Improvements in or connected with Cigars and the like.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Jan., 1899-Accepted, 25th Feb.,
1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Cigars and the like.
We, PHILIP FANTA TEISER and ARMIN POLLAK, Manufacturers, both of 100,
Mayo Street, in the City of Richmond, County of Henrico and State of Virginia,
United States of America, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
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Our invention relates to cigars, and consists in a oigar embodying a longi-
tudinally disposed stick of fragrant material calculated to impart its fragrance
to the tobacco forming the bunch of the cigar and thereby materially improve the
flavour of the same; the said stick being designed to be withdrawn when the cigar
is to be smoked so as to leave a clear smoke passage and enable the cigar to smoke
freely no matter how hard the tobacco forming the bunch is packed.
Irrespective of the material of which the stick is formed, the invention also
consists in the combination of the bunch, a removable stick resting in the longi-
tudinal centre of the bunch and extended from the mouth end thereof, and a
wrapper surrounding the bunch and the extended portion of the stick whereby
the end of the wrapper is held against casual unwrapping and the extended end
of the stick is covered and the stick is held against casual movement or displace-
ment.
The invention will be fully understood from the following description and
claims when taken in conjunction with the annexed drawings, in which:
Fig. 1 is a longitudinal-central section of a cigar embodying our improvements.
Fig. 2 is a detail view of the stick removed from the cigar.
Figures 3 and 4 are longitudinal-central sections illustrating slight modifications
of the invention.
Fig. 5 is a longitudinal-central section of a cigar of the cheroot type con-
taining a modified form of stick.
Referring by letter to said drawings, and more particularly to Figures 1 and 2
thereof;
A is the bunch of a cigar, B is the wrapper, and C is the stick. The bunch A
may be and preferably is composed of scrap tobacco which may be of an inferior
grade, and is rolled or formed around the stick C which preferably occupies the
longitudinal-centre of the cigar and is of a greater length than the bunch so as
to extend from that end of the same which is designed to be lighted slightly
beyond the mouth end as indicated by a. The wrapper B is applied to the bunch
in the usual manner, being rolled around said bunch and extended beyond the
month end of the same in order to cover the extended portion a of the stick to
which it is pasted if necessary to hold it against casual unwrapping and at the
same time prevent casual movement or displacement of the stick.
The stick C may be formed of any suitable material, although fragrant material,
which will impart its fragrance to the tobacco and thus materially improve the
flavor of the same, is preferred. A material eminently adapted to the purpose is
the stem of Havana or other fine quality of tobacco leaf, which, while easily pro-
curable and cheap, is fragrant and is calculated to impart its fragrance and fino
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flavor to the inferior quality of tobacco composing the bunch A and thereby
materially improve the flavor of the cigar as a whole.
As before stated the stick C is arranged to occupy the longitudinal-centre of
the cigar, consequently it tends to hold the scrap tobacco away from the longi-
tudinal centre of the cigar where the same is liable to pack lightly, and when it
is withdrawn it leaves a clear smoke passage in the cigar and enables the same
to smoke freely. The stick also serves to lessen the liability of the cigar bending
and thereby prevents. breaking of the wrapper which ordinarily attends bending
of the cigar.
When it is desired to withdraw the stick C of tobacco stem from the cigar, it is
simply necessary to break the wrapper -B at about the point marked when the
portion a of the stem may be grasped in the fingers and said stem easily pulled
out of the cigar. This may be done without injury to the cigar, and leaves the
same ready to be smoked.
The construction shown in Fig. 3 is similar to that shown in Fig. 1 except that
'the' extended portion a¹ of the stick C, with the wrapper covering the same, is
-bent so as to lie at right angles or approximate right angles to the main portion
of the stem and the cigar and afford a finger grasp to facilitate the withdrawal of
the stick from the cigar. Such bending of the stick of tobacco stem may be
readily effected' after the same is slightly dampened.
In the embodiment of the invention shown in Fig. 4, the stick C³ of tobacco
stem is extended beyond that end of the cigar which is designed to be lighted
as indicated by a³, and the extended portions of the stick and wrapper at the
mouth end of the cigar are dispensed with.
In Fig. 5 we have disclosed a modified form of stick C which is designed more
particularly for use in that type of cigars known as cheroots. This stick C³ is
formed of cherry, cedar, rosewood or other fragrant wood calculated to impart
its fragrance to the tobacco of the bunch, and it is made up of a straight shank c
of about the length shown, and a head a³ which is flat on its inner side to bear
against the square end of the cheroot and protect the same against breakage.
The shank of the stick C is introduced into the cheroot from the mouth end
thereof after the cheroot is formed, and it occupies the longitudinal-centre of the
cheroot and tends to hold the scrap tobacco away from the centre of the same,
whereby when it is withdrawn a clear smoke passage will be afforded in the
cheroot. Its head also serves to protect the square end of the cheroot against
breakage as will be readily appreciated.
In all of the several embodiments of our invention, the stick is tapered to a
point at its inner end. This is done, when the stick is formed by a tobacco stem,
by moistening and rolling the stem to a point.
It is desirable to have the sticks tapered toward their inner ends since it per-
mits of them being easily withdrawn from a cigar without liability of tearing or
otherwise damaging the same.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is: :-
1 The improved article of manufacture described comprising a cigar, and a
removable, longitudinally-disposed fragrant stick arranged in the cigar for the
twofold purpose of imparting fragrancy to the cigar and forming a draft passage
therefor, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
2 The improved article of manufacture described comprising a cigar, and a
removable, longitudinally-disposed fragrant stick arranged in and occupying the
longitudinal centre of the cigar and having one of its ends extended beyond an
end of the bunch thereof so that it may be drawn out to form a draft passage,
substantially as specified.
3 The improved article of manufacture described comprising a cigar, and a

page_text: removable, longitudinally-disposed, fragrant tobacco stem arranged in the bunch
of the cigar and having one of its ends extended beyond one end thereof whereby
it may be drawn out to form a draft passage, substantially as specified.
4 In a cigar, the bunch, the tobacco stem calculated to impart its fragrance
to the tobacco forming the bunch; said stem occupying the longitudinal centre
of the bunch and extended beyond the mouth end of the same so that it may be
drawn out to form a draft passage, and a wrapper surrounding the bunch and
the extended portion of the tobacco stem, substantially as specified.
5-The combination in a cigar, of the bunch, a removable stick occupying the
longitudinal-centre of the bunch and extended beyond the mouth end of the
same so that it may be drawn out to form a draft passage, and a wrapper sur-
rounding the bunch and the extended portion of the stick, substantially as specified.
Dated this 4th day of January 1899.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.