IMPROVEMENTS IN MATCHES COMMONLY KNOWN AS "VESIIVIANS
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Thomas Evans, of Newton Heath Manchester
in the County of Lancaster, Match Manufacturer for an invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MATCHES COMMONLY KNOWN AS
"VESIIVIANS
"
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FUSEES
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OR
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Thomas Evans at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 13th June 1882.
WILLIAM THOMAS EVANS, of Newton Heath, Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, Match Manufacturer, "IMPROVEMENTS IN MATCHES COMMONLY KNOWN
AS FUSEES OR VESUVIANS
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My invention relates to the construction or manufacture of matches termed
fusces,'
,"" vesuvians,"" fixed stars," "braided lights," and other matches, combining
a match and fusee or vesuvian, and the object of my invention is to so construct
the match or fusee that when the composition has ignited it will not burn away
the end of the wood to which it is attached and drop from the end of the wood or
handle which is intended to carry the ignited fusee or vesuvian, as is frequently
the case with the common fusee match, or vesuvian which is simply fusee and
igniting composition on the end of a small piece of wood.
The object of my invention has hitherto been accomplished by placing the fusee
or vesuvian and igniting composition on two wires secured by thread twisted or
braided to the stick or wood handle which is to carry the fusee, or by fixing the
composition on a wire inserted in a hole in the end of the stick or wood handle.
My invention consists in making the match, fusee or vesuvian same as the.
common fusee, but in first coating the end of the stick or wood handle on which
the igniting and vesuvian or fusec composition is to be carried or secured, with a
non-combustible paint such as Asbestos paint or other suitable composition acting
in like manner which will prevent the end of the wood or handle from being
ignited and burnt away by the burning fusee-Or the wood may be coated and
saturated or impregnated with a solution of material such as tungstate of soda,
rendering the wood non-combustible.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said William Thomas Evans in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
7th December 1882.
WILLIAM THOMAS EVANS of Newton Heath, Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, Match Manufacturer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN MATCHES COMMONLY KNOWN
AS "FUSEES" OR VESUVIANS
"
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My invention relates to the construction or manufacture of matches termed
fusees," "vesuvians," "fixed stars," "braided lights," and other matches, combining
a match and fusee or vesuvian, and the object of my invention is to so construct
the match or fuseo that when the composition has ignited it will not burn away
the end of the wood to which it is attached, in such manner, as to cause it to drop
from the wood or handle, which is intended to carry the ignited fusee or vesuvian,
as is frequently the case with the common fusee match or vesuvian, which is simply
fusce and igniting composition on the end of a small piece of wood.
The object of my invention has hitherto been accomplished by placing the fusee
or vesuvian and igniting composition partly on the wood handle and partly on two
wires secured by thread, twisted or braided to the stick or wood handle which is to
carry the fusee, or by fixing the composition partly on the wood handle and partly
on a wire, inserted in a hole in the end of the stick or wood handle, and by other
means.
My invention consists in making the match, fusee or vesuvian same as the
common fusee, but in first conting the end of the stick or wood handle on which
the igniting and vesuvian or fusee composition is to be carried or secured, with
asbestos or a compound of asbestos and gum, or asbestos and tungstate or silicate
of soda or other suitable material which (though not preventing the wood from
being charred) will prevent it from being ignited and burnt away by the burning
fusce so as to drop from the end of the wood or handle. In carrying out my
invention I prefer to use asbestos in powder ground or pugged and mixed with
gum and water to make it into a paint or paste; that is, 33 parts by weight of
asbestos to 2 parts by weight of gum arabic or its equivalent (and with any
suitable coloring matter added when desired) dissolved in 65 parts by weight of
water to bring the mixture to the desired consistency so as to be applied in one or
more coats to the ends of the sticks or wood handles, and I prefer to apply the
compound of asbestos by dipping the ends of the sticks or wood handles into it to
the desired depth by the same means as are employed for dipping ordinary matches
to apply igniting composition. But the sticks or wood handles are or may be
coated by any other convenient means or with any other compound of asbestos or
asbestos and tungstate or silicate of soda or materials of like nature.
When the sticks or wood handles are thus prepared, they have the fuseo and
igniting composition applied in the ordinary manner
I have now particularly described the nature of my said invention and the
mode of carrying the same into effect and claim as my invention.
The construction of matches formed by fusee or vesuvian and igniting composition
with the stick or wood handle protected before the fusee or vesuvian composition
is applied by a coat or coats of asbestos or a compound containing asbestos,
substantially as herein before described.
In Witness whereof 1 the said William Thomas Evans have hereunto set my
hand and seal this sixth day of December in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and eighty two.