US985833A - Match. - Google Patents

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c. H. PALMER & J. W. DENMEAD.

' MATCH.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 21,1909.

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UNITED sTarns PATENT OFFICE.

GHABLES H. PALH'IER'AND JOHN W. DENMEAD, 0F AKRON, OHIO, ASSIGNORS TO THE DIAIONID HATCH COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

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Patented Mar. '7, 1911.

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Matches, of which the follow-- mg is a specification.

This invention relates to of matches, and has for its object to pro:

vide a cheap andefiieient match having a composite splint of wood and paper arranged in superposed layers, whereby the wood reinforces the paper and serves to prevent the bending thereof during the act of striking the match, and whereby the paper obviates all liability of the separation and fallin of the parts 1n the event of the breaking 0 the wood, and, being of soft stock, absorbs suflicient parafiin, or the like, to insure the ready i 'tion of the splint when the head thereof is ignited.

Other advantages resulting from our invention will be hereinafter pointed-out.

In the drawingsFigure 1 is a perspective view of a match (enlarged) embodymg our invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view illustrating the improvement as applied to a match card. Fig. 3 is a view of an ordinary match book containing sections of the said .card. I

Referring to Fig. 1 of the drawings, a

represents two strips or layers of paper, and b a thin strip or layer of veneer interposed between the same, the whole being intimately cemented together to constitute a homogeneous stem or splint. The edges of the m terposed strip of veneer are exposed throughout the length of the splint so that when the latter is dip ed at one end into the usual liquid. ara theveneer, as well as the paper, is treated therewith, as at a, and also when the usual head of ignitible composition, d, is applied to such end, the compo-- sition comes into, direct contact with the wood, as well as with the pa er. Thus, it

v will be seen that if the head 0 the match be ers of paper not only cover and protect the the manufacture same laterally, but also obviate the otherwise liability of the separation and fallin of the parts in the event of the breaking o the wood while striking the match. Moreover, soft and absorbent paper for the outer layers may be used, in that the wood rein= forces the same and imparts the requisite rigidity thereto.

It is to be noted that paper matches are made ofcheap, soft stock in order to permit the absorption thereby of sufficient parafiin, or the like, to insure combustion, but such material, lacking rigidity, bends easily when the match is being struck. Also that veneer matches are necessarily made of selected straight-grained stock in order that they shall possess the requisite strength and rigidity. In the production of our improved matches, however, we are enabled to secure and combine the absorbent and rigid characteristics of paper and wood without recourse to expensive stock.

.In the practical manufacture of these matches we produce a thin sheet or layer of veneer in the .usual manner and cement to and throughout its upper and lower surfaces the layers of paper. We then sever from the composite sheet splints of proper length and breadth and treat them with .parafiiri and ignitible composition in any known or improved manner.

In Fig. 2 we have shown our invention as embodied in a match card, the splints (a) being only partially severed from the sheet of composite material so as to leave a marginal connecting portion a. The free ends of the splints are staggered or laterally se arated, as indicated, and then dipped m t e paraffin and ignitible composition.

In Fig. 3 we have illustrated a construction in which the match card is divided into sections and contained within a suitable. cover 6, similarly to the well-known match book; the parts being united by a staple, as f, driven through the folded end of the cover and the interposed margins of the confined Y .match comprising in its construction flat stri s or layers of paper and -a thin strip or ayer of wood interposed between the same, the whole being intimately cemented together to constitute a homogeneous stem or splint.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a match comprising in its construction flat stri s or layers of paper and a thin strip 'or ayer of wood interposed between the F lower surfaces of the wood, the whole being partially severed to provide a series of composlte match sphnts aving a mar inalconnecting portion, and the free en 5 of the- Splints being saturated with paraffin and up ed with i 'tible com osition.

igned at arberton 1n the county of Summit and State of l Ohio this 16th day of July, 1909.

CHARLES H. PALMER. JOHN W. DENMEAD.

Witnesses:

B. 0. Ross, D. J. KOONCE.

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