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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEo
LOUIS SPENCER FLATAU, OF DALLAS, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS
TO E. B. GIVANS AND WILLIAM M. ROBINSON, OF SAME PLACE.
FIRE-KINDLING CARTRIDGE.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 547,635, dated October 8, 1895.
Application fied March 22, 1895. Serial No. 542,784. (No model.)To acZZ whom it macy concern:
Be it known that I, LouIs SPENCER FLATATU,
a citizen of the United States, and a resident
of Dallas, in the county of Dallas and State of
5 Texas, have invented certain new and useful
Improvements in Fire-Kindling Cartridges;
and I do hereby declare that the following is a
full, clear, and exact description of the inven-
tion, which will enable others skilled in the
io art to which it appertains to make and use
the same, reference being had to the accom-
panying drawings, which form a part of this
specification.
My invention relates to that class of articles
15 known as "fire-kindling cartridges," which
are composed of a non-combustible substance
saturated with oil or other burning fluid, and
which may be provided with a handle and
used as a torch.
20 The object of the present invention is to
provide a device of the above character which
shall possess superior advantages with respect
to simplicity in construction and efficiency
in use.
25 The invention consists, essentially, in a car-
tridge made in two sections, each composed
of coiled wire, with their outer end tapering or
contracted, forming a conical point, a sleeve
of coiled wire with which the inner ends of
30 said sections engage, and a filling of asbestos
or other material.
It also consists in certain novel details of
construction and combination of parts here-
inafter fully described and claimed.
35 In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1
is a side elevation of a cartridge used for fire-
kindling purposes constructed in accordance
with my invention. Fig. 2 is a central longi-
tudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a side
40 elevation showing one of the sections com-
posing the cartridge extended so as to form a
handle and adapted to be used as a torch.
Fig. 4 is a central longitudinal section of a
modified construction of the same.
45 In the said drawings, referring to Figs. 1
and 2, the reference-numerals 1 and 2 desig-
nate the two sections composing the cartridge.
Each of these sections is composed of coiled
wire and is cylindrical from its inner to near
5o its outer end, from whence the coils are gradu-ally contracted, forming a conical point 3, with
an opening for the retaining-arms hereinafter
described.
The numeral 4 designates a cylindrical
sleeve, also formed of coiled wire, and is some- 55
what smaller in diameter than said sections,
so that the inner ends of the latter can be
screwed thereon. Passing through the open-
ings in the conical ends of the said sections
is a securing device, consisting of a piece of 60o
wire bent over at its center, forming a loop 5
and two arms 6.
The numeral 7 designatesa filling of fibrous,
textile, porous, or other material capable of
absorbing oil or other burning fluid, asbestos 65
fiber being preferred.
The manner of using this device is as fol-
lows: The sleeve 4 is screwed part way into
one of the sections and the asbestos placed
therein, and the other section then screwed 70
into the opposite end of the sleeve, so that the
inner ends of said sections will abut against
each other and have the appearance of a sin-
gle piece. The arms 6 are then passed through
the openings in the conical ends of the sec- 75
tions, the loop 5 abutting against the end of
one section and the ends of the arms bent up
against the end of the other section, thus aid-
ing in holding the sections together. A hooked
wire or poker may be engaged with the loop 8o
for placing it in or removing it from a stove
or furnace.
In Fig. 3 one of the sections is shown as
having its conical end formed with a cylindri-
cal extension 8, which serves as a handle. In 85
this case the device may be used with advan-
tage as a torch by railroad men and others.
In other respects the construction shown in
Fig. 3 is the same as in Figs. 1 and 2. The
two sections having been connected together, 9o
as described, the cartridge is dipped in oil,
which will pass between the coils of the wire
composing the sections into the interior of
the cartridge and be absorbed by the asbestos
filling. Flame being now applied to the car- 95
tridge, the oil will be vaporized, and the gas
escaping between the coils of the wire will be
ignited.
In the modification shown in Fig. 4 the se-
curing or retaining wire is dispensed with to
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Flatau, Louis Spencer. Fire-Kindling Cartridge., patent, October 8, 1895; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth174112/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.