Matchbox

A matchbox is a container or case made of

There are metal matchboxes^[1] some of which also have a hollow cylinder in which a nitrated wick is housed so that it can ignite when it is windy.

The metal boxes have an scraper that is usually placed on the edge, in a slot made for this purpose. a sort of file that can be machined to the same metal casing or be a metal sheet, welded or glued.^[2]

In 1878.the patent document, nº 2191 class 44, was registered by Hannoversche Gummi-Kamm-Compagnie in Hannover, about a metallic matchbox, with the following text:

Patented in the German Empire on January 3, 1878.

The accompanying drawing shows:

Fig. 1 shows a section through the matchbox in the closed state;

Fig. 2 shows a section through the same in the open state;

Fig. 3 shows a section according to a b (Fig. 2). - Part d (Fig. 1 and 2) is connected to the outer shell of the matchbox by a rivet e, the lid f is also connected to the shell by a rivet g. The spiral spring h strives to open the lid. When the matchbox is closed, the lid at k fits with a nose into an incision in part d. If you want to open the matchbox, you press on point c of part d; The same then makes a movement at k (Fig. 1) in the direction of the arrow shown, the nose of the lid is no longer held and the spiral spring h causes the lid to pop open.

Patent claim: The described and illustrated construction of a matchbox.

Other types

There are other types different from those described above, made of

All matchboxes must have a scraper so that the head of the match can be rubbed against it to light it. Ordinary cardboard boxes have it on one or both sides. In tabletop or wall-hanged match boxes, the scraper is usually made of sandpaper, attached to the most visible part and at the top of the box.

Matchbook

A book of matches is a small cardboard folder that contains matches joined at the base and has a surface to be able to rub the matches on the outside. The binder must be opened to access the matches, which are placed in a comb shape and must be torn to use.them, unlike those in a standard matchbox where they are loosely packed in the drawer that can be slided with the finger.^[4]

Phillumeny

In English there is the term Phillumeny, which is the hobby of collecting different items related to matches, matchboxes, matchbox labels, matchbooks, matchbox covers, etc. ^[5]

In Japan, Teiichi Yoshizawa was listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the best collector of matches in the world.^[6] In Portugal, Jose Manuel Pereira published a series of albums to catalog and display matchbox collections called "Phillalbum".^{[citation needed]}

References

Further reading

• Steele, H. Thomas; Hiemann, Jim; Dyer, Rod (1987). Close Cover Before Striking: The Golden Age of Matchbook Art NY: Abbeville Press,
  ISBN 0-89659-695-8

• Silke Eilers: Zündholzetiketten als historische Quelle. Dissertation. Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster 2002.
• Handbuch der Phillumenie. Zündholzetiketten als historische Quelle; eine bildkundliche Untersuchung. (= Modern Imaginarium. 1). Ahlen 2003,
  ISBN 3-8330-0524-6
• Paul Fleischman: Das Streichholzschachtel-Tagebuch. Illustriert von Bagram Ibatoulline.
  ISBN 978-3-941787-20-9

External links

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• "From Early to Modern Friction Matches". History of Matches. Retrieved 2024-02-29.