An Improved Fire-lighter..
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Oct., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 30th Jan., 1889
Complete Specification Accepted. 2nd Mar., 1889
An Improved Fire-lighter..
We, WILHELM MARTIN JOHNSEN and JOHAN JÖRGENSEN, both of 54, Crutched
Friars in the city of London, in the county of Middlesex, Commission Merchants do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows
This our invention is devised to supply an article of general utility superior to all
articles of a similar nature already in use.
None of the fire-lighters at present known
to the public perfectly answer the purpose for which they are intended. The principal
objections in their construction are their size and solidity, also their slowness of
combustion and the consequent delay in the lighting of fires. On account of these
objections as to size and solidity the cost of producing and selling the fire-lighters at
present in use is proportionately great.
For these reasons we have provided our Improved Fire-lighter which is intended to
meet all the objections above referred to.
The following is a brief description of our invention -
Our improved Fire-lighter is composed of shavings of any suitable material but
preferably of wood, such shavings being of any suitable thickness, length and width,
but preferably thin, short and narrow. This length of shaving is then curled into a
compact roll and saturated with resin or any other suitable inflammable substance, or
the roll of shaving can be otherwise coated with any suitable inflammable substance.
By this our invention, a small, compact and highly inflammable Fire-lighter is
produced which, when placed in a laid fire and ignited, will cause the fire to burn up
immediately, thus saving the loss of time occasioned by the use of the large and solid
Fire-lighters at present in use.
On account of the size and material of this our Improved Fire-lighter the article
can be produced and sold to the public at a minimum cost.
In view of the above circumstances we claim for this our improved Fire-lighter the
advantages of novelty, simplicity, effectiveness and cheapness.
Dated this Tenth day of October 1888.
REGINALD W. BARKER,
Agent on behalf of the Applicants.

page_text: We, WILHELM MARTIN JOHNSEN and JOHAN JÖRGENSEN, both of 54, Crutched
Friars in the city of London, in the county of Middlesex, Commission Merchants,
(communicated from abroad by Träförädlingsaktiebolaget Victoria, Nyköping,
Sweden, Wood Turners & General Manufacturers in Wood work) 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 our invention relates to a new and improved firelighter, and which invention
has for its object to produce an article at a cheaper cost than hitherto and of a more
convenient size for general use. Moreover, our improved firelighters are capable of
being more easily and expeditiously ignited than those at present in use, inasmuch as
they are made of thinner, and consequently more inflammable material, which enables
a fire to be lighted in a much shorter time than has heretofore been usual.
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We now proceed to describe our said invention, reference being had to the drawing
hereunto annexed. The drawing shows a perspective view of our improved fire-
lighter, which consists of a shaving of wood or any other suitable material; but
preferably of wood. Said shavings may be of any suitable thickness, length, or
width, but preferably short and narrow. The shaving is then saturated with resin or
other suitable inflammable material, and is then coiled into a compact form as shown.
The resin or other inflammable material being preferably of a sticky or adhesive
nature the shaving will thereby be retained in its proper and compact form.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
A firelighter, consisting of a shaving of wood, or other suitable material, of any
shape, size, or length, said shaving dipped in and saturated with resin or other inflaui-
mable material, and rolled into a compact form as shown in the drawing and
substantially as hereinbefore set forth.
Dated this Thirtieth day of lo 1880