Improvements in or applicable to Cigar and Cigarette Holders;
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Sept.. 1891
Complete Specification Left, 7th Nov., 1891-Accepted, 12th Dec., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or applicable to Cigar and Cigarette Holders;
We, ALFRED PURTON ONIONS, of Factory House, Royston, in the County of
Cambridge, Managing Clerk and Cashier to the Farmers Manure Company
Limited, and WILLIAM THOMAS NASH, of North Lodge, Royston, aforesaid,
Manager of the said Company, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows :-
This invention relates to. an improvement applicable to cigar and cigarette
holders whereby the stump or unconsumed end of a cigar or cigarette.can.be easily
and quickly ejected from the holder. For this purpose we adapt to the interior of
the holder a piston or pusher of suitable material, a pin in the piston passing
through a slot in the holder to allow of the piston being moved to eject the end of
the cigar or cigarette. The piston is perforated and a thin strip of metal or other
suitable material outside the holder is attached to the pin in the slot and serves to
cover the slot to keep the holder airtight.
Dated the 26th day of September 1891.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION..
Improvements in or applicable to Cigar and Cigarette Holders.
We, ALFRED PURTON ONIONS, of Factory House, Royston, in the County of
Cambridge, Managing Olerk and Cashier to the Farmers Manure Company,
Limited; and WILLIAM THOMAS NASH, of North Lodge, Royston, aforesaid,
Manager of the said Company, 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 :—
This invention relates to an improvement applicable to cigar and cigarette
holders whereby the stump or unconsumed end of a cigar or cigarette can be easily
and quickly ejected from the holder. For this purpose we adapt to the interior of
the holder a piston or pusher of suitable material, a pin or screw in the piston
passing through a slot in the holder to allow of the piston being moved to eject
the end of the cigar or cigarette. The piston is perforated and a thin strip of
metal or other suitable material outside the holder is attached to the pin or screw
in the slot and serves to cover the slot to keep the holder air-tight.
Or the piston can be operated by a rod from the mouth-piece of the tube or by
a screw arrangement.
In order to enable our invention to be fully understood we will describe the
same by reference to the accompanying drawing, in which :-
Figure 1 is an elevation of a cigar or cigarette tube constructed according to
our invention.
Figure 2 is a section on the line xx of Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a similar view to Figure 2 but shewing the position of the parts
when the piston has been operated to eject a cigar end.
Figures 4 and 5 are similar views to Figure 2 but shewing the piston adapted to
be operated by a rod and a screw respectively.
We will first describe the arrangement for carrying out our invention as
illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 of the drawing.

page_text: a represents an ordinary cigar holder or tube, having the usual mouth-piece b:
is the piston or pusher perforated as shewn at d and which we adapt to the bore e
of the cigar holder. The piston c may be made of any suitable material, its
diameter being such that it can be moved freely, but without shake, in the bore e.
f is a screw-pin which passes through the slot g in the holder and into the piston d
so as to allow of the piston being moved longitudinally in the bore of the
holder.
h is a strip of suitable material attached to the screw-pin f for covering the
slot g
With a cigar holder or tube of this construction it will be seen by reference to
Figures 1 and 2 that the cigar is held in the tube in the ordinary manner. When,
however, the cigar has been smoked sufficiently and it is required to eject the
stump or unconsumed end, it is merely necessary to move the piston c by means of
the screw-pin towards the mouth of the cigar holder, as shewn in Figure 3,
which will cause the piston to push out the stump or unconsumed end of the cigar.
The piston being then moved back into its normal position, the holder will be ready
to receive another cigar.
In the arrangement shewn in Figure 4 the piston c is provided with a perforated
rod connected to the mouth-piece b, and its operation will be understood without
further description.
In the arrangement shewn in Figure 5 the piston c is provided with a perforated
screw-threaded rod and the holder is formed in two parts, the part forming the
mouth piece being screw-threaded to receive the said rod. The two parts of the
holder are connected together by the ferrule i in the manner shewn, by which it
will be seen that the piston can be operated by simply turning one part relatively
with the other.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
Lion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
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1. The combination with a cigar or cigarette holder of a piston or pusher
adapted to be moved longitudinally within the holder for the purpose of ejecting
the stump or unconsumed end of a cigar or cigarette, substantially as hereinbefore
described.
2. A cigar or cigarette holder such as a having a piston c, screw-pin f, slot g
and covering strip arranged and operating substantially in the manner and for
the purpose herein before described and as illustrated in Figures 1, 2 and 3 of the
accompanying drawing.
3. The modified constructions hereinbefore described and illustrated in
Figures 4 and 5 of the accompanying drawing.
4. The manufacture and use of the improved cigar and cigarette holders herein-
before described and illustrated in the several figures of the accompanying
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicants.