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US 4,199,324 AGranted
Match container having a remotely operable striking chamber
OwnerWalter G. McPeakinventor
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Abstract
A combination match retainer and igniter provided with an elongated striking chamber which is laterally expanded to receive an unlighted match in response to relative sliding movement in one direction between the retainer and its cover, and which is laterally contracted in response to said relative sliding movement in the opposite direction to grip the match preparatory to withdrawal and ignition thereof.
Claims3
A combination safety match holder and ignition chamber comprising:
- (a) a relatively flat rectangular match retainer (11);
- (b) a U-shaped cover segment (22) cupped over one of the rectangular ends (16) of said retainer to form an elongated ignition chamber (18) therebetween, said chamber having at least one open end;
- (c) a flat cover segment (23) forming an extension of one leg of said U-shaped segment and overlying one of the flat sides of said retainer, and
- (d) means (29, 30) for mounting said flat cover segment on said retainer for sliding movement transversely of said chamber in one direction to increase the distance between the proximate surfaces of said U-shaped segment and retainer end, and for transverse movement in the opposite direction to reduce said distance, whereby the chamber is expanded to match-receiving position and contracted to match-gripping position.
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