Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Feb., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 6th Nov., 1899-Accepted, 16th Dec., 1899
I, GREGORY ALOYOIUS ROBINSON, of 57, High Street, Bloomsbury, County of
London, Fancy Importer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows..
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This invention has for object, the combination of the case of a watch with or
without the going mechanisin, with a vesta box, this being within the case and
the vestas exposed to view on opening the back or the front by the usual snap
or push of the stem through the bow stem or other part of the casing
The invention is applicable to all kinds of watch cases such as, say, the hunter,
half hunter, or closed face or of the open dial kinds, the vesta box or receptacle
being within, say, the back face or cover plate, and the matches retained by a
lip or a cross band for easy removal when, say, the back plate is sprung opened,
such as by pushing in the knob of the push stem which as in keyless watches
18 capable of being turned with a spring clicking noise and thus giving the
appearance of winding up a watch
The vesta container may be hinged within the watch case and have a separate
opening appliance, the container being of rectangular shape with scored sides
.of the facing plate for frictional ignition purposes, or the vesta container may be
pivotted to be swung outwardly after the watch case is open.
The outer case has all the appearance of an ordinary watch while in wear, and
in fact may be a complete watch with vesta container as part thereof. In
practice the vestas need be only sufficient for an ordinary day's smoking, conse-
quently the watch case is of little more than the usual thickness.
1000
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said Gregory Aloyoius Robinson.
I, GREGORY ALOYOIUS ROBINSON, of 57, High Street, Bloomsbury, County of
London, Fancy Importer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement
This invention has for object the combination of the case of a watch with or
without the going mechanism, with a vesta box, this heing within the case and
the vestas exposed to view on opening the back or the front by the usual snap
or push of the stem through the bow stem or other part of the casing.

page_text: The invention is applicable to all kinds of watch cases such as say the hunter
or close face or half hunter or of the open dial kinds the vesta box or receptacle
being within say the back face or cover plate and the matches retained by a lip
or a cross band for easy removal when say the back plate is spring opened such
as by pushing in the knob of the push stem which as in keyless watches is capable
of being turned with a spring clicking noise and thus giving the appearance of
winding up a watch.
The resta container may be hinged within the watch case and have a separate
opening appliance, the container being of rectangular shape with scored sides
of the facing plate for frictional ignition purposes, or the vesta container may be
pivotted to be swung outwardly after the watch case is open.
The outer case has all the appearance of an ordinary watch while in wear and
in fact may be a complete watch with vesta container as part thereof. In
practice the vestas need be only sufficient for an ordinary days smoking conse-
quently the watch case is of little more than the usual thickness.
My invention will be clearly understood by reference to the annexed drawings
which are only examples of two methods of arranging the vesta's containers.
Figure 1 shows the back inside of an ordinary watch with the back open of
rather greater depth than usual and in which the lower ends of the vestas rest
within a shallow pocket and are retained in position by a cross band of metal or
11 may be a strip of elastic secured in place by rivets.
This vesta container forms part of the watch the works of which are of the
usnal kind between the dial face not shown, and the back case plate.
Figure 2 represents an imitation watch casing with a vesta box secured to one
of the plates within the hinge joint of the two half cases said cases at the bow
portion being provided with a kevless like bulb rigid or available for rotation
in one direction for giving a clicking noise by pawl and ratchet if so desired.
According to Figure 1. A main case of watch. B internal back plate.
C external back plate. D) pocket E strip band for retaining vestas Fin
position. G chain how H push plug for releasing the spring catch I when
the back of the watch has to be opened. J hinge joint on which the external
back plate C moves.
Figure 2. A front case the face of which may have a dial, hands and glass
to give the appearance of a watch the hands being pivoted centrally at A¹ to be
turned at will.
C back case. E resta box with hinged lid K. L spring catch for lid
M roughened surface for ignition purposes. G chain bow. H push plug.
N keyless winder bulb.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is
1 Providing the exterior back case C of a watch with a receptacle for vestas
substantially as represented at Figure 1.
2. Providing an imitation watch case A, C, with a vesta box E, substantially
as represented at Figure 2 of the annexed drawings.
Dated this 6th day of November 1899.
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said G. A. Robinson.