Improvements in Match Strikers.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Aug., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 24th Dec., 1898-Accepted, 20th Mar.. 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Match Strikers.
1, HENRY PAYTON, of 3 Vyse Street, in the City of Birmingham Manufacturing
Jeweller, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to match strikers for various purposes, such as for cycle
and other lamps, match boxes, gas burners and the like and has for its object, an
automatic or spring-actuated striker and consists primarily of a traversing striker,
Bet by hand and released by an impingement of a match.
Thus, in carrying out one form of my invention as applied to cycle and like
lamps, I employ a reciprocating striker sliding at the back of a plate or one of the
sides of the outer shell or casing and approximate to the wick or wicks, with the
same having a little lateral play and provided with a detent, catch or fastener
adapted to engage with a hole, shoulder or equivalent of or upon a fixed part of the
lamp, and with the said striker actuated by a spring, made active or put into a state
of compression by the operation of setting the striker by a sliding movement.
Facing or coming approximate to the striker is a hole, closed when the said
striker is in its set position and closed at back, but clear or open when the striker
has made its traverse after having been released.
The return of the striker to its normal position, after having been laterally
displaced by the match for releasing, is effected by a spring or equivalent, whilst
the neck of the thumb-piece which sets the striker works through a slot made
through the outer walls of the lamp or striker carrier, and is kept covered by the
said striker.
To set the striker, pull down the thumb piece or its equivalent when the striker
bar, rod, plate or its equivalent, which may have a roughened, serrated, toothed or
knife-edged surface presented to the hole through which the head of a match is
introduced, is caught by the catch and there held, with the spring in a compressed
and active condition.
Now pass the match through the hole in the side of the lamp, when the head, on
impinging against the striker, presses it inwards and releases the catch, when the
striker now being freed, is caused to fly back or recede by the force of the spring
and draw or wipe the serrated or knife-edge surface over the head of a match and
clear or out of the range of it. The lighted match is then applied to the wick and
lights the same and is then withdrawn after which the hole is again covered up by
the re-setting of the striker.
Instead of employing a slide for carrying the match striker, the same may be
hinged or jointed so as to make a quadrant movement in the plane of the casing
and across the hole, or it may move upon a joint at right angles to the plane of
the casing.
In objects which are not required to be lighted interiorly as in cycle lamps, the
hole may be made larger so that the flame shall not be extinguished by the act of
withdrawing the match.
The application of my invention to match boxes, lamps of various constructions,
gas burners and the like differs in no essential respect from its application to a
cycle lamp as herein described.
Dated this 15th day of August 1896.
HENRY PAYTON,
By Henry Skerrett,
Agent for Applicant.

page_text: I, HENRY PAYTON of Vyse Street, in the City of Birmingham, Manufacturing
Jeweller, 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 match strikers for various purposes, such for instance as
for cycle and other lamps, match boxes, gas burners and the like and has for its
object, an automatic or spring-actuated striker and consists primarily of a
traversing striker set by hand and released by the impingement of a match
against it.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents in back elevation, one form
of automatic match striker released by the impingement of the head of a match to
be lighted against the striking plate which is caused to traverse or wipe in a
rectilinear direction over the said match head by the energy of a spring. The said
view shows the striker set.
Figure 2 represents a vertical section of Figure 1 upon the dotted line, showing
the match just before it is made to impinge against the striker.
Figure 3 represents a front elevation of Figure 1 and
Figure 4 is a cross section upon the dotted line ', Figure 3.
Figure 5 represents a like view as Figure 2, but with the match shown impinging
against and forcing back the striker, thus taking the catch which holds the same in
its set position out of a sinking in its face.
Figure 6 represents a like section as Figures 2 and 5, but showing the striker at
rest after having been shot or drawn over and taken beyond the match head, which
is thus ignited.
Figure 7 represents a front elevation of a modified form of my invention, in
which the striker is made to travel in a curvilinear course instead of in a rectilinear
direction and is actuated or shot by a volute spring.
Figure 8 is a back elevation of the same.
Figure 9 is a vertical section of Figure 8, upon the dotted line, showing
the striker in its set position and just before the impingement of the match
thereon.
Figure 10 is a like section as Figure 9 but with the match shown impinging
against and releasing the striker which is then momentarily and swiftly drawn
over the head, hence the ignition of the match, when the parts assume the positions
shown in Figure 11.
Figure 12 is a like view as Figure 9, but with the striker-impelling mechanism
in elevation.
Figure 13 is a section upon the dotted line a', of Figure 8.
Figure 14 shown on an enlarged scale a section of a part of the striker plate
and the hole in the casing of a box, lamp or the like through which the match
passes.
Figure 15 is a front elevation of another form of striker in which the striker
plate is impelled in a curvilinear path.
Figure 16 is a side elevation of the same and Figure 17 a back elevation
thereof.
Figure 18 is a section upon the dotted line a, Figure 17, showing the positions
of the parts before the impingement of the match.
Figure 19 is a like section but with the match pushing the holding catch of the
striker out of its holding position so as to release the same.

page_text: impelled by a spring b, located between an end a', and the guide a, and when the
striker is in its set position, a catch a', engages with a sinking e', formed in a plate
or carrier c. is a hole in this plate through which the match d, is introduced
and impinged against the striking surface a, which may be serrated or roughened
or provided with any other suitable striking contact, such for instance as a knife
edge. The striker is set by a knob or other finger hold as, whose stem works in a.
slot or piercing e³, in the carrier plate. I prefer to lift the striking surface from.
the face of the carrier plate over which it is reciprocated so as to prevent injury of.
the opposed surfaces.
OPERATION.
To set the striker, push the same upwards until the catch a', engages the hole or
sinking c', when the parts are retained in their set positions, as shown in Figures 1
and 2. To strike a match, thrust the head end of the same through the hole c,
when the striker is pushed backwards, which is admitted of by the spring guides a¹,.
when the catch a', is removed from the hole c', and the force of the spring now
comes into play and shoots the striker by its impelling action, which in its
traverse over and past the head of the match, ignites the same, as represented in.
Figure 6.
In Figures 7 to 14, a is the striker, mounted upon an axis or turn a°, and having
the inner end of an impelling spring b, connected to it, whilst the other end of the
spring is attached to the carrier plate c and with a connecting spring c, uniting the
striker with the turn. a is a catch, engaging with a hole c', in the plate c, whilst
, is the hole through which the head of the match d, is thrust.
The operation consists in rotating the axis or turn a, until the catch a', comes.
opposite and falls into the hole c', when the striker is retained in its set position..
Then to strike a match, thrust the same through the hole o, when the striker is
released by the catch being taken out of the hole and is shot past and beyond the
head of the match by the pent-up force of the propelling spring, thereby igniting
the same.
In Figures 15 to 20, a is the striker, carried by the outer end of an impelling
spring b, whose inner end is connected to a plate or carrier c, having a slot a,.
within it wherein the neck of a setting stud a, works and the carrier is retained by
a catch or collar a', on the said neck engaging in the hole c', in the slot a, c is
the hole through which the match d is passed.
After the striker is set, the match is thrust through the bole, and impinged
against the striker, whereby the catch a', is released from the hole c', and the said
striker is, by the impelling force of the spring b, shot over and past the match head,
which is thus ignited.
The match, after being ignited, if required to light a lamp interiorly, is kept in
the inside and passed up to the wick but if the light is required exteriorly, then
instantly it is struck it is sharply withdrawn.
Instead of the tail end of the striker passing out of the range of the match, it is
obvious that a hole near the end of the striker plate for the match to pass through
would give the necessary clearance.
It is also obvious that the striker may be released by the pushing of the catch
out of its holding position by hand instead of by the impingement of the match.
In such an event the match is placed against the striker which is then released by
a pusher or other expedient.
Further, it is also obvious that the striker may be mounted on a frame and
left naked, in which case no hole would be required for the match to be thrust
through.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what 1
claim is :-
First. An automatic or spring-actuated match striker, consisting primarily
of a traversing striker, set by hand, and released by the impingement of a match
against it.
Secondly. A match striker consisting essentially of a striker plate or igniter,
impelled in a rectilinear direction by a spring and held in a set position by a catch,
substantially as described and set forth in Figures 1 to 6.
Thirdly. A match striker, consisting essentially of a striker plate or igniter
impelled in a rectilinear direction over and beyond the head of a match by a spring,
held in a set position by a catch and up to a hole in the carrier plate by spring
arms or equivalents, substantially as and for the purpose described and set forth
in Figures 1 to 6.
Fourthly. A match striker, consisting essentially of a striker plate or igniter,
impelled in a curvilinear direction by a spring and held in a set position by a
catch or equivalent, substantially as and for the purpose described and set forth in
Figures 7 to 20.
Fifthly. The improvements in match strikers and in the general construction,
arrangement, combination and operation of the parts of the same, substantially as
and for the purpose described and set forth.
Dated this 23rd day of December 1906
HENRY PAYTON,
By Henry Skerrett,
24 Temple Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.