A METALLIO SPRING MATCH BOX
Year: 1879

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Abraham Martin, of 13, Store Street, Bedford Square, in
the County of Middlesex, Engineer, for the Invention of "A METALLIO
SPRING MATCH BOX."
Sealed the 16th December 1879, and dated the 19th June 1879.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Abraham Martin at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 19th June 1879.
ABRAHAM MARTIN, of 13, Store Street, Bedford Square, in the County of
Middlesex, Engineer. "A METALLIC SPRING MATCH BOX."
The box may be of any shape, but I make it by preference flat and round, like a
watch. I construct it by the combination of two shells or cases, one of which has
a narrow rim which closes over the edge of the other. At a point in the periphery,
is a small round or oval hole, which I form by cutting a semicircular piece out of
the periphery of each of the two shells or cases, these latter being fitted together
so that the two semicircles coincide. This hole, which serves for the inlet and
outlet of matches or other small articles, is closed by means of a small moveable
metallic tongue passing under it on the inside of the box. This tongue is connected
with a shank whose other end reaches to the centre of the box. In the centre of
one of the shells or cases a small circular disc of the metal is cut out and replaced in
position. This disc has fixed to it on the inside a short shank, which is connected
by a slit or groove with the other shank from the tongue in the periphery in such
a way that when the disc is pressed inwards with the thumb or finger the tongue
closing the hole in the periphery is by a lever action forced away from this hole,
which is thus opened. A small steel spring fastened inside the box acts on the
shank connected with the disc in the centre of the case, so that when the pressure
is removed the latter is automatically forced back into position, and by the same
ction the tongue reverts to its place, closing the hole in the periphery.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Abraham Martin in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 19th
December 1879.
ABRAHAM MARTIN, of 13, Store Street, Bedford Square, in the County of
Middlesex, Engineer. "A METALLIC SPRING MATCH BOX."
The box may be of any shape, but I make it by preference flat and round, like a
watch. I construct it by the combination of two shells or cases, one of which has
a narrow rim, which closes over the edge of the other. At a point in the periphery
is a small round or oval hole, which I form by cutting a semicircular piece out of
the periphery of each of the two shells or cases, these latter being fitted together
so that the two semicircles coincide. This hole, which serves for the inlet or
outlet of the matches or other small articles, is closed by means of a small moveable
metallic tongue passing under it on the inside of the box. This tongue is connected
with a shank whose other end reaches to the centre of the box. In the centre of one of
the shells or cases a small circular disc of the metal is cut out and replaced in
position. This disc has fixed to it on the inside a short shank, which is connected
by a slit or groove with the other shank from the tongue in the periphery in such
a way that when the disc is pressed inwards with the thumb or finger the tongue
closing the hole in the periphery is by a lever action forced away from this hole,
which is thus opened. A small steel spring fastened inside the box acts on the
shank connected with the disc in the centre of the case, so that when the pressure
is removed the latter is automatically forced back into position, and by the same
action the tongue reverts to its place, closing the hole in the periphery.
I claim as new, the mode of opening and automatically shutting the box by the
lateral pressure by means of an internal spring and lever, as explained.
In witness whereof, I, the said Abraham Martin, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Twenty seventh day of November, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and seventy nine.
ADDITIV WA DMT ST
Signed, sealed, and delivered,
in the presence of
F. LANG DAY,
Clerk to Walter Federan Nokes,
Sol.,
21, Queen Victoria Street,
London, E.C.
ADDATAY ADMIT
BERAVAKKAM NAALATATAAD