Match, Cigarette, and Mouthpiece Case, having a Mechanical Match Delivery.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Dec., 1897-Accepted, 1st Jan., 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION,
A Match, Cigarette, and Mouthpiece Case, having a Mechanical
Match Delivery.
I, WILLIAM WILLIAMS, of 45, Evans Road, Melynerythan, Neath, Glamorganshire,
tin-plate roller-man, 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 invention consists in a receptacle for containing matches, cigarettes and
mouthpieces, and fitted with mechanism whereby the matches can be protruded from
the receptacle without necessitating raising the lid.
The receptacle has a false bottom on which the matches, cigarettes and mouthpieces
are laid. Between-this-false-botton-and-the-actual-bottom-the-mechanism by which
the matches are, when required, protruded, is chiefly situated. The mechanism is
operated to cause the matches to protrude by an arm extending outside the case and
having a head or button against which bears one end of a spiral spring, the other end
of which bears against one end of the case. This spring returns the mechanism to
its normal position after removal of each match in turn.
Referring to the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings, Fig. 1 thereon
represents a plan view of the interior of my combined match, cigarette and mouth-
piece case or holder. Of the cover only a part is shown. Fig. 2 is a view between
the false and actual bottoms; the case being turned over so as to be bottom up.
Fig. 3 is an end view and Fig. 4 is a section on the line x, x, Fig. 1, but some of the
mechanisin is, with a view to avoiding complication in the drawings, not shown.
Extending along the under face of the false bottom a is an arm 6 which has play
backwards and forwards. Between the head b¹ of the arm and the end of the case is
a spiral spring c coiled around the arm b. This spring tends constantly to push the
arın b outwards. A crank d of sheet metal is pivotted to the false bottom a at d¹ and
is connected at d² to the arm b. The toe d³ of this crank is turned up outside the
false bottom a and normally obstructs the external aperture e which is the delivery
orifice at which the matches are withdrawn singly. There is also a corresponding
aperture in the wall ƒ between which and the outer wall f¹ the toe d³ of the crank d
works. A lever g pivotted at g¹ to the false bottom a is jointed at g² to the arm b.
This lever g is bent as at g³ so as to pass through a slot a¹ provided in the false
bottom a for the purpose of carrying the lever g to the upper face of the false bottom.
The lever g is loosely jointed at g to an arm h which may for convenience in
description be termed the ejector.
Above the lever g, and partially covering it and the ejector h, is a cover i. A
partition j is extended along the inside of the case. A partition k extends from the
front of the case to the partition j. The compartment between the partition j and
the back wall of the case is for containing cigarettes; the compartment from the
partition k to the wall f2 is for containing a mouthpiece, and the compartment from
the partition k to the wall f is for containing matches. The match compartment has
a sloping side m which tends to keep the matches in a wedge-shaped pile so that they
shall descend and he presented in proper position to the delivery aperture.
At Fig. 1 is shewn a match n lying in the position for delivery.

page_text: By pressing the arm 6 inwards, the ejector h is operated to move towards the
aperture e. An aperture o for the passage of the ejector into the match compartment
is provided in the partition k, as seen at Fig. 3. The match is pushed outwards by
the ejector h. The same inward pressure which causes the ejector h to advance,
causes the crank d to turn on its pivot d¹ and thus the toe d³ is raised clear of the
aperture c. The match now protrudes beyond the end of the box, as seen at Fig. 5
which is a plan of the case as closed and shows the arm 6 pushed in and the spring c
compressed.
The protruding match is now free to be withdrawn, and, after its withdrawal, the
inward pressure on the arm 6 is relaxed and the spring c rebounds, returning the
mechanism to its normal position ready for ejection of the next match which has
meantime taken the place of that immediately previously withdrawn.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. A combined match, cigarette and mouthpiece case or holder fitted with mechanism
for protruding the matches in turn without necessitating raising the cover or lid of
the case, substantially as hereinabove described.
2. In a combined cigarette and mouthpiece case or holder, mechanism for
protruding the matches in turn; the said mechanism consisting of an arm such as b,
spring c, crank d, with toe d³, lever g and ejector arm h, constructed, arranged and
operated substantially as hereinabove described with reference to the accompanying
drawings.
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NICHOLAS WATTS,
Bristol, Chartered Patent Agent.