A New or Improved Combination Match Box and Cigar Cutter.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 21st July, 1893-Accepted, 26th Aug., 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Combination Match Box and Cigar Cutter.
I, FREDERICK FRANCIS STOKOE of 23 Lansdowne Place, Everton Liverpool
in the County of Lancashire, Gentleman, 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 relates to a new or improved combination match box and cigar
cutter and consists of a box or case composed of three parts, the two extreme parts
of which move over the central part provided centrally with a circular opening
through which the end of the cigar requiring to be cut is introduced; each extreme
part having a cutter inside the outer edges of which meet in the centre of the
opening aforesaid, or pass over each other, in order to cut the cigar, whilst these
same parts are furnished with a central semi-circular notch.
The right or left handed extreme part (as the case may be) is divided by a
partition into two parts and is made for that purpose of larger size than the other
part, the extreme end compartment being utilized for the storage of matches,
fusees, and the like, and being provided with a lid for this purpose.
In the accompanying drawings wherein like letters of reference indicate corre-
sponding parts,
Figure 1 shows the box in its ordinary position, that is to say when not in use.
Figures 2, 3, and 4 show separately the three parts of which the box is
composed.
The box consists as above stated of three parts a band C the latter part being
divided by the partition p into two compartments c and c¹ the first of which serves
as a receptacle for matches.
The part is centrally furnished with a circular perforation h, the edges of which
are preferably turned inwards, and carries inside two spiral springs s one at the top
and the other at the bottom, these two springs being fixed thereto in
any suitable
manner and bearing at one end against the end of part a and at the other against
the partition p.
The compartment c or match receptacle is provided with a lid hinged as shown,
but the same may also be arranged as a sliding lid. The parts a and C are
each provided centrally with a semi-circular notch n and n¹ and are furnished
inside with cutters d fixed thereto by means of their bent ends in any suitable
manner, their cutting edges being either straight (Figures 1, 2 and 3) or oblique
(Figure 4) according as they are intended to cut in one plane, or are arranged to
bass one over the other in order to cut in the same manner as a pair of shears.
For the purpose of igniting the matches any desired part of the compartment or
part c of the box may be provided with serrations, indentations or the like.
To make use of the box for the purpose of cutting off the end of a cigar the
aid end is inserted in the circular opening h, and the two ends of the box, shewn
u Figure 1, are pressed together, and the edges of the cutters n and bearing
against the sides of the cigar end, cut the same through. On releasing the box the
wo extreme parts will return, under the action of the springs, into their normal
position as shown in Figure 1. My improved combination box may be made of any
uitable metal and will form a handy article for the pocket, which, owing to its
compactness and utility, will not fail to be appreciated by smokers.

page_text: 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 :-
The improved combination match box and cigar cutter arranged substantially as
herein described and shown.
Dated this 19th day of July 1893.