An Improved Device and Composition for Kindling or Igniting Cotton Wick and other Inflammable Substances.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Dec., 1887
Complete Specification Left, 1st June, 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 3rd Aug., 1888
An Improved Device and Composition for Kindling or Igniting
Cotton Wick and other Inflammable Substances.
1, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake, & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
The tinder box which forms the subject of this invention comprises two metallic
tubes united to each other by a plate which may or may not be provided with any
suitable inscription.
One of the said tubes which is hereinafter termed the wick tube is open at its two
extremities and encloses the wick which can be moved freely in the said tube. The
said wick may be drawn from the igniting end which is provided with a ball which
serves as a stop, or from the other extremity of the wick."
The other tube which is hereinafter termed the igniting tube is closed at the top by
a cover provided at its centre with a small hole for the insertion of a pin hereinafter
referred to.
A glass tube is located within the igniting tube and contains the mixture for
producing the spark. This mixture is composed of potassium, sodium and sand in
various proportions.
The glass tube is maintained in place by means of a movable cover secured to the
bottom of the igniting tube.
A steel pin provided with a suitably shaped head passes through the top
cover into the above mentioned composition and is left therein when the tinder box
is not in use.
The operation of this tinder box is exceedingly simple. When it is desired to
produce fire it is only necessary to draw the wick slightly from the wick tube by
means of the ball at the end thereof, then to draw out the pin and to quickly apply it
to the wick which will at once be ignited.
Dated this 12th day of December 1887.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: An Improved Device and Composition for Kindling or Igniting
Cotton Wick and other Inflammable Substances.
1, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, 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:—
This invention relates to an improved device and composition for kindling or igniting
cotton wick and other inflammable substances.
The said invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing the figures of which
are hereinafter referred to.
The device which forms the subject of this invention comprises two metallic
tubes A and B united to each other by a plate C which may or may not be provided
with any suitable inscription.
The tube A hereinafter termed the wick tube is open at its two extremities and
encloses the wick which can be moved freely in the said tube. The said wick may be
drawn from the igniting end which is provided with a ball D which serves as a stop,
or from the other extremity of the wick.
The tube B hereinafter termed the igniting tube is closed at the top by a cover E
provided at its centre with a small hole for the insertion of a pin hereinafter
referred to.
A glass tube H is located within the igniting tube B and contains the mixture for
producing the spark. This mixture is composed eitlier of a mixture of various pro-
Portions of potassium; sodium and sand, or a mixture of potassium and sand, or of
sodium' and' sand: Potassium may however be used alone, or sodiuin "or a mixture of
potassium and sodium.
The proportions of these different materials relatively to each other can be varied.
The glass tube is maintained in place by means of a movable cover J secured to the
bottom of the igniting tube B.
A steel pin provided with a suitably shaped head passes through the top cover E
into the above mentioned composition and is left therein when the tinder box is not
in'use.
The operation of this' tinder Box is exceedingly simple. When it is desired to
produce fire it is, only necessary to draw the wick slightly from the wick tube by
means of the Ball D at the end thereof 'then to draw out the pin' and to quickly apply
it to the wick which will at once be ignited.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed as communicated to me
by my foreign correspondent 1 declare that what' I 'claim is
First. The tinder box,' substantially as above described, comprising the arrangement
of an 'interior glass 'tube in which is placed a steel pin or needle; the said glass tube
heing made removable by the bottom J.

page_text: Second. The arrangement of two tubes A and B united to each other by a plate
of any suitable form the said tubes being made of any suitable section such as round,
square or the like.
Third. The composition consisting of the mixture of potassium, sodium and sand in
various proportions the said mixture serving to cause the ignition.
Fourth. The improved device substantially as described and represented in the
accompanying drawing for the purpose specified.
Fifth. In lien of the above mentioned mixture, a mixture consisting of potassium
and sand, or of sodium and sand, or of potassium and sodium employed together or
separately.
Date this 1st dan
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HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.,
Agents for the Applicant.