Improvements in Matches and in the Method of Manufacturing same.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Dec., 1896,
Complete Specification Left 23rd Sent 1897-Accented. 13th Nov.. 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Matches and in the Method of Manufacturing same.
I, BERNHARD BARON of 51 St. Mary Axe, in the City of London, Manufacturer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Matches as commonly used are of two kinds; (1) those consisting of wood cut
from the block; and (2) those prepared from cotton or like fibre and dipped in
spermaceti or other composition. In either case the stick or stem is subsequently
dipped into the material to form the ignition head.
According to this invention it is proposed to secure the stiffness and lack of
odour commonly obtained by the use of wooden matches together with the
advantage resulting from the use of spermaceti or like composition, and these
ends are attained by first shredding the wood so as to obtain the fine fibres,
spinning such fibres into a more or less continuous roll and passing such roll
through spermaceti or other composition to produce the outer coating, after
which the continuous rod thus formed is, if desired, drawn through dies, romd
or otherwise treated to polish or consolidate the rod, and is then cut up into the
requisite lengths. In some cases satisfactory results may be obtained with com-
paratively little or no twisting if the fibres are of sufficient length.
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For the Applicant.
PHILIP M. JUSTICE,
55 and 56 Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agent,
Improvements in Matches and in the Method of Manufacturing same
I, BERNHARD BARON, of 51 St. Mary Axe, in the City of London, Manufacturer,
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:-
Matches as commonly used are of two kinds (1) those consisting of wood cut
from the block, and (2) those prepared from cotton or like fibre and dipped in.
spermaceti or other composition. In either case the stick or stem is subsequently
dipped into the material to form the ignition head.
According to this invention it is proposed to secure the stiffness and lack of
odour commonly obtained by the use of wooden matches together with the
advantage resulting from the use of spermaceti or like composition, and these
ends are attained by first shredding the wood so as to obtain the fine fibres, spinning,

page_text: weaving, or twisting, such fibres into a more or less continuous roll and passing such
roll through spermaceti or other composition to produce the outer coating, after
which the continuous rod thus formed is, if desired, drawn through dies, rolled
or otherwise treated to polish or consolidate the continuous rod which is then
cut up into the requisite lengths and dipped into the material to form the ignition
head as with the ordinary matches. In like manner the wood fibre may be
used for the wicks of spermaceti or other candles in place of the cotton or like
wicks now universally employed. In some cases satisfactory results may be
obtained with comparatively little or no twisting, spinning, or weaving, if the
fibres are of sufficient length and stiffness.
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 :-
1. The improved method of manufacturing matches which consists in taking
wood fibre in a fine state of division, twisting, spinning, or weaving same if
necessary, then coating the rod or cord with spermaceti or other composition
and cutting same into the requisite lengths and applying thereto the ignition
head.
2. The improved match consisting of wood fibre in a fine state of division coated
with spermaceti or other composition and provided with an ignition end.
3. The improvements in the utilization of wood fibre for illuminating purposes
substantially as described.
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