improvements in Cigars.
Year: 1894

page_text: improvements in Cigars.
A communication from ARTHUR BOLLARD, of 199, Yonge Street, City of
Toronto, County of York, Ontario, Canada, Merchant.
I, ALFRED JULIUS BOULT of 323 High Holborn in the County of Middlesex,
Chartered Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The object of the invention is to produce a- cigar in which the nicotine, oil,
resinous and other substances which are not burned or destroyed by the burning of
the cigar may be absorbed and retained, so as not to enter the mouth of the smoker,
also to prevent any particles of tobacco being drawn through into the mouth,
such as when cigars are made of scraps, and it consists, essentially, of a piece of
sponge or other absorbent material embodied in the cigar near its pointed or
mouth end which will absorb the deleterious substances driven to the mouth end
of the cigar by the combustion of the other end, substantially as hereinafter more
particularly described.
Figure 1, is a perspective view of the cigar.
Figure 2, is a longitudinal sectional perspective view through the centre of the
cigar showing the piece of sponge in place.
Figure 3, is a detail of the piece of sponge or absorbent material.
Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different figures.
Fig. 1, shows a cigar A, the dotted lines showing the position of the piece of
sponge B, near the pointed or mouth end C, of a cigar of ordinary construction.
In Fig. 2, the cigar A, is shown split open, in which D, is the wrapper, and
E, the covering for the fillers F, as in a cigar of ordinary construction. The piece
of sponge B, is shown in place as it is rolled in the fillers in the body of the cigar.
This piece of sponge is preferably of oblong cylindrical form as indicated, and may
be of any absorbent material, other than sponge, which is capable of readily
absorbing the nicotine, which is not consumed or destroyed, as well as the
empyreumatic oil, carbonic acid and water, ammonia, and the bitter resinous and
other substances which are forced down to the mouth end of the cigar when it is
burning from its opposite end. This invention prevents any of these deleterious
substances from entering the mouth of the smoker, improves the quality of the
smoke and affords a sweet smoking and wholesome cigar. Sufficient distance is
left between the end of the absorbent material and end of the cigar, to admit of
the tip being cut off as usual before the cigar is lit; in the case of long fillers being
used, the absorbent material is placed at such a distance from the pointed or mouth
end of the cigar as to permit the end of the absorbent material being seen when the
tip is cut off. When, however, the fillers are short and broken, the absorbent
material is located further away from the mouth end and may not be apparent,
when the tip is cut off, but prevents the small pieces of tobacco, of which the
fillers are composed, from entering the mouth.
The end of the cigar may or may not be cut off at the tip so as to show the piece
of sponge.
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The piece of sponge or absorbent material may also, if desired, be treated with
medicinal or chemical solutions, so as to still further neutralize the noxious elements
gathered at the mouth end of the cigar during the operation of smoking.
This invention is also well adapted for use in cheroots, as well as in cigarettes or
small cigars of all descriptions, the size of the piece of sponge or other absorbent
material being adapted to the size of the cigar.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion as communicated to me by my foreign correspondent and in what manner the
same is to be performed, I declare that what is claimed is :-
1. The combination with a cigar, of a piece of absorbent material embodied in
the cigar, substantially as described and for the purpose specified.
2. The combination with a cigar, of a piece of absorbent material embodied in
the cigar near the mouth end thereof, substantially as described and for the
purpose specified.
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3. The combination with a cigar, of a piece of absorbent material of oblong
cylindrical form embodied in the cigar near the mouth end thereof, substantially as
described and for the purpose specified.
4. The combination with a cigar, of a piece of absorbent material, embodied in
the cigar near the mouth end thereof, and medicinally or chemically treated,
substantially as described and for the purpose specified.
Dated this 16th dow of July 1801
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents for the Applicant.