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No. 426,309. Patented Apr. 22, 1890.

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DEXTER W. PARKER, OF MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE CHARLES PARKER COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

C I G A R B O X SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 426,309, dated April 22, 1890.

Application filed January 29, 1890. Serial No. 338,501. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DEXTER XV. PARKER, of Meriden, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented new and useful Improvements in Boxes for Holding 'Cigars and other Articles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this application.

Previous to my invention it has been customary in the manufacture of that species of box or case, which comprises an exterior receptacle, made usually of wood, (or some other material not easily broken,) and an inner box or case, composed usually of glass or some other frangible material, to sometimes have the lid portions or covers of the two boxes made and arranged so as to be Wholly separable from each other and sometimes made and arranged so as to be relatively movable without being wholly separable; butin the iirstnnentioned mode of construction the liability of the glass or other frangible lid to become misplaced and sometimes broken by falling out of place is a serious objection to the article, while in the last-mentioned mode of construction the duplex case or package, so to speak, has been made so that the irremovable frangible lid or cover cannot be applied to and held in elastic contact with the outer edge of the inner receptacle in a manner to Warrant a hermetieal sealing of the interior case or vessel. In the duplex cases, or, in other words, in the wooden incased frangible boxes, as thus heretofore made, the separableness of the lids or covers of the two boxes has, however, been found to be more or less objectionable inthe use or handling of the boxes; furthermore, as in opening the inner box for access to its contents and in reclosing it the frangible lid of the inner receptacle had to be wholly separated from the other parts of the contrivance, there has been more or less liability of its breakage by falling, and, finally, it has sometimes been dinicult or troublesome, if not impracticable, to always properly adjust the lid of the inner glass receptacle relatively to the perimeter of the box and the rubber or other packing device to always make a perfectly-tight joint between said lid and its box or case.

I propose to provide for use a box or case of the type above alluded to in which there shall be no danger of letting fall the frangible lid of the inner receptacle while removing and replacing it, no difficulty or even inconvenience in getting the cover of the inner box always perfectly adjusted relatively to the edges or perimeter of the box-opening and relatively to the hermetically-sealing packing device, and in which the whole structure, while economic of manufacture, shall be more eflicient in practical use and more desirable and durable than any of the ineased glass or analogous boxes heretofore made.

To these main ends and-objects my invention may be said to consist, essentially, in a duplex case or box suitable for holding cigars and other things which it may be desired to keep hermetically sealed up, composed of the usual inner glass receptacle and an outer incasing-box, of wood, (or other infrangible materiah) and having the inner receptacle propcrly supported on the bottom of the outer box, but having the lid or cover of the inner box irremovably combined with that of the outer case, all as will be hereinafter more fully described, and as will be more particularly pointed out in the claims of this specification.

To enable those skilled in the art to which my invention relates to make and use duplex boxes or cases containing my improvement, I will now proceed to more fully explain said invention, referring by letters to the accompanying drawings, which form part of the speeilication, and in which I have shown my novel construction carried into effect in that precise form of contrivance in which I have so far practiced my invention, though the latter may of course be practiced under various modifications.

ln the drawings, Figure l is a perspective View of a cigar-box made according to my invent-ion, the box being represented as opened to permit free access to the interior of the inner receptacle. Fig. 2 is across-sectional view taken at the line 0c of Fig. l, but showing both receptacles completely closed. Fig. 3 is a partial top View of the body portion only of the outer box to better show one of the two IOO springs on which the inner glass box is supported. Fig. 4 is a partial vertical section,.on an enlarged scale, showing a modification.

In the several figures the same part will be found always designated by the same letter of reference. l

Referring now to Figs. l, 2, and 3, A represents the body or box portion proper, and B the lid of the outer wooden case, the lid B being preferably hinged to theupper edge of the box A, as clearly shown, and being formed dishing or with short flange-like portions b. Of course' this wooden box may be made of any desired size and shape or pattern, and by preference it has applied to its bottom interiorly two metallic springs C C of the peculiar form shown, which may be conveniently and economically held in place by means simply of round-headed tacks or screws driven or screwed into the bottom of the box A, all as clearly illustrated by the drawings.

D is the inner box or receptacle, made of glass ,or other frangi ble material well adapted to the reception and preservation of cigars or other contents, and this inner box D is seated or rested upon the springs or yielding supports C C, all as shown. The upper edge of the glass receptacle D is preferably shaped so as to present a comparatively sharp ridge d, for a purpose to be presently explained.

E is the glass cover or lid of the inner box D; but, instead of being separable or detachable from both its box and the parts of the wooden box, it is fitted within and securely fastened to` the interior of the dish-shaped lid B of the wooden box A in such manner, as shown, that whenever the lid B is closed the glass cover E, secured to B, will be brought into and held in the proper position relatively to the upper edge of box D to perfectly close up the latter.

The glass cover E is preferably made, as shown, with a iange-like rim e, and in contact with the edge of said rim is arranged a rubber gasket or packing-strip f, which in the case shown is securely held in place by a metallic frame g, that is shaped in cross-section, after the fashion of an angle-iron and that is securely fastened by pins or small tacks to the rim b of the lid of the wooden box, all as clearly shown. The gasket or rubber packing f may be composed of several separate fillets mitered together at the corners of the box-lid, or it may be one single frame-like piece of rubber or other suitable material of any desired and proper thickness, and the metallic frame g, which I have used to secure and hold in place this gasket and to secure in place at the same time the glass lid E, should leave uncovered such portions of the rubber packing as are designed to make contact with the ridge-like upper edge d of the glass box.

It will be understood that as thus constructed the operation of my improved contrivance is as follows: In closing the lid B of the wooden box the glass cover E combined therewith will be first brought down into contact with the perimeter of the glass boxD and then will force said glass box bodily farther into the wooden box A until the lid of the latter shall have become perfectly seated, when said lid is of course to be fastened by any suitable device or means, and it will be seen that in thus simultaneously closing up both of the boxes the inner glass box D will be yieldingly confined between the opposing springs or metallic cushions C C, which press against its bottom, and the elastic gasket or packing device f, which presses against its upperedge or perimeter d.

In that modification `or species of my invention illustrated at Fig. 4, in which the inner box is practically immovable vertically relatively .to the outer casing during the operation of closing up and unclosing the boxes, by arranging the lid of the inner box so as to have considerable movement relatively tothe outer box, so as to be supported yieldingly by the spring, as shown, considerable advantage is to be gained over the other shown form of myinvention in cases where the inner box or receptacle may be filled with some comparatively heavy substance or article, because, as will be easily understood, under such circumstances the action of the spring or springs used in combination with the movable lid of the inner box will be unaffected by the gravity of the contents of the inner box, whereas under the same circumstances if the other form of my invention be used a very powerful spring-pressure might be needed to liftor hold up the inner box when completely filled with a heavy material or substance, and of course when the contents of said inner box should have been partially or almost entirely removed the action of the springs would then be inconveniently powerful.

Of course, so far as the main feature or pith of my invention is concerned, some other form of gasket and other meansfor holding in place the glass lid relatively to the wooden lid might be employed7 and in lieu of the springs C some other means might be employed to afford an elastic seat to the glass box within the wooden one.

Indeed, so far as the main feature of my invention may be concerned, the glass box may be seated directly 011 the interior surface ofthe bottom of the wooden box, and the lid thereof may be arranged movably, but not removably, relatively to the lid of the wooden box, all as clearly shown in the modification which I have exhibited at Fig. 4.

The glass box D should be made slightly smaller than the incasing wooden box A, for purposes well understood.

I claim- 1. The combination of the outer casing provided with a suitable lid or cover adapted to close it, an interiorly-arranged receptacle,

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a cover for the said interior box inseparably combined with the lid of the outer casing, and a suitable packing device carried by the cover of the outer casing and adapted to make a tight joint between the top edge of the inner box audits lid, the parts of the inner box being so arranged relatively to those of the outer box as to permit a yielding contact between them on closing the outer casing, all in substantially the manner and for the purposes hereinbefore set forth.

2. In combination with the outer casing provided with a suitable lid or cover adapted to close it, an interiorly-arranged receptacle, a suitable packing device carried by the cover of the outer casing and adapted to make a tight joint between the top edge of the inner box and its lid, a cover for the said interior box inseparably combined with the lid of the outer casing, and a spring arranged between the two covers and operating to force and hold the cover of the interior box against the said packing device, the whole arranged and operating together in substantially the manner and for the purposes hereinbefore set forth.

3. In a duplex box of the type shown and described, the combination, with the out-er box, a separate inner receptacle, a lid for the inner box, inseparably combined with the cover of the outer box, and a gasket operating to make a tightjoint between the upper edge of the innerbox and its lid, of means, substantially such as described, operating to perform the double function of the retention of the inner box-lid withinthe coverof the outer box and the retention in a iixed position of the rubber packing or gasket employed to effect the hermetical sealing of the inner receptacle, all substautiallyas hereinbcfore set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 17th day of January, 1890.

DEXTER W'. PARKER.

In presence of- LEWIS F. GRIsWoLD, FREDERICK PEASE.

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