Improvements in Cigar and Cigarette Holders.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Feb., 1898-Accepted, 30th Apr., 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cigar and Cigarette Holders.
I, HUGO WINDMÜLLER, of 57, Behren Strasse, Berlin, in the Empire of Germany,
Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly, described and ascertained in and by
the following statement:-
The present invention consists of a cigar and cigarette holder composed of
several sections having each borings of different diameters, said sections being
interchangeably arranged so that by interchanging the same a boring of any desired
diameter, according to the thickness of the cigar or cigarette being smoked, may
be placed at the open end of the holder.
And in order to render the present specification more easily intelligible reference
is had to the accompanying drawing in which similar letters of reference denote
similar parts throughout the several views:-
Fig. I is a vertical section through one form of carrying out the invention show-
ing the section detached and with a central tube to assist in holding them together,
and
Fig. 2 is a similar section of a modified form in which the interior tube is omitted
and the sections secured together by screw threads.
The mouthpiece A is provided with an ornamental ring B and with an interior
nozzle like piece G screwed into the mouthpiece, and to which is firmly attached the
tube D. E is one of the sections, having borings 62, 63 at either end of different
diameters, the central interior part of this section being adapted to fit tightly over
the tube D whilst the ends may either fit by friction into the corresponding ends of
the section F and the mouthpiece A or may be provided with screw threads as shown.
The second section F has also borings b, b¹ of different diameters at either end and
fits on to the end of the section E by friction or by means of a screw thread.
If it is desired to smoke a cigarette and the smaller boring say 63 of the section E
is to be employed, the section F is taken off, the section E then slid off the tube I)
and F affixed to the mouthpiece A. E is then slid on to the tube D with the
smaller boring outwards and fixed to the section F. In a smaller manner either
one of the borings may be placed at the end of the holder the screw threads are
practically unnecessary as the friction of the sections at their points of juncture will
be sufficient to keep the holder securely joined.
In the modification shown at Figure 2 the tube D is omitted and the boring of the sec-
tion E slightly modified but with the same result viz. larger and smaller ends 62, 63.
In this case screw threads are employed to connect up the sections and mouth-
piece and an intermediate piece G¹ is employed between the sections having its end;
ieduced and provided with screw threads which fit into screw threads on the interior
of the ends of the sections. This piece is inserted to enable the employment of
interior threads at both ends of each of the sections E & F and thus avoid the
disadvantageous appearance caused by the reduced end and exterior thread at the
outer end of the holder.
I have described two modifications of the invention but I wish it to be understood

page_text: that I do not claim particularly the method of joining the sections as this may be
varied in a number of ways without departing from the spirit of the invention.
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: Cigar and cigarette holder composed of several sections (E & F) having
interior borings of various diameters at the ends (b, 61 62, 63) substantially as
described.
2: A form of embodying the invention as covered by Claim 1 which consists:
a/ of a 'centrally arranged tube D fixed in the mouthpiece A and over which one
or more sections having interior borings of different diameters at the ends, may be
slid;
b of a mouthpiece (A) two sections (E and F) having interior borings of different
liaineters at the ends (b, 61, 62, 63) and internal screw threads at the ends and an
intermediate piece (G) having reduced ends with external threads and an external
thread to the mouthpiece, substantially as described.
Dated this 21st day of February 1800
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HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.