US2018970A - Pull-light book match - Google Patents

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Oct. 29, 1935. E. PARKER PULLLIGHT BOOK MATCH Filed March 5, 1954 Patented Oct. 29, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE PULL-LIGHT BOOK MATCH corporation of Ohio Application March 5,

7 Claims.

The object of this invention is to provide for utilizing the book match type of match cards in a pocketed holder which is provided with means to light separately each match as it is withdrawn from the holder, in accordance with the wellknown pull-light system.

The invention consists in a holder having an inside element comprising a base strip on opposite sides of which are series of completely formed staggered individual pockets for the reception of the several matches of a section of card matches, the matches diverging in opposite direotions from the card so as alternately to enter the staggered pockets on the opposite sides of the base strip, the several pockets being afiixed to the base strip, as by glue, applied between adjacent pockets; said base strip provided at or near its outermost end with ignition or scratching surfaces which serve to ignite or light the match 20 heads or tips as the matches are individually withdrawn from the holder; the package being completed by application of a cover creased to form a match-head receiving chamber, which heads are thereby inclosed in the cover, said inside element and cover being united by stitching or other suitable means, as I will proceed now more particularly to explain and finally claim.

In the accompanying drawing illustrating the invention, in the several figures of which like parts are similarly designated, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the component parts of the holder including the match card, before assembling, a part of one of the matches being broken away to show subjacent parts. Fig. 2 is a front 'view of the assembled parts, a portion of the cover and one of the matches being broken away to show the subjacent parts. Fig. 3 is a cross section on a larger scale, taken on line 33 of Fig. 2.

The holder cover I may be of paper or card board or other available material, and it is provided with the parallel crease lines 2, 2, which when the cover is folded about the match card 3 forms a chamber giving ample room for the safe accommodation of the ignitible or combustible heads 4 of the matches. The cover preferably is made without the usual end flap so as to expose the handling end of the matches to ready access and it is of a length sufiicient to support the exposed ends of the matches in carriage.

As is common the match card is slitted longitudinally, as at 5, to form the individual match sticks or splints 6; and these sticks or splints are connected at the end of the card opposite the head end by the unslitted portion 1. The sticks or splints are separated so as to diverge or pro- 1934, Serial No. 714,179

ject alternately in opposite directions from the connecting portion 1.

8 is the base strip, of fiat paper or other relatively rigid material, and it is of a length sufficiently less than the length of the card so as to 6 expose, more or less, the opposite ends of the individual matches. The base strip is provided at or near its outer end on both sides with friction or scratching surfaces 9 which serve to ignite the match heads or tips as the matches are individu- 1o ally pulled out of the holder or package and into contact with such surfaces.

The base strip forms the foundation for the crimped strips 10 and l I of paper or other suitable material. These strips I0 and II are of substan- 15 tially equal length With the base strip, and they are provided with alternating large and small crimps l2 and IS. The large crimps I2 stand off from the base strip and form separate pockets for individual matches, and the small crimps I3 20 afi'ord surfaces contacting with the base strip and glued or otherwise fixedly applied to said base strip and defining and isolating the several large crimps or pockets.

The pocketed base strip is inserted between the 25 alternating divergent matches so as permanently to separate the matches one from another and confine them individually in their opposite pockets, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 3. These pockets are fully and completely formed by the union of the base strip and crimped strips.

The assembled match card and pocketed base strip are inclosed in the cover I, which is folded about them with the creased portion affording a commodious chamber for the match heads or tips. The base strip and the pocketed strips are of substantially equal width with one another and with the cover, and their lateral margins l4 and I5 and I6 respectively are flat and by them said strips may be connected with the cover by any suitable means, such as staples or stitches I1, and be held in place in assembled position.

After the parts are assembled, the unslitted portion I of the card is s1itted,'as at 18 in line with the slits 5 which separate the matches so as completely to sever the matches individually in order to avoid the necessity of the tearing off of each match as it is to be lighted, as in the common book match card and to free each match from its neighbor and thus permit each match to be withdrawn from the holder and its head ignited as it is drawn against the friction surface.

The pockets give enough pressure on the matches to retain them from accidental escape and to force their heads into ignitible contact with the adjacent ignition surface. a

The cover has its front portion of a length sufiicient to overlie the pocketed element and its back portion extends just beyond the handling or exposed ends of the matches so as to support them in carriage and thus the matches are rendered easily accessible for withdrawal and light- The base strip 8 has its friction surfaces 9 arranged in longitudinal sections or lines separated by bare sections so as to have free spaces for gluing the small crimps on the base strip, as indicated at H]. That is to say, the friction surfaces lie on opposite sides of the base strip in lines parallel with the pockets formed by the large crimps, and the bare or frictionless portions of the base strip alternate with the friction surfaces just as the large and small crimps alternate with'one another. a

The outside of the cover may be supplied with advertisements or other matter.

No outside ignition surface is required.

Among other advantages of the use of match cards in the so-called pull-light match package is this, that it permits fully loading a holder with I all of the entire complement of matches at one operation instead of separately placing a single match at a time.

Variations in details are permissible within the principle of the invention and the scope of the following claims.

What I claim is: 1. A match package of pull-light type, com prising in its production a cover, a card of di-' verging matches'of ordinary book match character, and a flat base strip provided on opposite sides with fixedly applied completely formed pockets to receive the alternating individual matches, the base strip provided with a striking surface, the cover and base strip being secured together and the matches being severed to complete the formation of the package.

, receive the several alternating matches, the cover and base strip being secured together and the matches being severed to complete the formation of the package.

3. A match package of pull-light type, comprising in its production a cover, a card of alterwith the base strip and serving as attachingnating diverging matches of ordinary'book match character, a base strip inserted between the diand small crimps attached to opposite sides of 1 the base strip, the large crimps standing off from the base strip in staggered relation on opposite sides thereof and serving as isolated match-receiving pockets, and the small crimps contacting means for fixing the crimped strips to the base strip, the cover and base stri being secured together and the matches being severed to complete the formation of the package.

4. A match package of pull-light type, comprising a base strip provided upon each side with a. strip of crimped material secured to the a base strip to provide a plurality of match-receiving pockets arranged in staggered relation upon opposite sides of the base strip, matches inserted in said pockets with their heads adjacent to one edge of said base strip friction striking material associated with each of said pockets in position fastening means whereby the cover and base strip may be secured together.

5; A match package of pull-light type, comprising in its production a base strip, a card of matches of the character ordinarily employed in match books, the matches of said card arranged alternately upon opposite sides of said base strip and lying in staggered relation on opposite sides thereof, a strip of material appliedcver the matches on each side of the base strip and secured to the base strip between adjacent matches to provide isolated match pockets, and a cover embracing said parts, said cover and base strip secured together and said matches severed to complete formation of the package.

6. A match package of pull-light type, comprising in its production a base strip provided with spaced match striking surfaces arranged in staggered relation upon its opposite sides, a card of matches of the character ordinarily employed in match books, the matches of said card arranged alternately upon opposite sides of said base strip and overlying the striking surfaces of the base strip in staggered relation on opposite sides thereof, a strip of material applied over the matches on each side of the base strip and secured to the base strip intermediate the striking surfaces and between adjacent matches to provide isolated match pockets including separate match-striking surfaces, and a cover embracing said parts, said cover and base strip secured together and said matches severed to complete formation of the package.

'7. A match package of pull-light type, com- 50 prising a base strip provided at its opposite sides with strips having alternating large and small crimps, the large crimps standing off from'the base strip in staggered relation on opposite sides thereof and serving as isolated match-receiving pockets, and the small crimps contacting with the base strip, the base strip having lines of friction surfaces on both sides and lying within the confines of the pockets formed by the large crimps, adhesive receiving surfaces arranged on both sides of said base strip between said friction surfaces and to which the small crimps are secured, acard of diverging matches of ordinary book match character the individual matches of which are arranged in said pockets upon opposite sides of said base strip in staggered relation, and a cover applied to said package, the cover and base strip being secured together and the matches being severed to complete the formation of the package.

r LUCIAN E. PARKER.

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