Year: 1889

page_text: I, FREDERICK EDWARD VERNEY TAYLOR of Normanton Cottage Normanton
in the County of Derby, Captain in the Second Battalion of the Derbyshire Regiment,
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:
The object of this invention is to construct a cheap and simple form of match
hox whereby the matches can be ignited by the friction produced by the simple
pressure of the finger and thumb on the box as they are withdrawn therefrom.
And in order that my invention may be well understood and carried into practice,
I will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying
drawings in which similar letters are used to indicate corresponding parts in all the
figures.
Figure 1 shews the shape of the blank from which the box is made and Figure-2
shows the shape of the blank from which the lid is made. Figure 3 is a front
elevation of the box when made up with the lid open, Figure 4 is a sectional
elevation on the line e y figure 3, and Figure 5 is a plan of figure 3 with the lid
removed.
or
The blanks are stamped out of sheet metal or other material and scored
indented as indicated by the dotted lines in Figures 1 and 2. The ends A and B of
the box blank are serrated or roughened with a file sufficiently to form the striking
surfaces for matches, or sand paper or similar striking material for matches may
be gummed or otherwise affixed to the ends A and B of the box blank, so as to form
a lining or a partial lining for the box when made up. The two blanks are rivetted
together by an ordinary metal rivet passing through the eye C stamped in each
blank-The box is formed as follows (see figure 1).
The lower part D of the blank is turned up along the line a a at right angles to
the plane of the upper part E of the blank. D is again bent over at right angles
along the line bb, so that D is now immediately over and parallel to the upper
part E of the blank, the two serrated or roughened striking surfaces A and B
being opposite to each other as shewn in figure 4. The flaps or sides F of the

page_text: upper part E are similarly bent over, first along the lines ac and afterwards along
the lines de thus forming clips or flaps to retain in position the part D, which
forms the front of the box, see Figs. 3 and 5-The lid blank figure 2 is bent along
the lines and g g so that the flaps G and G¹ are opposite and parallel to each other-
The box and lid are now complete.
Figure 6 is a side elevation of the box looking at the outside of the lid when
open Figure 7 is a similar view with the lid closed and figures 8 and 9 are respectively
back and front elovations of the closed box.
As will be seen by referring to figs. 8 and 9 when the lid is closed the flap 9 lies
against the back E of the box and the flap G¹ lies against the front. D and inside or
outside the flaps F as desired. When the box is made up the space between the
striking surfaces A and B is sufficient to allow of the easy passage of the match
heads so that the box can be conveniently filled the matches being placed in the
box with the heads downwards-The front D however being only held in position
by the side flaps F and not affixed thereto can by pressure on the top thereof be
made to approach the back E and thus diminish the space between the striking
surfaces A and B as indicated by the dotted lines in figures 4 and 5.
To ignite a match when withdrawing the same from the box the action is as
follows The box is held near the mouth or opening between the finger and thumb
of one hand, the lid is opened and the box tilted until the ends or stales of the
matches project through the mouth or opening of the box. One is then grasped by
the other hand, the neck of the box compressed and the match quickly withdrawn
causing the match head to rub against the striking surfaces A and B, the friction
igniting the match. If desired the box may be constructed with only one striking
surface, I prefer to use two however, as being more certain to produce the desired
result. It will be seen that the action depends upon the elasticity of the metal or
other material employed which must not be too thick and should be of sufficient
rigidity to resume its shape when the pressure is removed. Sheet tin of about one
sixteenth of an inch in thickness I find to be suitable for this purpose.
It will be observed that this invention comprises a cheap and simple form of box,
constructed from one piece of metal or other material and that there are no extraneous
springs siriking plates or other attachments, which increase the cost of manufacture,
and which are liable to become detached when in use, the whole box being formed
from the blank and complete in itself.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed declare that what I
claim is
The construction of a match box formed from one piece of metal or other material
with a roughened or serrated striking surface or surfaces formed upon or affixed
to the inside operating substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein before
set forth and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 13th day of March 1980