IMPROVEMENTS IN FIRE LIGHTERS
Year: 1885

page_text: I, JOHN HARGRAVES CROSBY of No SB Rumford Place, Liverpool, in the county
of Lancaster, Produce Broker do hereby declare the nature of the said invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN FIRE LIGHTERS to be as follows:-
My present invention relates to novel compositions of matter for fire lighters
which lighters whilst on application of fire burn briskly afford considerable heat
and are not deteriorated by exposure to damp. It also relates to forming such
lighters in slabs in a new manner whereby they are easily separated into pieces of
required size.
The substances employed are coal, rosin, and wood (or woody fibre) the latter in
turnings, chippings, or shavings (turnings being preferred) with or without mineral
or other oil and caunel or either of these latter.
Convenient quantities are coal 25 parts, rosin 20 parts, wood 45 parts, mineral oil
5 parts and cannel 5 parts.
These are thoroughly mixed in a heated pan or vessel and moulded into cakes or
pieces of any desired size and form.
For convenience in carriage and separation into pieces I mould the said com-
position into slabs with grooves on both sides opposite each other. The stamps
and dies have ribs which during the moulding and pressing form the grooves.
Dated this fourteenth day of April 1885.
J. T. KING,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: I JOHN HARGRAVES CROSBY of No 8B Rumford Place Liverpool in the County
of Lancaster Produce Broker, 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:―
My present invention relates to novel compositions of matter for fire lighters
which lighters whilst on application of fire burn briskly afford considerable heat
and are not deteriorated by exposure to damp. It also relates to forming such
lighters in slabs in a new manner whereby they are easily separated into pieces of
required size.
The substances employed are coal, rosin and wood (or woody fibre) the latter in
turnings, chippings or shavings (turnings being preferred) with or without mineral
or other oil and cannel or either of these latter.
Convenient quantities are coal 25 parts, rosin 20 parts, wood 45 parts, mineral
oil 5 parts and cannel 5 parts.
These are thoroughly mixed in a heated pan or vessel and moulded into cakes or
pieces of any desired size and form.
For convenience in, carriage and separation into pieces I mould the said com-
position into slabs with grooves on both sides opposite each other.
The stamps
and dies have ribs which during the moulding and pressing form the grooves.
The accompanying drawing is a perspective view of a fire lighter made according
to my invention; it will be seen that the mass of material or compound divided
into sections by grooves a on opposite sides thereof so as to make a number of
slabs b casily separated from the main body of the fire lighter. The size of the
pieces is such that each will serve to light a fire. The moulds and dies are of any
usual or suitable construction employed for like purposes.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
First. The combination of substances substantially as herein setforth for the
manufacture of fire lighters.
.
Second. Fire lighters made substantially as herein setforth.
Third. Fire lighters composed of the substances and moulded or fashioned into
slabs substantially as herein setforth.
Dated this fourteenth day of January 1550.
J. T. KING,
Per J. Richman,
Agent for the Applicant.