IMPROVE- MENTS IN BOXES AND OTHER RECEPTACLES FOR MATCHES, NEEDLES, AND OTHER ARTICLES
Year: 1876

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Abraham Martin, of No. 20, Newman Street, Oxford-
Street, in the County of Middlesex, Engineer, for the Invention of "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN BOXES AND OTHER RECEPTACLES FOR MATCHES, NEEDLES, AND
OTHER ARTICLES
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Sealed the 27th April 1877; and dated the 8th November 1876.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Abraham Martin at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 8th November 1876.
ABRAHAM MARTIN, of No. 20, Newman Street, Oxford Street, in the County of
Middlesex, Engineer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN BOXES AND OTHER RECEPTACLES FOR
MATCHES, NEEDLES, AND OTHER ARTICLES."
I construct the box or other receptacle of a cylindrical or other convenient form
with two ends, each being of a conical or funnel shape, and in the apex of the upper
cone I have an orifice or short tube sufficiently large to allow one of the matches,
needles, or other articles inside the box or receptacle to be forced partly through it
by means of a small rod or plunger working through an orifice or other small tube
at the apex of the lower cone.
The rod or plunger is hollow at the top so as to hold the match or other article,
and at the end of the rod there is a spring to keep it from slipping out when it is
not being worked. When the box or receptacle is held in a vertical position the
matches or other articles therein will gravitate to the bottom of the lower cone, and
on the plunger being drawn out to a sufficient length and then pushed up, one of
the matches or other articles will thereby be forced by the rod or plunger through
the upper orifice or tube of the upper cone ready to be taken out for use."
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Abraham Martin in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 8th May
1877.
ABRAHAM MARTIN, of No. 20, Newman Street, Oxford Street, in the County of
Middlesex, Engineer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN BOXES AND OTHER RECEPTACLES FOR
MATCHES, NEEDLES, AND OTHER ARTICLES."

page_text: I construct the box or other receptacle of a cylindrical or other suitable form,
with an opening at or near the centre, and having two ends, each end being of a
conical or funnel shape, and in the apex of the upper end or cone I have an orifice
or a short tube sufficiently large to allow one of the matches, needles, or other
articles which have been put inside the box or receptacle to be forced partly through
the orifice or tube by means of a small rod or plunger working through an orifice or
small tube at the apex of the lower cone.
The top of the rod is hollow or so shaped as to admit. the end of a match or other
article inside the box or other receptacle when the rod is forced up, and there is a
spring at the lower end of the rod to keep it from slipping out when it is not being
worked. There is a small hole or aperture near the top of the rod and also in the
tube at the apex of the lower cone for removal of wax or dirt therefrom. When
the box or receptacle is held in a vertical position. the matches or other articles
therein will gravitate to the bottom of the lower cone, and on the rod being drawn
out to a sufficient length and then pushed up, one of the matches or other articles
will be forced by the rod through the orifice or tube at the apex of the upper cone
ready to be taken out for use; the box or receptacle is intended to be carried in the
pocket.
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Having described the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, I wish it to be understood that what I claim as my Invention
is, the box or other receptacle constructed substantially as herein-before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Abraham Martin, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Eighth day of May, in the year of our Lord, One thousand
eight hundred and seventy-seven.
A. MARTIN. (L.S.)