Improvements in or relating to Combustible Pellet Supply and Igniting Devices.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 21st May, 1897-Accepted, 14th Aug., 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Combustible Pellet Supply and
Igniting Devices.
[A communication from MAX EDUARD HOLLAND, Electrician, of 64, Rosenstrasse,
Dresden, and ERNST RICHARD GARTNER, Farmer, of Grossburgk, both in the
Kingdom of Saxony, German Empire.]
I ALFRED JULIUS BOULT of 111 Hatton Garden, in the County of Middlesex,
Chartered Patent Agent, 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 an igniter for cigars, cigarettes and other purposes in
which instead of matches or strips provided with inflammable inaterial small balls or
pellets are employed which are placed in a receptacle and are taken or delivered out
of it one by one. A slide-valve with claws for holding the pellet receives one pellet
when pushed in and, when pulled out, ignites it on a friction surface and presents it
alight outside the case. To regulate the delivery of pellets, a perforated slide-valve
(as in some automatic delivery machines) or the like is used, said slide-valve being
actuated by the slide carrying the claw or pellet holder.
The composition of the pellets does not form part of this invention. It must only
be said, that they must be made of some slowly burning material so as to burn about
as long as a match. In comparison with the latter, the pellets have the advantage of
enabling a much larger quantity to be stored, of saving wood and of giving only a
very small quantity of ash.
A construction according to the present invention is illustrated in the accompanying
drawing. Fig. 1 is a vertical cross-section, the position of the movable part
corresponding to the vertical longitudinal section, Fig. 2, and taken through the
delivery funnel of the receptacle.
Fig. 3 shows the apparatus partly in elevation and partly in section; the slide with
pellet holder being shown withdrawn.
Figs. 4-6 are detail views of the holder on an enlarged scale.
When
The apparatus in this construction being formed as a pocket apparatus is of
about the same size and shape as an ordinary wooden match box. The supply
chamber A, accessible by means of the cover a, occupies the upper portion of the
casing and terminates at its lower part in a funnel, the opening a¹ of which is of such
diameter that a single pellet can freely pass through it. Under a moves in guides
b under the influence of a spring b¹ a slide B. Its thickness is about equal to the
diameter of a pellet which is received in a perforation or passage formed in it.
this passage is exactly under the funnel a¹ (Fig. 3), a pellet p.falls into it, but cannot
go further down, as it is prevented by the bottom 611 of the guide. But when in the
movement inward of the slide B the hole passes beyond the edge of 611, then the
pellet can fall out and, as will be seen later, drop into the claws of the slide C under
it, the front part of the slide B at the same time closing the end of the funnel a¹. In
this way only one pellet at a time can be discharged from A.
The slide C which is in the shape of a drawer is pushed in and pulled out by hand,
or (after releasing a lock or catch not shown in the drawing) by a spring c which is

page_text: compressed when the slide is pushed in. A slot in the bottom of C co-operating with
a pin c in the bottom of the casing (Fig. 3) may limit the movement of the slide.
The slide B together with its pin is caused through the rear wall of C to move
from the position Fig. 3 into that Fig. 2, when C is pushed in. On the bottom of
the slide is mounted a tube D on which are mounted the claws d having spring
stems & for holding the pellet. When the slide C is pushed in, the claws are opened
by the wedge e so as to receive the pellet in the position Fig. 2. The closed bottom
portion of the claws (Fig. 5) or the top of the wedge e (if it is arranged a little
higher) prevents the pellet from falling through the opened claws which close and
surround the pellet when withdrawn from the wedge by withdrawing or moving the
slide C. Thereupon the pellet held by d is ignited on the friction surface r arranged
under the division 611 so that when the slide is completely drawn out, the pellet is
presented in a burning condition.
It is therefore sufficient to push in the slide C and to draw it out (or to release it
to be thrown out by a spring) in order to obtain a burning pellet which can be used
to light a cigar, candle or the like or even to light a room for a short time, in case of
necessity.
In the apparatus illustrated there is also shown a cigar cutter f with a chamber F
for the ends so cut off.
This apparatus can also be constructed to be used on the table or on the wall, and
it can be connected with other articles. It can also be modified in various ways:
thus, for instance, the claws d need not necessarily be resilient, as the pellet falls
directly in from the top and cannot escape. In such case the wedge e would be
superfluous and dispensed with. But the spring holder is preferable, as the pellet is
firmly held and prevented from turning whilst being rubbed on the frictional igniting
surface. The slide B may be replaced by other means for regulating the discharge
of single pellets. In fixed apparatus it is advisable to have a special receptacle for
ashes; for this purpose the lower part of the holder can be formed as a tube D or it
can form the entrance to a receptacle for such purpose. For pocket apparatus C may
be provided with walls preferably for screening the pellet from the wind.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention, as communicated to me by my foreign correspondents, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. A combustible pellet supply and igniting device comprising a pellet supply
chamber with a delivery funnel and a slide provided with an aperture adapted to
receive a single pellet in combination with an under slide provided with a pellet
holder and a frictional igniting surface against which the pellet is drawn and ignited
when the lower slide is drawn out, substantially as described.
2. The combination and arrangement of parts constituting the complete combustible
pellet supply and igniting device substantially described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawings.
Dated this 21st day of M 100
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicants.