Patent Publication Number: US-6708409-B2

Title: Cigar cutting device

Description:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION 
     The present invention relates to a cigar cutting device that has two rotatable holding rings and two assist members can be pivoted from the ring so that the user may use three fingers to cut the cigar. 
     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     A conventional cigar cutting device is shown in FIG.  6  and includes a body  10  with two blades  11  movably engaged two open ends of the body  10 . Each blade  11  has a holding ring  13  and an aperture  12  is defined through the body  10  so that an end of a cigar is inserted in the aperture  12 . The user may insert a finger in each of the rings  13  to move the two blades  11  toward each other to cut the cigar. In order to check how long of the cigar is to be cut, the user has to turn the cutting device to see how much length of the end of the cigar extends from the other side of the body  10 . This is inconvenient for the user because the hand which has two fingers in the holding rings is also rotated. Besides, when the end of the cigar to be cut is stiff and hard to cut, the fingers are suffered by high pressure. Furthermore, there is a gap between the two blades  11  and when the two blades  11  cut the cigar from two opposite directions, the gap reduces the efficiency of the cut. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     The present invention relates to a cigar cutting device and includes a body having an aperture and two blades are movably inserted in two open ends of the body. A first end of each of the blades is located in the aperture and a base is connected to a second end of each of the blades. A holding ring is rotatably connected to each of the two bases. 
     The primary object of the present invention is to provide a cigar cutting device wherein the holding fingers are rotatable relative to the body. 
     Another object of the present invention is to provide a cigar cutting device wherein the holding ring has two assist members so that the user may use three fingers to operate the holding ring. 
    
    
     The present invention will become more obvious from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings which show, for purposes of illustration only, a preferred embodiment in accordance with the present invention. 
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
     FIG. 1 is an exploded view to show the cigar cutting device of the present invention; 
     FIG. 2 is a perspective view to show the cigar cutting device of the present invention; 
     FIG. 3 shows that the two sides of the two blades of the cigar cutting device are urged between two urging plates; 
     FIG. 4 shows two assist members are pivotably connected to the holding ring of the cigar cutting device of the present invention; 
     FIG. 5 shows the two halves of the holding ring for being engaged with the two assist members; and 
     FIG. 6 shows a conventional cigar cutting device. 
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
     Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, the cigar cutting device of the present invention comprises a body  20  which is composed of two parts and an aperture  21  is defined through the body  10 . Two blades  22  are movably inserted in two open ends of the body  20  and a first end of each of the blades  22  is located in the aperture  21 . Two pairs of urging plates  24  are connected to a periphery of the aperture  21  in the body  20  and two sides of the two blades  11  are inserted between the two gaps of the two pairs of urging plates  24  as shown in FIG. 3 so that the two blades  22  are close together when cutting. 
     A base  23  is connected to a second end of each of the blades  22 . A first holding ring  30  and a second holding ring  300  are respectively and rotatably connected to the two bases  23 . Each of the first holding ring  30  and the second holding ring  300  has an insertion  32  which is rotatably inserted in the opening  232 . A flange  321  extends radially from each of the insertions  32  and is sized to be rotatably engaged with a recessed area  231  in the opening  232  so that the insertions  32  will not be disengaged from the openings  232 . 
     Each of the insertions  32  has a recess  322  defined radially therein and a spring  323  and a bead  324  are received in the recess  322 . A plurality of dents  233  are defined in an inside of the opening  232  of each of the bases  23  and the bead  324  is engaged with one of the dents  233 . Therefore, when an end of a cigar (not shown) is inserted in the aperture  21 , the user simply rotates the cigar to let the body  20  be rotated between the two holding rings  30 ,  300  so that he/she can check the length to be cut of the cigar. 
     Referring to FIGS. 4 and 5, two assist members  40  are pivotally connected two an outer periphery of the second holding ring  300 . Each of the assist member  40  has a shaft  41  at an end thereof and the second holding ring  300  is composed of two ring-shaped halves  31 ,  33 . The shaft  41  are engaged with two respective holes  331  in the two halves  31 ,  33  so that the two assist members  40  are engaged between which the two halves  31 ,  33  of the second holding ring  30  as shown in FIG. 2. A positioning recess  42  is defined in each of the two respective ends of the two assist members  40 . The half  31  has a protrusion portion  310  and two recesses  332  are respectively defined in two ends of the protrusion portion  310 . Each of the two recesses  332  has a spring  333  and a bead  334  received therein and the beads  334  are engaged with the positioning recesses  42  when the two assist members  40  are not pivoted outward. Therefore, when the two assist members are pivoted outward, the user may use three fingers to operate the second holding ring  300 . 
     While we have shown and described the embodiment in accordance with the present invention, it should be clear to those skilled in the art that further embodiments may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.