Improvements in Match Holders and Match Boxes.
Year: 1899

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Match Holders and Match Boxes.
We, GEORGE FREDERICK LAWRENCE and ARTHUR JOSIAH FIELD, trading as
Lansard & Co., Metal Stampers and Tool Makers, of 216, Goswell Road, London,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in match holders and match boxes for
containing wax or like matches. The object being to produce a holder or box
from which a match can be taken and through which when passing it can be
automatically lighted, and held still burning for igniting a cycle lamp, pipe,
cigar or other article.
In carrying our invention into effect when constructing a match holder and
igniter for use in lighting cycle lamps, we make our holder in the form of a
metal case in which we place a slide or tube like trough having at one end flexible
springing jaws on which are attached roughened or serrated lips for the match
to pass through and to be ignited when being forced through.
We arrange a pusher or ejecting bar to work within the inner tube or slide
frame for the purpose of ejecting the match which has been inserted within the
tube and for forcing it through the igniting jaws, at the outer end the travelling
pushing bar being formed with extended ears or flanges at its outer end for con-
venience in manipulation.
In some cases we may arrange for this ejecting bar to be operated by a spring
and trigger; on releasing the trigger the bar is pushed forward by the spring,
so striking the match.
We make a suitable opening within the outer casing of our holder for the recep-
tion of a match so that when it has been passed through the opening it falls
within the inner trough or tube ready for the sliding pusher to eject it and to
ignite it during ejectment.
By means of this match holder we are enabled to iguite the match and to hold
it in a position to insert within the lamp body over the wick where it can be free
from the influence of wind and weather; the casing of the holder being made of
a length sufficient to enable it to be introduced well within the lamp body.
We may form upon our holder a separate receptacle or cover for containing
matches so as to make a combination match box and striking holder in one piece
of apparatus or we may make the holder a portion of the ordinary match box and
provide it with a partitioned off space within the match box for the reception of
the match which is to be ejected.
We sometimes provide a hood or storm guard to slide upon or to be attached
to the outer end of our holder when it is desired to make the holder suitable for
igniting tobacco pipes or cigars, with a projecting cover over such burning match
when held from our automatic lighting holder.
We modify the form of our casing and the shape and configuration of the cap
and the fittings to suit the length of holder which is to be constructed and the

page_text: from the influence of wind and weather; the casing of the holder being made of
a length sufficient to enable it to be introduced well within the lamp body.
We may form upon our holder a separate receptacle or cover for containing
matches so as to make a combination match box and striking holder in one piece
of apparatus or we may make the holder a portion of the ordinary match box and
provide it with a partitioned off space within the match box for the reception of
the match which is to be ejected.
We sometimes provide a hood or storm guard m, and m¹ to slide upon or be
attached to the outer end of our holder when it is desired to make the holder
suitable for igniting tobacco pipes, cigarettes or cigars, with a projecting cover
over such burning match when held from our automatic lighting holder.
We modify the form of our casing and the shape and configuration of the cap
and the fittings to suit the length of holder which is to be constructed and the
object for which it is required, sometimes providing glass or sand covered paper
within the end jaws of our igniting trough instead of a roughened metal surface.
We also when desired provide for a hinging of a portion of the casing o, or the
removal of the end cap to enable the spring or interior of our box to be examined.
Having now described and ascertained the nature of our said invention, and in
what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we claim is:-
1. The improved ejecting and igniting match holder case for transferring a
match from the inner receptacle or trough, and causing it to be ignited during
its passage therefrom under the impulse of a pusher or trigger, substantially as
and for the the purposes herein before described, and as illustrated in the accom-
panying drawings.
2. In a match holder the combination of a sliding pusher or trigger with a
slotted tube or trough having springing friction igniting clips at the outer end
through which the match passes, and having an outer shield or hood like cover
to protect the burning match from wind or draught, substantially as herein-
before described, and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
MEDICIN
IR HVER RAY 1900
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, and
25, Cross Street, Manchester, Agents.
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, and
25, Cross Street, Manchester, Agents.