Year: 1886

page_text: I, HORATIO KELSON BROMHEAD of 245 St Vincent Street, Glasgow, in the
county of Lanark, Scotland, Architect do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention is designed to avoid the necessity of carrying lights or fusees for
the purpose of igniting cigars cheroots or cigarettes.
It consists of a cigar cheroot or cigarette to the end of which is attached in any
convenient way some igniting substance similar to that used for the end of fusees.
It is therefore only necessary to take the cigar or cigarette in one hand, rub
the end of it briskly against some rough surface and place it in the mouth for
smoking.
The advantages of this mode of lighting the cigar are so obvious as scarcely to
require mentioning.
Separate fusees are dispensed with, time is saved, and the convenience and
comfort of the smoker greatly enhanced.
S. S. BROMHEAD,
97, Newgate Street, E.C.
(Patent Agent.)

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I, HORATIO KELSON BROMHEAD of 245 St Vincent Street, Glasgow, Scotland,
Architect, 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 :-
Cigars and similar preparations of tobacco which are so extensively used in all
civilized countries, have one serious defect, namely, that they require the appli-
cation of a separate adjunct, that is to say, a lighted match or fusee before they can
be enjoyed. It often happens that this requisite is not at hand, and the smoker
although well provided with his favourite weed, must endure the torture of
disappointment for want of the friendly fusee.
This invention is designed to avoid the necessity of carrying lights or fusees for
the purpose of igniting Cigars, Cigarettes or Cheroots, and to overcome the
objection of being unhealthy which sanitary objection is sometimes raised against
a selflighting Cigar, under the erroneous impression that the igniting end must
necessarily convey poisonous or objectionable fumes to the Cigar."
The method of practically working this invention is to form on the end of the
Cigar a deposit or attachment of igniting substance similar to that on the ordinary
fusee, but devoid of any material of a poisonous or injurious character, or capable
of throwing off unhealthy fumes.
In forming the igniting substance or composition, I do not confine myself to any
precise formula, but I claim as my invention, the use, for this particular purpose,
of any igniting composition of an inoffensive character, and which may be capable
of ignition on a specially prepared surface or otherwise.
By preference I form my igniting composition of the following ingredients,

page_text: When this is added, it becomes only necessary to take the cigar, cigarette, or
cheroot in one hand, rub one end of it briskly against some rough or chemically
prepared surface, and the Cigar is lit and ready for smoking.
Thus all trouble in hunting for matches is avoided, time is saved and the comfort
and convenience of the smoker greatly promoted.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1. The addition to any cigar, cigarette, or cheroot, of an igniting end or cap of
non-injurious and nonpoisonous character, which can be readily lit or caused to
burn, by friction or otherwise, substantially as described.
2. The combination of a cigar, cigarette, or cheroot with a fusee or selflighting
substance devoid of hurtful effects, for the purpose of effecting ignition, as herein
described & explained.