Improvements in Match Receptacles.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Apr., 1895-Accepted, 22nd June, 1895
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Match Receptacles.
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We, JOSEPH LEOPOLD COYLE, of 262 Albert Street, MARK THOMPSON
HALDANE, of 9 Peter Street, and WILLIAM LEAMON MARTIN, of 39 Somerset
Street, all' in 'the City of Ottawa, in the County of Carleton and Province of
Ontario, in the Dominion of Canada, and all Printers, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention and in what mantier the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described, and ascertained in and by the following statement
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Our invention relates to devices, for retaining matches and delivering them as
required..
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The object of our invention is a match receptacle from which only foue match
can be taken at a time.
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Fig. 1 is a cross-section. of our improved match receptacle on line 1, 1, Figs. 2
3 and 4.
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Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of the same on line 2, 2, Figs. 1 and 4.
Fig. 3 is a top view of the same with parts removed and broken out, showing
others in the position just after delivery of a match....
Fig. 4 is a vertical longitudinal section of the 'same on line 4, 4 Figs. 1 2 and 3,
shown at rest.
Fig. 5. is a bottom view of the expelling spring and deflector engaged and just
before disengagement.
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Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the expelling spring and
Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the deflector..
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A box, A, is provided, having a clear width of the length of a match and a
little over and of any desired length and height and provided with a top or
lid, A', that can be secured by lock and key or in some, other convenient
manner. In this box.is secured a false bottom, B, somewhat narrower, than the
width of the box, so as to leave a groove, b, along the edge of it between it
and the side of the box.. Upon this, is placed a sliding bottom, C, of the full
width of the box, but having its lower, edge., above the groove b, rebated out,
at to form an upward continuation, of the groove b when seen in cross section, as
in Fig. 1, and shorter than the length of the box, so as to allow, sliding space.
Said sliding bottom, has a transverse groove, e, in its upper surface, sufficiently
spacious to hold a match freely, but no more, and deep enough to extend into the
rebate c. At each end of the box, is secured a sloping, end or partition, D, joining
the upper edge of the end and extending to within a short distance of the transverse
groove and close to the upper surface of the sliding bottom, without, however,
bearing upon the latter, these being for the purpose of conveying, the matches
towards the groove and preventing them lying in the corners or angles of the box
'when the latter is nearly empty. Said sliding bottom is pushed to one end of the
box by a spring, E, secured upon the bottom B near the end and bearing with its
end in a groove b in the end of the bottom. Said sliding bottom is drawn to the
other end of the box, against the pressure of said spring, by allever, F, passing
through a perforation, d, in the sloping end, upon which it rests as a fulcrum,.and
through a perforation, a', in the top, being twice bent at a right angle for the
purpose, provided with a knob or finger piece, ƒ¹, at its upper projecting end and
engaging by its lower booked end, f, a clevis, F, which is secured to the end, of
the bottom C. The same object would of course he served by a direct pull through
the end or by a lever projecting through the end of the box.

page_text: In the groove b is placed a flat spring, G, secured to the side of the box near the
end against which the sliding bottom abuts by the pressure of the spring E, and
extending towards the other end and pressing towards the edge of the bottom B
and forming the expelling spring: At the free end this spring is provided with
a short upward extension, head or plate, g, projecting up into the rebate c and
having its heel bent towards the side of the box, out of the line of the spring. A
recess, a, may be formed in the side to receive said plate when deflected. To the
edge of the sliding bottom, above the rebate, is secured a deflecting spring
plate. H, standing obliquely in said rebate, its heel at the edge of the bottom
slightly in advance of the groove c; and sloping inwardly and towards the forward
or spring actuated end. When, said bottom is drawn forward by the lever F
against the pressure of the spring E, the deflector has to pass the spring
projection g and the forward, inner point of the former engages the outer heel of
the latter and presses it towards the side of the box; the detector proceeding, its
heel finally, passes the point of the plate gand this being released strikes towards
the edges of the bottoms B and C, being also, at the moment, opposite the end of
the groove c. If a match, m, is in said groove, the spring strikes its end and
projects; it and ejects it through a corresponding perforation, a, made in the
opposite side of the box, opposite the spring head and opposite the groove of when
passing forward at the moment the spring G is released?
To prevent the matches that are ejected or expelled from the box straying, the
bottom of the box As is extended at the side of the perforation ato form a
platform, A, and a butt, A, is placed upon it opposite said perforation, which
arrests the ejected matches
Thus it will be observed that if the box A is filled or partly filled with matches,
they will lie across the sliding bottom C, parallel to the groove and one of the
matches will be lying in the bottom of said groove. If, now, the lever Fis
depressed, it will draw the sliding bottom C forward from the position shown' in
Fig 2 against the pressure of the spring E When the grooved and matolí m at
the bottom thereof approaches the plate or head g of the spring G, the point of
the deflector H, being carried close to the side of the rebate, engages the heel
of the said head, and proceeding, deflects it towards the side of the box, as shown
in Fig. 5 The engagement is effected by the heel of the head projecting into the
rebates towards the side of the box, although the head itself presses against the
inner side of the rebate when at rest. Finally the heel of the deflector will slip
past the point of the plate g, and the spring G; being now free to act, will strike
with its plate g towards the edge of the rebate, as shown in Fig. 3. Before this
occurs the groove c¹ has arrived opposite said plate and is in line with the
perforation a¹ and said plate is opposite: the end of the match in the groove and
when the spring Gis liberated its head strikes said match and ejects it through the
perforation aupon the platform A. When the pressure on the lever
relieved, the spring: Et pushes the slide C back and another match m takes its
place in the bottom of the groove c The slide in returning from the position
shown in Fig. 3, just after the ejecting action of the spring G, to the position
shown in Figs. 2 and 4 carries the deflector H between the head' g and the side of
the box, the head g pressing the deflector a little towards the side of the box for
the purpose.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in, what manner. the same is to be performed, we declare, that what we
claim;is.:
1 In a match receptacle, the combination of a box having a width equal to the
longth of a match, a longitudinal groove b'in the bottom at one side so that the side
of the box forms one side of the groove; a flut' spring secured' in said groove at one
end and having an upward projecting head or plate at the other tending to press
towards the inner side or edge of the groove and having the heeltof said plate:
hent towards the outer side of the groove,, a bottom adapted to slide longitudinally

page_text: and provided with a transverse groove in its upper face adapted to hold a match
freely and having a rebated lower edge forming an upward continuation of the
groove 6 to form a passage way for the head of the spring aforementioned, a spring
deflector placed obliquely in said rebate secured to said sliding bottom and adapted
to engage deflect and pass the head of said spring so as to cause the latter to
strike towards the inner side of said rebate and the end of the lower part of the
transverse groove, a perforation in the opposite side of the box opposite said spring
head, a spring moving said sliding bottom towards one end of the box and a lever
adapted to move it towards the other end against the pressure of said spring,.
substantially as set forth.
2. In a match receptacle, the combination of a box A having inside sloping
ends D and provided with a cover, a sliding bottom C having a transverse
groove e and a longitudinal rebate.c, a groove b forming a downward continuation
of said rebate in the bottom of said box, a spring G secured in said groove and
having an upward projecting head or plate g, an oblique deflecting plate H in the
rebate e, a perforation all in the side of the box opposite said spring head, a
spring E pressing said sliding bottom towards one end and a projecting lever F
adapted to draw it in the opposite direction, substantially as set forth.
3. In a match receptacle, the combination of a box A, a perforation a" at one
side of said box near the bottom, a platform A upon which said box is secured, a
butt Aupon said platform opposite said perforation and means to eject a match
from said box through said perforation at will, substantially as set forth.
4. In a match receptacle, the combination of a box A, a longitudinal sliding
bottom in said box, sloping ends inside said box extending to said sliding bottom, a
perforation a' in the top, a perforation d in one of the sloping ends, a lever F
passing through said perforations and bent at a right angle at a point at which it
passes through the sloping end forming a support in said perforation and bent at a
right angle at the point at which it passes through the top and engaging said sliding
bottom at the lower end by a clevis F', substantially as set forth.
5. In a match receptacle, the combination of a rectangular box, a groove b in the
bottom adjoining one side, a bottom adapted to slide with its edges against the
sides and having a rebate c above said groove, a flat spring secured to the side of
the box in said groove, a plate or head at one end of said spring projecting
upwardly in said rebate tending to press against the inner side of said groove and
rebate, and a deflecting spring plate H projecting obliquely across said rebate and
adapted to engage deflect and pass said spring head when sliding bottom is moved
in one direction and passing between said head and the side of the box when
moving in the other direction, substantially as set forth.
6. In a match receptacle, the combination of a box, a bottom adapted to slide
longitudinally therein and carrying a match transversely in a groove, a spring
operating said sliding bottom towards one end of the box and a lever adapted to
operate it towards the other end against the pressure of said spring, substantially
as set forth.
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