IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS FOR LIGHTING CIGARS AND OTHER ARTICLES, AND FOR OBTAINING LIGHT FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joseph John Perry, of Red Lion Square, in the
County of Middlesex, and Ralph Augustine Jones, of Brill, in the
County of Buckingham, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
MEANS FOR LIGHTING CIGARS AND OTHER ARTICLES, AND FOR OBTAINING LIGHT
FOR OTHER PURPOSES."
Sealed the 25th June 1875, and dated the 1st January 1875.
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph John Perry
and Ralph Augustine Jones at the Office of the Commissioners of
Patents, with their Petition, on the 1st January 1875.
We, JOSEPH JOHN PERRY, of Red Lion Square, in the County of
Middlesex, and RALPH AUGUSTINE JONES, of Brill, in the County of
Buckingham, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS FOR LIGHTING CIGARS AND OTHER ARTICLES, AND FOR
OBTAINING LIGHT FOR OTHER PURPOSES," to be as follows:-
For these purposes we employ a holder of a somewhat similar
character to a pencil case, which is formed of an outer case in which a
suitable spring holder is capable of sliding.

page_text: This holder is according to one arrangement, formed with claws or
with a spring mouth to hold a short match, vesuvian, vesta, or other
light. The case is provided with a reserve or magazine in which a
number of such lights can be stored.
The lights when employed for lighting cigars or pipes we make as 5
short as possible and without stems so that the entire thereof burns and
becomes incandescent, but when employed for obtaining light for a
short time we by preference form them like diminutive candles or night
lights, the wick of which is tipped with ignitable material.
In some cases we form the lights of a thin disc of wood, "German 10
tinder," or other inflammable material, and the holder is in such cases.
formed somewhat like a fork to stick into the backs of the lights and
hold them in position for use.
We also in some cases form the holder with an extra slide or pusher
to push out the remains of the light from the holder. The holder may 15
simply slide to and fro in its case, or it may be operated by a screw.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Joseph John Perry and Ralph Augustine Jones
in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 1st June 1875.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, JOSEPH 2
JOHN PERRY, of Red Lion Square, in the County of Middlesex, and
RALPH AUGUSTINE JONES, of Brill, in the County of Buckingham, send
greeting.
WHEREAS. Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the First day of January, in the year 2
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, in the
thirty-eighth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc-
cessors, give and grant unto us, the said Joseph John Perry and
Ralph -Augustine Jones, Her special license that we, the said Joseph
John Perry and Ralph Augustine Jones, our executors, administrators, 3
and assigns, or such others as we, the said Joseph John Perry and
Ralph Augustine Jones, our executors, administrators, and assigns,
should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and

page_text: at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and
lawfully might make, usc, exercise, and vend, within the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle
of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS FOR LIGHTING CIGARS
AND OTHER ÅRTICLES, AND FOR OBTAINING LIGHT FOR OTHER PURPOSES," upon the
condition (amongst others) that we, the said Joseph John Perry and
Ralph Augustine Jones, our executors or administrators, by an instru-
ment in writing under our or their hands and seals; or under the hand
and seal of one of us or them, should particularly describe and ascertain
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to
be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent
Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date
of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Joseph John Perry, on behalf of
myself and the said Ralph Augustine Jones, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement thereof, that is to say:-
For these purposes we employ a holder of a somewhat similar
character to a pencil case, which is formed of an outer case in which a
suitable spring holder is capable of sliding.
This holder is, according to one arrangement, formed with claws or
with a spring mouth to hold a short match, vesuvian, vesta, or other
light. The case is provided with a reserve or magazine in which a
number of such lights can be stored.
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The lights when employed for lighting cigars or pipes we make as
short as possible and without stems, so that the entire thereof burns and
becomes incandescent; but when employed for obtaining light for a
short time we by preference form them like diminutive candles or night
lights, the wick of which is tipped with ignitable material.
In some cases we form the lights of a thin disc of wood, "German
tinder," or other inflammable material, and the holder is in such cases
formed somewhat like a fork to stick into the backs of the lights and
hold them in position for use."
We also in some cases form the holder with an extra slide or pusher
to push out the remains of the light from the holder. The holder may
simply slide to and fro in its case, or it may be operated by a screw,
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page_text: And in order that our said Invention may be more clearly understood
and readily carried into effect we will proceed, aided by the accom-
panying Drawings more fully to describe the same.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS,
in the various Figures of which like parts are marked with similar letters
of reference.
Figures 1 and 2 are two outside views of one arrangement of 'means
for lighting cigars and other articles, and for obtaining light for other
purposes, constructed according to our Invention. In this arrangement
a short match, vesuvian, vesta, or other light a is held when in use
in spring clips or claws carried by a holder c, upon the exterior of
which works a slide or cover d; this slide or cover is provided with a
slot d'in which a pin c¹ works, and this slot is formed with a slot d² at
right angles thereto so as to form with the pin c' a kind of bayonet joint,
which when the parts are in the position shown in Figure 1 prevents the
slipping of the slide or cover d upon the holder c. The holder or case c
is formed to serve as a reserve or magazine in which a number of lights
can be stored, and it is provided with a cap or cover c³ to enable one of
the lights to be removed from the holder or case c when required for
use.
Figures 3 and 4 are two exterior views and Figure 5 is a sectional
view of another arrangement of lighting means constructed according to
our Invention, in which instead of the lights a being of the form shown
in Figures 1 and 2 they are in the form of flat discs of suitable com-
bustible material, with spots of ignitable material in the centre thereof,
and instead of being held in spring clips 6 they are held by a fork e
carried by a slidef, which fork may be protruded from or drawn within
the tube c by acting upon the ring ƒ¹.
Figure 6 is an exterior view, Figure 7 is a sectional view of another
arrangement of lighting means constructed according to our Invention;
Figure 8 is a separate view of the slide f; and Figure 9 is an exterior
view representing the parts in the position they would occupy when in
use. In this case the fork e is represented as consisting of three points
fixed to the interior of the slide f, which is removable from the case or
holder c in order that it may be placed in the holder c in the position
shown at Figures 6 and 7 for carrying in the pocket, or in the position
shown in Figure 9 when in use. The lights a are held in position in the

page_text: holder c by the spring catch g, which is also removable from the holder c
to enable the supply of lights a to be renewed when required. h is an
extra slide or pusher acting within the slide f, and serving, when
required, to push the remains of the light from the fork or holder.
The action of this last arrangement of lighter is as follows:-Supposing
a new supply of lights has been furnished to the case or holder c the
spring catch is then passed on to the case c, and the slide f is also
applied thereto, as shown at Figures 6 and 7, when by forcing the slide f
in the direction towards the lights a the pin f' will push the spring
catch g over the uppermost light a so as to release it, and the fork e will
simultaneously pass into such light and take hold thereof. The slide f
is then removed from the case c and the light is struck upon the end c³,
which is suitably roughened for the purpose, when the slide f may be
reversed in position in the case or holder c, as shown at Figure 9, or it
may be held separately in the hand for use.
We would here remark that considerable modifications may be made
in the construction of the lighting means herein described without
departing from the nature of our said Invention.
Having thus described the nature of our said Invention, and the mode
in which we propose to carry the same into effect, we would have it
understood that what we claim as our Invention is, the improved means
for lighting cigars and other articles, and for obtaining light for other
purposes, substantially as herein shown and described.
In-witness whereof, I, the said Joseph John Perry, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Twenty-ninth day of June, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five.