AN IMPROVED COMBINED TAPER HOLDER AND MATCH Box
Year: 1867

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Davies, of No. 1, Serle Street, Lincoln's
Inn, in the County of Middlesex, and No. 87, St. Vincent Street, in the
City of Glasgow, Civil Engineer and Patent Agent, for the Invention of
"AN IMPROVED COMBINED TAPER HOLDER AND MATCH Box."-A communi-
cation from abroad by John A. Whipple, óf Boston, Massachusetts, in
the United States of America.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Davies at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 30th
April 1867.
I, GEORGE DAVIES, of No. 1, Serle Street, Lincoln's Inn, in the County of
Middlesex, and No. 87, St. Vincent Street, in the City of. Glasgow, Civil
Engineer and Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven
tion for "AN IMPROVED COMBINED TAPER HOLDER AND MATCH Box," (a com
munication to me from abroad by John A. Whipple, of Boston, Massachusetts,
in the United States of America,) to be as follows:-
The object of this Invention is to provide a convenient portable device
which may be carried in the pocket for holding a taper and a receptacle for
matches, and for furnishing a light to be used on occasions when an ordinary
lamp might not be easily accessible or convenient to carry about; and the
Invention consists of a portable folding case, having compartments for holding
matches and a taper or candle, so that the taper or candle may be readily

page_text: lighted and carried about, or with its holder may be placed upon a support so
as to answer the purpose of a candlestick. The case contains two compart-
ments for holding respectively a taper or small candle and matches; the latter
part is of a cylindrical form open at one end, and is made to fit within the
edges of the former portion, and so that its open end will be covered by the
end of the said portion when closed to retain the matches, and in the said
portion is sufficient space in which to place a small candle or taper. The
two-parts-are-hinged together at one end. To one portion is hinged a socket
for the reception of the taper or small candle, so arranged--that-when the
device is opened the socket with its candle may be turned over, and upon the
device being again partially or wholly-closed the socket will rest upon the
other portion, and be held in an upright position so that the candle when
lighted may be readily carried about, or the device may be placed upon any
convenient support.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said George Davies in the Great Seal Patent. Office on the
30th October 1867.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS, SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
DAVIES, of No. 1, Serle Street, Lincoln's Inn, in the County of Middlesex,
and No. 87, St. Vincent Street, in the City of Glasgow, Civil Engineer and
Patent Agent, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her, most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Thirtieth day of April, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, in the thirtieth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
George Davies, Her special licence that I, the said George Davies, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said George
Davies, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the
term therein expressed, should-and-lawfully_might make, use, exercise, and
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "AN IMPROVED COMBINED TAPER
HOLDER AND MATCH Box," (being a communication to me from abroad.by John
A. Whipple, of Boston, Massachusetts, in the United States of America);
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said George Davies, my
executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their,

page_text: or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be
performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office
within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said
Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said George. Davies, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement in writing, and on reference to the accompanying Sheet of
Drawings, that is to say :-
The object of this Invention is to provide a convenient portable device
which may be carried in the pocket for holding a taper and a receptacle for
matches, and for furnishing a light to be used on occasions when an ordinary
lamp might not be easily accessible or convenient to carry about, and the
Invention consists of a portable folding case having compartments for holding
matches and a taper and candle so that the taper or candle may be readily
lighted and carried about, or with its holder may be placed upon a support so
as to answer the purpose of a candlestick. The case contains two compart-
ments for holding respectively a taper or small candle and matches, the latter
part is made of a cylindrical form open at one end, and is made to fit within
the edges of the former portion, and so that its open end. will be covered by
the end of the said portion when closed to retain the matches, and in the said
portion is sufficient space in which to place a small candle or taper. The two
parts are hinged together at one end; to one portion is hinged a socket for
the reception of the taper or small candle, so arranged that when the device
is opened the socket with its candle may be turned over, and upon the device
being again partially or wholly closed the socket will rest upon the other
portion and be held in an upright position, so that the candle when lighted
may be readily carried about, or the device may be placed upon any convenient
support.
Such being the nature and object of my said Invention for "An Improved
Combined Taper Holder and Match Box," I will now proceed to describe
more in detail the manner in which the same is to be or may be performed or
carried into practical effect, and in order that the same may be distinctly
understood I have annexed hereunto a Sheet of Drawings illustrative thereof,
and have marked the same with figures and letters of reference cor-
responding with those in the following explanation thereof, that is to
say:
In the annexed Drawing Figure 1 is a perspective view of the combined

page_text: taper holder and match box when closed, and Figure 2 is a view of the same
when opened out for use; Figure 3 is a longitudinal section of the same
through the line 1, 2, in Figure 1:
The case consists mainly of two parts A and B, hinged together at a, a;
the part B is of a tubular form and open at its outer end (or that furthest from
the hinge) being intended to contain the matches, and is made so as to fit
inside the edges of the part A, and so that its open end will be covered by the
end of the latter; the part A is made of such size and form as to contain a small
taper or candle C, as well as the match tube B. The taper is fitted in a socket S
hinged at.c, c, to the-end-b-of-the-part B, so that when the device is opened
the socket S with its candle may be turned up and rest upon the end of
the part A, as seen in Figure 2; Figure 3 represents in horizontal-section
the relative position of the parts when the device is closed, as at Figure 1.,
The sides are represented as rounded for the sake of convenience, they may,
however, be made square, or polygonal, or fluted; if preferred. The outer end
of the case may be provided with a roughened surface for the convenience of:
lighting the matches.
. Having now described the nature and object of the said Invention for
"An Improved Combined Taper Holder and Match Box," together with the
manner in which the same may be performed or carried into practical effect,
I would remark in conclusion, that I claim as the Invention communicated to
me by the above-named John A. Whipple, combining a taper holder and
match box, substantially in the manner herein-before described and represented
by the Drawings annexed..
In witness whereof, I, the said George Davies, have hereunto, set my
hand and seal, this Thirtieth day of October, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.
· CORCE DAVIES
CEORCE DAVIES
(1.0.)