Improvements in Fusees or Cigar Lighters.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application. 14th Aug.. 1896-Accepted, 31st Oct., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fusees or Cigar Lighters.
We, HERMANN JOHANN KÖSTER of Schiedam, Holland, JACOBUS THIE and
FRAUS VAN GIESSEN both of S'Gravenhage, Holland, Match Manufacturers, 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:-
Our invention has for its object the manufacture of fusees or cigar and pipe
Lighters which can be used in windy weather, contain different ingredients and are
made of different sizes in such a manner that when a fusee has been lighted for any
given purpose it will burn according to such purpose in a suitable manner, the
combustible part being only consumed. This combustible part is followed by an
incombustible part which is held with the fingers, and hence the fusee will be
extinguished as soon as it is burnt down to this incombustible part so that owing to
our improvements any person lighting such a fusee will not run the risk of burning
his fingers.
Our fusees are made by the aid of a new composition; their shape is novel as
well as the material from which they are made which is ordinary wood, cardboard
or other similar material. We will now more particularly describe our invention
making reference to the accompanying drawing from which it will be seen that our
fusees consist chiefly of three parts, that is to say; the part 1 being an innocuous
substance containing no phosphorus; the part 2 or a burning without any flame
after having been ignited by the part 1; the part 3 or 6 consisting of incombustible
substance and held with the fingers.
Our fusees are manufactured in the form of separate pieces or lucifers or of
divided sheets held together at the incombustible part (as shown on the drawing),
these sheets being of any suitable length. When it is required to use such a
fusee, one is torn off the sheet or strip without interfering with the others.
Our fusees may be placed in boxes or in small books or may be superposed
in strips of various sizes, and different colour for the purpose of differentiating
the flaming from the crepitating fusees; the first being used to light a candle
for instance and the other serving as a cigar lighter.
The flat form has the advantage of allowing the fusees to be arranged in steps
in small casings or sheaths which will occupy but a small amount of space in the
pocket, whilst being perfectly safe.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :-
(1.) The improvements in fusees or cigar lighters substantially as hereinbefore
described and shewn.
(2.) The manufacture of fusees in a flat or other shape by means of a new
composition and composed of ordinary wood-board or other similar material, the
same being made in separate pieces or in strips and comprising of three parts; the

page_text: igniting part, the incandescent part and the incombustible part to prevent the
fingers from being burnt and said fusees being quite safe and innocuous, as set
forth.
Dated this 14th day of August 1896.
ROBERT E. PHILLIPS, Assoc. M. Inst. C.E., M.I. Mech. E.,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Associate Agent.