US823036A - Self-feeding match-box and cigar-cutter. - Google Patents

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PATENTED JUNE 12, 1906. J. W. GRITES & J. J. WINE. SELF FEEDING MATCH BOX AND CIGAR CUTTER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT-14,1905.

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JOSEPH W. CRITES AND JOHN J. WINE, OF INDEPENDENCE, KANSAS, ASSIGNORS OF ON E-FOURTH TO CHARLES L. WOODS AND ONE-FOURTH TO JOHN W. GLASS, OF INDEPENDENCE, KANSAS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 12, 1906.

Application filed September 14:, 1905. Serial No. 278,471.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, JosEPII W. CRITES and JOHN J. WINE, citizens of the United States, residing at Independence, in the county of Montgomery and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Self-Feeding Match-Box and Cigar-Cutter, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to combined ,selffeeding match-safes and cigar-cutters, and has for its object to improve the construction and increase the efliciency and utility of devices of this character.

With these and other objects in view,which will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in certain novel features of construction as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which corre-' sponding parts are denoted by like designating characters, is illustrated the preferred form of embodiment of the invention capable of carrying the same into practical operation.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is aperspective view, and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional elevation. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the cutting mechanism and the receptacle for the clippings. Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional detail of a portion of the match-delivery slide, illustrating its construction more fully.

The improved device comprises a casing 10, having a hopper-shaped or inclined bottom 11, terminating in a contracted discharge at the lower end, and with a removable cover 13, preferably hinged at 14 to the casing. Disposed in the lower part of the receptacle and slidable therein and forming a closure to the discharge-aperture of the receptacle is a slide 15, provided with a stop 16 to limit its outward movement. Formed in the upper face of the slide member is a transverse recess or depression 17, corresponding to a single match, (represented at 18,) with the upper surface of the slide inclined slightly rearwardly of the recess, as indicated at19, to facilitate the entrance of the matches into the recess. Fin er-cavities 20 are also formed centrally of the slide and leading into the recess from opposite sides to facilitate the removal of the match after the same has been projected with the slide.

. Attached to one side of the casing 10 is a projection 21, having a longitudinal guide- Way 22 for a clipping-blade 23, the projection having a transverse aperture 24: transecting the guideway. The clipping-blade 23 is inclined at one side and passes the aperture 24 with a shearing action, so that a cigar thrust by its pointed end into the aperture and the blade actuated the end will be clipped, as will be obvious. The outer end of the blade 28 is connected to the slide 15 by a standard 25, so as to partake of the movement of the slide. Slidably disposed beneath the projection 21 is a drawer 26, adapted to catch the clippings falling through the apertures 24 and from which they may be removed when a sufficient quantity has accumulated.

The matches will be placed in the receptacle 10 and a loose follower-plate 27 placed thereon to provide the requisite pressure, one match being at all times in the recess 17. Then when the slide 15 is withdrawn the match which for the time being is within the recess 17 is carried outward with the slide, as

the matches are cut off by the front member or wall of the receptacle. The match in the recess outside the receptacle is then removed. The act of drawing the slide outward disposes the clipping-blade in position to act upon the cigar when thrust into the aperture 24, and after the operator has thus disposed the cigar he forces the slide and the blade carried thereby inwardly again, thus severing the cigar end and placing the slide in position to receive the next match into its recess 17, and ready for the next action. It will here be noted that the knife-blade 23 is active to clip the point of a cigar only when the match-delivery slide is pushed back into the box, wherefore the return of the slide is insured without employing springs which are liable to get out of order. In other words, the device is always in condition for delivering a match, as it is necessary to return the slide into the box to clip the cigar. The receptacle 10 is provided upon the lower face with a rubber or felt pad 28 to prevent abrasion of the counter, show-case, or other structure upon which it may rest, and the cover 13 is provided with an abrasive surface, such as sandpaper or the like, (indicated at 29,)

upon which to strike the matches.

represented in Fig. 1, While the remainder of- The device is simple in construction, can be inexpensively manufactured, and operates accurately and with certainty for the purposes described.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is A device of the class described comprising a match-receptacle having a transverse opening in the front thereof adjacent the bottom of the receptacle, an inclined partition extending downwardly and forwardly from the rear end of the receptacle with its lower end terminating short of the front of the receptacle and of the bottom thereof, a single deliveryslide working through the opening in the front of the receptacle and beneath bottom of the partition, said slide having a transverse match-receiving seat formed in its upper face and normally located between the bottom of the partition and the front of the receptacle,

a stop carried by the rear portion of the slide for engagement with the partition to limit outward movement of the slide, a ledge carried by one side of the receptacle and provided with a slot intersecting its front end and an opening piercing the slot between its ends, a bracket upon the slide, and a knifeblade working in the slot of the ledge and carried by the bracket, the free end of the blade being beveled and working across the opening.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereto ailixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH W. CRITES. JOHN J. WINE.

Witnesses:

E. C. BUSH, R. S. DEFENBAUGH.

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