An Improved Cigar or Cigarette Holder.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Oct., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 6th July, 1889-Accepted, 10th Aug., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Cigar or Cigarette Holder.
I ARTHUR BOUVERIE STOPFORD of Mount Ararat House Richmond in the county
of Surrey Major in the Royal Artillery do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows :-
Evils are experienced in the smoking of cigarettes and in a minor degree of
cigars in the ordinary holders in that the smoke passes through the holder and is
or may be contaminated while if the cigar be held in and by the mouth the end of
the cigar is or may be bitten or injured and the cigar cannot be smoked right out
and it is almost impossible to hold the cigarette in and by the mouth and if it is
possible it is unpleasant and in this case also the cigarette cannot be smoked right
out and as cigars and still more cigarettes have frequently to be removed from the
mouth the fingers' are injuriously affected. Now the object of this invention is to
provide an holder for cigars and cigarettes in and by which these evils shall be
obviated and removed.
To carry out this object I take two pieces of suitable material preferably strips of
metal and I mount these two pieces by one of their ends in a block close together
and these pieces are so bowed as to retire from each other and then at a convenient
distance from the block come together again and abut against each other the ends of
the pieces beyond this abutment being again if required as generally they will be in
cigar holders slightly turned or bent back in every case however these ends at a
convenient distance beyond the point of abutment are so shaped as to be capable of
clasping and holding the cigar or cigarette transversely to the line of the same.
These pieces are so made as to form or to act as springs and when the bowed parts
are pressed together obviously the ends must open like jaws when the cigar or
cigarette can be placed between them and then the bowed parts are released and
the cigar or cigarette is securely clasped and held between the jaws.
The block on which these springs are mounted can very conveniently be formed and
fitted to slide in a suitable case as does a pencil or pen or sometimes a toothpick
whereby this holder can be carried in the pocket or the block may be fitted in or on
any suitable handle as may be desired.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Cigar or Cigarette Holder.
I ARTHUR BOUVERIE STOPFORD of Mount Ararat House Richmond in the county
of Surrey Major in the Royal Artillery 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 :-
Evils are experienced in the smoking of cigarettes and in a minor degree in the
smoking of cigars in and with the ordinary holders in that the smoke passes through
these holders and may be and very frequently is contaminated in and by such passage
while if the cigar be held in and by the mouth the end of the cigar may be and very
frequently is bitten or injured and the cigar cannot be smoked right out and it is
almost impossible in many cases to hold the cigarette in and by the mouth and if
and when it is possible so to do it is unpleasant and inconvenient and the cigarette
also cannot be smoked right out and again as cigars and still more cigarettes have
frequently to be removed from the mouth the fingers are injuriously affected.

page_text: Now the object of this my invention is to provide an holder for cigars and cigarettes
in and by which these aforesaid evils shall be obviated and removed.
In order the more clearly to explain my invention and in what manner the same is
to he performed to carry out my aforesaid object I refer to the accompanying
drawing wherein I have shewn three very convenient forms and styles of my cigar
or cigarette holder.
Figures 1, 2 and 3 exhibit one form and style, of the holder whereof Figure 1 is a
..longitudinal section when extended Figure 2 is an elevation also extended and holding
a cigar and Figure 3 is an elevation when closed. Figures 4 and 5 exhibit another
form and style of the holder whereof Figure 4 is an elevation when extended and
holding a cigaretto and Figure 5 is an elevation when closed. Figure 6 is an
elevation of another form and style of the holder.
1 take two pieces A of suitable material preferably strips of metal and I mount
these two pieces A by one of their ends close together in a block B and these pieces A
are so bowed as is shewn in the drawing as to retire from each other and then at a
convenient distance from the block B come together again and abut. against each
other as shewn at which abutment may be either a direct abutment as shewn in
Figures 1 and 2 or a cross abutment as shewn in Figures 4 and 6. The ends of the
pieces A beyond this point of abutment C are so shaped in any convenient and
suitable manner and design as to be capable of clasping and holding the cigar or
cigarette transversely to the line of the same and I shew in the drawing two very
appropriate methods of shaping these ends that is to say in Figures 1 and 2 where
there is a direct abutment the ends of the pieces A beyond the point of abutment C
are turned or bent backwards into. the form of jaws and in Figures 4 and 6 where
there is a cross abutment the ends of the pieces A beyond the point of abutment C
are turned or bent upwards also into the form of jaws and it is very convenient and
especially when this holder is to be used with cigarettes to broaden the extreme ends
of the pieces A'as shewn in Figure 4 so that there will be no danger of cutting or
tearing or otherwise damaging the paper or other covering of the cigarettes. The
pieces A are so made and constructed and fitted as to form or to act as and like
springs and therefore it is obvious that when the bowed parts thereof are pressed
together the ends thereof in both forms and styles of abutment must open like jaws
when the cigar or cigarette can be placed in and between these jaws as shewn in
Figures 2 and 4 and then the bowed parts thereof are released and the cigar or cigarette
is securely clasped and held by the jaws.
The block B in which these pieces A are mounted can very conveniently be formed
and fitted in any usual manner to slide in a suitable case D as shewn in Figures 1, 2
and 4 or the block B can be fitted on the end of a suitable handle E as shewn in
Figure 6 or can be otherwise fitted or mounted or formed in any usual and ordinary
manner as may be desired.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
The cigar or cigarette holder substantially as herein before described and shewn in
the accompanying drawing.
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HART & Co.