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 SELDEN V. STOCKWELL SELT-LIGHTING GAS-BURNER 00, 395 �piece of the case, and ita arbor provided with a thnmb and finger-wheel. An instrument which we term the igniter is attached at its rear end to a little aibor mounted on the outer or top plate of the nosij-pieee, and this arbor is formed outside, with a thumb and fiiiger-piece, l, so that it can be turned, and the extreme end of this igniter extends to the outer end of the nose- piece, and is there formed with a slightly projecting lip, m, brought to a point or roughened on the lower edge, which bears on the match. The igniter is narrow, so that, when turned to one side the lip lies by the side of the strip, and when the end of the match has been pushed out beyond the nose, it is ignited by giving a slight vibrating motion to the igniter, which carries its pointed or roughened lip aeross the surface of the match. When the match has been ignited and inflamed, the flame can be continued as long as desired, by pushing out more of the match beyond the nose of the case, for it will only becomeextinguished when the flame reaches, or rather approaches, the end of the nose, which cuts ofl the supply of atmosplieric air which feeds the flame. The form of case above described is that which we deem best suited for general use; but, for lighting chandeliers, gas-burners, etc., at a height beyond the reach of the hand, we make the case in the form of a straight tube, n, into which the match-strip is inserted, the upper end of the tube being provided with a nose-piece, roller, and igniter, in like manner as the case already described. We wish it to be understood that, with reference to the matches, we do not limit ourselves to the use of any special material for the strip, nor for saturating the strip to make it bum with a flame, nor to the kind or preparation of material for igniting by friction. We have named the raaterials and preparations which we deem best, but, as there are many substances and preparations possessing equivalent properties, any of these luay be readily substituted without departing from our said invention, and, in fact, the strip may be prepared so as to be suflieiently inflammable to be ignited by the phosphorus without the use of sulphur. In short, our inven- tion does not relate to the preparation or combination of materials for pro- ducing a flame by friction, but to the structure of an inflammable match by which it is rendered continuous or repeating." �The claims were as follows: �"(1) The continuons or equivalent repeating match, composed of a strip of substance which, when ignited, will burn with a flame, eombined with the preparation of sulphur and phosphorus, or the equivalent thereof, which will ignite by friction, put on along the whole length, or, as the equivalent thereof, in spots, at given distances apart, along the whole length, substan- tially as and for the purpose described. (2) Piercing the strip with holes, and applying the material that ignites by friction thereto, to prevent such material from becoming detached therefrom, all substantially as described. (3) In the apparatus for using continuous or repeating matches, the nose-piece or tube through which the match passes, in combination with the vibrating igniter, or the eqai valent thereof, substantially as and for the purpose described. (4) In combination with the nose-piece, through which the match passes, the roller, or equivalent thereof, for moving the match, and the igniter, or the equivalent ��� �