Patent ID: 8091557
Filing Date: 2012-01-10
Classification: A24F

Abstract:
1. A device for lighting and extinguishing a cigarette and for recovery of an unburned portion of the cigarette, the device having a first container body which houses a lighter for a cigarette, the device further comprising: a cigarette housing located inside said first container body, said cigarette housing having a bottom at a first end thereof, and an opening part at an opposite end thereof, the cigarette housing having an inside suitable for containing the unburned portion of the cigarette therein; a second container movably disposed in the opening part of the cigarette housing, and being movable laterally with respect to a frame of said first container body by means of a guide, such that the second container body is movable out of the cigarette housing, exposing an opening leading into the cigarette container to permit the unburned portion of the cut cigarette to enter into the cigarette housing; a blade provided adjacent an end of the first container part and the opening part of the cigarette housing and placed on guides so as to be movable with respect to the opening part of the cigarette housing when the second container is disposed therein, such that a burning part of a cigarette is insertable into the second container body, the blade being movable with respect to the second container body to cut off the burning part of the cigarette disposed in said second container body and to close off the end of the second container part to contain the burning part of the cigarette inside the second container body, the blade having a hole in a back portion thereof which is alignable with the opening leading into the cigarette housing for allowing the passage of the cut cigarette into the cigarette housing; the second container body and blade being movable laterally with respect to a frame of said first container body by means of the guide to expose the opening leading into the cigarette housing to permit the unburned portion of the cut cigarette to pass through the hole in the back portion of the blade and enter into the cigarette housing, the second container body and blade thereafter moving back to close off the opening part of the cigarette housing.