US1164434A - Cigarette-holder. - Google Patents

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R. WALLENSTEIN.

CIGARETTE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 5, 1915.

' Patented Dec. 14, 1915.

MAM.

Ill llll RALPH WALLENSTEIN, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

CIGARETTE-HOLDER.

Application filed March 5, 1915.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, RALPH WALLENSTEIN,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigarette- Holders; and I do hereby declare the fol lowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to cigarette holders and has for its primary object to provide a simple and eflicient holder or case especially designed for containing cigarettes and including a pair of oppositely opening spring actuated lid or cover sections, which, when open, expose the ends of the cigarettes, on which is marked the brand thereof.

Another object is to provide a cigarette holder or case including a spring actuated presser or clamping bar designed to engage the cigarettes intermediate their ends to hold them against loose movement within the holder.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement and formation of parts as will be hereinafter specifically described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which: v

Figure 1 represents a side elevation, partly broken away of the cigarette holder. Fig. 2 represents a transverse sectional view on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents a fragmental sectional view taken at right angles to Fig. 2. Fig. 4 represents a fragmental sectional view similar to Fig. 2 illustrating the actuating spring for the presser bar and hinged cover section in detail, and Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional view on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawing in detail, wherein similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, the numeral 5 indicates generally the body of the cigarette holder or case which is of substantially fiat hollow formation and provided with an upper open end. If desired, the case may be slightly curved from end to end so as to properly fit within the pocket of the user.

A pair of cover or lid sections 6 are hingedly secured to the longitudinal edges Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 141., 1915.

Serial No. 12,367.

of the open end of the body 5 and are adapted when moved to the position illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, to close the holder or case, and expose the ends of the cigarettes 7 disposed in the holder or case. The marginal portions 8 of the sections 6 are preferably shaped so that when closed, the sections are shaped conformably with the opposite end ofthe holder. Each section 6. is provided ad acent its opposite ends with extensions 9 normally disposed within the body 5 and adapted to receive therebetween the enlarged end 10 of a spring locking member 11, the opposite end of which is secured at 12 to the body 5. Enlarged or free ends of the spring locking members 11 are formed at their opposite ends with notches or shoulders 13 behind which the extensions 9 of the sections 6 are adapted to engage to lock the latter in closed position. A button 14 is secured intermediate the ends of each spring locking member 11 and projects outwardly through an aperture formed in the body 5, whereby the locking members may be moved inwardly to release the arms or extensions 9 and permit the sections 6 to swing to open position under the influence of the springs 15. The spring locking members 11 and coiiperating parts are partially inclosed by partitions 16 arranged adjacent the opposite ends of the bodv 5 designed to prevent injury to the cigarettes contained in the holder by the operation of the locking device.

The springs 15 for one cover or lid section 6 are engaged with the angularly directed ends 17 of a presser or clamping bar 18 arranged in spaced relation and parallel with the hinge rod of the sections 6 and adapted to engage the cigarettes 7 to yieldably retain them against loose movement within the holder or case. A. plate 20 is secured to one side wall. of the body 5 opposite the presser bar 18 to brace the cigarettes and prevent the bar 18 from breaking them.

The hinged cover or lid sections 6 are automatically swung to open position by the tension of the springs 15 when the buttons 14 at the opposite ends of the case or holder are simultaneously pushed inwardly, thus exposing the ends of the cigarettes 7 and permitting any one thereof to be removed, To fill the holder or case with cigarettes, the spring actuated presser bar 18 is moved out Wardly against the tension of the springs 15 to theposition illustrated in dotted lines in Fig. 2.

What is claimed is:

1. A cigarette holder including a body having an open end, cover sections hinged to the open end of said body, and a presser bar pivotally secured to and projecting out wardly of the open end of said body.

2. A cigarette holder including a hollow body, a pair of hinged cover sections hinged to the open end of said body, and a spring actuated presser bar pivotally secured to and projecting outwardly of the open end of said hollow body.

3. A cigarette holder including a hollow body, a pair of cover sections hinged to the open end of said body, a presser bar pivotally secured to and projecting outwardly of the open end of said body, and means nor- Copies of this patent may be obtained for mally tending to open one of said cover sections and to move said presser bar inwardly against the cigarette arranged within said body.

4. A cigarette holder including a hollow body having an open end, a pair of cover sections hinged to the open end of said body, a presser bar pivotally secured to and projecting outwardly of the open end of said body, and a plate secured to and projecting outwardly of the open end of said body and arranged opposite to said pressor bar, and means normally tending to move said presser bar toward said plate.

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

RALPH VVALLENSTEIN.

Witnesses:

BERTHA WALLENSTEIN, CHAS. E. DORNETTE.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C.

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