An Improved Device for Protecting the Flame from Wind while Igniting Tobacco in Pipes.
Year: 1888

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Device for Protecting the Flame from Wind while
Igniting Tobacco in Pipes.
I, JOHN BYFIELD of 68, Spooner Street Birmingham in the County of Warwick
Coal Merchant do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be as follows:-
My invention has for its object an improved device for protecting the flame from
wind while igniting tobacco in pipes by which means I am able to strike a match
and ignite the substance in a pipe in the roughest wind without fear of the flame
being blown out while at the same time my device is so compact that it can be
readily kept in the waistcoat pocket without inconvenience or could be placed in or
adjacent to a match-box or tobacco pouch.
My invention consists of a short piece of tube open at each end and of an outward
shape at the one end suitable to insert in the pipe and at one side of the tube from
the bottom a slot is cut some distance up and a piece of rough metal or other suit-
able material for striking the matches upon is fixed within the tube so as to cover
the top portion of the slot the lower portion of the slot forming an entrance into
the top of the pipe when the end of the tube is therein-it is therefore only needful
to draw the match down the roughed part of the slot and then immediately pass it
into the pipe through the aperture or other part of the slot where it is effectually
guarded from the wind
invention with a match box, tobacco pouch or form other
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convenient combinations.
may combine my
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JA 1888
GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham,
Agent for Applicant.

page_text: An Improved Device for Protecting the Flame from Wind while
Igniting Tobacco in Pipes.
I JOHN BYFIELD of 68 Spooner Street Birmingham in the County of Warwick
Coal Merchant do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement :-
My invention has for its object an improved device for protecting the flame from
wind while igniting tobacco in pipes by which means I am able to strike a match
and ignite the substance in a pipe in the roughest wind without fear of the flame
being blown out while at the same time my device is so compact that it can be readily
kept in the waistcoat pocket without inconvenience or could be placed in or adjacent
to a match box or tobacco pouch.
My invention consists of a short piece of tube open at each end and of an outward
shape at the one end suitable to insert in the pipe and at one side of the tube from
the bottom a slot is cut some distance up and a piece of rough metal or other suit-
able material for striking the matches upon is fitted within the tube so as to cover
the top portion of the slot the lower portion of the slot forming an entrance into the
top of the pipe when the end of the tube is therein-it is therefore only needfull to
draw the match down the roughed part of the slot and then immediately pass it into
the pipe through the aperture or other part of the slot where it is effectually guarded
from the wind.
I may combine my invention with a match box, tobacco pouch, or form other
convenient combinations.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood, and more easily carried into
practice I have appended hereunto a sheet of drawings upon which I have illlustrated
several shapes as well as a view shewing the manner in which it is applied for the
purpose described.
Figure 1 is an elevation of my device compact in itself and of convenient shape
for the pocket.
Figure 2 is a view shewing the method of applying it to the lighting of a pipe as
hereafter further described.
Figure 3 is a plan of the ends of the device.
Figure 4 is an alternative plan of the top end shewing perforations in place of an
opening.
Figure 5 shews a modification in which my device is attached to the match box E.
Figure 6 shews another modification this one being made to fit outside the top of
the pipe instead of inside.
I form the piece of tube A of any suitable or desired shape so long as a passage
is left up the centre one end being turned over to form the top a¹ leaving an
aperture a² shewn at Figure 3 or I may cover up the top end altogether and form

page_text: the perforations a³ in same, the other end a* of the tube A being left quite open for
insertion in the top of the bowl of the pipe B as shown at figure 2. The roughed
incision a is stamped in the side of the tube so as to form a striker for the match
and thus terminates with the hole a so that when the brimstone end of the match is
drawn down the striking portion a' and ignited, it is instantly passed through the
hole a in which position it is in place for lighting the tobacco and is effectually
protected from the wind or draught.
I may form the end a with the cap a so as to fit over the bowl of the pipe
instead of inside as before described and I may simply provide a hole in the side
which would be but just large enough for the brimstone to pass through and thereby
ignite by the friction.
I may also provide the incision for striking so that it will operate on safety or other
class of match and I may provide a slot in the side and put the striking surface within
the tube on the other side opposite to the slot so that the match may be struck
within the tube.
My invention may be applied to the lighting of cigarettes or cigars with equal
facilities or I may embody it with a match box, cigar case, or tobacco pouch as may
be desired.
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 :-
:-
The improved device for protecting the flame from the wind substantially, as and
for the purpose herein set forth and illustrated upon the acompanying drawings.
GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham,
Agent for Applicant.