Improvements in and relating to Match Boxes or Cases.
Year: 1891

page_text: te of Application, 4th June, 1891-Accepted, 11th July 1591
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Match Boxes or Cases.
I, GEORGE KNIGHT, of the firm of Messrs. Allen Brothers, Albion Place,
London Wall, in the City of London, East India Agent, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, as
communicated to me from abroad by James Cleverly Mandy, of 1 New China
Bazaar Street, Calcutta, Bengal, India, Merchant, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to that class of match boxes or cases wherein a tray
containing the matches slides longitudinally in an open-ended case, and the object
of the invention is to provide an outer case or envelope so made that when opened
out, it forms a screen or shield from the wind, rain, or other atmospheric disturbances.
When using this invention the open-ended case may if desired be dispensed with,
the sliding tray being in that case contained in the outer case or envelope to which
the match striking surface may be affixed.
In the accompanying drawings
Figure 1 shews a perspective view of a match box or case fitted in an outer case
or envelope constructed in accordance with this invention fully opened out;
Figure 2 is a similar view of the same box looking at the other side;
Figures 3 and 4 are side elevations, and Figure 5 is an end elevation of the box.
Figure 6 shews the box in transverse section when closed.
The outer case or envelope is preferably made of metal and is provided at one
end with an aperture A into or through which the finger may be passed for the
purpose of pushing forward the sliding tray B. On to the base or bottom C of the
outer case or envelope is attached or formed the two sides D and E and one end F.
On to the cover or top G is secured or formed a side D2 and one end H. Two
sector pieces J and K are hinged together along the line
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b. The upper sector J
is hinged to the edge of the cover or top G, along the line a, c, shewn in Figure 4,
and the lower sector K is hinged to the upper edge of the side E, along the
line a, d, shewn in Figure 4. The cover or top G is hinged along the line a, e,
shewn in Figure 5 to the upper edge of the end piece F. By this construction the
sector pieces J and K may be folded inwards under the top or cover G and the box
closed up as shewn in Figure 6. The hinges are preferably made so as to prevent
the sector pieces J and K from folding outwards as the box is closed up.
In the side D is formed a longitudinal slot L so that the prepared friction or
other igniting substance on the side of the open-ended case M of the ordinary
match box can be easily got at.
When the outer case is closed up as in Figure 6 the side D² closes over and
covers the side D.
When the outer case or envelope is opened as shewn in Figures 1 to 5 the sector
pieces J and K, top G, end H, and side D form a chamber screened or shielded
from the wind or other atmospheric disturbances in which the lighted match may
be held.
When dispensing with the open-ended case M, the slot L is not required, the
striking surface may be placed on the side D or in any other suitable part of the
outer case or envelope. Of course if so desired the sliding tray B may be dispensed
with, the matches being placed in a receptacle made in the base of the case or
envelope. In this latter case, the aperture A can be dispensed with.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
(1) A match box or case consisting of. a base and a hinged cover or top so
constructed that when opening the box or cover a wind screen or shelter is
developed substantially as described and shewn.
(2) A match box or case with a hinged cover or top and two sector pieces
hinged together and to one of the sides and the cover or top, substantially as and
for the purpose hereinbefore set forth and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 4th day of June 1891.
CASTLE SMITH,
Per F. W. Golby,
Invention" Office, 54, Fleet Street, London, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.