US980293A - Match-safe. - Google Patents

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MATCH-SAFE.

Application :Filed July 2, 1910.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 3, 1911.

Serial No. 570,032.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES ItorUs LAY- 'roN, of the town of Paris, in the county of Brant, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Match-Safes, of which the following is the specification.

My invention relates to improvements 1n match safes, and the object of the invention is to devise a simple, cheaply manufactured device of this class, which may be filled in bulk from the ordinary box at one operation and thereby save the tedious manner of tilling usually known to such match safes.

A further object is to make the safe of such a construction that only one match will be delivered or ejected at each operation.

A still further object is to provide a means whereby the matches may be always held in proper position for delivery.

My invention consists of a safe having a front delivery chute. an inclined hinged adjustable match holding chute, an inclined support for holding the same in its normal position, a delivery gate hinged in the front above the delivery chute and designed to coact with the lower end of the holding chute, a crank handle connected to the adjustable chute, wire eveners held above the holding chute and designed to rest upon the matches. the parts being otherwise constructed and arranged in detail as hereinafter more par ticularly explained.

Figure l, is a perspective view of my match safe partially broken away to show the parts involved in my invention. Fig. 2, is a longitudinal section through Fig. l. Fig. 3, is a longitudinal section of a modification.

In the drawings like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

A is the match safe having t-he side walls A', the back wall A2, and the front wall A3.

B is an inclined support, which extends at the front in the form of a curved delivery chute B.

4C is the match holding chute, which is held at C on the back wall A2.

D is a delivery gate, which is hinged at- D beneath the front wall A3 and is provided with a curved lower portion D2 and ending in an inclined straight portion D3.

D4 is a spring fastened at one end to the front wall A3 and normally exerting a resilient pressure upon the delivery gate D. The

holding chute C normally abuts the inclined portion D3 of the delivery gate D.

E is a lug secured to the bottom of the holding chute C.

F is a crank spindle connected by a link F to the lug E at the outer end of the crank. The crank spindle F is jo-urnaled in the side walls at A4 and is provided with the usual crank handle F2.

The matches are placed at the top of the holding chute C, such matches being placed from a box in bulk on the holding chute C and a wire follower Gr of sufficient weight is placed upon the top of the matches as indicated by full lines in Fig. l. The matches. however, are not shown but the position of the follower is shown- The follower consists of a wire in U-shape form, the looped end passing through slots A5 in the back wall A2.

A6 is an apron forming la guard for the hinge of the holding chute C. The matches all lie straight across the holding chute C and are held from top to bottom in such a position, so as to feed evenly by the weight of the wire Gr.

By turning the crank handle F2 the adjustable hinged chute C is thrown into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 and a match will pass down between the end thereof and the curvular portion D2 of the delivery gate D. By releasing the crank handle the holding chute is restored to the normal position the spring H acting upon the crank spind e F to this end.

It will thus be seen that the matches are held and delivered practically one at a time into the chute B and the handling of the matches in the safe avoided and the hand ling of and the consequent waste of matches as is now commonly done is obviated.

In Fig. 3 I sho-w a straight gate D5, which is held against the support B2 by a spring D6. In this ligure I also show a delivery chute B3 of substantially arc-shape form and located at the bottom of the match safe. The matches are intended to be taken out from the side of this form of chute. A hinged holding plate C2 is provided and the bot-tom of the plate B2 is provided with a widened notch or opening B4 through which extends an inclined plate H held in'suitable guide-ways H on the side of the safe and abutting at the top the plate C2. Spiral springs I are connected to the side of the safe at one end and to the plate H at the opposite end and serve to normally hold the plate in the lowermost position. F* is a crank spindle, which is designed to co-ac. with the plate H. The crank spindle is manipulated by a suitable crank end, so as to hold the crank, the plate H and the delivery gate D5 into the position shown by dot-ted lines in this figure when it is desired to d e-` liver a match. The crank and the lowermost match or matches are held on the bottom notched end of the supporting plate B2 and consequently when the plate I-I and delivery gate D5 are thrown into the position indicated in this ligure the balance of the matches are cut oif and a match is allowed to drop over the notched end of the supporting plate B2. This form is not quite as etlicient as the forni I have hereinbefore described, but shows a modification, which may be adopted without departing from the spirit of my invention. In fact various changes may be made in the form of the operating parts without departing from the spirit of my invention. I 4wish it to be understood in this specification that I do not wish to limit myself to the exact form shown.

What I claim as my invent-ion is:

l. A match safe comprising the case or -boX proper, an internal bracing and bearing support, a stationary delivery chute at the bottom end thereof, an inclined hinged holding chute for the matches located above the support and hinged at the back, a co-acting resilient delivery gate having a bottom for- A wardly projecting portion and means beneath the-tilting bottom and intermediate of the length of the same for raising the bottom of the holding chute up clear of the bottom edge of the forwardly projecting portion of the delivery gate, so as to leave a space between such bottom edge and the forwardly projecting portion specified.

2. A match safe comprising the case or box proper, an internal bracing and bearing support, a stationary delivery chute at the bottom end thereof, an inclined hinged holding chute for the matches located above the support and hinged at the back, a co-acting resilient delivery gate having a bottom arc shape forwardly projecting portion, and means beneath the tilting bottom and intermediate of the length of the same for raising the bottom of the holding chute up clear of the bottom edge of the forwardly projecting portion of the delivery gate, so as to leave a space between such bottom edge and the forwardly projecting portion as specified.

JAMES RUFUS LAYTON. Witnesses:

B. BOYD, H. PRESTON.

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