IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE of Cigars and IN APPARATUS TO BE USED FOR THIS PURPOSE
Year: 1873

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Bear, of No. 164, Cable Street, Saint
George-in-the-East, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
Sealed the 30th September 1873, and dated the 7th April 1873.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Bear at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
7th April 1873.
I, GEORGE BEAR, of No. 164, Cable Street, Saint George-in-the-East,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE MANUFACTURE of Cigars and IN APPARATUS TO BE USED FOR THIS PURPOSE,"
to be as follows:-
In manufacturing cigars according to this Invention the central core
or bunch is first made up in the ordinary manner, and is then inserted
into a metal mould or shape heated by a gas jet, or by steam, or otherwise,
and after being allowed to remain therein for about half a minute it is
removed and the outer wrapping is then wound around it; the cigar so
made is then again placed into the heated mould by which it is rendered

page_text: perfectly smooth and of the shape desired, and when removed therefrom
will preserve the shape given to it by the mould; I prefer to make the
mould in two or more pieces, one the bed of the mould having a groove
or recess formed in its upper surface corresponding to the shape of half
of the cigar to be formed, and a corresponding cover which I prefer to 5
be divided into two parts, one part covering over the pointed end of the
recoss, whilst the other which is made readily removable covers over the
other end. When this latter part of the cover is taken off the pointed
end of a bunch or cigar can readily be pushed into the pointed end of
the mould, and the movable part of the cover can then be put on,
and 1
the whole cigar or bunch so enclosed in the mould.
The beds and covers can be made with any desired number of grooves
or recesses in them so as to act on any desired number of cigars or
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said George Bear in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 6th October 1873.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
BEAR, of No. 164, Cable Street, Saint George-in-the-East, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Seventh day of April, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, in the thirty-
sixth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said George Bear, IIer special license that I, the
said George Bear, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said George Bear, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time
and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should
and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle
of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CIGARS
AND IN APPARATUS TO BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said George Bear, my executors or admini-
strators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their

page_text: hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature
of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be per-
formed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office
within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the
said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said George Bear, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement thereof, that is to say :-
In the process of manufacturing cigars according to this Invention,
heated metal moulds are employed as herein-after described, to set the
cigars to the desired shape. The central core or bunch is first made up
in the ordinary manner, and is then inserted into the metal mould or
shape heated by a gas jet or by steam or otherwise, and after being
allowed to remain therein for about half a minute it is removed, and the
outer wrapping is then wound around it; the cigar so made is then
again placed into the heated mould by which it is rendered perfectly
smooth and of the shape desired, and when removed therefrom will
preserve the shape given to it by the mould. The setting of the cigar
by placing it into the heated mould after placing the outer wrapping
around it may be dispensed with. I prefer to make the mould in two or
more pieces, one the bed of the mould having a groove or recess formed
in its upper surface corresponding to the shape of half of the cigar to bo
formed, and a corresponding cover which I prefer to be divided into two
parts, one part covering over the pointed end of the recess, whilst tho
other which is made readily removable covers over the other end. When
the front part of the cover is taken off, the pointed end of a bunch or
cigar can readily be pushed into the pointed end of the mould, and when
the movable part of the cover is replaced, the whole cigar or bunch will
bo enclosed in the mould.
The beds and covers can be made with any desired number of grooves
or recesses in them so as to act on any desired number of cigars or
bunches at the samo time, but I prefer to make them with a separato
movable covering piece for each recess, so that the cigars may be acted
upon singly.

page_text: advantages of employing heated moulds as above described is to mould
the tip ends of the bunch before wrapping the covering leaf around it.
In the Drawing hereunto annexed I have shewn the manner in which
I prefer to construct the moulds.
The Drawing shews a pair of moulds side by side and facing in
opposite directions, so that two workpeople may readily work with
them.
Figure 1 shews a plan view, Figure 2 a longitudinal section, and
Figure 3 an end view of the mould.
A is the bed piece in which are formed two grooves, each of the form
of one half of a cigar. B, B, are cover pieces covering over the tip ends
of the grooves or recesses. These cover pieces are secured to the bed A
by cotters, as shewn. C, C, are cover pieces for covering over the
remainder of the recesses; these cover pieces are connected to the
pieces B by hinged joints, as shewn, so that they may readily be thrown
back on these hinge joints to allow of a cigar being placed into or taken
out of the moulds. The cover pieces have each a groove or recess formed
on their under side to correspond with the grooves in the bed A. The
bed A. is moderately heated by a gas jet below it, and the cover pieces
take up heat from it.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the manner of
performing the same, I would have it understood that what I claim
is,-
1. The employment of heated moulds in the process of manufacturing
cigars, substantially as herein described.
2. The construction of the moulds substantially as herein described
with a movable cover piece to the front half of the moulds, so that the
tip end of a cigar may be pushed endwise into the tip end of the mould,
and the whole cigar be then enclosed by putting on the movable cover.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Bear, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Sixth day of October, in the year of our
GEORGE BEAR. (L.S.)