Improvements in or relating to Match Holders, Applicable also for Advertising purposes.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Nov., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 8th Aug., 1899--Accepted, 23rd Sept., 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Match Holders, Applicable also for
Advertising purposes.
I, WALTER HERBERT, Constance House, Constance Road, Leicester, Mechanic,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to match holders which may also be used for
advertising purposes and embodies improvements the nature of which is herein-
after specified.
The construction of match holder which I prefer is specially applicable for
retail tobacconists, cigar dealers, hotels, smoke rooms and similar establishments
where matches are supplied gratis to customers and the main object of my im-
proved match holder is to prevent abuse of this feature by constructing the match
holder in such a manner that only one or two matches can be taken therefrom at a
time, instead of, as often occurs, the holder being emptied at one time by
unscrupulous individuals.
A match holder having this characteristic consists of a receptacle for the
matches, provided with a central opening, exposing the matches and through which
the fingers of the individual can pass to grip them, and one or more slots leading
from said opening and only wide enough to allow one or two matches to pass
through at one time.
The said holder may be provided with a door at one or each end or otherwise
constructed to admit of refilling and by preference the said door may be furnished
with a catch or fastening on its inner side which will be covered by the matches
which would require to be removed before the door could be reopened.
The said match holder may be supported on a pedestal or pillar the base of
which may be in the form of an ash tray, the sides of the said pedestal being
preferably used for advertisements.
For this latter purpose the sides of the pedestal may have openings therein,
the edges of which are grooved or otherwise adapted to receive removable and
interchangeable advertisement panels, with glazed front or otherwise.
These panels may be locked in position by a detachable core fitting within the
pedestal or pillar and pressing against the said panels or by other suitable means.
The parts of the pillar above and between the advertisement panels may be
roughened to enable matches to be struck thereon.
A match holder of any other construction than that herein before described may
be affixed at the top of a stand or pillar having interchangeable and removable
advertisements and it is obvious that the details of construction may be varied
somewhat without departing from the invention.
Dated this 4th day of November 1898.
BUULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant

page_text: Improvements in or relating to Match Holders, Applicable also for
Advertising purposes.
I, WALTER, HERBERT, Constance House, Constance Road, Leicester, Mechanic,
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 follow-
ing statement:-
This invention has reference to match holders which may also be used for
advertising purposes and embodies improvements the nature of which is herein-
after specified.
My improved construction of match holder is specially applicable for
retail tobacconists, cigar dealers, hotels, smoke rooms and similar establishments
where matches are supplied gratis to customers and the main object of my inven-
tion is to prevent abuse of this feature by constructing the match holder in such
a manner that only one or two matches can be taken therefrom at a time, instead
of as often occurs the holder being emptied at one time by unscrupulous
individuals.
A match holder constructed to embody this characteristic is illustrated in the
drawings hereto annexed and will be understood from the following description
in reference thereto.
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a match holder, adapted also for advertising
purposes and constructed in accordance with this invention.
Figure 2 is a central vertical section thereof.
Figure 3 is a transverse section on the line X X of Figure 2.
Figure 4 is a plan of the match holder detached from its stand.
Figure 5 is a detail illustrating the latch or lock of the door in the match
holder.
A represents the match holder which in its preferred construction is of cylin-
drical form hollow in its interior so that it will contain the matches, and in length
it is only very slightly longer than the matches or lucifers to be contained therein
as indicated by the dotted lines in Figure 2.
One or each end (preferably one end) of the holder is furnished with a door A¹
by opening which the holder can be charged with matches which are inserted
through the open end and the door closed.
This door may be of any suitable construction and fastened by any convenient
latch or locking arrangement.
In the present instance one end of the barrel shaped holder A is detached
and furnished with a hinge A2 which latter is also connected to the end of the
holder A, by screws or rivets A³ and the inner face of the said door is also fur-
nished with a circular flange or rib A' of smaller diameter than the door and to
tit within and in contact with the margin of the inner face of the adjacent end of
the holder A so as to impart rigidity to the door when closed.
A rivet B Figure 2 with a bifurcated head B¹ is forced into the inner face of
the door and between the fork of the said head B₁ there is loosely pivotted one end
of a latch B2 the other end of which is hooked or turned downwardly to engage a
catch piece or shoulder A5 on the lower internal face of the holder A, to lock the
door.
It will be observed from Figure 2 that when the holder is full of matches, the
latch B is covered thereby and thus protected against tampering.
When the holder A is to be charged with matches it is inverted and by giving
a sharp knock on the door A¹ the latch B³ will disengage the catch piece A5 80

page_text: that the door can be opened, and while the door is thus open and the holder inverted
matches are placed through the open end to fill the holder the door is then closed
when the complete match holder can be re-inverted to the position shown in the
drawings and the matches in falling to the bottom of the holder A will close the
latch B, or if this does not take place, a sharp rap on the outer side of the door A¹
while the matches are held raised or suspended by the thumb and finger of the
individual passed through the opening A6 will allow the latch to drop into locking
position and when the matches are released they will cover the latch.
While however this is a cheap simple and effective form of latch, the invention
is not confined to such as any other suitable form of fastening may be employed.
The transverse opening A" in the centre of the holder extends for two-thirds
more or less of the circumference of the holder A and is of such a width as to
permit the thumb and finger to be inserted therein to pick up the matches which
are exposed by the said opening.
The said transverse opening has one or more communicating longitudinal
slots A7 at convenient distances apart around the circumference of the holder, the
said slots being of such a width that only one match can pass through at the same
time, after being gripped by the finger and thumb of the individual.
The match holder A is fixed on the dished or concave circular upper end or
summit C of a stand D by a screw G passing through the same and into a remov-
able plate F forming part of the base and the function of which is hereinafter
described,
The base plate D is dished or concaved on its upper surface D¹ so as to form an
ash tray and has rising therefrom converging uprights D2 grooved along each
edge to receive removable and interchangeable panels E upon which advertise-
ments may be placed.
The grooves on each side of the pillar D³ may be wide enough to take the
advertisement panel E and also a glass panel to be placed in front of it to pro-
tect it.
The panels E are wider at the bottom than at the top on account of the
uprights D2 preferably converging and the said panels E are therefore inserted
through the bottom of the base plate D or ash tray and locked in position by
the plate upon which their lower edges rest the said plate being held up against
them by the screw G as herein before mentioned.
The pillar D and upper part C of the stand may be roughened to form match
striking surfaces D³.
If desired the pedestal may be merely the frustrum of a cone upon the upper
end of which the match holder A may be fixed and advertisements may be placed
on this pedestal or not as desired.
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:-
1. A match holder having provisions whereby it may be filled or charged with
matches en masse and emptied by removing one match at a time substantially
as described.
2. A match holder provided with an opening through which to fill the holder
with matches, a door to close the said opening, means for locking the door, an
opening in the said holder through which the finger and thumb can be inserted to
engage a match, and a slot communicating with the last named opening through
hich the match can be passed.
3. A. hollow, preferably cylindrical, receptacle, an opening in one or each end
thereof, a door to close the said opening, means to fasten said door, a transverse
peripheral opening in the said receptacle and one or more slots communicating
with the said peripheral opening substantially as and for the purpose described.
4. The combination with a match holder of the character herein before specified,

page_text: of a supporting pillar therefor adapted to carry advertisements and an ash tray
forming the base of the said pillar.
5. The combination with a match holder of a pedestal or support provided with
one or more interchangeable and renewable advertising panels and means for lock-
ing the said panels in position on the said support.
6. The combination with a match holder of vertical supports therefor adapted to
receive advertisement panels, a base plate forming an ash tray for the said sup-
port, and means to lock the said panels in position.
7. The improved match holder constructed substantially in the manner and as
and for the purpose described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
8. The improved combined match holder and support therefor the latter adapted
to carry advertisements, constructed and arranged substantially in the manner
described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 4th day of August 1899.
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.