US1235341A - Match-safe. - Google Patents

Description

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MATCH SAFE.

APPLICATION man on. s. 1916.

Patented July 31, 1917.

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MATCH SAFE],

APPLICATION FILED on. a. 1916.

1,235,341. Patented July 31, 1917.

F- .i 2 $HEETSSHEET 2 J y l OSCAR LEWIS, F WEINEBT, TEXAS.

MATCH-SAFE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 31,1917.

Application filed October 6, 1916. Serial No. 124,166. 1

following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in the construction of match safes or receptacles.

In carrying out my invention it is my purpose to produce a match safe of a simple, strong and efficient construction and which embodies a delivery means whereby to permit of the withdrawal of the matches singly.

It is a further object of the invention to produce an article of this character comprising a magazine proper having a hopper arranged therein which communicates with the slidable ejector whereby only a single match can be fed to the trough and further whereby danger of the frictional contact of the matches with each other or by the operation of the ejector will be effectively prevented, means, comprising a swinging lid or closure normally closing a delivery trough formed upon the receptacle, being connected with the delivery means, whereby the said delivery means will be actuated to bring a match to within the trough each time the lid or closure is moved to open the delivery trough.

It is a still further object of the invention to produce an article of this character which shall embody the desirable features of simplicity, cheapness and thorough efficiency.

With the above and other objects in view the improvement resides in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in the following specification and falling within the scope of the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a device constructed in accordance with the present invention, I

Fig. 2 is a central vertical longitudinal sectional view through the same,

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail sectional view through the bottom portion of the device illustrating the arrangement of parts when the slidable ejector is actuated to deposit a single match within the trough of the device,

Fig. 4: is a horizontal sectional view approximately on the line c-a of Fig. 2,

Fig, 5 is a perspective view looking to.

ward the back of the device and the back plate being removed, 7

Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of the hopper,

Fig. 7 is a bottom plan view of the ejector and the door for the trough which operates the said ejector, and

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the bottom member upon which the ejector works.

While the casing of my improvement may be molded or cast, preferably I construct the same of some strong, cheap, bendable material, as for instance, sheet tin or cardboard, and the main portion of the body that is, the portion including the front and sides, preferably comprises a substantially rectangular member which adjacent one of its ends, is formed with a substantially V-shaped cutaway portion and is slitted from the apex of the said V to the said end of the sheet. The plate is scored in a line with the terminal of the V-shaped slot, and bent upon the said scores to provide a straight front 1 and right angular sides 2, the lower portion of the said sides, by reason of the mentioned out, being projected beyond the front 1 providing angular extensions 3 for the said sides, and by reason of the said V-shaped cut the front 1 terminates a suitable distance above the lower edges of the sides 2 and the extensions thereof. The free edges of the sides 2 are formed, at suitable spaced intervals, with bendable tongues t which are adapted to be received in slits provided adjacent the opposite longitudinal edges of the back member 5 and bent against the said back. The back comprises a flat plate and projects a suitable distance above the top of the receptacle, said projecting portion being provided with an aperture 6 whereby the receptacle can be suspended from a nail: or the like.

The open top of the receptacle is provided with a pivoted door or closure 7 which opens against the projecting portion of the back 5..

Arranged within the receptacle is a hopper member 8 having straight end walls and angular side walls, the said side walls having their lower portions or terminals spaced away from each other and the hopper is of a length equaling the width of the receptacle and the ends of the same are provided with tongues 9 that are adapted to be passed through slits in the sides 2 and bent over the said sides to hold the hopper within the receptacle and the sides in proper spaced relation. The hopper 8 is arranged so that one of its angular sides may be disposed below the lower edgeof the front 1, and arranged below the said hopper 8 is a bottom plate 10. This bottom plate 10 includes an angular front 11 which has its ends provided with tonguesthat pass through slits adjacent the end of the extensions 3 of the sides 2 and the said tongues being bent over the said extensions. at an upward angle from the front 11 providing the bottom wall 12 of the trough 13, which trough provides the outlet for the matches as will presently be more fully set forth. The inclined wall 12 provided by the plate 10 terminates approximately in a line with the outer side wall of the hopper, and the said plate is bent at an angle below the outlet mouth of the hopper and has its end as well as its edges provided with bend able tongues'that pass through openings in the back plate and in the sides and which tongues are bent against the said sides and said back to efiectively sustain the bottom plate in the receptacle.

For closing the trough 13 I provide a door member 14, the same including a straight port-ion 15 and an angular portion 16. The straight portion 15 has its edges, at its corners, provided with trunnions 17 which are received in bearing openings in the sides 2 at the terminal or lower edge of the front 1, thus hingedly connecting the door to the receptacle and permitting the angular port-ion 16 to rest upon the inclined walls of the angular extensions of the sides 2 and so normally close the. trough 13. The door 14, upon its inner face, and at the junc ture of the angular and straight portions thereof is provided with a. pair of spaced eyes 1S18, the said eyes receiving the angular ends of rods 19 which are connected to the front plate 20, of the match ejector by inserting the bends in said rods into the ends of said plate, and to the backplate 24, by having their ends inturned as at 22 and received in the rolled edge 23 of the said plate, as shown in. the drawing. Normally a single match is received in the space between the front'and back plates 20 and 24: respectively of the ejector, and it will be noted that upon swinging the door 1% to its open posit-ion the ejector will be drawn for'- The plate is extended ward with the door causing the match to be delivered to the inclined floor of the trough and causing the plate 2% of the ejector to close the opening of the hopper and so permit of the withdrawal only of a single match upon each operation of opening the door and arranging the ejector in a position to receive a second match when the door is closed. Preferably at the end of the lower edge of the front angular wall of the hopper, there is arranged a suitable notch to provide for the passages of large headed matches.

, aving thus described the invention, what I claim is: a

1. A single delivery match safe, as herci n described, including a receptacle having a directing hopper thereinand being provided with a trough disposed below the hopper, a pivoted door for the trough, an ejector pivotally connected with the door, said ejector including two hingedly connected members spaced away from each other and disposed below the hopper whereby the space between the said members will receive a match when the door is closed and whereby the ejector will be drawn in the direction of the trough to deposit the match in the trough and the rear plate will be brought to close the mouth of the hopper.

2. In a single delivery match sate,.a substantially rectangular receptacle, a hopper having angular side walls in the receptacle, a trough at the lower end of the receptacle projecting outwardly from the said receptacle, said trough having a lower inclined all and a straight wall which is disposed below themouth of the hopper, a swinging door for the trough, an ejector arranged upon the wall below the hopper including two spaced members which are connected at their ends and the space between the said members being normally arranged at the mouth of the hopper to receive a single match from the hopper, and a pivotal connection between the outer member and the swinging door, whereby the ejector will be withdrawn toward the trough when the door is swung to its open position to bring a single match to within the trough and to position the rear plate of the ejector to close the outlet mouth of the hopper.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

osoan LEWIS.

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