Year: 1896

page_text: I, HAROLD FRANKISH, of 11 Walton Street Oxford, in the County of Oxford,
Medical Student, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My object is to combine with a cigar or other box or case a cutter of suitable
form for severing the ends of cigars previous to smoking.
The cutter employed may be of any suitable form, but is preferably in the form
of a knife or blade arranged to slide in a frame having an opening formed therein
into which the end of a cigar may be placed, said knife or blade being normally
so situated or held by a spring as to permit of this, but may be slid past said open-
ing by a suitable knob or handle and so sever the cigar end.
Such cutter I secure to or form in or on the lid, side, or other part of a box or
case, so that the same may be either operated by the opening or closing of the lid,
or independently thereof as desired.
1000
CASTLE SMITH,
Invention" Office, Mitre Court, Fleet Street, London, E.C.
Agent for the Applicant.
I, HAROLD FRANKISHI, late of 11 Walton Street, Oxford, in the County of Oxford,
but now of Dunton Vicarage, Fakenham, in the County of Norfolk, Medical
Student, 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 object is to combine with a cigar or other box or case a cutter of suitable
form for severing the ends of cigars previous to smoking.
The cutter employed may be of any suitable form, but is preferably in the form
of a knife or blade arranged to slide in a frame having an opening formed therein
into which the end of a cigar may be placed, said knife or blade being normally
so situated or held by a spring as to permit of this, but may be slid past said open-
ing by a suitable knob or handle and so sever the cigar end.
Such cutter I secure to or form in or on the lid, side, or other part of a box or
case, so that the same may be either operated by the opening or closing of the lid,
or independently thereof as desired.
In order that my invention and the manner in which the same is to be carried

page_text: into practical effect may be more readily understood, I will now proceed to further
describe the same in connection with the accompanying sheet of drawings, of
which
Fig. 1 represents a cigar, cigarette, or other box a having a hole or opening b
therein for the insertion of the end of the cigar to be cut, and having a knife such
as c attached to the lid thereof. When it is desired to cut the end of a cigar the
lid of the box is raised, and the end of the cigar inserted into the hole or opening b;
upon then closing the lid, the end of the cigar will be cut off.
Fig. 2 shows an exactly similar arrangement to Fig. 1, but the cutter is in this
case applied to the side of a match box. It is obvious that a similar cutter may
be applied to any cigar or other case having the lid thereof operated in a like
manner.
Fig. 3 shows the front elevation, with part of the outer frame cut away, of a
spring cutter for attaching to or in a box or case in any convenient position.
Fig. 4 is a sectional view of Fig. 3 on the line a.
The knife of this spring cutter is arranged to slide in a frame or case, such as a,
and is operated by means of the knob n, rode and spring f.
The end of the cigar to be cut is inserted into the hole or opening d the knob n
at the one end of the rod e is then pressed down, when the knife c which is attached
to the other end of the rod e is caused to slide past the opening d and cut off the
end of the cigar. Upon releasing the knob n the knife c is again raised by means
of the spring f which bears against the pin k fixed in the rod e. This spring f
is attached to the frame or case a by means of the screw nut 1, and is suitably
slotted at and 2 to allow the free passage of the rod e therethrough. The rod e
also slides through a suitable opening in the top of the case or frame a as shown.
It is obvious that the form of the spring f and the arrangement of both the
spring and knob may be considerably varied without departing from the spirit of
my invention.
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:-
(1) A cigar, cigarette or other box or case having a cigar cutter attached thereto
operated by opening and closing the lid or cover of such box or case substantially
as herein described and illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawings.
(2) A cigar, cigarette or other box or case having a spring cigar cutter attached
thereto and operated substantially as described.
Dated this 23rd day of August 1897.
CASTLE SMITH,
"Invention" Office, Mitre Court, Fleet Street, London, E.C.
Agent for the Applicant.