US65445A

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Publication number: US65445A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1867-06-04
Anticipated expiration: 1884-06-04

Description

C. R. STICKNEY.

Match Box and Candtestick.

Not 65,445. Patented Juhe 4. 1867.

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" CURTIS R. STICKNEY, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, CURTIS R. STICKNEY, of Hartford, in the county of Hill'tfOlth'Ii-hd State of Connecticut, have invented anew and improved Match-Box and Candlestick Combined; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 shows a side view of the improved match-box and candlestick combined.

Figure 2 shows a top. view of the same.

Figure 3 shows a vertical section through the middle.

Figure 4 shows a horizontal section on the line in n.

Like letters in the several figures indicate like parts.

My invention consists in combininga match-box and a self-acting candlestick in a portable form, suitable to be carried in the pocket. Also in the arrangement of the parts of the candlestick, and giving to the cover of the candle-tube a form proper to receive and protect the wick of the enclosed candle.

A is the tube or case forming the match-box, which is supplied with a cover of ordinary construction, with a hinge at a, and secured when closed by a snap at Z1. Bis the candle-tube, which is constructed as follows: cl is the' outside shell, to which is attached the match-tube, and to which the cover I) is attachedhy the hinge a, and which also has a snap at c for securing the cover when closed. 0 is an inside tube, which slides into the tube d from the top. It is shown in the drawings of the same length as the tube (Z, and is held in place by its friction on d, or by a projection on its lower edge catching into a groove upon the inside of the tube d. At the top the tube e has a lip turned over on the inside to retain the candle C, and prevent its being pushed out by the spiral spring 8, provided with a cap, f, which continually presses it upward. The cover D is rounded up in the middle so as to form a receptacle for thewick when the cover is closed, preserving it in a suitable condition for relighting. The candle C is pushed up by the spring s as it is consumed, so that the top is always at the same height. When it is desired to replace the candle, the tube e is removed by inserting some convenient instrument under the lip at the top and drawing it upward out of the tube (Z, when a new candle can be inserted and the tube replaced. The roughened surface E on thcoutside of the case is placed upon one of the tubes of the outside case in such a manner, as shown in the drawings, that the other tuboservos as a guide for the match passed along its surface and prevents it from slipping oil.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- I 1. I claim the combination of a match-box and self-acting candlestick when formed of two parallel tubes substantially as herein set forth.

2. I claim the combination of the tube e with the outside shell (Z, and the cover D, substantially as herein described and for the purpose set forth.

3. I claim the cover 1), having a receptacle for the-wick of the candle, substantially as herein described.

4. I claim the placing of the roughened surface E in such a position that one of the tubes shall serve as a guide for the match when passed over its surface, substantially as herein described.

CURTIS R. STIOKNEY.

Witnesses:

HIRAM G. Looms, Tune. G. ELLIs.