US1110693A - Match-box. - Google Patents

Description

. L J. P. JENNINGS.

MATCH BOX.

APPLICATION FILED FEBJ, 1914.

Patented Sept. 15, 1914:`

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UNHED f f L'Ufrnnnivr. JENNINGSUAND Jon-N RJENNINGS, cs sTAnymGINIA.i i f f i i autobom imag concern 'i and JOHN P. JENnINGs", citizens `of the United a certain new and useful f 'linprovements `MatchBoXes, ofhwhich theffollowinggis a lL specification.

described character such "as maybe operatedr lto deliverl ya single match at a` timev and 1 v wherein the box will be automatically closed States7 residing at Star,i`n` `the countyof Carroll and Stateof Virginia'jhave invented This inventionirelatestomatch of suchfde- `more particularly to the" class `vicesdesi'gnedto be carried the pocket-. j j Theprimary object of the presentginven-1 tionisrto provide a; matchbox of the above upontheextraction of each match.`

The invention has as av'furthernobjeot to provide a single delivery match ,b oX wherein one extremity ofthe 5` the match, thusfpreventing accidental `loss `of `the match j upon its deliveryr"from the boxi Andstill a further object lof this invention l r" f istolgenerally improve theconstruction and i increase the eiiciency of devices of the above described'character. s

: With these andfother objects jvview,` the,

invention will be more fully descrbed, ,illus -In the drawings'--liigure 1iy yisfalslightly enlarged perspective' view f of our .improved "match boX especially showing the plunger for delivering the matchesfrom'the boXuaIldthe spring pressed closure plate forthe delivery opening. Fig,l 2 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the `plun'gerin normal-position `Fig. 3 is 'a transverse sectional-view taken on the line 3--3 l'of' Fig. 2, showing the foot :formed at oneeXtremity of the ejector; `said footy being provided ,withqshoulders engagf i i ing against thek inner faceof one edge of the i `boznand Figfis a fragmentary perspective 1 viewof a portion of the ejector showing the f operating sleeve r carried thereby and; the y Correspondingand Vlike parts are referred@y "z,- f iny all the ,views of the drawingsby the lsame* rl reference characters. i

f "In the drawings Vwherein weA fmatch ejecting -foot formed on the ejector.

to in the following description and indicated have illus- Be it knownthat we, Lucrinin'M,v

match may be project- Y edexteriorly of the box; and held.. i n suchf position vpending-the complete removalof vjtrated the preferrediembodimentof our' 'iniA Speciication qfizetteis Patent. Q -*Patented Sept,15;1912-L` l o Aiipiicaudafnegirebiuary 7,1914'. 1sepi1No-lsra3os'g j 'v" o' V ventionftheimproved"match box includes a casing- 10` preferably v formed of` suitable ysheet metalli Said casingllmay be of vany desired thicknessbut is fpreferablyymade relatively,v thin', as shown, so as.l not to bulge the pocletfand i'sformed with curvededges fl11 Thezwidthofthefbox maybe varied as desired vtoy increase its capacity and] will'be of ,suiiicient "lengthfto receive ythe"r ordinary match.` Hingedly connectedrv at`f12 tovv one eendy 13 of the c asiiigis fa cover "14, ysaid lcover normallyA 'closing kythe matchl receivingopeny i ing in the casing 10. a l Formed at fone extretion 15 adjacentonev end 16y of `the casing "10 isf a lateralflextension l177V said iexten` aayff a@ @agee-0a f sion terminating vin 'longitudinally disposed if i spaced ears 18 designed to khingedly support uponfa pintle19, a cover plate20, One exe.y tremity of sald platev is bent about the pintle 19 asshown at 21, the free extremity thereof i bearing against theend of the edge portion 15 and closing, in normal position, the de-V livery opening 22 formed inthe endportion 16 adjacent theje'Xtension A'spring 23 is seated by oneextremity in thefeXtension 17 the `intermediate portion 4of the spring being bent to extendabove the pintle 19 and beari ing bydits free extremity 24 against,v the cover plate-20 normally tending to `hold said plate inclosed position.'l i

l Slidably 4mounted 4uponvthe casing10 eX- V teriorly ofthe `edge portion 15 is a spring pressedy ejector 2 5. Said ejectorincludes a stem 2 6,.of a length to be received between `theend portions of thecasing 10, and has formed thereon at one extremity a. foot 27. Said @foot is slidably mounted Y in' a` longitudinally extending slot 28 formed in the edge :portion 15, the f reeextremity 2 9y ofthefoot extending within the casing a suiiicientv dis`- tance" to engage the end of a match and being laterally enlarged to provide' shouldersA 3() which bear against-the inner face of the edge portion 15 thus connectingthestern to the ico vcasing 10,VThe opposite extremity of the stem`2 5` is? mountedjto slide freely through longitudinally extendingb'ore 31A formed in ,theeXtension 17] adjacent thel upstanding ears 18. T Flieg:y extension 17T-thus forms a guide for'the [free extremity of the stem. 1

casingy 10 is an operating sleeve 32, saidy Securedftothegstem 26 adjacent ythe foot 27` and mounted to, slideA freely` uponthe i no f 7. A device of the character described inciuding` a casing formed with a `delivery opening, a spring-pressed closure for said opening, a springof the casing. j 8. A device of the character described in- Y cluding a casing formed With a rdelivery opening, ing and providing a delivery sion,jand

the casing7 sald ejector including a stem ar` ranged for movement Ain said guide" and the ejector is actuated, and n an operating sieevemounted upon saidstem and arranged to vembrace the adjacent edgev an extension formed on said casf1 guide, a closure-for the opening mounted upon said extent a shiftableejector mounted upon,

adapted tion as the ejector vis actuated. y 9. A device of the character ciuding a casing formed with a delivery opening, a closure for said opening,v anda shiftable ejector mounted upon thefcasing andadapted tomove said closure to open tor including `a foot extending within the casing, and a stem 'arranged exteriorlyof i the casing.

In testlmony tures 1n presence of two kW1tnesses.

"Witnesses c E. D. WORRELL, J.`DALT0N.

to move the ciosureto `open posi#` hereof We aiiix our signa-V` LUTHER M. JENNINGS.

described iny position as the ejector is actuated, said ejec- Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,` K Washingtonfl). C. i i

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