US1407746A - Cigarette case - Google Patents

Description

W. P. J. HAGARTY.

CIGARETTE CASE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 24,1920.

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Specification of Letters Patent. I Patented Feb. 28 1922.

Application filed June 24, 1920. Serial No. 891,424.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM' P. J. HAG- nR'rY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Avon, in the county of Bon Homme and State of South Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigarette Cases; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, suchas will enable othe'rs skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to a case for earrying cigarettes or other similar articles in the pocket, and aims to provide a novel.

and improved container of that kind.

It is the object of the invention to provide a. case having an endless belt therein provided with grooves or similar means for receiving and holding the cigarettes or articles, and means for mounting or moving the belt whereby-the cigarettes can be brought one at a time in succession to a slot or opening for removal from the case.

t is also the objectof'the invention to provide a device of the character indicated which is comparatively simple and inexpensive in construction,.as well as being convenient and efiicient in use.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will be apparent as the description proceeds, the invention resides ,in the construction and arrangement of parts here,- inafter described and claimed, it being understood that changescan-bemade Within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

- The invention is illustrated in the accom-- panying drawing, wherein Figure 11s a perspective .view of theimproved case.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsection on the line 2-2. of Fig. 1.

The case proper, designated 5, can be made of sheet metal or other suitable material and finished in any preferred way, being of a width to'accommodate cigarettes of the desired len h and the case can be of any length desire according to the capacity wanted. Parallel shafts'fi are mounted forrotation in the edgeportions of the case 5 adjacent to the ends thereof, and have rollers 7 thereon within the case around which an endless belt 8 of rubber or other suitablematerial extends to move along the opposite sides and ends of the case. The outer surface of the belt has integral trans- .with the after which the side 15: is swung close verse ribs 9 forming transverse grooves or receptacles 10 for receiving and holdin the cigarettes 11, or other articles, and ai 12 is secured to one end of one of the shafts 6 for turning the correspondin' roller 7, whereby to move the belt. The e ges of the rlbs 9 are narrow or thin and such ribs increase in thickness from said edges to their bases so that the grooves between them are concaved transversely thereof'to snugly receive the cigarettes. One end of the case 5 has a slot 13 past which the grooves 10 move n succession when the belt is moved, thereits ends for convenience in lifting the ciga-v rette out of the groove 10 and slot 13. Said slot 13 is preferably at one end'ofthe case, knob 12 adjacent to saidslot for convenience in manipulating the device.

For convenience in placing the cigarettes within the case, it is referable to have one side, designated '15, hlnged, as at 16, at that end opposite to the slot 13 so that said side nob 15 can be swung open, thereby exposing one half or run of the belt, so that the cigarettes a can be readily placed within the grooves 10. The belt can then be moved to move said half or portion thereof to the opposite side, so that the remaining half can be filled The side 15 can be held closed by any suitable means, such as by an car 17 extending from one or both edges to overlap and engage the edge port on of the case frictionally, although other suitable means can be used for this purpose.

When a cigarette is removed through the slot 13, the remainingcigarettes are retained in the case against accidental loss therefrom, and when a cigarette is wanted the knob 12 is simply turned until a. cigarette is broughtv under the slot 13, when it can be readilyrremoved therefrom. The cigarettes are thus'retained 1n the case, and are only brought to posltion for removal one at a time in 511006$1011, thereby avo1d1n the spilling or loss of the cigarettes, and a fording convenient means for dispensing the cigarettes. The cigarettes are .retalned 1n the grooves 10 which confront the sides andends of the case inasmuch as the walls of the case keep the cigarettes from falling from said grooves, the cigarettes moving along said walls. The cigarettes are held snugly 'between the ribs 9 by friction, and it will be noted that where the belt extends around the rollers 7, the bending of thebelt will separate the ribs 9, thereby loosening the cigarettes where they pass around the rollers at the ends of the case. Therefore, by having the slot 13 located at one end of the case beyond the corresponding roller 7, the cigarettes are loosened adjacent to said slot, so that they can be readily removed through the slot.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is A device of the character described, comprising a flat case, rollers mounted 1n the case adjacent to the ends thereof, means for arated slightly at the points where the belt extends around the rollers, the case having a transverse slot at one end beyond one roller' for removing the cigarettes or ar ticles'.

In testimony whereof I have'signed named to this specification.

. WILLIAM P. J. HAGARTY.

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