An Improved Match Box or Combined Match Box and Cigar Cutter.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Apr., 1897-Accepted, 12th June, 1397
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Match Box or Combined Match Box and Cigar Cutter.
I, FRIEDRICH CARL WEBER, Merchant, of Herderstrasse 44, Düsseldorf, in the
German Empire, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to a match box so constructed, that matches may be
conveniently taken out one by one, and that each match is automatically ignited
by its removal from the box.
In the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 is a side-view of a matchbox embodying my
invention; Figs. 2 and 3 are longitudinal sections of the same in different positions ;
Fig. 4 is a transverse section; and Figs. 5 and 6 represent details.
The matches are introduced into a chamber a, after having opened the door t; the
bottom of the said chamber slants downwards towards the centre, as shown by Fig. 4,
and is there provided with a vertically movable slide 6 held up by a spring f
The top of the slide is slightly concave and wide enough to afford a good support
for a match. The slide is provided with a button k, or a lever, or other suitable
device adapted to press the slide downward.
In the example shown by the drawings, the matchbox has the shape of a house and
the button k, which serves to act on the slide, represents the chimney of the house.
If the slide 6 be pressed down into its lowest position, its upper face gets underneath
the matches, and when the slide rises again under the influence of the spring f, it
will lift one of the matches and press the primed end against the roof d, as represented
by Fig. 5. The upper part of the receptacle a is shortened, so as to form a recess a¹
and has a vertical slot c, so that the unprimed end of the lifted match becomes free,
The inside
as represented by Figs. 1 and 2, and can be easily seized with the hand.
of the roof d or the slide c, is roughened or coated with an igniting mass, according
to the nature of the matches. If now the projecting match be drawn out, the upward
pressure of the spring produces sufficient friction to ignite the match.
If the apparatus is to be used again, the slide is pushed down, so that it again
gets underneath the matches and will lift one of them during its subsequent up motion.
The apparatus shown by the drawing also serves as a cigar cutter, for which
purpose the button k carries a knife m, or is provided with a sharp edge adapted to
serve as a knife, and the wall of the casing has an aperture o to introduce the
cigar end.
In the drawings Figs. 1 and 2 show the slide 6 in the highest position; it carries
a match ready to be drawn out and ignited.
Figs. 3 and 4 show the slide 6 in the lowest position. Fig. 5 is a partial cross-
section corresponding to Fig. 4 and showing the slide 6 in its highest position.
Fig. 6 is an end view of the roof showing the slot c, which guides the slide b, and
through which the end of the match projects, after it has been lifted up by the
slide b.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
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1. A matchbox provided with delivery and igniting device, comprising in its

page_text: slide being adapted to lift a match at every up-motion and to press the primed
portion of the match against the roof of the receptacle, while the opposite end
passes through the said slot, substantially as described and for the purpose specified.
2. A combined matchbox and cigar cutter constructed and adapted to operate
substantially as described.
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FAIRFAX & WETTER,
37 and 39, Essex Street, Strand, London, Agents.