US484253A - Rudolf senner - Google Patents

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R. SE'NNER.

.M'ITONU'LTIG MATCH IGNITOR.

-Patented Oct. 11, 1892.

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RUDOLF SENNER, OF PFORZHEIM, GERMANY. y

AUTOMATIC MATCH-|GNITOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 484,253, dated October 11, 18792.

Application filed June 2, 1892. Serial No. 435,321. (No model.) I

T all whom, it may con/cern:

Be it known that I, RUDOLF SENNER, a sub- -ject of the Grand Duke of Baden, and a resident of Pforzheim, in the Grand Duchy of Baden, German Empirmhave invented a certain new and useful Improved Automatic -Match-Ignitor, of which the following is a` y whereby the head is caused to come into contact with frictional surfaces, by means of which the said match is ignited as it is thrust l Said projector, howout of the receptacle. ever, does not thrust the match right out, but

allows the tail end of the same to remain clamped by the spring-pressed frictional igniting-surfaces.

In order to make this specilication more easily intelligible, reference is had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisv spectication, and in which similailetters dev back plate of the receptacle removed. Fig. 5

is a detail view ofthe spring-pressed igniting-surfaces. Fig. 6 is a detail view showing a device for preventing a too rapid rise of the lifter.

The match-receptacle a is supported on its stand or foot-plate b between the side plates ct Ct and provided with an opening at the back, having a hinged door ctthrough which the matches may be introduced. The recep-v tacle has a sloping bottom CL3, having at its lowest point a slot a4, through which the sliding match-lifter c projects.' The said matchlifter has a groove at the top for the reception of a match, and is flanged outwardly at c at the bottom. It is vertically movable on the guide-rods d d, passing through holes in iiange c and on which it is guided by the arms c3, rigidly attached to the said flange c', said arms being bent round rectangularly at the top and engaging the vertical rods d d at c2. The rods cl d may be provided with helical springs el d', on which the collars c2 rest,

said springs being compressed when the litter 4 c is depressed and being adapted when the latter is released to press it upward. The match-projector la is arranged at the top of the receptacle a and propelled forward by l the arm h2 of a bell-crank lever'h h2, Working in a slot in said projector, said lever being pivoted to the front wall of the receptacle at h and having actuating-spring t', attached at its lower end to the horizontal 'arm h and at its upper end to a bracket Z3, screwed to the side ofthe receptacle a. The bracket Z3 carries, further, the spring l, having an upwardlyprojecting hooked arm Z Z2, forming the re-l taining-catch for the projector la when the latter is drawn back previous to discharging thematch. i

The liange c of the match-litter c carries a vertical arm e, rigidly attached thereto and having a pin e at its upperend. serves a double purpose: First, when the lifter c is drawn-down (by hand) it engages on the arm h of the bell-crank lever h h2, depressing the same, stretching the spring 1l, and retracting the projector 7c', and, second, when the lifter is raised either by the springs d d or The pin c by hand (if for the sake of simplifying tl1e' apparatus these springs are omitted) the said pin e engages under the hook Pof the springcatch l Z', thus raisingthe same and releasing the projector. The friction-surfaces z are mounted on a spring e2 at the discharge-hole z3 for the match and serve to ignite the latter as it is discharged, clamping its tail end, however, through their spring e2 to prevent the match from falling out altogether. In case the springs d d are employed, and in order to prevent a too-rapid rising of the lifter underthe inliuence of the same after it has been depressed,it is advisable to employ some form of breaking or check device-such, for instance, as shown in Fig. G. The lifter cis provided with a vertical rack j, having stationary guide-piece f at its back and engaging with a pinion g', fixed on a spindle g, supported in the sides a a of the receptacle a, underneath the latter. Fixed to the spindle ICO g is a ratchet-wheel g2, and loosely mounted on the same a spur-wheel g3, carrying on its face a pawl g4 to engage said ratchet-wheel.

AThe spur-wheel g3 gears with a pinion gs,

The device operates in the following man-V ner: Matches, preferably wax vestas, are placed into the receptacle a with their heads toward that side of the same on which the igniting-surfaces z are fixed. The flange c is now pressed downward by hand until the pin ehas sufficiently depressed the arm hof the bell-crank lever 71. h2 to bring the projector c under the catch Z Z, Fig. 4. When this has been accomplished, the uppergrooved edge of the lifter will be at the bottom ofthe receptacle a, and on being released will rise,

taking with it a match, as shown in Fig. 4. It now continues to rise under the action of the springs CZ CZ and checking mechanism until it has lifted the match into the line of discharge of the projector. At the same moment, however, `the pin e of arm e engages under the hook Z2 of the spring-catch ZZ', raising vthe latter and releasing th-e projector,'

which flies forward under the action of the spring t', thus discharging the match at z3,

the same being ignited as its head passes the spring-pressed friction-surfaces a', which also f serve to clamp the tail end ofthe same fast, retaining it in the position shown in Fig. 1. On this device, as previously indicated, the springs CZ and check mechanism may be omitted, if it is desired to simplify the mechanism, for instance, in order to produce a cheaper article.

I claim as my inventionl. An automatic match-ignitor composed of a match-receptacle with inclined bottom and a slot at the lower end thereof, a match-lifter movable vertically in said slot and having at the top a groove for receiving a match, a match-projector guided horizontally in the line, intowhich the match is raised by the lifter when being at the top of its course, an elbow-leverin connection with and operating the projector, a spring acting on the lever to drive the projector against the tail end of the match when raised, a spring-catch arranged to retain the projector rearward of the match, a pin in rigid connection with the matchlifter and adapted on descending to operate the said lever to retract the projector and on rising to disengage the catch from the projector, and frictional spring-pressed surfaces placed in a line with the path of the projector and adapted to ignite the match when it is thrust along the same, substantially as described.

2. An automatic match-ignitor composed 0f a match-receptacle ct, having inclined bottom a3 and slot a4, a vertically-movable matchlifterc, having a groove at the top, a matchprojector la', having guide-rods k, abell-crank lever h h2, pivoted at h and having spring t', a spring retaining-catch Zv Z, having hook Z2, a rigid arm e on the match-lifter having pin e', f rictional spring-surfaces at the discharge"- opening for the match, springs d', in connection with the lifter, to raise the same, and suitable check mechanism to prevent the too sudden action of said springs, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

RUDOLF SENNER.

Witnesses HENRI EBERLE. AD. DIAMANTZ.

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