Novel or Improved Appliance for Fixture to the Handle Bar or other Portion of a Cycle, Motor Car, or other Vehicle, to Facilitate the Striking of Matches.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Apr., 1899-Accepted, 20th May, 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Novel or Improved Appliance for Fixture to the Handle Bar or other
Portion of a Cycle, Motor Car, or other Vehicle, to Facilitate the
Striking of Matches.
We, RANK HART, of Argyle Terrace, Argyle Road, Wolverhampton, in the
County of Stafford, Works Manager, and WILLIAM HART PLANT, of 105, Pool
Street, Wolverhampton aforesaid, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particu-
larly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:—
Means for enabling a match to be readily struck without dismounting from a
cycle have become a desideratum amongst cycle riders, as, even where a rider
is skilful enough to do so, it is not quite safe to remove both hands from the steer-
ing bar, as would be required in striking a match upon a match box; and, more-
over, such means are desired, also, to avoid the awkwardness in having to hold
a match box, or other appliance upon which to strike a match, while a dismounted
rider is endeavouring also to hold up his machine and open the lamp.
Now, this invention has for its main object to provide an appliance, of a cheap
and simple character, which may be readily fixed to and removed from the handle
bar or other portion of a cycle, upon which a match may be readily struck; but
comprises the use also of such appliance with a motor car, or other vehicle.
In order that the invention may be clearly understood, we will proceed to describe
it with reference to the accompanying drawings, of which Figure 1 is a
side elevation of the appliance and of a short length of the handle bar or other
portion of a cycle, motor car, or other vehicle, to which it is fixed. Figure 2 is
a section taken on line aa of Figure 1; and Figure 3 is a plan view.
manner.
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A is a clip, preferably of sheet steel, which is adapted to be clamped tightly
around the handle bar or other portion B of a cycle, motor car, or other vehicle,
to which the appliance is to be fixed, and U is a short length of metal or other
suitable material which forms the striker" proper and which is formed sepa-
rately from the clip and fixed thereto by means of a rivet a or in other convenient
The clip and striker are, preferably, in such position in relation to one
another that when the appliance is fixed in place the striker will be lengthways
of the handle bar or other portion of the cycle, motor car, or other vehicle to
which it is fixed. The striking surface of the striker is, of course, roughened,
and it is preferred to form it with a channel or depression b, as shewn, so as to
prevent the match from slipping from the roughened surface when being struck
The appliance is fixed to the handle bar or other portion of the cycle, motor car
or other vehicle, by means of a pin c which is passed through holes formed through
ears dd of the clip and has a fly nut e screwed upon its outer end. The hole
through the ear d'is, preferably, formed square or of other shape which is not
circular, and the portion f of the pin is formed of a corresponding shape so as
to prevent the pin from turning as the fly nut is being screwed thereupon.
In lieu of forming the clip as a single piece of sheet metal it may, if desired,
be formed in two or more rigid parts, such parts being hinged or otherwise con-

page_text: nected in a manner which will admit of the clip being opened for the purpose of
being placed around the part to which the appliance is to be fixed; and in this
case the striker may, if desired, be formed in the same piece of metal as one of
the portions of the clip, and thus the riveting of the striker to the clip be dis-
pensed with.
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―
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1. An appliance for fixture to the handle bar or other portion of a cycle, motor
car, or other vehicle, to facilitate the striking of matches, which consists of a
striking portion, and of a clip by means of which such portion is fixed in place,
substantially as described.
-2: An appliance for fixture to the handle bar or other portion of a cycle, motor
car, or other vehicle, to facilitate the striking of matches, which consists of a
striking portion having a channel or depression formed with a roughened sur-
face, and of a clip by means of which such portion is fixed in place, substantially
as described.
..3.. An appliance for fixture to the handle bar or other portion of a cycle, motor
car, or other vehicle, to facilitate the striking of matches, substantially as des-
cribed and shewn by the drawings herewith.
Dated this 8th day of Anril 1800
STEPHEN WATKINS & GROVES,
Wolverhampton, Agents for the Applicants.