MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF STEMS OR HOLDERS FOR CIGAR LIGHTS OR FUSEES AND APPARATUS THEREFOR
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
I, GEORGE ALBERT SWEETSER, of 35, Kennington Park Road, in the county of
Surrey, Engineer do hereby declare the nature of the said invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF STEMS OR HOLDERS FOR CIGAR LIGHTS OR FUSEES
AND APPARATUS THEREFOR" to be as follows:-
Hitherto the stems of cigar lights, fusces, or vesuvians have generally been made
of braided wood or of glass or earthenware for the purpose of preventing the
combustible part of the light from dropping off.
When glass or porcelain is employed, the stems are liable either to become hot
and so burn the fingers, or to break. When the stems are formed of wood with
wire braided thereon the burning of the combustible composition burns through
the wood and the wire becoming red hot frequently gives way under the pressure
employed in lighting a cigar.
The object of the invention is to manufacture stems or holders for cigar lights
which shall be strong, rigid at all temperatures, which shall not burn nor conduct
heut to the fingers and which can be produced at a very low cost and the
invention consists in manufacturing the stems or holders from a suitable plastic
non-conducting composition by moulding it over a wire or other core.
The non-conducting composition which I have found to answer well consists of a
mixture of glue and whiting, a suitable coloring matter being added as required, or
I sometimes employ any suitable plastic clay or earth.
For manufacturing the stems or holders I employ an apparatus similar to that
described in my former Provisional specification No. 12,551, dated the eighteenth
day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty four, except that only
one cylinder is employed, the cutters being arranged to cut the moulded material
into lengths sufficient to forin two stems and at each alternate motion to pinch the
composition so that the separation of the lengths may be easily effected after the
stems bave been dipped.
Dated this 2nd day of October 199.1

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
I GEORGE ALBERT SWEETSER, of 35, Kennington Park Road, in the county of
Surrey, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF STEMS OR HOLDERS FOR CIGAR LIGHTS OR FUSEES,
AND APPARATUS THEREFOR" and in what manner the same is to be performed, to
be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
Hitherto the stems of cigar lights, fusees or vesuvians have generally been made
of braided wood or of glass or carthenware for the purpose of preventing the
combustible part of the light from dropping off.
When glass or porcelain is employed; the stems are liable either to become hot
and so burn the fingers, or to break. When the stems are formed of wood with
wire braided thereon, the burning of the combustible composition burns through
the wood, and the wire becoming red hot, frequently gives way under the pressure
employed in lighting a cigar,
The object of the invention is to manufacture stems or holders for cigar lights
which shall be strong, rigid at all temperatures, which shall not burn nor conduct
heat to the fingers, and which can be produced at a very low cost, and the invention
consists in manufacturing the stems or holders from a plastic non-conducting
composition such as is hereinafter described, by moulding it over a wire or other core.
The non-conducting composition which I have found to answer well is made by
mixing glue or other adhesive material such as gum or like substances and whiting,
a suitable coloring matter being added as required; I sometimes employ, instead
of or with whiting, plastic clay or similar earthy matters.
For moulding or forming the stems or holders I employ an apparatus similar to
that described in my former Specification N° 12,551 dated the eighteenth day of
September one thousand eight hundred and eighty four, except that only one
cylinder is employed, the cutters being arranged to cut the moulded material into
lengths sufficient to form two stems, each length passing between a pair of grooved
rollers having suitable projections to pinch the composition, so that the separation
of the lengths may be easily effected after the stems have been dipped.
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 manufacture of stems or holders for cigar lights, fusees or vesuvians by
moulding them from a suitable non-conducting composition over a wire or other
core substantially as hereinbefore described.
2. The use of the non-conducting composition herein described for manufacturing
the stems or holders for cigar lights, fusees or vesuvians in the manner substantially
as hereinbefore described.