A NEW, OR IMPROVED, MANUFACTURE OF STEMS FOR LUCIFER MATCHES AND FUSEES,
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Fitz Henry Valentine Byrt, of Peckham, in the County
of Surrey, Tobacconist for an invention of "A NEW, OR IMPROVED,
MANUFACTURE OF STEMS FOR LUCIFER MATCHES AND FUSEES,
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Fitz Henry Valentine Byrt
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 24th May 1882.
FITZ HENRY VALENTINE BYRT, of Peckham, in the County of Surrey, Tobacconist,
A NEW, OR IMPROVED, MANUFACTURE OF STEMS FOR LUCIFER MATCHES AND
FUSEES,
The object of my invention is to manufacture stems for lucifer matches and
fusees that will not break, and in the case of fusees, in such a manner that the
heads cannot slip off the stems.
The stems of wood, glass, clay, or combined wood and wire, now in use,
frequently break, or the heads slip off the stems and become both useless and
dangerous.
Now, to remedy these evils, I use jute, cotton wick, or other fibrous material,
combined with wire and glue, and I arrange the wire in such a manner as to form.
a double spiral screw in the stems. The stems may be afterwards coloured, as
desired, or the colouring matter may be combined with certain of the component
parts.
In fusees so manufactured, the heads cannot slip off the double spiral screws,
and, as regards the matches, the jute, cotton wick, or other fibrous material being of
a more absorbent nature than wood, more readily absorbs the chemicals usually
employed in the manufacture of matches, and causes them to light, and burn better
in the wind, than do those now in use.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Fitz Henry Valentine Byrt in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
23rd November 1882.
FITZ HENRY VALENTINE BYRT, of Peckham in the County of Surrey, Tobacconist
A NEW OR IMPROVED MANUFACTURE OF STEMS FOR LUCIFER MATCHES AND
FUSEES
The object of my Invention is to manufacture stems for lucifer matches and
fusees in such a manner that they will not break, and in the case of fusees, in such
a manner, that the heads cannot slip off the stems. The stems of wood, glass, clay,
or combined wood and wire, now in use frequently break, or the heads slip off the
stems and become both useless and dangerous.
Now to remedy these evils I manufacture stems for lucifer matches and fusees in
the following manner that is to say: I use jute cotton wick, or other fibrous
material, combined with brass or iron wire and glue, to which latter ingredient
may be added plaster of Paris and I arrange the wires in such a manner as to form
stems with a double twist, or spiral screw or screws.
The cotton wick, or other fibrous material, is twisted into, or as it were, woven
into the stem at the same time as the wires forming such stems are twisted into
the spiral form.
The stems may be afterwards coloured as desired, or the colouring matter may
be combined with certain of the component parts.
The brass or iron wire used, may be, in some cases, electro-plated or galvanized,
in order to prevent the stems from becoming rusty.
The combined wire and fibrous material may be twisted by any suitable machinery
into convenient lengths and then cut up into the stems.
In fusees so manufactured, the heads cannot slip off the double twist or spiral
screws, and in matches, the jute, cotton, wick or other fibrous material being of a
more absorbent nature than wood, will more readily absorb the chemicals employed
in the manufacture of the matches, and thus cause them to light and to burn
better in the wind than do those matches now in use. In manufacturing the stems
for lucifer matches, in the manner above described, the stems may be passed through
stearine, previous to being dipped.
Having now described the nature of my Invention, I declare that I claim.
1. The improved manufacture, substantially as herein described, of stems for
lucifer matches and fusees.
2. An improved stein for lucifer matches and fusees consisting of twisted wires
forming a spiral screw, or screws, in combination with fibrous material twisted.
therein and as herein described, and for the purposes set forth.
In witness whereof I the said Fitz Henry Valentine Byrt have hereunto set
my hand and seal this Twenty third day of November in the year 1882.