Improved Means for Lighting Pipes, Cigars, Cigarettes, and the like.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Mar., 1888
Complete Left, 3rd Apr., 1838
Complete Accepted, 22nd June, 1888
Improved Means for Lighting Pipes, Cigars, Cigarettes, and the
like.
1, ANDRE BUISSON fils of No. 47. Cours du Jardin Public, Bordeaux, France Wine
& Spirit Merchant do hereby declare the nature of my invention to be as
follows:-
This instrument has for it's object the application of a process of lighting pipes,
cigars, cigarettes or otherwise by a much easier method than hitherto known-The
substances which compose "this steel and tinder box" are an alloy of Sodium with
Potassium. It will ignite in all weathers, wind or rain. The time the tube lasts,
which name cartouche (A) and which contains the inflammable matter which ignites
the wick, is considerable, considering its very low price (about four months). Economy
in the price of facility of lighting, lasting power, harmlessness, such are the advantages
which this graceful and original instrument will give to whoever makes use of same in
following the very simple instructions that follow
Hold the tinder box and steel" in the left hand, push the wick (B) up by a movement
turning from left to right, take out the needle with the same movement by holding the
button (D) and drawing. Pass the needle quickly and lightly over the coaly part of
the wick which ignites at once; do not leave the needle exposed to the air but put it
back in it's place at once. When the needle becomes soiled or dirty by being passed
very frequently over the wick leave it exposed to the air two or three minutes and
wipe it before putting it back in its place.
When the "cartouche" which fits into the tube which holds the needle is worn out
and no longer acts that is after about four months, it is unscrewed and a new one is
replaced. Care should be taken whilst the "cartouche or caoutchouc" is in use
not to drag it out in order not to expose to water what it contains.
L 1000
ANDRE BUISSON, FILS,
47, Cours du Jardin Public,
Bordeaux, France.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means for Lighting Pipes, Cigars, Cigarettes, and the
like.
I, ANDRE BUISSON fils, of No. 47, Cours du Jardin Public, Bordeaux, Wine &
Spirit Merchant, 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 following statement, reference being also had to the drawings filed with my
Provisional Specification :-
The invention for which I now apply for Complete Protection is an instrument
composed of a Tinder box and wick with a needle, being an improved method of
lighting tobacco in pipes, cigars, cigarettes or otherwise, the lighting process being
obtained by the needle being quickly and lightly drawn across the wick-The
substances which compose this tinder box are an alloy of Sodium with Potassium. It 1
will ignite in all weathers, wind or rain. The tube, which holds the needle, contains
the alloy of Sodium with Potassium, and the time the tube lasts (which I name
Cartouche A) is considerable, namely about four months, considering its very low
price. The advantages of this graceful and original instrument are great, and the
following are the very simple instructions for using the same. Hold the tinder box in
the left hand, push the wick (B) up by a movement turning from left to right, take
out the needle with the same movement by holding the button (D) and drawing. Pass
this needle quickly and lightly over the coaly part of the wick which ignites at once,
do not leave the needle exposed to the air but put it back in it's place at once. When
the needle becomes soiled or dirty by being passed very frequently over the wick, leave
it exposed to the air two or three minutes and wipe it before putting it back in it's
place. When the "Cartouche" which fits into the tube which holds the needle is
worn out and no longer acts, that is after about four months, it is unscrewed and a new
one is replaced. Care should be taken, whilst the "Cartouche or Caoutchouc" is in
use not to drag it out, in order not to expose to water what it contains.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
:-
First The improved apparatus for lighting pipes, cigars, cigarettes and the like
combining the features of economy, facility of lighting, lasting power and harmlessness
in use substantially as herein set forth.
Second-In an apparatus or appliance for lighting pipes, cigars, cigarettes
and the like the employment therein of an alloy, a combination or composition of
Sodium and Potassium in conjunction with a needle substantially as herein set
forth.
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Dated this 28th day of March 1000.
JAMES STEVENSON,
Gray's Inn Chambers, 20, High Holborn, W.C.,
Agent for Applicant.