Improvements in Dies for Stamping or Branding Oigars.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Oct., 1896-Accepted, 19th Jan., 1897.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Dies for Stamping or Branding Oigars.
I, EDMOND NARCISSE CUSSON, of No. 146 Cherrier Street, Montreal, Quebec,
Canada, Cigar Manufacturer 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 :-
My invention has reference to a die, composed of a copper or other equally good
conducting metal tail piece surmounted by a steel die eithor solid or in several
pieces having raised letters composed of intermittent lines; the object of making
a die in this way is that a die made totally of copper has the effect of retaining
the carbonized nicotine of the wrapper on the surface of the letters so as to render
the same too cold to push the operations any further, the carbonized material thus
deposited being a non-conductor of heat or practically so. The letters of the die,
thus becoming clogged, have to be cleaned very often and this means loss of time
and extra labour; on the other hand the copper being more soft than steel, it has
the disadvantage of requiring a great deal of repair, this not being the case with
the steel letters. A die made wholly of steel not being as good a conductor of
heat as a copper die, takes a large amount of heat to keep it hot enough to singe
letters on the cigar wrapper, although the letters uever get clogged. Consequently
in adapting a copper tail piece, surmounted by a steel die, I have the benefit of the
good conductibility of heat of the copper tail piece and of the non-clogging letters
of a steel die, the copper tail piece keeping the die always very hot.
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe it by reference to
the accompanying drawing, in which :-
Figure 1 is a front view of a die made according to my invention :
Figure 2 is a section on line X-X of Figure 1:
Figure 3 is a plan of the die; and,
Figure 4 another plan view shewing the letters all on one solid piece of steel.
In the drawings similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several
views.
A is my die composed of a copper tail piece B surmounted by the steel letters,
inserted into the slot H on the top of the tail piece B, as shewn, and secured in it
by means of the set screws E which press it against the end I, the die proper C
having on its upper surface the raised letters F composed of broken lines, so as to
form dotted letters, the dots being either rectangular, triangular, round, square, or
in fact of any shape. When the wrappers of the cigars are very thin and have no
body; if the letters were formed of continuous lines on the stamping or branding die
they would not leave a permanent impression, while when the letters are dotted
according to my arrangement the projections forming the dots embed themselves in
the cigar wrappers and then leave a permanent impression.
All dies for stamping cigars have at present a flat surface and as cigars are round
it sometimes happens that these flat dies do not work satisfactorily; I therefore
make the raised letters slightly concave so as to insure a perfect contact.
The letters can be formed from one solid piece as shewn in Figure 4 or each
letter can be formed of a separate piece as shewn in Figures 1 and 3, the method
of securing them in place being the same, that is, by the set screws E passing
through the piece c.

page_text: The block I can be held in place by means of rivets or in any other suitable
way.
Of course the surface G of my letters instead of being made to stamp or brand
-dotted letters, can be made to stamp or brand full line plain letters if 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 :-
A die for stamping or branding cigars composed of a copper tail piece B,
surmounted by a steel die C composed of one or more pieces having raised dotted
or plain concave letters. F secured in a slot on the top of the tail piece B.by
means of set screws E and block I substantially as described and for the purposes
set forth.
Dated the 23rd day of October 1896.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.