US1039259A

US1039259A - Match-box.

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Publication number: US1039259A
Application number: US56088910A
Authority: US
Inventors: Charles B Coombs
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1910-05-12
Filing date: 1910-05-12
Publication date: 1912-09-24
Anticipated expiration: 1929-09-24

Description

G. B. COOMBS.

MATCH BOX.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 12. 1010.

1,039,259, Patented 861913.24, 1912.

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MATCH-BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 24, 1912.

A lication filed May 12, mm. Serial No. 560,889.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES 13. (bonus, a citizen of the United States, residing at ash'ua, in the county of Putnam, State of Florida,- have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in MatcluBoxes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the SZUITB'.

The invention relates to match boxes and more particularly to .the class of match box attachments forlanterns;

The primary 'object of the invention is the provision of a match box which may be detachably mounted or secured to a lantern of the usual or appropriate construction so that on raising the cover or lid of the box a match will be ejected through the'mouth portion of the box so that it can be freely iemoved therefrom.

Another object of the invention is'the provision of a match box of this character in which the match receptacle may be attached to ordetached from the frame of a lantern of the ordinary well-known con struction, the match receiver being so c0ntructed that a match will be ejected a distance from the receiver whereby it may be' quickly and. readily removed for the convenience of the. user.

A further object of the invention is the provision ofua match box which shall be simple in construction, thoroughly reliable and eiiicient in operation and which may be manufactured and sold at a minimum or comparatively low cost.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, disclosing the preferred form of embodiment of the invention, and pointed out in the Y claim hereunto appended.

, In the drawings:-Figure 1 isa side elevation ofa lantern with the match box mounted thereon constructed in accordance with the invent-ion. Fig. 2 is an enlarged side elevation of the match box detached from the lantern. Fig. 3' is a side elevation of. the match box the cover being in raised position and the box being partly broken away. vFig. L is a transverse sectional view on the line 1- 1 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view through the lOOXI I Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several 'views in the drawings.

Referring to the drawings by numerals 6 designates the base, 7 the reservoir and 8 the frame of a lantern of the usual coris'truction and form, the globe9 and the handle 10 are secured to the side bars 11 of the frame 8 in the usual manner.

Tho-improved match .box comprises a 1101- "opposite sides of the side bars 11 of the frame 8 of the lantern so that the said body or receiver may be detachably mounted upon the frame of said lantern, this body or receptacle 12 is open at its ends for a purpose as will be hereinafter more fully des ribed.

Slidabl'y'mounted Within the-receiver or body 12 is a match ejector comprisinga thimble shaped holder 14 having rising centrally therefrom a. stem 15 the same being joined to a removable cover or cup 16 the latter having a depending annular flange 17 adapted to surround and embrace the wall of the body 12 to form an air tight closure for the mouth of the body or receiver, the holder 14 being of zr-dlameter corresponding to the interior diameter of the body or receiver 12 and is adapted to slidably engage therewith, the purpose of the body being open at its bottom, to enable a person to insert their finger in the open "end so that the finger will contact with the holder 14 thus enabling it to. be pushed upwardly within the body or receptacle for ejecting matches therefrom.

Formed on theinner wall of the body or receiver 12 are inwardly directed stop projections 18 the same being spaced from the open end or mouth portion of the said body or receiver so that on the raising of the lid 16 from'the body or receiver and moving the match ejector outward of the receiver the holder let will approach the stop projections l8 and its upper edge will contact therewith so as to prevent the match ejector from being entirely withdrawn from the receiver or body. The matches are placed within the ejector by having their heads disposed within the holder 14 so that their other ends will be ejected a distance out-' ward from. the mouth portion of the body or receiver 12 on the removal of the cap '01" cover 16 therefrom.

within the scope of the appended claim withtion. a

What is claimed is As an article of manufacture, a match box comprising a cylindrical body formed of 2 out departing from the spirit of the invenpositionand adjacent to each other to form 30 gripping members, the fingers being located I at spaced points. vertically of the body and a match receptacle member movable in the body for ejecting or inclosin the matches.

In testimony whereof, Ba x my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

CHARLES B. cooMBs Witnesses: I JACOB CLARK, J J USTUS DALLOW.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, I). 0..