Improvements in Machines for the Manufacture of Fire Lighters.
Year: 1899

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machines for the Manufacture of Fire Lighters.
I, CHARLES GRENFELL SATTERTIIWaite, of The Rapid Works, Miles Platting,
Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Firelighter Manufacturer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an improved construction of machine for the manu-
facture of open or framework firelighters. The accompanying drawing repre-
sents an outline side view of said machine. To one end of the bed a which
may be affixed to a table or bench as b, I fit a bracket e, On the surface of
the bed and extending from near the centre to the opposite end of the bed, I
form a slide a¹ on which I place a pressure block d; said block is pushed for-
wards towards the fixed wall e that is at the front end of the bed a, and with-
drawn therefrom by the levers f and f¹ which may be actuated by the treadle
lever g. The block d is retained in position between two cheeks as g and by
the spindle. which passes through said block, the slot permitting the block
to have free horizontal movement. In manufacturing a firelighter by said
machine, the fallers are raised by turning the spindle q; the wood that is to
form the lower part of the firelighter is then placed on the bed at the back of
the wall e, the ends of the wood being placed against the part el. The fallers
are then lowered and other sticks placed across the fallers and materials filled
in between the sticks: the block dis brought forward by the aforesaid treadle
lever and compresses and holds the firelighter until it is bound or secured either
by wire which is brought from a bobbin that is suspended from a bobbin holder
affixed as t, or is otherwise bound or secured. When the firelighter is complete
the treadle is released by the action of a spring, and the compressing block d
is withdrawn.
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improvements in Machines for the Manufacture of Fire Lighters.
I, CHARLES GRENFELL SATTERTHWAITE, of The Rapid Works, Miles Platting,
Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Firelighter Manufacturer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
This invention relates to an improved construction of a machine for the manu-

page_text: facture of open or framework firelighters; the object of my invention is to
enable said firelighters to be produced uniformly and quickly.
In the accompanying drawing to which I hereinafter refer, Fig. 1 is a side
view, Fig. 2 a plan, and Fig. 3 a transverse sectional elevation through the
line A-A of my improved machine. In these views similar letters refer to
similar parts.
For the purpose of this invention I construct a machine with a bed as a
which may be affixed to any table or bench; I form a slide a¹ on the surface of
the bed extending from or near the centre to the front of the machine, and
fit a bracket or stud c at the rear end of the bed; I place a pressure block or
ram as d on the aforesaid slide between the cheeks g: said pressure block is
retained therein by a cover plate which is secured by the bolts n; I connect
the back of the pressure block to the bracket c by the links f and f¹. The
block is pushed forward when required towards the fixed wall e that is at
the front end of the bed, by causing the treadle lever gl to pull down the ends fa
of the links f and f. The fallers or parting bars are fitted on to a transverse
spindle which passes through a slot that is formed in the block & permitting
said block to have free horizontal movement.
In order to manufacture a firelighter that is composed of longitudinal sticks
separated by peat or other substance, by the aid of a machine as hereinbefore
described, the fallers are raised as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1, by turning
the spindle g; the wood that is to form one side of the firelighter is then
placed transversely on the bed at the back of the wall e the ends of the wood
being close up to the wall e¹; the fallers are then lowered so as to rest on the
wood, as shown other sticks placed across the fallers, and materials filled in
between the sticks; the block is brought forward by the aforesaid treadle
lever thereby compressing and holding the firelighter until it is bound or
secured either by wire brought from a bobbin supported in a bobbin holder
that may be attached to the machine or otherwise bound or secured. When
the firelighter is complete the treadle is released, and the block is withdrawn
by means of a spring or an equivalent connected thereto or to the treadle lever,
the fallers are raised and the firelighter taken therefrom.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
In the manufacture of open or framework firelighters the use of a machine
having a block or ram sliding on a bed, and actuated by suitable levers in
combination with fallers or parting bars as substantially as and for the purpose
herein before described.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
Agents for the Applicant, 4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester.