An Attachment to Clothing whereon Matches may be Ignited by Friction.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Jan., 1895-Accepted, 9th Mar., 1895
[Communicated from abroad by JOHN WESTLAND BOWMAN, of 87, Victoria Street,
Christchurch, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, in the Colony of New
Zealand, Pianoforte Tuner.]
An Attachment to Clothing whereon Matches may be Ignited by
Friction.
I, THOMAS NATHAN RAYWARD, of Rose Villa, Ryder Street, Cardiff, in the
County of Glamorganshire, in the Principality of Wales, Commercial Agent, 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:-
Many persons carry matches loose in the pocket and often employ objects to
strike them upon which are defaced thereby.
Now this invention has been devised for the purpose of providing a simple
contrivance upon which matches may be ignited by friction which may be readily
attached to and detached from any portion of the clothing.
It consists of a thin strip of metal which may have a roughened surface, or have
a material with a rough surface attached to it, which is connected to the clothing
(by preference to the inside of the lower flap of a waistcoat) so as to be invisible
when the garment is in wear, and readily accessible when required for use.
My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein :
Fig. 1 is a front, and
Fig. 2 a back view of a convenient form of my invention while
Fig. 3 illustrates it when attached to a garment.
Similar letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures.
The gauze wire (a) which makes a good frictional surface upon which to strike
matches is secured to the strip or backing (b) by any convenient means such as
turning over the edges (c) of the backing (6), the pin (d) pointed at both ends
passes through the strip (b) at each end as shown at (e).
In fixing the contrivance in position it is bent or sprung into a slightly curved
form and a point of the pin (d) passed into the garment, the other point is then
inserted and the contrivance straightened out which will have the effect of forcing
the pin into the cloth and securely attaching it.
It is evident that I have illustrated one of a number of ways of carrying my
invention into practice as any convenient roughened surface might be substituted
for the gauze wire alluded to (such as sandpaper for instance) and in using some
materials it might be convenient to dispense with the use of "backing."
It is also evident that the mode of effecting the attachment to the garment might
be varied without departing from the spirit of my invention: for instance safety
pins, clasps, or hooks which might be kept in position by springs might readily be
Substituted for the pin shown in the drawings wherein I have illustrated what I
consider the best means of carrying out my invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
ion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
laim is:
1. An attachment to clothing whereon matches may be ignited by friction
substantially as and for the purposes herein described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawings

page_text: 2. In an attachment to clothing whereon matches may be ignited by friction the
combination of a strip of material employed as a frictional surface with a pin such
as (d) for securing it to a garment as and for the purposes herein described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
3. In an attachment to clothing whereon matches may be ignited by friction the
employment of gauze wire as a frictional surface as and for the purposes herein
described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 21st day of January 1895.
THOMAS NATHAN RAYWARD.