IMPROVEMENTS IN SELF-ACTING APPARATUS FOR IGNITING COTTON OR OTHER MATERIALS FOR LIGHTING CIGARS AND TOBACCO PIPES APPLICABLE TO OTHER LIKE PURPOSES "
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Meekham of Canonbury in the County of
Middlesex for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN SELF-ACTING APPARATUS
FOR IGNITING COTTON OR OTHER MATERIALS FOR LIGHTING CIGARS AND
TOBACCO PIPES APPLICABLE TO OTHER LIKE PURPOSES
"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Meekham at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 24th October 1883.
THOMAS MEEKHAM of Canonbury in the County of Middlesex,
Ef
IMPROVEMENTS
IN SELF-ACTING APPARATUS FOR IGNITING COTTON OR OTHER MATERIALS FOR
LIGHTING CIGARS AND TOBACCO PIPES APPLICABLE TO OTHER LIKE PURPOSES."
My invention relates to improvements in self-acting apparatus for igniting
cotton or other suitable materials for lighting cigars and tobacco pipes in the
open air the same being applicable to other like purposes.
The apparatus consists of a box or case advantageously made of metal and of
circular or other suitable form advantageously made in two parts the one part
shutting over the other and forming a lid.
When the apparatus is of circular form upon the rim or periphery of the case
I provide a projecting case containing a feeding wheel which may be similar to
those used in ordinary lamps for feeding out the cotton or other material to be
ignited
Within the box is coiled a supply of slow fuse having at regular intervals a
small portion of a preparation of phosphor or chlorate of potass or other suitable
material.
By turning the feeding wheel a portion of the fuse is drawn out and if rubbed
with the roughened edge of the cover the fulminate will ignite and fire the fuse
the action being similar to an ordinary match. When the cigar or pipe is suffi-
ciently lighted the cap provided for the purpose is placed over the fuse and serves
to extinguish it.
In some cases I dispense with the roughened edge of the cap and form jags or
provide a suitable rough surface on the inside of the wheel box so that when the
fuse is drawn out it iguites automatically

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Thomas Meekham in the Patent Office on the 24th April 1884.
THOMAS MEEKHAM of Canonbury in the County of Middlesex
"IMPROVEMENTS
IN SELF ACTING. APPARATUS FOR IGNITING COTTON OR OTHER MATERIALS FOR
LIGHTING CIGARS AND TOBACCO PIPES APPLICABLE TO OTHER LIKE PURPOSES
"
My invention relates to improvements in self acting apparatus for igniting
cotton or other suitable materials for lighting cigars and tobacco pipes in the
open air the same being applicable to other like purposes and in order that my
invention may be clearly understood and readily carried into practice I will proceed
to describe the Drawing hereto annexed.
The apparatus consists of a box or case a advantageously made of metal and of
circular or other suitable form and advantageously made in two parts a and b the
part b shutting over the other and forming a lid.
When the apparatus is of circular form upon the rim or periphery of the case a
I provide a projecting case a¹ containing a feeding wheel c which may be similar
to those used in ordinary lamps for feeding out the cotton or other material to be
ignited.
Within the box a is coiled a supply of slow fuse d having at regular intervals a
small portion of a preparation of phosphor or chlorate of potass or other suitable
fulminating material.
By turning the feeding wheel c by means of the button c' a portion of the fuse d
is drawn out and if rubbed with the roughened edge of the cap or cover a³ the
fulminate will ignite and fire the fuse the action being similar to an ordinary match.
When the cigar or pipe is sufficiently lighted the cap a³ provided for the purpose is
placed over the fuse and serves to extinguish it.
In some cases I dispense with the roughened edge of the cap and form jags or
provide a suitable rough surface on the inside of the wheel box a¹ so that when the
fuse is drawn out it ignites automatically.
Having thus described the nature of my invention and the manner of carrying
the same into practice I would remark that I make no claim to any of the parts
separately which are well known and in common use But what I claim is :-
The improved arrangement and construction of self acting portable apparatus
for igniting cotton or other suitable material for lighting cigars cigarettes or for
other like purposes arranged to act substantially in the manner and for the
purposes herein before described.
In witness whereof I the said Thomas Meekham have hereunto set my hand
and seal this Twenty fourth day of April in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and eighty four,
THOS MEEROAM
ܠܩܐ