US545277A - Box-lid raiser and fastener - Google Patents

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C. L. FEINBERG. BOX LID RASER AND FASTENER.

No. 545,277. Patented Aug. 27,1895.

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BOX-LED BAISER AND FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION' forming part of Letters Patent N0. 545,277, dated August 27, 1895.

Aynliontion filed May 2l., 1895. Serial No. 550,079. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, CHARLES L. FEINBERG, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Spring-Acting Box-Lid Raiser and Fastener, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relatesto spring-acting boX lid raisers and fasteners, wherein means are provided for automatically raising the lid of the box upon the release of the fastening device; andthe object of the invention is to combine with the fastening device springacting mechanism, whereby the said au tomatic raising of the lid will be effected by the release of the fastening device'and simultaneously therewith.

.To these ends the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, as will be more fully described hereinafter, and finally embodied in the claims.

\ Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cigar or other box equipped with my improvements and showing the lid raised. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the box, partly in section, and showing the lid slightly raised. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view similar to the sectional part of Fig. 2 and showing the lid closed and secured by my improvement. Fig. et is aseotional view on the line 4 i of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the spring in a modified form of my invention. Fig. 6 is a sectional view ou the line G G of Fig. 7, also illustrating the said modified form; and Fig. 7 is a detail section taken at right angles to the line (3 G and further illustrating the medification. y

The reference numeral 10 indicates the body of the box, which is here shown to be of that class generally used for cigars, and 11 the lid thereof. The lid l1 is hinged to the back portion of the body 10, as usual, and is capable of swinging over the top of the box to close the saine. Fixed to the lfree end of the lid 11 and at the middle thereof is the catch 1:2, which is secured to the lid,as shown in the drawings, and which projects downwardly therefrom for a distance equal to about one-half the height of the box. Formed on the catch 12 and near the upper end thereof, is a shoulder 13 which has its upper side extended at right angles to the catch, while its lower side is inclined, so as to form a means for snapping lthe catch into engagement with a keeper, which Will be described' hereinafter. It will be seen that the catch 12 does not project perpendicularly from the lid 11, but that it projects therefrom at a slightly acute angle, and the purposeof this is to permit the catch to operate with the keeper-tube 11i, which is located on the innerside of the box. The tube 14 is disposed vertically at the inner portion of the front side of the box and midway the same, it being located Within a slot 15 formed in the box and having its lower extremity formed with a tongue 1G which lies dat against the inner side of the box and is secured thereto by means of apin or other fastening device. The upper end of the tube 14 is also provided with ears 16 which project out horizontally from the tube and on each side thereof, and which are adapted to be secured to the upper edge of the side to which the tube is fastened. By these means the tube is securely fastened in place, and by reason of its being countersunk in the side of the box its presence does not reduce the interior side thereof.

Formed in the upper portion of the tube 14; and at the inner side thereof is a recess 17, which has a horizontal upper edge adapted to engage with the square portion of the projection 13. This engagement is effected as the catch 12 is received into the tube, and as the inclined face of the projection 13 engages with the upper inner edge of the tube 14 the side of the box to which said tube is fastened will be caused to move slightly inwardly, so that the projection may pass the upper edge of the tube and snap into the recess 17.

18 indicates an expansivo spring, which is located within the tube 14, and which has its lower end permanently secured therein by any approved means. This spring` when extended, projects to a point equal to the opening 17, as may be seen by vreference to Fig. 2 of the draw ings, and vwhen engaged with the lower end of the catch 12 will be compressed into the lower portion of the tube 14. The spring 18 is also When it is desired to close the lid it shouldv be swung on its hinges, so that the catch 12 will be projected into the tube 17, whereupon the lower end of the catch will engage with the spring 18aud compress the same. Simultaneously with this operation the inclined face of the projection 13 will engage with the upper end of the tube 1i and force the side of the box to which said tube is fastened inwardly to a degree sufficient to permit the projection to spring past the upper end of the tube and finally snap into the opening 17. The fastening of the box lid will now be effected. It will be observed that by reason of the acute disposition of the catch l2 and the enlarged size of the tube 14 the catch may move freely into the tube and without binding against any part thereof, notwithstanding the are in which the outer end ofthe lid 11 must move.

When it is desired to open the box-lid, all that will be necessary is to press the side of the box-body which carries the tube 14: inwardly to a degree sufficient to disengage the shoulder ot' the projection 13 from the upper portion of; the opening 17,". When this has been effected the spring 1S will be permitted to expand and will, acting upon the catch 12, throw the lid open, as shown in Fig. 1.

The modified form of my invention, illustrated. in Figs. 5, 6 and 7, consists of a catch 19 secured to the lid 11 and operating similarly to the catch 12 ot the preferred form. The catch 19 is, however, much shorter than the catch 12, and has a projection 2O at its lower end, which comprises a shoulder and an inclined portion similar to those of the projection 13.

21 indicates a sheet-metal plate, which is bent to forni two parts, disposed at right angles to each other, and this angular plate is made to embrace the upper and inner edge of the front side of the box, its ends being provided with openings, through which screws or other fastening devices may pass, as is illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6. Formed in the inner side of the box-body is the recess 22,which receives a spring-tongue 23 of the plate 2l. This tongue 23 is formed integral with the plate and by'stamping or cutting therefrom, it constituting a part of the horizontal portion of the plate 21 and being located outward from the vertical portion of the plate and within the recess 22. It will be seen that as the lid 1l is lowered, so that' the catch 19 will project through the opening formed in the horizontal portion of the plate 2l and engage with the tongue 23, the inclined face of the projection 2O will engage with the verti- 1 cal portion of the plate and spring the side of the box inwardly to permit the projection to pass outward of said vertical portion and snap under the lower edge of the same. This position is illustrated in Figs. G and 7 of the drawings. When it is desired to disconnect the lid from the body of the box the side carrying the plate 2l should be sprung inwardly, as has been explained in connection with Figs. l, 2, 3, and 4, so that the rvertical portion of the plate 2l will be disengaged from the shoulderon the projection 20, and the spring-tongue 25. will then act upon the catch 19 and cause the lid of the box to be thrown open.

It will be observed that my invention einn ploys a spring to effect the automatic raising of the lid, and that the disconnection of the catch device is effected by springing inwardly the yielding front side of the box. The essence of the invention lies, therefore, in pro .viding a peculiarly-constructed keeper and j in securing the saine to the inner side of a i yielding box front, so that it may be engaged or disengaged with or from a rigid catch by reason of the yielding character of the box side.

Having thus described my invention, I

j claim as new and desire to secure by Letters 1 Patent- 1. A spring acting box lid raiser and fasn tener, consisting of a catch fixed to the box lid, a keeper fixed to the adjacent portion ot the box body, and a spring combined with the keeper and capable of raising the lid upon the disengagement of the catch and keeper,

that portion of the body which carries the keeper being yielding so that it may be moved to engage or disengage the catch and keeper, substantially as described.

2. A box, having secured to its lid a catch, the same consisting of a rod formed with a projection thereon, the body portion of the box having secured thereto and adjacent to the catch a tube receiving the catch and formed with an opening therein, and an expansive spring located within the tube, substantially as described.

CHARLES L. FEINB ERG.

Vitnesses:

OHAs. SEDGWICK, J. L. MCAULIFFE.

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