IMPROVEMENTS IN CIGAR CUTTERS communicated to him by Wilhelm WITH AUTOMATIC LIGHTING DEVICE
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edwin Ambrose Brydges of the firm of Brydges & Co
Engineers and Patent Solicitors of 107 Königgrätzer Str in the City of Berlin
and German Empire for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN CIGAR CUTTERS
communicated to him by Wilhelm
WITH AUTOMATIC LIGHTING DEVICE
"
Fischbach of the City of Berlin and German Empire
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said Edwin Ambrose Brydges at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 21st September 1883.
EDWIN AMBROSE BRYDGES of the firm of Brydges & Co Engineers and Patent
Solicitors of 107 Königgrätzer Str in the City of Berlin and German Empire
"IMPROVEMENTS IN CIGAR CUTTERS WITH AUTOMATIC LIGHTING DEVICE." Commu-
nicated to me by Wilhelin Fischbach of the City of Berlin and German Empire.
My Invention relates to improvements in cigar cutters with automatic lighting
device with ash pan and tip collector.
In order to light the cigar, cigarette or pipe I employ a small flame which is
immediately previous to lighting ignited by means of a very small igniting flame.
This igniting device is arranged in the form of a cock which can be opened or
closed at will.
In order to cut off the tip of the cigar I employ a small circular or semicircular
knife which is attached to the cone of the cock and which said knife is so moved
in opening the cock to the igniting flame that it passes the opening in a small
cylinder or tube in which the cigar tip surrounding the said knife is inserted and
cuts the same off whereas the action of turning the cone for cutting off the cigar
tip simultaneously produces the ignition of the lighting flame,
This cutter and igniting device is arranged above a dish or receptacle of suitable
form which is destined to receive the cut off cigar tips and also to serve as ash pan
but if it is desired to collect the cigar tips it is preferable not to allow the cut off
tips to fall into the open dish but into a special receptacle so that they are
protected from all ash and such like.
For this purpose the collecting receptacle is provided with a double bottom as
shown in Figure 1. On the intermediate bottom Z I affix a small hopper a into

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which the cigar tips fall and by means of which the same are fed into the
receptacle b between the double bottom Z Z.
The hollow space between the two bottoms is provided with a flap or the dish o
which can be so constructed that a drawer S¹ can occupy the one half of the said
space and serve to collect the cut off tips. In this case the dish or upper bottom
serves as ash pan so that the tips are perfectly protected from ash and dust.
Figure 1 is an elevation of the apparatus with the collecting receptacle in section.
Figure 2 is a top view of the cock.
. Figure 3 is a section on the line a a in Figure 2 representing the igniting
device.
Figure 4 is a section on the line b b in Fig 2 representing the cutter.
Figure 5 is a rear view of the cutter showing the position of the same.
The igniting device Fig 3 differs from all existing devices of a similar kind in so
far as the borings for the chief flame and subsidiary flame are arranged in one
plane rectangular to the movement of the cone.
Figure 3 shows the closed cock whereby only the small ignition flame burns.
G. is the casting or chief part of the cock. K is the cone.
Gas enters at 1 into the cock passes through the recess 2 in the casting or
through the boring 3 in the cone to the boring 4 in the cock or. casting from whence
the gas passes through the boring 5 to the igniting tube 6 which can burn free or
be protected by a suitable cap of mica metal or other suitable material.
The igniting flame can be regulated by means of the metallic screw 7 which
enters the boring 4.
the
If the cone is now turned about 45° to the right so that the boring 3 stands in
the position shown by the dotted lines, the boring 3 will simultaneously supply the
boring 4 and 8 with gas which are both in connection with the boring 5, as
however the boring 8 is not closed by a regulating screw like the boring
igniting flame will shoot up. If the cone is now turned still further to the right
the borings 8 and 9 for supplying the chief flame with gas are fed from the
boring 3 whereupon the said chief- Hame for lighting the cigar is ignited and both
flames remain burning.
If it is desired to extinguish the small igniting flame the cone can be now turned
further the boring 8 will be fully cut off and the small igniting flame extinguished
whilst the chief flame remains burning, but I prefer to let the small flame burn
continuously.
If the cone is now turned in the opposite direction the borings 8 and 9 are first
supplied with gas so that a jet is projected upwards from the small pipe or tube 6
and is ignited by the larger flame.
By turning the cone still further back the boring 9 is closed and the chief or
lighting flame extinguished at which time the borings 8 and 4 are simultaneously
fed with gas.
Later on the gas can only pass through the boring 4 to, the small igniting flame
which burns with a tiny flame which is adjustable by means of the regulating
screw 7.
I will now proceed to describe the cigar cutting device which I employ in
combination with the aforementioned igniting device.
A tube or cylinder R is screwed into or otherwise attached to the casting G of
the cock concentrically to the axis of the cone of the same- -Fig: 1 and 4-and is
at the upper side provided with one, two or more borings or openings o into which
the tip of the cigar is inserted whilst the lower side is provided with a larger
opening O to allow the cut off cigar tips to pass off or fall out. The rear end of
the cock is held in position by means of a metallic screw nut and is further
provided with screw threads onto which the nut M which is formed of one piece
with or rigidly attached to the semicircular knife for severing the cigar tips from
the cigar, is screwed or otherwise attached which said knife is guided on the inner
wall of the said tube or cylinder.
When the cone is turned in order to ignite the chief flame for lighting the cigar,

page_text: the knife passes the aforenamed borings or openings oo and severs' the tip from
the cigar. The tip or tips so cut off fall through the lower large opening O into
-the funnel or hopper and are thus guided into the collecting box
If it is desired that the cock should be automatically shut or the large flame
extinguished and only the small flame left burning a special spring is so arranged
in the tube or cylinder R that the same is put under tension on opening the cock
and automatically returns the said cone to its original position as soon as the
handle to the said cone is let go.-This spring can be arranged in various manners
without departing from the tenor of my invention.
The Figures 6 to 10 show a modification of my invention whereby a cranked
flat knife is employed and whereby the cylinder or tube R is dispensed with―A
rib or projection R' is cast into the casting G¹ or of one piece with the same in
which said rib or projection the opening or boring O' is formed in which the cigar
is inserted in order to cut off the tip, or the said rib can be cast from one piece
with a suitable ring so as to lay itself snugly against the vertical surface of the
burner or lower part of the cock.
A knife S for severing the tip from the cigar, is screwed to the cone K¹ of the
cock or is provided with a square opening and pushed over the square end of the
said cone If the cranked parts of the knife is connected by means of suitable
screws with the flattened surface on the cone K₁ the same can be readily removed
for sharpening etc.
H is the lever by means of which the cock is opened, the small continuously
burning igniting flame caused to shoot up, ignite the chief flame and then
returns to its original height and the knife S moved so as to sever the tip from the
cigar.
M' is the casting-N the spiral or other suitable spring for closing the cock and
returning the knife S to its original position
T is the funnel or hopper for the cigar tips. It is the receptacle with drawer for
receiving the said tips.
The igniting arrangement is in this case the same as above described with the
exception that the canals 4 and 8 (Fig 9) are not made in horizontal but inclined
direction through the casting-The conc K' is kept in snug contact with the boring
in the casting and consequently air-tight by means of the small spring F arranged
in the small spring box L.
Having now described my said invention and the manner in which the same
is to or may be carried into effect I wish to be understood that what I claim and
desire to have secured by Letters Patent is:-
1. The arrangement and employment of the borings, 1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9 the
recess 2, the igniting tube 6 and the regulating screw 7 for regulating the gas
supply to the igniting tube 6 in combination with the chief or cigar lighting
flame or burner substantially as described and shown in the accompanying
drawings.
2. The construction, arrangement and employment of the igniting device for
gas flames in combination with the cigar cutter consisting of the tube R with the
openings oo and O and the semi-circular knife M substantially as described and
shown in the accompanying drawings.
3. The combination of the igniting device and the cigar cutting device with the
dish or receptacle which serves simultaneously as ash pan and collecting receptacle
for the cut off cigar tips substantially as described and shown in the accompanying
drawings.
4-The employment of a spirally wound watch or other suitable spring for
returning the cone and the knife to their original position as soon as the lever
or handle is released substantially as described in the foregoing specification and
shown in the accompanying drawings.
5.-The construction arrangement and employment of the rib or projection R'
cranked knife S, spiral or other suitable spring N, in a combined cigar cutter and

page_text: igniting device with or without the packing spring F and the spring box L
substantially as described and shown in the accompanying drawinga
6. The general construction arrangement and employment of the parts sub-
stantially as described and shown in the accompanying drawings:
In witness whereof I the said Edwin Ambrose Brydges have hereunto set my
hand and seal this nineteenth day of September in the year of Our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and eighty three.
Witnesses
ANTHONY STEFFEN
ARTHUR BAERMANN
EDWIN A BRYDGES (L.S.)