Automatically, and Applicable for Advertising.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 5th July, 1887
Complete Left, 29th Mar., 1888
Complete Accepted, 11th May, 1888
Automatically, and Applicable for Advertising.
We, JOSEPH WEIR HUNTER of 13 Broomfield Place, Headingley, near Leeds,
Oil Merchant, and JOHN ANGUS MACKAY, of 83 Christopher Street, Leeds, Ware-
houseman, both in the County of York, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
Within a box of convenient size we provide a hopper having at its bottom a narrow
opening through which a vertical slide (which is fitted so as to move freely) can
move up or down within such hopper.
The hopper is supplied with matches or pins, and the edge of the slide is formed
hollow to receive one pin or one match only. The slide drops to the bottom of the
hopper by its own weight, or by the action of a spring or weight, and then into the
hollowed edge rolls a pin or match. The slide may then be pushed upwards carrying
the pin or match on its edge which passes through an opening at top of box and
presents the match or pin to the person requiring the same. The slide is moved
upwards by hand through convenient means.
In the box is provided a travelling endless sheet of advertisements mounted on
rollers and at a suitable point we provide a glazed or glass covered opening in the
box through which each advertisement may be seen as it is moved round by the action
of the vertical slide which changes the same at each upward movement thereof.
That part of the slide which passes through the top of the box has also advertisements
thereon. The exterior of the box is also used as an advertising medium.
The box may be fixed or placed in any suitable position. An alarm bell may
be applied within the box to be rung every time the sliding piece is moved.
The advertisements may, when not required, be dispensed with.
J. W. HARDING,
Agent for the Applicants.

page_text: advertising medium.
Fig. 2. is a sectional elevation of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3. is a front elevation of match or pin box, enlarged to show more advertising
space, and showing rack for operating a pinion wheel to give motion to any required
advertising medium.
For inside use we employ a small box A, and for outside a larger box such as B, of
convenient size and made preferably of wood, the box is fixed against the wall or
placed in any suitable position and provided with a hopper C, having at its bottom a
narrow slot or opening D in which is a vertical slide E, which is fitted in a vertical
groove F, so as to move freely up and down within the hopper.
The hopper is supplied with pins or matches G, the top edge H of the slide E is
recessed or made hollow so as to hold only one match or pin, when the slide E is at
the bottom of its groove, the recess is in the bottom of the V of the hopper C, and so
receives a match or pin in its recess; by lifting the knob J of the slide E in the
slot K, the slide is raised carrying the match through the narrow slot L in the lid M
of the box, delivers it to the operator and exposes an advertisement upon the top part
of the slide, which the operator cannot fail to read; on releasing the knob the slide
drops to the bottom. The slide can be arranged to stop up leaving an advertisement
exposed, and enabling- the user to get the match with one hand. A bell may be
attached to the box so as to ring each time a match is taken by means of a projection
on the slide coming in contact with a striker.
The top of the box is made either to hinge or to slide on and off by groove N
and pins, in any convenient manner; or it may slide or hinge at the front, sides, or
back, as found convenient to facilitate the renewal or removal of the matches.

page_text: A bole O may be made near the slot in which the knob of the slide works and a
cutter P may be attached to the slide to act as a cigar cutter when the slide is moved
either up or down; the end of the cigar after having been cut off drops into a tray
or receptacle provided for such at the bottom of the box, such tray or receptacle being.
preferably made in the form of a drawer, and arranged so as to be easily emptied when
full. Also striking plates such as R may be fixed on the box, and the rest of the box
made ornamental, or used to display advertisements, or coated with luminous paint so
as to show in the dark, or provided with pipe racks, tobacco pots, holders, cigar ashes
or waste match trays as may be required. The boxes can be fixed to the wall in any
suitable position by screws or other means, or they may stand on their base.
These boxes are specially useful in Hotels, and Clubs, as well as in private houses,
and by their use large quantities of matches can be saved, they are also a safeguard
against fire, as with their use there is no danger of matches being dropped or lying
about on the floors.
Attached to the slide outside the box may be a rack S, gearing into a small pinion
wheel T on a shaft or stud for operating an endless sheet on which are a succession of
advertisements, which it displays in turn as the slide is raised or lowered, or it may
be arranged to communicate motion to figures or other advertising mediums.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :-
1. The use and employment of a match or pin supply box, which whilst presenting
singly in a horizontal position a match or pin to the operator, simultaneously displays
an advertisement or advertisements in close proximity thereto, so that such advertise-
ments cannot fail to be read.
2. The combination and use of the box A, lid M and slide E, working in vertical
grooves F operated from the outside by suitable means as shown and described.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Royal Exchange Chambers,
Boar Lane, Leeds,
Agent for the Applicants.
Dated this 28th day of March 1888.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Royal Exchange Chambers,
Boar Lane, Leeds,
Agent for the Applicants.