Matchstick (device)
The match was a hand-held device and was used to smooth out substances filled in molds or vessels at the level of the edge of the vessel or mold in order to achieve a predetermined maximum and repeatable filling of the mold.
For this purpose, a piece of wood made from non-warping, wear-resistant types of wood of a fixed shape and size was used. In the trade in goods according to old measures and weights , for example, the matchstick for the ridge was slat-shaped, half an inch thick and three inches wide. In the case of the sester or double ester , the matches were two inches wide and three-quarters thick and between 16 and 18 inches long. In the middle on two sides there was a hollow about ⅔ inch wide.
The match for grain according to the ordinance of November 2, 1821 for the Austrian
- Metzen or half the length metzen had 2 feet plus 4 inches and the width of 4 ½ lines be
- Mug 5 ½ inches long and 1 ½ lines wide.
All matches should be 4 inches high.
The handling was done by saw-like movement on the edge over the mold. Before that, the material was compacted by striking it with a match and then putting it down hard, the impact. The use was the smoothing of fine bulk goods , such as grain , flour , other seeds and other goods, whose trade could only be sold in a coated manner. The contrast was accumulated. There was no other way of doing this with coarse goods.
One known use has been to wipe excess clay off the brick mold over the edge of the mold in manual brick making . A replacement of the match became necessary for 4000 bricks.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Law and Ordinance Gazette of Baden. Laws, Statutes etc., Karlsruhe 1829, pp. 8, 9.
- ↑ Joseph Jäckel: Zimmentirungs Lexikon for all traders and tradespeople based on the Austrian Zimmentirungsschriften. Anton Strauss, Vienna 1824, p. 198.
- ↑ Georg Kaspar Chelius: Measure and weight book. Jäger'schen book, paper and map dealer, Frankfurt am Main 1830, pp. 14, 278, 350.
- ^ Carl Friedrich Schlegel: Textbook of civil and rural architecture: for bricklayers and rooms. Heinsius'sche Buchhandlung, Gera / Leipzig 1852, Volume 1, p. 101.