A NEW OR IMPROVED COMBINED MATCH AND FUSEE BOX ALSO APPLICABLE TO OTHER PURPOSES "
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Simons of Bow in the County of Middlesox for
at Invention of "A NEW OR IMPROVED COMBINED MATCH AND FUSEE BOX
ALSO APPLICABLE TO OTHER PURPOSES
"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Simons at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 23rd February 1882.
GEORGE SIMONS of Bow in the County of Middlesex.
COMBINED MATCH AND FUSEE BOX ALSO APPLICABLE TO OTHER PURPOSES
"A NEW OR IMPROVED
"
My Invention has for its object to meet a long felt requirement by smokers and
others for utilising match, fuseo, or other boxes for the double purpose of holding
matches and fusees or any other articles which it is desirable to keep apart.
It consists in dividing the sliding tray of the box by a partition arranged
diagonally in a vertical plane into two triangular spaces or receptacles one opening
on one side of the box for matches and the other opening on the opposite sido for
fusces. By this means matches and fusces of the ordinary length are easily carried
in the same box.
The lid of each triangular space or receptacle is opened by an elastic string or
cord attached at one end to the inside of the box casing and at the other end to the
folding lid.
As the tray is pulled out the lid flies open and is closed again on pushing the
tray into the casing.
By my invention a pipe or cigar may be lit under any circumstances with case
certainty and comfort.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said George Simons in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
23rd August 1882.
GEORGE SIMONS of Bow in the County of Middlesex
"A NEW OR IMPROVED
COMBINED MATCH AND FUSEE BOX, ALSO APPLICABLE TO OTHER PURPOSES
"
My Invention has for its object to meet a long felt requirement by smokers and
others, for utilising match, fusee, or other boxes, for the double purpose of holding
matches and fusees or any other articles which it is desirable to keep apart.
It consists in dividing the sliding tray of the box by a partition arranged
diagonally in a vertical plane into two triangular spaces or receptacles (by which
divisions two compartments are obtained in each of which at one side a depth is
obtained equal to the greatest depth or thereabouts of the sliding tray itself), one
opening on one side of the box for matches, and the other opening on the other side
for fusees.
By this means matches and fusees of the ordinary length, are easily carried in the
same box.
And in order that my said Invention may be well understood I shall now proceed
particularly to describe the same, reference being made to the accompanying
drawing, on which Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of my improved combined
match and fusee box, opened out at one end.
a represents the sliding tray of the box divided into two triangular spaces or
receptacles b and c by a partition or plane d which is arranged diagonally from the
bottom corner of one end of the tray a to the top corner of the latter at its opposite
end as shewn. The triangular space or receptacle b opens at one end of the box
for holding, say, matches, whilst the other space or receptacle c opens at the other
end of the box for holding, say, fusces, or any other articles which it is desirable to
hold separately, may be placed respectively within the spaces or receptacles b and c
in lieu of matches and fusecs, as for example steel pen nibs, pins, or the like.
The lide of each triangular space or receptacle b. c. is opened by an elastic string
or cord (shewn by dotted lines) attached at one end to the inside of the box
casing g and at the other end to the folding lid e. As the tray a is pulled out, the
lid e Hies open as shewn to the space or receptacle b and closes again on pushing
the tray a into the casing y as shewn to the corresponding space or receptacle c.
By ny invention when used for holding matches and fusees, these may be of the
ordinary length and a pipe or cigar may be lit either in a room or in the open air
with certainty and comfort.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention and the manner in
which the same is or may be used or carried into effect, I would observe in
conclusion that what I consider novel and original and therefore claim as my
Invention, is—
Dividing a box into two spaces or receptacles by a partition arranged diagonally,
substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore described and illustrated by the
accompanying drawing.
In Witness whereof I the said George Simons have hereunto set my hand
and seal this nineteenth day of August in the year of our Lord Eighteen