An Improved Firelighter
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Jan., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 9th Apr., 1897-Accepted, 29th May, 1897
I AARON SAMUEL BRINDLEY of 3 Green Hill Grantham in the County of
Lincoln Iron Moulder do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The object of this invention is to enable fires to be rapidly lighted without the
aid of paper or straw and with the minimum quantity of wood.
My improved firelighter constructed according to this invention consists of a
perforated block of any suitable absorbeut non-combustible material and the said
block may be of any convenient shape and size.
A groove may be formed round the block to receive a wire handle.
When the lighter is to be used it is saturated with paraffin benzoline naptha or
other suitable inflammable liquid lighted and placed in the fire place a few chips
or shavings are placed on the top of the lighter and the coals on the chips or
shavings.
Dad thin Sirth dow of January 1897.
T. E. HALFORD,
Agent for Applicant.
An Improved Firelighter,
I AARON SAMUEL BRINDLEY of 3 Green Hill Grantham in the County of
Lincolu Iron Moulder, 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 enable fires to be rapidly lighted without the
aid of paper or straw and with the minimum quantity of wood.
My improved firelighter constructed according to this invention consists of a
perforated block of any suitable absorbent non-combustible material and the said
block may be of any convenient shape and size.
A groove may be formed round the block to receive a wire handle.
When the lighter is to be used it is saturated with paraffin benzoline naptha or
other suitable inflammable liquid lighted and placed in the firegrate a few chips
pieces of wood or shavings are placed on the top of the lighter and the coals on the
top of the wood.
And in order that my said invention may be fully understood
will proceed
to explain the same with reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings in
which
Fig. 1. represents plan of my improved firelighter constructed according to this

page_text: Fig. 3. 18 elevation of block.
Fig. 4. shews section through a modified form of block.
Fig. 5. is half plan of same.
The same letters denote the same parts in all the figs.
a is a circular perforated block of any suitable absorbent non-combustible material
such as a mixture of fireclay sawdust and asbestos 6 are the perforations c is a
groove round the periphery of the block to receive a wire handle d. In the block
shewn by Figs. 4 & 5 the block is perforated radially as well as through the
thickness thereof the said perforations being for the purpose of exposing more
surface to the oil or spirit with which the firelighter is saturated before use.
The block a may be of any suitable size and shape circular oval or otherwise
and may be perforated with any suitable number of holes which holes may be of
any suitable size and shape and penetrate the block in any direction either parallel
to the face of the block or at any suitable angle therewith.
The composition I have found most suitable for the blocks is a mixture of
sawdust and fireclay or asbestos sawdust and fireclay. This mixture is moulded into
perforated blocks of a suitable size and shape and burnt in a kiln. After the burnt
'blocks are cooled the wire handles are secured round the groove and the firelighter
is ready for sale.
When the lighter is required for use it is placed in a vessel containing naptha
benzoline or paraffin and left there till the block is saturated it is then place.l in
the firegrate and the liquid in the block ignited a few chips pieces of wood or
shavings are then placed on the block and the coals on the wood as soon as the
coals are well alight the firelighter is removed from the grate and when cool may
be placed in naptha benzoline or paraffin until again required.
Although I have described the perforated block as being made of a mixture of
sawdust asbestos and fireclay yet I do not bind myself to these ingredients as any
absorbent non-combustible material may be used for instance I may use chopped
straw instead of sawdust it being understood that the block is used merely as a
receptacle for the inflammable liquid so as to enable fires to be lighted by the
burning of the said liquid and not by the combustion of the block itself.
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 I
claim is:-
1. A firelighter consisting of a perforated block of any suitable absorbent non-
combustible material adapted to become saturated with paraffin naptha benzoline
or other inflammable liquid as hereinbefore specified.
2. In a firelighter the combination of a perforated block a of absorbent non-
combustible material having a groove c in the periphery thereof with a handle d
secured to the block by means of the said groove all substantially as herein before
specified.
3. In a firelighter the construction and use of a perforated block as hereinbefore
described with a suitable handle attached to the said block all substantially as
specified.
4. Firelighters constructed as hereinbefore specified and shewn by the
accompanying drawings.
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T. E. HALFORD,
11 Furnival Street, Holborn, London, E.C., Agent for Applicant.
T. E. HALFORD,
11 Furnival Street, Holborn, London, E.C., Agent for Applicant.