A Combined Vesta Box and Cigar Cutter.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Oct., 1893-Accepted, 3rd Mar., 1894
A Combined Vesta Box and Cigar Cutter.
I, WILLIAM RICHARD CORKE of 28 and 29 Northampton Square, London, E.C.
Silversmith 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 :-
This invention has for its object to combine a cigar-cutter with a vesta-box in
such a manner that the end of a cigar can be cut off simultaneously with the
closing of the box. The cutter may be situated in the lid or the body of the box
and may have a cutting edge of V shape or other suitable form, said cutter being
so arranged as to work in proximity to an opening through which the end of the
cigar is inserted when it is to be severed. An exit opening may also be provided
through which the severed cigar-ends can escape, and a partition is advantageously
arranged within the box for keeping the contents away from the cutter.
In the accompanying drawings perspective views of vesta-boxes are shewn
illustrating several ways of carrying out my invention.
Figure 1 shews the invention applied to a vesta-box that opens at the end, the
cutter being carried by the lid and having a V shaped cutting-edge.
Figure 2 shews a similar application of the invention but with the cutter carried
by the body of the box.
Figure 3 shews the invention applied to a vesta-box suitable for a walking-stick
handle, the cutter in this case having a straight cutting edge.
Figure 4 shews the invention applied to a vesta-box that opens at the side, the
cutter in this case having a curved cutting edge.
In all these figures like letters indicate similar parts.
a is the cutter which is arranged so that its cutting edge projects a short distance
beyond the lid or the body of the box. 6 is the opening through which the end of
the cigar is inserted when it is desired to sever it, said opening being formed at the
inner portion of a cup-shaped depression as is well understood. The shape of this
opening is in Figures 1 and 2 V shaped to suit the cutter there shewn."
opening through which the severed cigar-ends escape from the box and d is the
partition for separating the contents of the box from the cutter.
c is the
By my invention it will be seen that after the box has been opened and the end
of the cigar inserted into the opening b, the mere shutting down of the lid causes
the simultaneous cutting off of the cigar-end which latter escapes through the
opening c.
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 combined vesta-box and cigar-cutter constructed substantially in the manner
herein before described, whereby the end of a cigar can be cut off simultaneously
with the closing of the box.
2. The construction of a combined vesta-box and cigar-cutter consisting in the
combination of a cutter such as a carried by the lid or by the body of the box ;
an opening such as through which the end of the cigar is inserted; an opening
such as c for the exit of the severed cigar-end; and a partition such as d for

page_text: separating the contents of the box from the cutter, substantially as hereinbefore
described and shewn in the various examples indicated by the annexed drawings.
Dated the 27th day of October 1893.
WM. MELLERSH-JACKSON,
75, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.