An Apparatus for Crushing Sugar, also Applicable for Use as a Cigar Cutter and Holder.
Year: 1885

page_text: An Apparatus for Crushing Sugar, also Applicable for Use as
a Cigar Cutter and Holder.
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I, ROWLAND BATEMAN of No 15 Chain Walk Lozells in the County of Warwick
Billiard Table Maker do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN
APPARATUS FOR CRUSHING SUGAR ALSO APPLICABLE FOR USE AS A CIGAR CUTTER
AND HOLDER to be as follows; that is to say :-
This invention has for its object improvements in sugar crushers which are more.
effective in their use and which may also be used as cigar cutters and holders.
I form my sugar crushers with a stem and disc at the bottom which appear very
much like the ones now in use and indeed may be so used. The stem of my
crushers is however a hollow tube through which a piercer passes and which is
operated as hereinafter described. The upper part of the tube or hollow stem has
a slot and to each of the sides formed by the slot is attached a disc the two discs
serving as a handle. Over the upper part of the hollow stem slides a ferrule which
is attached to the internal piercer. The piercer is flattened at the upper part to
form a cutting edge which slides between the two discs forming the handle of the
crusher. Now through each disc I make a hole in which the end of a cigar may
be placed while the cutting knife is below the holes. By sliding up the ferrule and
knife, the end of the cigar is cut off. The internal part which is a cutter at the
upper end is pointed at the lower end as a piercer so that by placing the fingers
upper the ferrule while pressing the sugar the piercer may be forced down into it
thus splitting it entirely to pieces. This piercer may be used as a cigar holder.
A spring may be placed inside the hollow shank to keep the piercer inside as a
normal condition.
GEORGE BARKER,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: I ROWLAND BATEMAN of 15 Chain Walk Lozells in the County of Warwick
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 :—
This invention has for its object improvements in sugar crushers which are more
effective in their use and which may also be used for other purposes such for
instance as cigar cutters and holders.
I form my sugar crushers with a stem and disc at the bottom which appear very
much like the ones now in use and indeed may be so used. The stem of my
crusher is however a hollow tube through which a piercer passes and which is
operated as hereafter to be described. The upper part of the tube or hollow stem
has a slot and to each of the sides formed by the slot is attached a disc the two
dises serving as a handle.
Over the upper part of the hollow stem slides a ferrule which is attached to the
internal piercer. The piercer is flattened at the upper part to form a cutting edge
which slides between the two discs forming the handle of the crusher.
Now through each disc I make a hole in wbich the end of the cigar may be
placed while the cutting knife is below the holes.
By sliding up the ferrule and knife the end of the cigar is cut off. The internal
part which is a cutter at the upper end is pointed at the lower end as a piercer so
that by placing the fingers upon the ferrule while pressing the sugar the piercer
may be forced down into it thus splitting it entirely to pieces. This piercer may
be used as a cigar holder. A spring may be placed inside the hollow shank to keep
the piercer inside as a normal condition or they may be used without a spring
which would probably often be the case.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried
into practice I have appended hereunto a sheet of drawings upon which I have
shown one of my sugar crushers.
Figure 1. is a front view of the sugar crusher as it appears in its normal
condition.
Figure 2. is also a front view of the same but with the sugar piercer B projecting
below the crusher A.
Figure 3. is a sectional elevation of the crusher with the piercer B'in the position
shown by Figure 1.
Figure 4 is a cross section on line 1, 2 and
Figure 5 is a cross section on line 3, 4.
The handle of the crusher is made of two discs, C and D, with a hole c' in the
C disc and d in the D disc. These discs are united together at their upper edge
either by doubling over a plate and leaving a small portion uncut or by solder or
by a rivet N or otherwise and the lower part of each is united by solder or other-
wise to each side of the outer case or tube E and the lower part of this tube E is
united to the sugar crusher A in any firm manner.

page_text: The sugar piercer B is connected to the knife M by the stem a¹ which slides up
and down the tube. The ring K is also connected to the stem a¹ and knife M and
is the means for moving the pointer or knife up or down when the action is as
follows: Taking the crusher as shown at Figure 1. in the hand if the sugar is to
hard to be crushed by the part A alone, as there shown, the piercer B is forced
down by pressure upon the ring K which breaks up the sugar into smaller parts
and so assists the operation. To use the crusher to cut the end off a cigar the end
of the cigar is placed in the hole c¹ while the knife is as shown at Figure 2. and
the ring K is forced upwards which severs the end. Then to use the crusher as a
cigar holder the point B is thrust into the side of the cigar. The faces of the
discs C and D may also be used for the purpose of advertisements of various kinds
with good effect. It will be obvious that the crushers may be combined with the
piercer without the cigar cutter.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my Baid
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is :-
The improvements in sugar crushers having a piercer B and cigar cutter M com-
bined therewith either in combination or with one of the separately substantially
as herein set forth.