Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Oct., 1887
Complete Specification Left, 31st July, 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 31st Aug., 1888
I RICHARD LOCK YER HICKES of 1 Mitre Court, Temple, City of London, Gentleman,
do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be as follows :-
The object of this invention is to line or fill the mouthpiece of a cigarette paper with
a plug of common cane from which the bark has been removed; said cane from its
striated molecular nature serves as a filter to the smoke and from the bulk of cane
employed the smoke is kept cool.
The cane lined mouthpiece may be a separate article with a paper extension
gummed or cemented on the inner side for the reception of the end of a cigarette so
that by simply breathing into the capsule and pushing the cigarette into the extension
a little pressure will bind the two pieces together.
H. GARDNER,
166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said R. L. Hickes.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Cane-lined Cigarette Mouthpieces as Part of or Affixable to
Cigarettes.
1, RICHARD LOCKYER HICKES, of 1 Mitre Court, Temple, City of London,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
samo is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
The object of this invention, is to line, or fill the mouthpiece of a cigarette paper
with a plug of common cane, from which the bark has been removed, said cane, from
its striated molecular nature, serves as a filler to the smoke and from the bulk of cane
employed, the smoke is reduced in temperature.
The cane lined mouthpiece may be a separate article with a paper extension,
gummed, or cemented on the inner side for the reception of the end of a cigarette, so
that by simply breathing into the capsule and pushing the cigarette into the extension,
a little pressure will bind the two pieces together.
The annexed drawings will enable my invention to be clearly understood.
Figuro 1 is a section of a cigarette A, with a short length of cane B inserted in one
end, this being held in place by the nip of the paper envelope, or case, or by some
adhesive, previously applied thereto, or to the exterior of the cane prior to its
insertion into the case.
The cane, by having the outer skin or bark removed, gives a surface particularly
suitable for the adhesion of the paper, and from the striated molecular nature of the
cane, a free passage for the smoke exists, at the same time a filtration and a purifica-
tion of the smoke is obtained. The length of the cane, through which the smoke has
to pass, reduces the temperature and without in any way interfering with the
fragrancy of the tobacco.
Figure 2 is an end view of the cane showing its molecular formation. With some
kind of cane, or in some parts of the same cane, the passages through it are rather
too open or large for the purpose, in other words the draught is too free, and in such
cases I place a film of cotton wool, or any loose fibrous material C on the inner end
of the cane, or I first insert cotton wool, or its equivalent into a ferrule or tube of
paper and I cut this tube into short lengths and insert one of them into the case A as
a separate article, or in a piece with the cane, so that it occupies a position shown at
Figure 3.
Instead of placing the cane, or the cane and wool ferrule into the case direct, it or
they may be inserted into a sleeve D, this having a projecting barrel portion for the
reception of the cigarette proper as shown at Figure 4.
In the Figures already described, the exterior of the cane and of the paper tip are
of plain circular shape but other shapes may be adopted, such as, the many sided one
shown at Figure 5, or the outer surface of the cane may be fluted or ingrained for

page_text: giving an uneven exterior appearanco to the paper as at Figure 6 and whether it be
of the cigarette paper or of the sleeve.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The preparation and employment of cane, as a lining or mouthpiece to a
cigarette, as described and as shown at Figure 1 of the annexed drawings.
2. In combination with a prepared cane as a mouthpiece to a cigarette, the inner
body, such as cotton wool, as and for the purpose described.
The 51st day of July 1888.
H. GARDNER,
166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said Richard Lockyer Hickes.