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UNITED
STATES
PATENT OFFICE.
SAMUEL H. SHIPMAN, OF WAXAHACHIE, TEXAS.
SINGLE-DELIVERY MATCH-SAFE.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 613,327, dated November 1, 1898.
Application filed May 9, 1898. Serial No, 680,162, (No model)To all whom it imay concern:
Be it known that I, SAMUEL H. SHIPMAN, a
citizen of the United States,residing at Waxa-
hachie, in the county of Ellis and State of
5 Texas,have invented a new and useful Match-
Safe, of which the following is a specification.
The invention relates to improvements in
match-safes.
The object of the present invention is to
to improve the construction of match-safes and
to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient
one adapted to be readily operated and capa=
ble of discharging a single match at each op-
eration.
15 A further object of the invention is to pro-
vide means for automatically agitating the
matches within the device, so that the carrier
or elevator for conveying the matches from
the supply to the point of discharge will be
20 positively supplied.
The invention consists in the construction
and novel combination and arrangement of
parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated
in the accompanying drawings, and pointed
5 out in the claims hereto appended.
In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective
view of a match-safe constructed in accord-
ance with this invention. Fig 2 is a vertical
sectional view taken longitudinally of the re-
o ciprocating match-support. Fig. 3 is a sec-
tional view taken longitudinally of the end-
less carrier. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective
view of the reciprocating match - support.
Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the up-
35 per plate, showing the upper face thereof.
Fig. 6 is a similar view showing the lower face
of the upper plate and illustrating the ar-
rangement of the fingers.
Like numerals of reference designate corre-
40 sponding parts in all the figures of the draw-
ings.
1 designates a casing having a flat bottom
2 and vertical sides 8. The rear wall 4 of the
casing slants inward, and the front wall 5,
45 which is inclined, is provided at the bottom
with a discharge-opening 6. The casing is
provided at its top and back with a hinged
section 7, connected at its upper end by hinges
8 with a fixed section 9 of the top, and the
50 lower end of the hinged section or door 7 is
secured to the back 4 by a hook and eye or
other suitable -fastening device.The hinged door or section 7 affords access
to the interior of the casing, and the matches
are arranged within a chute comprising a bot- 55
tom plate or support 10 and a top plate 11,
arranged parallel with'the bottom plate or
support, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 2 of the
accompanying drawings. The plates 10 and
11, which are disposed at a slight inclination 66
to feed the matches downward toward their
inner ends, extend from the rear wall, and
the bottom plate 10, which supports the
matches, is of greater length than the top
plate and is capable of a limited reciprocation 65
to cause the matches to travel downward.
The lower or inner end of the match-support-
ing plate 10 is bent downward to form a de-
pending flange 12 and is arranged to be en-
gaged by a carrier or elevator 13, which is 7o
adapted to convey the matches from the chute
and discharge them successively at the open-
ing 6 of the casing.
The reciprocating supporting-plate, which
is provided at opposite sides with longitudi- 75
nal flanges 14, is supported by pins 15, which
are arranged in slots 14a of the flanges, and
the latter preferably extend downward from
the plate 10. These flanges are preferably
constructed of separate angle-pieces and are 8o
arranged as shown in the accompanying
drawings, being suitably secured to the lower
face of the bottom plate.
In order to feed the matches forward posi-
tively, the bottom plate or support is pro- 85
vided with a series of angular bends forming
steps or ledges 10, arranged at different ele-
vations, and the top plate is provided with
depending fingers 1111, arranged in pairs at op-
posite sides of the plate and located normally 90
adjacent to the angular bends of the bottom
plate or support, whereby when the latter is
reciprocated the fingers will cause the matches
to drop from one ledge or step to another.
The depending fingers by being arranged 95
in pairs, as shown, engage the matches near
their ends and serve to hold them straight on
the support.
The upper plate is provided at its upper
face with longitudinal flanges 11b, having goo
slots or recesses 11C at their inner ends to re-
ceive supporting-pins 15a, and the slots of
both the upper and lower plates extend in-
ward from the ends of the flanges. The outer
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Shipman, Samuel H. Single-Delivery Match-Safe., patent, November 1, 1898; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth512060/m1/2/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.