US1462971A - Container for matches - Google Patents

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Jua 24, 1923;- 1,462,971

S. A. LEANE CONTAINER FOR MATCHEB Filed May 16. 1921 |NVENTOR1 Sidney Alfred Leane Patented July 24, 1923.

UNITED STATES;

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I SIDNEY ALFRED LEANE, or FARRELLS FLAT, SOUTH AUSTRALIA,AUSTRALIA.

CONTAINER FOR MATCHES.

Application filed May 16, 1921. Seria1,I To. 470,130,:

..To all whom it may (50mm;

Beit known that I, SIDNEY ALFRED LEANE, a subject of His Majesty the King of Great Britain, citizen of the Commonwealth of Australia, residing at Farrells Flat, in the State ofSouth Australia, in the Commonwealth of Australia, aforesaid, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Containers for Matches, of which the. following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved con tainer for matches the object of the same being to provide meanswhereby matches which havebeen used can be replaced in the container without being mixed with unused matches. My device can be applied to ordinary wooden match boxes as at present in use or the invention'may be constructed as an ornamental case of metal or other suitable material.

It is well known that disastrous fires have been caused through the careless throwing aside of ignited matches before they are properly extinguished. The device which I have produced provides means whereby the practice of putting the used matches into a place of safety can be easily acquired without inconvenience.

For the purposes of my invention I provide within the match box a loose or intermediate false bottom which is accommodated within the match drawer and upon which the unused matches are packed and are exposed in the ordinary way when the match.

box is opened.

On the underside of the match drawer and through the floor thereof I form a recess, slot, or opening of sufficient size to enable a loose match to be admitted between the said floor and the false movable bottom so that as each match is used itmay be insorted in the lower part of the drawer between the bottom of the drawer and the false floor before the box is closed.

But in order that my invention may be clearly understood I will now describe the same by aid of the accompanying illustra tive drawings wherein Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a match box in a partially open position as viewed from the top side.

Fig. 2 is an illustration of the underside of the drawer of the match box showingan used matches. g I

Fig, 3 isa view of the underside of :the drawer showing a single opening.

opening at each end for the admissionof ig. 4; illustrates a portionv of the match box drawer showing amodificationof construction. i

Fig. 5 isasectionalelevationthrough the matchbox and drawer showing false bottom. In each of the illustrations similar letters of reference are used to denote similar or corresponding parts wherever they occur.

In the drawings a is the top of the outer container of the match box, 6 indicates the sides, and c the bottom. Thesides of the sliding drawer are'indicated at a? the ends ate, and the ordinary bottom of the sliding drawer is shown at f, i

- Instead of the floor of the drawer extending over the whole area of the bottom it is formed with one or more openings 9 which may either extend right across the body of the drawer as indicated in Figs. 2 and 3 or the opening may consist of a relatively small .hole as shown in Fig. 4 which need not drawer in which it is accommodated. Be

fore the box is filled this false-floor rests upon the ordinary bottom f of the drawer and the matches are laid thereon in the ordinary mannerybut it may be desirable to refrain from packing the box too tightly. Whena match is withdrawn from the container and has been ignited, the partially consumed stub is replaced in the box by inverting the box and pushing the stub through the opening 9 in the floor of the drawer so that it is accommodated and re tained between the floor of the drawer and the false bottom, each match taken from the top for use providing for its readmise sion on the bottom side. By thismeans there is great Certainty that the user will see thatthe match is properly extinguished 1 before it is reinserted andit will not cause 5 an unsightly litter or in any way be a source of'dange'r as is the case with matches carelessly thrown about.

IIL lJhG accompanying drawings I have shown my invention applied to wooden match boxes as in ordinary use but 'it will of course be understood that substantially the same constructionalarrangement can be applied to match boxes made of silver or Vot her material for presentation purposes.

. The"lo0se" plate which forms the false bottom can be used as an advertising medium if so desired. I

I Havingnowjparticularly described and I I declare that what I claim is:

"1. In an improvedcontainer for matches an opening-formed in the fixed floor of'the match drawer said opening being of con- 2 5"veiiient"size and suitably placed to permit I of the insertion 'of a partially consumed consumed matches ascertained the nature of my invention and '20 in what-mannerthe same is'to be performed I I I I I I 'trated andfor the "pu pose-seer "forth as a mat ch, and a false bottom for said drawer,

substantially as described. 7

2. In an improved container for matches wherein an openin is formed in the fixed floor of the match I of a partially consumed match a movable or false bottom. for the drawer of slightly less width and length than :the interior 50f the drawer for the purpose of supporting'unand separating them from consumed matches which are inserted through opening-"s in the floor of the drawer substantially as described and as indicat d in the drawings."

'3. The her'ein described -=imp vea "container for matches consisting of an --outer caslng, a sliding drawer an lnterrnediateor gether substantially as described fand illuscombination of parts. j

drawer "for the admission false bottom, and holes form'edin the ll'oor of the drawer said parts being "arranged-tosignature.

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