AN IMPROVED APPLIANCE FOR RETAINING FLAME ON LUCIFER MATCHES IN SITUATIONS EXPOSED TO WIND OR RAIN
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
I WILLIAM WILSON of No 2 Randolph Street, Sunderland, in the County of
Durham, Accountant do hereby declare the nature of my invention for AN
IMPROVED APPLIANCE FOR RETAINING FLAME ON LUCIFER MATCHES IN SITUATIONS
EXPOSED TO WIND OR RAIN, to be as follows:-
My invention consists in apparatus whereby flame may be retained on matches
when ignited in situations exposed to wind or rain, the chief object of which is to
enable tobacco pipes or cigars to be more conveniently lighted in the open air in
windy or rainy weather. For this purpose I construct a match box or match box
holder or folding case with flaps capable of being opened so as to form a chamber
to receive the pipe head or cigar end; and within the receptacle so formed by the
flaps I place a rasp or rough surface or sanded surface on which to ignite the
match, the whole being so formed as that with the fingers striking and holding
the match and with the pipe head or cigar head, or a very small amount of
protection from the hand the case is made approximately wind and rain proof.-
The flaps may be held in position by stiff hinges or springs and are so constructed
as that when not in use they may be folded down flat on each other.

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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
I, WILLIAM WILSON of No 2 Randolph Street Sunderland, in the County of
Durham Accountant, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for AN
IMPROVED APPLIANCE FOR RETAINING FLAME ON LUCIFER MATCHES IN SITUATIONS
EXPOSED TO WIND OR RAIN, and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:—
My invention consists in apparatus whereby flame may be retained on matches
when ignited in situations exposed to wind or rain the chief object of which is to
enable tobacco pipes or cigars to be more conveniently lighted in the open air in
windy or rainy weather.-For this purpose I construct a match box, or match box
holder, or folding case with flaps capable of being opened so as to form a chamber
to receive the pipe head or cigar end, and within the receptacle so formed by the
flaps I place a rasp or rough surface, or sanded surface on which to ignite the
match, the whole being so formed as that with the fingers striking and holding
the match, and with the pipe head, or cigar head, or a very small amount of
protection from the band the case is made approximately wind and rain proof.
The flaps may be held in position by stiff Linges or springs and are so constructed
as that when not in use they may be folded down flat on each other.
The drawing represents a convenient form of apparatus in accordance with my
invention wherein the wind and rain shield is attached to a box which may be a
match box or tobacco box.
Fig. 1. represents the appliance closed.
Fig. 2. represents it opened entirely out, for convenience of illustration, but when
in use it is never opened out in this way and in fact is made so as to be incapable
of being so opened.
Fig. 3 represents the appliance with its parts in the position in which it is used.
Similar letters apply to the same parts in each Fig. Each of the 3 flaps A. B.
and C are hinged to the edge of a flat piece of any convenient material or as in the
drawing to the edge of the top or bottom of a box; the hinges of the pieces B.
and C, are so constructed as that each of the flaps can open only to a certain extent
so as to stand at a convenient angle, say at an angle of 70 to 75 degrees with the
side to which it is hinged. Between these side pieces the flap A is hinged to the
end of the flat piece or box top before described so as that it can open to a con-
venient angle say an angle of 60 degrees.-Under the flap A. is a spring of any
convenient form the tendency of which is to throw the Hap outwards from its
folded position and it will be seen that as this flap is within or under the other two
flaps the tendency of the spring is to throw all the flaps open to the required
degree and to retain them open; to counteract the effect of the spring when the
appliance is not in use I use a little catch of any convenient form which holds the
appliance shut as shown in Fig. 1. at C.-Upon the inside of the Bap B. I place a
rasp or roughed or sanded surface in a convenient position whereon to strike the
match. The method of using the appliance is as follows:-I liberate the catch C
whereupon the three protecting sides fly open to the required degree. I then
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page_text: introduce the match and strike it within the protection with or without further
protection by the hand, and then apply the pipe or cigar at the open part of the
pretection or I may before striking the match introduce the pipe head as shewn
in Fig. 3.
Altho' I have described what I consider a convenient form of apparatus for the
purpose I would have it understood that my invention is not confined to the
precise form I have described seeing that it is capable of being varied in many
ways without departure from the essential principle involved.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
The construction of a sheltering appliance so as to retain the flame on lucifer
matches in situations exposed to wind or rain substantially as described.
J. HENRY JOHNSON,
Agent for the said William Wilson.