any position and upon any body where itwill be found serviceablef V The mounting of the cigarette and match'dise penser which is indicated as a Whole by the hue meral 2 is eifect'ed by means ofthe three supporting elements, two of which are indicated by' the numeral 3, while the third is indicated by the numeral 4. The elements 3 each consist of a disk 5 to one face of which is attached a centrally apertured lug 6.' This'disk is cemented. or otherwise suitably secured to the surface 'of the body 1 with the lug arranged so thatvthe aperture thereof will be vertically disposed and the supporting members 3 are arranged in the side by side spaced relation shown in Figure '7.

The third supporting'device which is indicated by the numeral 4 is disposed at 'a lower elevation than the devices 3, and upon a line passing mid:- way between the devices 3 as is also shown in Figure '7. This lower device comprises a disk 7 from the face ofvwhich extends a lug 8 through which a vertical passage 9 is formed. A slot 10. is formed in the forward end ,of the lug 8 and enters the passage 9 as shown'in Figures 3 and 8 and pivotally mounted in this slot 10, upon the vertical pivot pin 11 is a flat latch 12 which is normally urged to swing inwardly to extend across the passage 9 as'shown in Figure 8, by a spring 13. The outer end of the-latchlZis formed to provide the terminal'le by. means of which a hold may beobtainedfonthe. latch in order to-turn it. 1 v v The dispenser 2' comprises an elongated relatively broad flat receptacle having a bottom or back portion 15 and a front or cover portion 16. The back portion of the receptacle consists of the back wall 1'? and the top, bottom and side walls 18, 19 and 20, respectively, the side walls at their lower ends being connected together and connected with the bottom wall by the relatively low front wall 21. The back wall 17 of the back portion of the receptacle is provided with the longitudinally extending slot 22 in Which moves an arm 23 carried by a follower 24. The outer end of this arm has attached thereto a disk 25 which moves against the rear surface of the back wall 17 and prevents the arm from coming out of the slot 22. The follower 23 as shown in Figure 5 extends across the interior of the back portion of the receptacle and is of a length substantially equal to the interior width of this portion. 7

This follower rests upon the uppermost one of the cigarettes 26 when the same are placedin the receptacle, the lowermost one of the groupof cigarettes lying upon the bottom wall 19 thereof.

One side wall 20 of the bottom portion of the receptacle is provided with an opening 27, the bottom of which is flush with the top or inner surface of the bottom wall 19 and this opening is of sufiicient size to permit of the passage therethrough of the bottom one of the group of cigarettes in the receptacle.

The wall 21 has formed therein a slot 28 which is enlarged at one end as indicated at 29 and which enlarged end is located adjacent the side wall 20 opposite that in which the opening 27 is formed and this slot extends a short distance in the direction of theopening 2'7 and is disposed in a horizontal plane which passes through the center of this opening. Above this slot 28 there is attached to the wall 21 a rib 29, the purpose of which will be hereinafter described.

Upon the rear face of the back wall 17 there are fixed two lugs 30 which are spaced apart a distance equal to the spacing of the lugs 6 of the supporting elements 5 and each of these receptacle lugs 30 carries a'downwardly directed pin 31 which is designed for extension through the aperture in a supporting lug 6. At the lower end of the receptacle back upon the rear face and longitudinal center thereof there is fixed the lug 32 from which extends downwardly below the bottom of the receptacle the relatively long pin 33 which is tapered at its free end to facilitate its ready insertion intothe aperture of the lug of the bottom supporting member 4.

The taper of this pin enables the pin to shove the latch finger outwardly and when this pin has moved the proper distance the latch finger will engage in the notch 34 which is formed transversely thereof.

Hingedly attached to one side of the back 15 of the receptacle by the hinges 35 is the cover 16. This cover has the top wall 38 and the side wall 39 at the front edge. As shown, the front wall 3'7 of the cover portion is of materially less length than the back portion 15, terminating at its lower edgein the plane of the top edge of the wall21 of the back portion. 7

Disposed inspaced relation with the front wall 37 at the lower part thereof is an auxiliary front wall 40. which is attached tothe wall 37 bythe side flanges 41 and 42. This auxiliary wall extends downwardly below the edge of the wall 37- and when the cover of the receptacle is closed overlies the wall 21 of the. back portion. -A bottom wall or flange 43 extends across the inner face of the auxiliary wall 40 between the side flanges 41 and 42 and slidably mounted upon this flange 43 and held in place by the yoke 44 is a reciprocable bar 45. One end of this bar 45 normally positions against the inner face of the flange 41 and at this end there is formed integral therewith the laterally projecting fiat finger 46. This finger is constricted slightly adjacent its point of joinder with the bar 45 as indicatedat 46 in Figure 4 and this constricted portion extends through the slot 28 and slides therein when the cover 16 is closed upon the back portion 15 of the receptacle and when the bar 45 is shifted in one direction in the manner hereinafter described.

At the inner end of the bar 45 is an upstanding arm 47 which passes upwardly along the inner face of the auxiliary wall 40 andjoins one end of a horizontal upper bar 48 which overlies the lower bar 45 as illustrated in Figure l and which terminates in the upwardly projecting finger 49. This finger 49 extends upwardly through a slot 50 which is formed longitudinally of a flange 51 which extends transversely of the inner face of the auxiliary wall 40 adjacent the top edge thereof and this flange forms the bottom for a match receptacle which is indicated as a whole by the numeral 52. The rear wall of the receptacle 52 is indicated by the numeral 53 and integral with this rear wall are forwardly projecting top and side walls 54 and 55 respectively. 'I-iingedly at tached tothe side wall 55 which is upon the same side of the dispenser as the hinges 35 is a cover 56 for the match receptacle. The hinges 57 connect this cover with the adjacent side wall 55 and the cover is provided with a top flange 58 and a free edge flange 59, these flanges 58 and 59 voverlying the adjacent walls 54 and 55 as illustrated in Figures 1 and 3. Resilient fasteners 60 attached to the back portion of the match receptacle engage over the free edge of the cover 56 when the same is closed to hold the cover in this position and at the central part of the free edge of the cover an extension 61 is formed which provides means by which the cover can be grasped to be opened. 7

The cover 56 is provided with the vertical slot 62 through which extends a stem 63 which carries upon its outer end the head 64 and upon its inner end a follower 65 which is relatively heavy and which normally forces the matches 66 downwardly against the wall 51 which forms the bottom of the match receptacle. As shown in Figure 1 the side wall 55 of the match receptacle opposite the side adjacent which the hinges '57 are located is ofiset slightly so that the finger 49 may extend up into the receptacle behind the lowermost one of the matches 66. The side wall 55 of the receptacle to which the cover therefor is hinged is provided with an opening 67 through which a match may be ejected. This opening is at the same side of the dispenser as the opening 2"! in the side wall of the bottom portionof the cigarette receptacle so that when the

bars

45 and 48 are shifted toward these openings the finger 46 upon the lower bar 45 will eject a cigarette through the opening 2'7'and the finger 49 which is upon the bar 43 will move'in the slot 50 and eject a match through theopening 67. In order to effect the operation ofthese ejector bars the vertical arm 47 has attached thereto the reduced portion 68 of a key 69 which portion'of the key extends from the outside of the auxiliary wall 46 through the horizontal slot 70 which is formed in this wall. At the'inner wthezbottom thereof for the discharge of an artiside of the wall 40 there'is disposed a coil contracting spring '71 which has one end secured to the side fiange 41 of the auxfliarywall and has its other end attached to the vertical arm 47.

This spring through its constant tendency to contract pulls upon the arm 47 and thus retains thefingered ends of the

bars

45 and 48 in position respectively behind a cigarette and a match. When the cover 16 of the cigarette receptacle is in closed position the fiange 29 upon the outer face of the wall 21 positions over the ejector bar 45 and thus serves as an additional guide for this bar to insure its movement in a straight path.

Upon the outer face of the cover 56 of the match receptacle there are mounted the two spaced guides '72 between which is removably held a sheet of emery paper or any other suitable rough material 73 which will provide a striking surface for the match.

The cover or top 16 for the cigarette receptacle is held in closed position by the spring latch 74 which is attached to the bottom 15 and projects upwardly across the free edge of the cover as shown in Figures 1 and 2. In order to provide the proper clearance for the extension of the finger 47 into position behind a cigarette the lower part of the wall 20 at the free side of the bottom portion 15 is pressed outwardly slightly as indicated at '75.

From the foregoing description it will be readily apparent that the present match and cigarette dispenser may be readily mounted in working position upon a windshield by the use of the supports 3 and 4 and when so mounted a cigarette and match may be readily obtained simply by shifting the ejector bars 45 and 48 through the manipulation of the key 69. 7 It will also be readily seen that either th cigarette container or the match container may be opened for the ready replenishment of the contents .thereofand the entire dispenser may be readily removed from position or placed in position as required.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

1. Ina dispenser of the character described for dispensing elongated objects, a relatively flat receptacle having a cover, an opening formed through oneiedge wall of said receptacle adjacent cle therefrom, a second relatively fiat receptacle carried by said cover and having an article discharging opening through one edge Wall thereof,

and means carried by said cover which is operative when the cover is closed to engage an end of an article in each receptacle and eject the articles through said discharge openings.

2. A dispensing device of the character'described, comprising a fiat receptacle having a removable cover, a relatively low wall disposed at one end of said receptacle and having a slot therein extending transversely of the receptacle, said wall being covered by said cover, the said receptacle having an article discharging opening through one edge Wall, a barmember mounted upon the inner side of said receptacle cover for reciprocation transversely thereof, a finger carried by said bar at one end and adapted to extend into said slot when the receptacle cover is closed,

means operable from the front of said cover for reciprocating said bar to effect the ejection of an article from the receptacle through the discharge opening, and resilient means normally maintain-, ing said bar in one position. I V v 3. A device for simultaneously dispensing cigarettes and matches, comprising an elongated fiat receptacle, a hinged cover for said receptacle, said cover comprising a main wall portion of less length than the receptacle and an auxiliary wall portion, said auxiliary wall portion being disposed .in a plane offset from the plane of the main cover and cooperating with the main cover to completely close the receptacle, a second fiat receptacle carried by said cover above said auxiliary wall portion and having a slotted bottom, said second receptacle having an article dischargingopening in one edge wall, said first mentioned receptacle having an article discharge opening in one edge wall, a pair of bar members mounted for reciprocatory movement transversely of the under side of said auxiliary wall, a finger member carried by each of said bar members, one of said fingers being designed to engage behind an article in said first receptacle to eject the same through the discharge opening thereof and the other of the fingers being designed to extend into the second mentioned receptacle through the slotted bottom for ejecting an article therein through the discharge opening thereof, and means for simultaneously shifting said bar members.

4. A combined cigarette and match dispenser, comprising an elongated relatively fiat cigarette receptacle having a hinged cover, a second relatively fiat receptacle mounted upon the face of the hinged cover of the first receptacle and having a bottom wall provided with a longitudinal slot, each of said receptacles having a side edge Wall provided with a discharge opening, a pair of connected bar members disposed in spaced relation and mounted upon said cover for simultaneous movement transversely thereof, a finger carried by one of said bar members and extending into the second mentioned receptacle through the slotted bottom of the same, a finger carried by the other of the bar members and extending into the first mentioned receptacle when the cover is closed and engaging a cigarette at one end, said bar members when shifted transversely of the cover effecting the discharge of a cigarette and a match from the receptacles, resilient means normally maintaining the bar members in inoperative position, and means common to said bar members for effecting their simultaneous movement.

5. An article dispenser, comprising a receptacle having an outlet through which the articles are ejected, a second receptacle mounted before a wall of the first receptacle and having an outlet through which the articles are ejected, a slidably mounted member disposed beneath one receptacle and before one face of the other receptacle and having a pair of fingers one disposed vertically for extension into the overlying receptacle and the other extending laterally into the other receptacle, each of said fingers engaging an end of an article in the receptacle into which it extends, means permitting movement of each finger in its receptacle toward the adjacent outlet, and means for shifting the fingers simultaneously.

6. An article dispenser, comprising a receptacle having an outlet, a' second receptacle secured to and carried by a Wall of the first receptacle and having an outlet, said second receptacle having a slotted bottom wall, a'member mounted for sliding movement across the wall of the first receptacle to which the second receptacle is secured, a finger carried by said member and disposed in the slotted wall of the second receptaclefor enrot gagement behind an article therein, a second finger carried by said member and extending laterally therefrom into the first receptacle for engagement behind an article therein, and means carried by said member for effecting its movement in a direction to cause the ejection by said fingers of an article from each of the receptacles into which they extend.

7. A cigarette and match dispenser, comprising a unitary structure having a match chamber with an outlet and a cigarette chamber with an outlet, a closure for each chamber whereby access may be had to either chamber without opening the other, an injection finger slidable in a recess the end of the article, connecting means between the fingers for moving the same simultaneously for the simultaneous ejection of two articles, and actuating means for the fingers, cone of said chambers being carried upon and moving with the closure of the other chamber.

ARCHIE A. WOLF.