Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Dec., 1886.
Complete Left, 1st Sept., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 14th Oct., 1887
JOSEPH HENRY KEEBLE of No. 71 Bishopsgate Street Within in the City of
London and No. 22 Albert Square Clapham Road in the County of Surrey Architect
and Civil Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as
follows:-
The manner of performing the Invention is by placing in a specially constructed
mould some fillets or strips of wood of any convenient number length and size laid
parrallel to each other. On these fillets or strips are placed vertically and transversely
and at a short distance apart two attaching pieces of wood which now and hereinafter
I call Ribs of any convenient size and geometric form and upon these ribs are placed
other fillets or strips similar to and in the same direction as those before described
and the whole fastened together by nails or bound round tightly and securely by a
ligature of any convenient material. In the cavity or chamber or space formed by
the longitudinal fillets and transverse ribs is enclosed a wad or roll of paper or cotton
material dipped in some inflammable composition and attached to a piece of quick
burning fuze which is passed through a perforation in one of the ribs and extended
outwards from the rib to the same distance as the fillets. The fire lighter afterwards
receives either wholly or partially a coating composed of tar parafine pounded resin
or sulphur applied either cold or hot and is finally dried.
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In order that my invention may be more fully understood I have hereto annexed a
sheet of drawings. Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section and Fig. 2 a transverse section of
the fire lighter drawn to the actual size a. a, a. a are the fillets or strips
"b, b. b. the transverse ribs which may however be of any other geometric
form than those delineated "c. c" the inflammable wad and "d. d." the quick
burning fuze.

page_text: I JOSEPH HENRY KEEBLE of No. 22 Albert Square Clapham Road in the County of
Surrey Architect and Civil Engineer 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:-.
The manner of performing the Invention is by placing in a specially constructed
mould some fillets or strips of wood of any convenient number length and size
preferably 4 inches long of an inch wide and of an inch thick laid parrallel to
each other with spaces between so as to allow of a free current of atmospheric air to
ensure rapid and perfect combustion. On these fillets or strips are placed transversely
and vertically and at a short distance apart two attaching or sustaining pieces of
wood which now and hereinafter I call ribs of any convenient size and geometric
form and upon these ribs are placed other fillets or strips similar to and laid in the
same direction as those before described and the whole conjoined and fastened
together in any convenient manner but preferably with a ligature of wire or hemp.
To ignite this so formed fire lighter I prefer to place within the chamber or space
formed by the ribs and parrallel fillets a roll or cone of thin wood such as is used in
making match boxes or a roll or wad of paper or linen either of which being dipped
in some inflammable composition is attached to a piece of quick or slow burning fuze
projecting outwards to a sufficient distance to be easily ignited. I do not however,
confine myself to a cone or wad of any material nor to the fuze but could effect the
ignition of the fire lighter by any other combustible substance placed within the
aforesaid chamber. I prefer to coat the fire lighter either partly or entirely with
some inflammable substance such as parafine sulphur pitch tar or resin or a
mixture composed of some of them but I do not confine myself to such coating
and should dispense with it in case I should find it efficacious or sufficient to
omit it.
In order that my invention should be more fully understood I left with my
provisional Specification No. 15,945 dated 6th December 1886 a sheet of drawings
illustrating the same which sheet of drawings I adopt in this my complete
Specification.
Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section and Fig. 2 a transverse section of the fire lighter
drawn to the actual size " a, a, a" are the fillets or strips "b. b. b. the transverse
rihs which may however be of any other geometric form than those delineated
c. " the inflammable cone or wad and "d. " the quick or slow burning fuze.
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page_text: 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
First. An Improved Fire lighter consisting essentially of fillets and strips of wood
with supporting or sustaining ribs of the same material with other combustible
substances as described.
Second. The respective arrangements methods and provisions in constructing same
substantially as set forth.