US99224A - Improvement in pocket-sates for friction-matches - Google Patents

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J. s. NORTON. Match Safe'. No. 99,224E Patenteduan. 25,1870.

N.FETERS. PHOTO-LITNOGRAFHER. WASHINGTON, D C.

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Leners Patmlvo. 99,224, dated January 25, 1870.

IMPAROVEMENT IN POCKET-SAFES FOR FRICTIKOlN-MATCHES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

an Improvement in Pocket-Safes for Friction-Match Cord, of which the following is a specification.

Nature and Objects of the Invention.

One William H. Rogers has procured Letters Patent of the United States, dated October 13, 1868, and numbered 83,097, for a pocket-safe for friction-match cord, the second claim in which covers a tube containing the match-cord, cut away on the sides, so that a persons lingers can grasp the cord and push it along, in the tube, so as to cause it to project from the open end of the tube, as desired for lighting.

My invention consists in an improvement on said device, whereby the match-cord can be pushed along, as desired, without touching the cord with the fingers, and such avoidance is much to be desired, as the cord is gummy and sticky, and soils the fingers.

The nature and composition of this cord vcan be gathered from the patent of which it is the subject, No. 83,412, issued October 27, 1868.

Description of the Accompanying Drawings. Figure 1 is a full-size view of my invention, with the cap or cover removed.

Figure 2 is a full -size view of my invention, with the cover removed, the safe being turned just a quarter around from the position shown in tig. 1.

Figure 3 is a full-size sectional view, showing a lengthwise section of thc safe and the cover, with the match enclosed, in the same position as shown in fig. 1. Like letters always indicate like parts.

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The letter a indicates the body of the safe, which is simply a metal tube of about the dimensions shown.

The letter b indicates the cover, which shuts down on the open end of the lube, as far as the shoulderc.-

Inside the safe is carried the friction-match cord d, composed of rubber or caoutchouc, and other ingredients,duly described in the patent issued, October 27, 1868, to William H. Rogers. As fast as one of these cords is consumed, it is replaced by another.

,This cord light-s by friction, and a short piece will burn quite a long time, thus making it an exceedingly handy article.

Of course but a short piece of the cord is pushed out at the open end of the tube at any one time, and, as' fast as consumed, the cord must be pushed out again. This has been accomplished heretofore by having a slit upon two opposite sides of the tube, near the top, so large' that a persons ugers could embrace the cord, and push it along.

This method has had one great objection, which hasv materially interfered with the sale of the article, viz, the cord is of a gummy, sticky nature, and inevitably soils the fingers. My improvement remedies this ditculty completely.

. There is one other important objection to the old form. The holes for the fingers are so large, and, necessarily, come up so near to the open end of the tube, that when the end of the cord is lighted, the fire very often catches in the body ofthe cord through the finger-holes. My improvement also cures this diiculty completely.

The letter E indicates a collar, sliding freely on the tube a. To it, on opposite sides, are attached the two spring-catches s s, which are turned inward, and sharpened into points at their upper extremities. There are small, narrow slots, ff, made in the vsides of the tube, just large enough to admit the points of the spring-catches. Of course, by compressing these catches with the fingers, the points will take fast hold ot the friction-match cord, and it can he moved either' way at will, without the necessity of the iingels coming in contact with the cord at all.

Again, when the cover b is pushed ou, it iirst pushes the spring-catches down to the bottom of their slots, and then forces them into the match-cord, and thus, when the cover is pulled oi again, it will pull the end of the cord out of the tube just far enough for use.

It may be well enough to state that the cover is always to he kept on when the article is not in use.

All that is not expressly claimed herein, is not my invention; and I expressly disclaim any intention to interfere with either of the patents named.

Claims.

I claim as my iuveution- The device composed of the collar e and the springcatches s s, one or more in number, combined with the slotted tube a, substantially in the manner described, for the purpose set forth.

Also, the combination of the device composed of the collar e arid spring-catches s s, one or more in number, with the slotted tube a and the friction-match cord d, substantially in the manner described, for the purposes set forth.

Dated December 8, 1869.

JUNIUS S. NORTON.

'Wituessesz WM. 'En SIMoNns, EDWIN E.l MARVIN.

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