AN IMPROVE- MENT IN CIGARETTES AND CIGARETTE PAPERS
Year: 1881

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Hugh Black at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 16th June 1881.
HUGH BLACK, of Blackfriars Road, in the County of Surrey. "AN IMPROVE-
MENT IN CIGARETTES AND CIGARETTE PAPERS."
My Invention has for its object to prevent the adherence of the cigarette paper
or wrapper to the lips of the smoker and thus avoid liability to injury from this
cause, and likewise to prevent the paper or wrapper from becoming moistened and
torn.
I am aware that previous Letters Patent have been granted (No. 4875, of 1879),
for an Invention having the same object, and which consisted in the application of
wax, varnish, and oils to the end of the paper or wrapper which is placed in the
mouth, but the use of these substances for the purpose is objectionable as the wax
and oils have a greasy taste, and being easily liquefied by the heat of the tobacco
impart a disagreeable flavor to the cigarette.
Aly Invention consists in the application to the end of the cigarette paper or
wrapper of a material which is not melted by heat, is absolutely tasteless and
colorless, and is easier of application than wax.
The material which I employ is a solution of pyroxylin in sulphuric ether and
alcohol. A thin film of this viscous adhesive solution is applied with a brush
or otherwise to one surface only of the cigarette paper or wrapper, and as it
evaporates and hardens immediately it is not absorbed by the paper, as is wax,
but forms an exceedingly thin and strongly adherent waterproof film upon the
surface of the paper which effectually prevents adherence to the lips, moistening
and tearing of the paper, is absolutely tasteless, and imparts no disagreeable flavor
whatever to the cigarette.
This coating or film may be applied either to cigarette papers, as usually sold in
packets, or to the paper wrapper of manufactured cigarettes whether provided
with a mouth piece or not.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Hugh Black in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 15th December
1881.
HUGH BLACK, of Blackfriars Road, in the County of Surrey. "AN IMPROVE-
MENT IN CIGARETTES AND CIGARETTE PAPERS."
My Invention has for its object to prevent the adherence of the cigarette paper
or wrapper to the lips of the sinoker and thus avoid liability to injury from this
cause, and likewise to prevent the paper or wrapper from becoming moistened and
torn.
I am aware that it has been proposed to apply wax, varnish, and oils to the end
of the paper or wrappor which is placed in the mouth, but the use of these
substances for the purpose is objectionable as the wax and oils have a groasy taste,
and being easily liquefied by the heat of the tobacco impart a disagreeable flavour
to the cigarette.
My Invention consists in the application to the end of the cigaretto paper or
wrapper of a material which is not melted by heat, and if burnt does not impart
any flavor whatever to the cigarette, and which is absolutely tasteless and
colorless.
Tho material which I employ is a solution of pyroxylin or gun cotton in
sulphuric ether and alcohol, ordinarily known as collodion. A thin film of this
viscous adhesive solution is applied with a brush or otherwise to one surface only
of the cigarette paper or wrapper, and as it evaporates and hardens immediately
it is not absorbed by the paper as is wax, but forms an exceedingly thin and
strongly adherent waterproof film upon the surface of the paper, which effectually
prevents adherence to the lips, moistening and tearing of the paper, is absolutely
tasteless, and imparts no disagreeable flavor whatever to the cigarette.
This coating or film may be applied either to cigarette papers, as usually sold in
packets, or to the paper wrapper of manufactured cigarettes whether provided
with a mouthpiece or not.
Having described the nature of my Invention, and the manner of performing
the same, I declare that what I claim as my Invention to be protected by the
herein before in part recited Letters Patent is,—
The application and employment for coating the ends or mouthpieces of cigarette
papers or wrappers of a solution of pyroxylin or gun cotton ordinarily known by
the name of collodion, as herein specified.
In witness whereof, I, the said Hugh Black, have hereunto set my hand and
seal, this Fourteenth day of December, A.D. 1881.