MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF FIRE LIGHTERS
Year: 1881

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Fletcher Wiles at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 11th July 1881.
JOHN FLETCHER WILES, of Old Charlton, in the County of Kent.
MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF FIRE LIGHTERS."
"IMPROVE-
The Invention has for its object improvements in the manufacture of fire lighters,
and relates to that class which is made of saw dust and small chips of wood, spent
tan, and other refuse, and my Invention consists in forming the same with draft
flues or passages passing entirely therethrough in various directions to facilitate the
combustion thereof, and thereby produce a more intense flame than is obtained when
such articles are made solid as heretofore.
One mode in which I carry my Invention into effect is to form the lighter in the
shape of a cube, with holes formed therethrough from each side thereof, and preferably
crossing each other's path.
Other forms may however be employed, and the draft flues or passages may have
no communication with each other."
In manufacturing the above described form of fire lighter a mould of the shape
desired for the lighter may be employed, in which case cores or plungers may be
employed to produce the draft flues or passages therein, but the method I prefer to
adopt is to form a mould of the shape of half of the said lighter cut on a plane
passing longitudinally through the centre of two or more of such draft flues or
passages, by which means I am enabled by simple moulding to produce blocks
with semi-cylindrical recesses formed on one face thereof; then by dipping such
blocks or half lighters in resin or other material, and therewith joining two of
such blocks, a fire lighter is produced with the desired draft flues or passages
therethrough.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said John Fletcher Wiles in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
11th January 1882.
JOHN FLETCHER WILES, of Old Charlton, in the County of Kent.
MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF FIRE LIGHTERS."
"IMPROVE-
The Invention has for its object improvements in the manufacture of fire lighters,
and relates to that class which is made of sawdust and small chips of wood, spent
tan, and other refuse, consolidated by the aid of resin or other adhesive inflammable
material, and my Invention consists in forming the same with draft flues or passages
passing entirely therethrough in various directions to facilitate the combustion
thereof, and thereby produce a more intense flame than is obtained when such articles
are made solid or with only one hole therein as heretofore.
One mode in which I carry my Invention into effect is to form the lighter in the
shape of a cube, with holes formed therethrough from each side thereof, and preferably
crossing each other's path, as shown by the perspective view at Figure 1 and by the
cross section at Figure 2.
Other forms, such, for instance, as a sphere or cylinder, may however be employed,
and the draft flues or passages may have no communication with each other, as
represented by the end view, Figure 3, and by the cross section, Figure 4.
In manufacturing the above description of fire lighter a mould of the shape
desired for the complete lighter may be employed, in which case cores or plungers
may be employed to produce the draft flues or passages therein, but the method I
prefer to adopt is to form a mould of the shape of half of the lighter, represented
at Figures 1 and 2, cut on a plane passing longitudinally through the centre of two
or more of such draft flues or passages, as shown by the dotted lines A, A, Figures 1
and 2, by which means I am enabled by simply moulding to produce blocks with
semicylindrical recesses formed on one face thereof; then by dipping such blocks
or half lighters in resin or other adhesive material, and therewith joining two of
such blocks, a fire lighter is produced similar to that shown at Figures 1 and 2, with
the desired draft flues or passages therethrough.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, and the mode in which
I carry the same into effect, I would have it understood that what I claim in the
manufacture of fire lighters made of saw dust, small chips of wood, spent tan, or
other refuse, combined with resin or other adhesive inflammable material, is
forming the same with draft flues or passages passing entirely therethrough in
various directions, substantially as herein shown and described and in the manner
stated.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Fletcher Wiles, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Eleventh day of January, in the year of our Lord One
JOHN F. WILES. (L.S.)