Improved Holder or Stand for Matches.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Jan., 1893-Accepted, 22nd Apr.. 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Holder or Stand for Matches.
A communication by HEINRICH KAIM, of Kirchheim u/ Teck, Wirtemberg, in
the Empire of Germany, Pianoforte Manufacturer.
I, WILLIAM PHILLIPS THOMPSON, F.C.S., M.I.M.E., of the Agency for
Foreign Patent Solicitors, 6 Lord Street, Liverpool and Bank Street, Man-
chester, both in the County of Lancaster and 323 High Holborn, in the County of
Middlesex, Civil Engineer, 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 :-
The invention shown on the accompanying drawing has for its object an
automatic, economical lighting apparatus in which only such matches are employed
as ignite on suitably prepared friction surfaces, these latter being formed by
so called Swedish safety match boxes, the contents of which are first emptied into
the match holder.
Figures 1 and 2 show a vertical section and plan respectively, and
Figures 3 and 4 are two side views of the economical lighting apparatus.
The match holder B, together with the two previously emptied safety match
boxes C inserted therein, is supported in the stand A so that it can slide or be
pushed thereon. The upper part A¹ of the stand passes through the middle of the
actual holder, and has a groove in its upper surface in which a match can rest
whenever the holder is raised. This upper surface of A' is rectilinear, and a recess
is provided in A' on one side in such a way that the match lies free for about of
its length. On one of the two side walls of B a projecting catch piece 6 is
arranged having a ridge on its outer surface, and corresponding to the recess in A',
which projection, when the holder B is pressed down, depresses the free part of the
match, grips the same, and holds it firmly in an oblique position.
As often as the holder B is raised, a match S slips from one of the two inclined
surfaces of the same onto the upper surface of A' and is then held in an inclined
position in the manner shown. In order to prevent the holder being pushed too
high, the point of a small screw d attached thereto engages in a slot of the stand A',
as shown in Figure 1, the length of this slot being just equal to the distance the
holder is to be pushed.
For cutting the ends of cigars, a knife e is arranged in the guide part of the
holder B, and a hole a¹ is made in the stand A³.
The stand has grooves a on its upper side for holding lighted cigars, etcetera.
The match boxes C having prepared friction surfaces are inserted in slots in the
holder provided for the purpose, their contents being first emptied into the match
holder of the lighting apparatus. In this manner fresh striking surfaces are
constantly obtained whilst in the case of holders with friction surfaces which cannot
be changed, the latter after a short time no longer fulfil their purpose.
The outside of the lighter may be covered with inscriptions of any kind and thus.
serve for advertising purposes.
If desired, the apparatus may work in such a way that when the holder B is
raised, it sinks again by its own weight, or with a slight assistant pressure and
delivers a match, or, by means of a spring or the like, the holder B may be
constantly maintained raised in a normal position, so that the same may be pressed
down and a match delivered without the necessity of first raising it, and on the
pressure ceasing it again automatically rises.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me by
my foreign correspondent, I declare that.what I claim is-
A holder or stand for matches consisting of a main part or holder proper sliding
on a stand and having inclined walls through which an extension A¹ grooved and
recessed as described of the stand passes, on the upper surface of which extension
a match can rest at each movement of the holder proper, and on its other movement
be depressed by its free part and retained in an inclined position by means of a
projecting catch b, whilst the holder proper may have space for match box covers
for striking the matches on, all substantially as hereinbefore described.
Dated this 23rd day of January 1893.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.