US2013991A - Match packet - Google Patents

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Sept. 10, 1935.

R. s. PULLEN 2,013,991

MATCH PACKET Filed Jan. 19, 1952 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Wnes es: I Q

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MATCH PACKET Filed Jan. 19, 1932 2 SheetsSheet 2 Patented Sept. 10, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE MATCH PACKET tion of Pennsylvania Application January 19, 1932, Serial No. 587,564

3 Claims.

My invention pertains to match packets. and has for its primary purpose the provision of a packet by which matches are ignited upon withdrawal in a single motion, and which, when the matches have been fired, may be refilled with unfired matches for reuse.

A further purpose is to unite a match packet, of the type in which the matches light on withdrawal, by means of a readily removable fastenmg, so that the fastening may be released and the packet refilled with matches after a previous filling of matches have been used.

A further purpose is toequip a match packet with a bale forming end closures for the packet and with corrugated material within the bale to confine the match heads for the purpose of retarding their withdrawal at an early period of travel.

A further purpose is to provide an auxiliary cover or keeper, which is adapted to retain one of the folds of the packet in place when the packet is in use, and which is slidable to release the fold to expose a plurality of openings for the insertion of unfired matches.

A further purpose is to provide a match packet having a bale forming end closures for the packet, having corrugated material extending part of the length of the matches and having striking material on the face of the rest of the length within the bale, so as to avoid lateral construction of the match heads after they are withdrawn from v the corrugated portions, and present additional air space adjacent the striking material to accentuate the flash.

A further purpose is to make the match striking material of sufiicient thickness to ignite several matches reliably.

Further purposes appear in the specification and in the claims.

In the drawings I illustrate one main form of my invention, with variations, the forms being selected because they are satisfactory in operation, convenient in illustration and suitable for explanation of the principles involved.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a scored cardboard strip which, when folded on the scoring, forms the outer cover of the packet.

Figure 2 is an end elevation of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a front elevation of a scored card- 5 board strip which, when folded on the scoring,

forms a bale for the packet.

Figure 4 is a broken front elevation of a corrugated strip for the retention of the match heads.

Figure 5 is a plan view of the strip as shown in 55 Figure 4.

Figure 6 is a similar view to Figure 5, showing a modified form.

Figure 7 is a plan view of the match packet assembled and with the matches in place.

Figure 8 is a front elevation of Figure 7. 5

Figure 9 is an end elevation of Figure 7.

Figure 10 is an enlarged section taken on line Ill-40 of Figure 8, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 11 is an enlarged section taken on line 10 I i-il of Figure 8, looking in the direction of the arrows and the keeper being moved down.

Figure 12 is a front elevation of a scored cardboard strip which, when folded on the scoring and fastened, forms a sliding retaining keeper 5 or auxiliary cover for the packet.

Figure 13 is a top View of the strip illustrated in Figure 12 in its folded form and with its ends joined to form a keeper.

Figure 14 is a front elevation of Figure 13. 20

Figure 15 is a perspective view of the assembled packet, the keeper being moved to a position exposing the ends of the match sticks to permit them to be grasped for withdrawal.

Figure 16 is a perspective view of the packet 25 with the keeper removed and the closure flap opened, several unfired matches being positioned for refilling.

Figure 17 is an end elevation, partly in section, of a modified form, illustrating an additional flap 30 extension for entirely enclosing the sticks of the matches.

Describing in illustration and not in limitation and referring to the drawings:

My packet is particularly designed for ready 35 refillability when the original charge of matches contained in it has been used. A second important feature of my packet is the inexpensive construction, which makes it possible to use the packet until the match striking material is worn, 4 and then throw the packet away, without great loss.

In Figures 1 to 5, inclusive, I have illustrated the several component parts of the interior of my improved packet, wherein .20 indicates the 45 outer cover, which is divided into two broad sections 2| and 22, and an intervening narrow section 23, by scoring 24 and 25. The broad section 22 is again scored at 26 to provide a flexible flap portion 21 extending outward of the body of the completed packet.

In Figure 3, I have shown a bale 28, divided into five sections 29, 30, 3|, 32 and 33, section 36 being the widest and approximately twice the width of either section 29 or section 3!, while sections 32 and 33 are comparatively narrow. The bale 28 is scored at 34, 35, 36 and 31, and is folded upon the scoring to surround the matches, as shown in Figures 7 and 10.

Figures 4 and 5 show a piece of corrugated board 38 composed of cover strips 39 and 40, between which a narrow corrugated strip 4| is held. This piece 38 is adapted to be permanently secured within the folds of the bale and to hold a match in each corrugation as clearly shown in Figure 10.

A corrugated strip 42, Figure 6, may be substituted for the piece 38, and the sections 30, and 29 and 3| joined, of the bale insert, may be utilized as side walls for the corrugations, in place of the cover strips 39 and 40 shown in Figures 4 and 5. In this case the striking material will be on the walls 30 and 23, 3|, in a position corresponding to that of the striking material 54.

The piece 38 preferably has a corrugated strip 4| of. sufiiciently short dimension longitudinally of the matches to permit the insertion of match striking material on the walls of the piece beyond the strip 4| in the direction of the stick end of the match, as later explained.

A blank from which a keeper is formed is shown at 43, Figures 12 to 14, and consists of a rectangular strip of cardboard divided into three broad sections 44, 45 and 43, and two narrow sections 41 and 48. These sections are divided by scored lines 49, 50, 5| and 52, and are folded on the scoring to form the keeper 43 as illustrated in Figures 13 and 14, the broad section 45 being overlapped upon and united with the section 44 by adhesive material.

The assembled packet is shown in Figures 7 to.

11, inclusive, and Figure 15 shows a perspective view of the packet ready for the withdrawal and firing of the matches.

Referring now to Figures 10 and 11, the corrugated piece 38 is shown positioned at the bottom of the packet and between the section 30, and the sections 29 and 3| of the bale 28, which is folded to form a closed configuration. A match 53 is positioned head down within each corrugation, with the stick portion extending upward and beyond the limit of the bale. Ignition material 54 is applied to the inner faces of the cover strips 39 and 40 beyond the corrugated portion 4| in the direction of the stick end of the match.

The ignition material 54 'is preferably located some distance from the end of the corrugated strip 4|, a jump space 55 being left so that, during withdrawal of the match, the match may gain speed before it strikes the ignition material. The corrugated strip 4| serves to retard the match, requiring a considerable force to withdraw it, and insuring that withdrawal will take place with a jerk. The space 40'then permits acceleration of the match, when the retardation is overcome, causing the match to encounter the surfaces of the striking material 54 at considerable speed.

The cover 20 is fastened at one side to thebale 28 in any suitable way, as by adhesive material applied between the section 22 of the cover 29 and the abutting sections 29 and 3| of the bale 28.

The section 23 of the strip 20 is then folded over the lower end of the piece 38, adjacent the match heads, and the section 2| of the strip 20 is folded against the section 30 of the bale 28. The packet is then united by sliding the keeper 43 over the end of the packet, so that the keeper will hold the section 2| of the strip 23 in place. The keeper 43 is free to slide vertically upon the packet and may be removed entirely therefrom if desired.

When it is desired to ignite a match, the keeper 43 is moved to the bottom of the package if it is not already there, the flap end 2'! is forced back upon the scoring 26, away from the match sticks, a sufiicient distance to permit the user to grasp a stick end between the thumb and a finger. With the match stick thus grasped, he exerts suflicient pull upon the stick to enable him to dislodge the head from between the walls of the corrugated piece 38 and to draw it through the jump space 55 and across the surface of the ignition material 54, 1 causing the head of the match to fire as it is withdrawn from the package.

It will be noted that the corrugated strip 38 holds the match head snugly and considerable exertion is required to dislodge it from its posi- 1 tion. When the head finally lets go its hold, it does so suddenly, resulting in an accelerated speed of. the match head across the remaining unrestricted interval between the corrugated piece and the outer end of the match chamber. This action results in the match head contacting with the ignition material and passing across it rapidly, thus assuring the firing of the head.

It will be further noted that the cross sectional area of the chamber 56 within which the head of 2 the match travels after leaving the corrugated portions, is greater than the cross sectional area of the corrugations in which the head is held thus providing room for the presence of excess oxygen about the head at the time of firing, assuring a proper flash.

The bale 28 forms a tight closure for both ends of the packet, while the outer cover closes the bottom of the corrugations adjacent the match heads. Moisture is thus prevented from affecting the 3 composition forming the heads of the matches.

As a further modification I have shown in Figure 17 an extension 27' of the cover flap 21, which when closed and surrounded by the keeper 43, entirely encloses the packet, and excludes all mois- 4 ture or foreign matter from entering the top of the packet and coming in contact with the matches or ignition material.

When all the matches have been withdrawn from the packet and fired, the keeper is removed 4 and the sections 2| and 23 of the cover strip are unfolded to a position shown in Figure 16. The end of the corrugated piece 38 and the now empty spaces are exposed to view and one new unfired match is threaded into each opening. The stick 5 ends are inserted first and forced into the spaces until the tip ends of the heads are flush with the bottom of the piece 38. Figure 16 illustrates this operation, the matches at the far side of the packet being shown in their proper place, two on 5 the nearer side being in the process of insertion, and the two nearest matches being aligned ready for insertion.

When the matches are all in place, the sections 2| and 23 are again folded about the packet, the 6 keeper 43 is replaced and the packet is again ready for use.

It is quite obvious that the corrugated piece as shown in Figures 9 and 5 may, if desired, be assembled filled with matches to form a renewal 6 unit, and this assembly may be inserted direct within the bale to replace a similar one from which the matches have all been withdrawn.

The form of Figure 17 is desirable even where the packet is not intended to be refilled, since the 7 keeper 43 may be moved up to close the stick end of the packet and cover the folded end of the flap as there shown, and even where the form of the other figures is employed, the keeper 43 may be moved toward the stick ends of the matches to give a desirable momentary wind protection for the match immediately after it has been struck, and to protect the stick ends when the packet is carried in the pocket.

In View of my invention and disclosure variations and modifications to meet individual whim or particular need will doubtless become evident to others skilled in the art, to obtain all or part of the benefits of my invention Without copying the structure shown, and I, therefore, claim all such in so far as they fall within the reasonable spirit and scope of my invention.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:-

1. A match packet comprising a bale of generally rectangular contour, a cover secured to one side of the bale, a corrugated strip within the bale extending lengthwise of the bale for less than the full length of the bale, matches located in the spaces formed by the corrugated strip and extending longitudinally of the bale with their heads positioned in the spaces formed by the corrugated strip, and match-striking material located within the bale and adjoining the match sticks beyond the corrugated strip in the direction of the stickends of the matches and spaced longitudinally of the matches from the corrugated strip, whereby the matches pass across the match-striking material and are ignited during withdrawal from the spaces formed by the corrugations and the bale encloses the match head at the time that it is struck.

2. A match packet comprising an outer cover, a bale within and secured to one side only of the cover, an insert having corrugations for part of the longitudinal length of the insert, the bale having side and end walls forming a receptacle for holding the insert within the bale, a plurality of safety matches arranged side by side within the corrugations, ignition material on the opposing inner faces of the insert, beyond the corrugated portion of the insert, in the direction of the stick ends of the matches with respect to the corrugations and the ends of the bale enclosing the matches within the corrugations of the insert at the head ends of the matches, the matches lighting upon withdrawal from the packet.

3. A match packet comprising an outer cover, a bale within and secured to one side only of the cover, the bale having side and end Walls forming a receptacle for holding an insert, the insert having corrugations for part of the longitudinal length of the insert within the bale, a plurality of safety matches arranged side by side within the corrugations, match striking material on the opposing inner faces of the insert, beyond the corrugated portion of the insert in the direction of the stick ends of the matches with respect to the length of the corrugations and the ends of the bale inclosing the matches within the corrugations of the insert at the head ends of the matches and inclosing the match striking material and a keeper surrounding the packet to cover the packet at the stick end of the packet when the packet is not in use and being slidable upon the packet away from the stick ends of the matches to allow for withdrawal of the matches.

RODNEY S. PULLEN.

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