Improvements in Cigarette Holders and Oigar Holders,
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Dec., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 11th May, 1889-Accepted, 24th June, 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cigarette Holders and Oigar Holders,
I, AUGUSTINE ALMA KING, of 213, Isledon Road, Finsbury Park, in the County
of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows.―
My invention relates to holders ordinarily used by smokers for holding cigarettes
and cigars whilst being smoked It has for its object a novel method of cou-
struction by which the end of the cigarette or cigar can be easily and effectively
ejected from the holder, when it has been burned down nearly to the holder.
Supposing that my invention is to be applied to a cigarette holder, I take such
a holder of meerschaum, wood, or other suitable material, having a hole longi-
tudinally through it, a recess at the outer end of the holder being properly shaped
to receive and hold the end of the cigarette I make the bottom end of the recess
communicate with a longitudinal hole straight through the holder, of sufficient
diameter to receive a tube of wood or other suitable material which can pass fieely
through it The other end of the hole through the holder is enlarged for a
suficient distance down, to receive ficely a helical spring, and to the end of the
inner tube which extends through the projecting end of the sping, is screwed
on otherwise fixed the end of a mouth-piece of amber or other suitable material
The other end of the inner tube is provided with a flange or ing which can move
freely in the 1ccess which receives the end of the cigarette. It will be seen that
when the mouthpiece is screwed or fixed to the end of the inner tube, it compresses
the spring and at the same time diaws the flange or 1ing in against the bottom
of the recess When the cigarette has been sufficiently consumed, the waste end
left in the recess can be expelled by pressing down the mouthpiece, which com-
presses the spring and forces out the flange from the recess at the other end of
the holder, at the same time during out and ejecting the cigarette end. The
pressure is then removed from the mouthpiece, and the spring forces it out again,
diawing back the flange to the bottom of the recess, which can then receive a
fresh cigarette.
I fit a metal or other ferrule or band round the ends of the mouthpiece and the
inne end of the holder, of sufficient length to cover the space between them
One end of this ferrule is fixed upon the end of the holder, round the spring,
whilst the end of the mouth-piece can move freely in and out of the other end Or,
the end of the ferrule may be fixed upon the mouthpiece, and its other end slide
freely upon the holder.
By making the several parts of suitable size and shape, my invention may be
applied to cigar holders as well as to cigarette holders.
The details of construction and anlangement may be varied more or less.
Instead of a hollow central tube, a solid 1od may be used, the smoke being
admitted through holes in the outer ring oi flange into the space between the lod
and the holder itself, and passing into the mouthpiece through holes into the outer
end of the rod which is made hollow A ring or pad of soft material against which
the end of the ferrule is diawn by the spring, prevents any escape of smoke. A

page_text: similar pad may be used in the arrangement first described, below the ring or
flange upon the outer end of the inner tube.
Dated this 29th day of December 1808
EDWARDS AND CO,
Chartered Patent Agents,
65 and 66, Chancery Lane, London,
Agents for the Applicant
I, AUGUSTINE ALMA KING, of 213, Isledon Road, Finsbury Park, in the County 1
of Middlesex, 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, and accompanying diawings, that is to say.-
My invention relates to holders ordinarily used by smokers for holding cigarettes
and cigars whilst being smoked. It has for its object a new and improved method 1
of construction of such cigarette and cigai holders, in which the end of the
cigarette or cigar can be easily and effectively ejected from the holder, when it
has been burned down sufficiently nearly to the holder.
The accompanying diawing is in illustration of my invention.
Figure 1 is a side view of an improved cigarette holder.
Figure 218 a longitudinal section through the same.
Figures 3, 4, and 5 show separately some of the parts.
2
Supposing that my invention is to be applied to a cigarette holder, as shown
in the diawing, I take such a holder, the body of which, a, is made of meerschaum,
wood, or other suitable matenal, and has a hole b longitudinally through it, a 2
recess at the outer end of the holder being properly shaped to receive and hold
the end of the cigarette I make the inner end or bottom of the recess flat,
and it communicates with the central longitudinal hole 6 which passes straight
through the body of the holder a, and 18 of sufficient diameter to receive a tube d
of wood or other suitable material which can pass freely though it (shown 3
separately in Figures 3 and 4) The other end of the hole 6 through the holdeı
18 enlarged for a sufficient distance down at o, to receive freely a helical spring f
(shown separately in Figure 5), and to the end of the inner tube d which extends
through the projecting end of the spring f, is screwed or otherwise fixed the end
of a mouthpiece g of amber or other suitable material, of the usual shape The 3
other end of the inner tube d is provided with a flange or ring h which can move
freely in the recess e which receives the end of the cigarette. It will be seen that
when the mouthpiece g 19 screwed or fixed to the end of the inner tube d, it com-
presses the spring f, and at the same time draws the flange oi ring in, against
the bottom of the recess c. When the cigarette has been sufficiently consumed, 4
the waste end left in the recess c can be expelled by pressing down the mouth-
piece g which compresses the sping f and forces out the flange h from the recess o
at the other end of the holder, at the same time during out and ejecting the
cigarette end
When the pressure is removed from the mouthpiece g, the spring f
forces it out again, drawing back the flange h to the bottom of the recess, which 4
can then receive a fresh cigarette
The back of the flange his flat and lies against the flat bottom of the recess c,
without any tendency to stick in the latter, or to split or bicak the sides of the
recess.
I fit a metal or other cylindrical ferrule or band i round the ends of the mouth- 5

page_text: piece g and the inner end of the holder a, of sufficient length to cover the space
between them
One end of this ferrule is fixed upon the end of the holder a, round the spring f,
whilst the end of the mouthpiece 9 can move freely in and out of the other end of
the ferrule O1, the end of the ferrule may be fixed upon the mouthpiece y, and
its other end slide freely upon the holder a By this method of construction the
holder is very strong and durable, and not liable to injury, as would be the case,
if the mouthpiece 9 were made to slide into the end of the holder a itself
ng or pad of soft material is shown fitted between the back of the flange h
and the bottom of the recess c.
A
Aing of suitable material, preferably wne, is shown at 7 freely encircling the
tube d at the bottom of the enlargement e, and prevents the holder a being injured
by the end of the spring f
A transverse cut or nick m 18 shown across the face of the flange h, which enables
the tube d to be unscrewed, when desired, from the mouthpiece g, or screwed up,
by means of a screwdriver or equivalent instrument
By making the several parts of suitable size and shape, my invention may be
applied to cigar holders as well as to cigarette holders
The details of construction and arrangement may be varied more or less.
Instead of a hollow central tube d, a solid rod may be used, the smoke being
admitted through holes in the outer ring or flange into the space between the
1od and the holder itself, and passing into the mouthpiece through holes into the
outer end of the rod, which is made hollow. A ring or pad of soft material against
which the end of the ferrule is drawn by the spring, pievents any escape of smoke.
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
18:-
In holders for cigarettes and cigars in which the waste end of such cigars or
cigarettes is mechanically expelled from the holder;
1.--The combination of the holder «, inner tube d, flat bottomed recess, flange
having corresponding flat back, mouthpiece g screwed upon the tube d, cylindrical
band, and spring f, arranged and operating substantially as described and
illustrated
2-In comb nation with the holder a, inner tube d, flat bottomed recess c, and
corresponding flange h, the pad between the bottom of the recess and the back
of the flange, substantially as described and illustrated
3-In combination with the inner tube d, and flange h, the transveise cut or
mick m, for the purpose described and illustrated.
4. In combination with the holder «, inner tube d, mouthpiece g, and spring f
the ring to receive the thrust of the spring, substantially as and for the purpose
described and illustrated.
Dated this 11th day of May 19
EDWARDS AND CO,
Chantered Patent Agents,
65 and 66, Chancery Lane, London,
Agents for the Applicant.