Improvements in the Construction of Walking Sticks for Containing Cigars or the like.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Mar., 1887.
Complete Left, 7th June, 1837.
Complete Accepted, 15th July, 1887.
Improvements in the Construction of Walking Sticks for Containing
Cigars or the like.
SIMON SIMMONS, 150 Sandringham Road, Dalston, County of Middlesex, Hat
and Cap Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This Invention is designed for the purpose of providing walking sticks or the like
with a receptacle and lift containing and supporting Cigars.
Before entering on the description of my Invention I would remark that I am
aware hollow walking sticks have heretofore been used as receptacles for containing
cigars but such use without any other provision has merely caused the cigars to he
tumbled about and spoiled when sliding up and down the tube.
Whereas when performing my Invention the hollow stick which I employ is pro-
vided with a knob or handle which conceals and contains a horizontal pulley provided
with a milled edged flange resting upon and supported in suitable bearings. This
horizontal pulley is hollow, and forms a guide for the insertion and withdrawal of the
cigars, and is covered by a shield plate and sliding cover.
The horizontal pulley has connected to it a fine strong string or its equivalent
which depends therefrom inside the hollow stick through suitable guides to the
bottom thereof and terminates in a base platform fitting loosely to the interior of the
stick.
When the stick is being charged with cigars the pulley is so turned by its milled
edged flange as to wind up the whole of the string, and bring the base platform near
to the orifice in the top of the stick, through which when the cover is removed, the
cigars are inserted one by one and pushed down until the tube is full at which time
the base platform has descended to the bottom of the tube.

page_text: When it is desired to withdraw a Cigar, the shield cover is removed, and the milled
head of the horizontal pulley is turned, the action of which winds up the platform,
and forces a cigar through the top orifice from which it is taken by hand the remaining
cigars being steadily retained in the stick and supported on the base, until the pulley
is again turned, and another cigar withdrawn.
The bearing for the horizontal pulley acts slightly as a break which prevents the
weight of the cigars in the stick having any influence on its rotation and also
firmly retains them in their position whether the hollow stick is quite full or
nearly empty.
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THOMAS WRIGLEY,
36, High Holborn, W.C.,
Agent to Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Walking Sticks for Containing
Cigars or the like.
I, SIMON SIMMONS, of 150 Sandringham Road, Dalston, County of Middlesex,
Hat and Cap Manufacturer, 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, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,
and to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say:
My Invention is designed for the purpose of providing walking-sticks, umbrellas,
and like articles, with means or mechanism, arranged as hereinafter fully described,
for the purpose of supporting and raising cigars, or cigarettes, which are located,
in a superposed manner, in the stick which is for the purpose hollow, the said cigars
or cigarettes being, when desired, brought upwards, so as to be readily grasped, by
operating a pulley to which is attached one end of a cord, or its equivalent, the
other end depending within the hollow stick and there attached to a disc, plug,
bution, or platform which supports the superposed cigars, or cigarettes.
And in order that my Invention may be readily understood, I proceed to describe
the same with reference to the accompanying drawings, which represent, by way of
example, a walking-stick constructed according to my Invention, and containing
cigars.
Fig. 1 is an elevation of a walking-stick to which my improvements are applied,
the middle portion of the stick being broken away, and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section
of the upper portion of said stick. Fig. 3 shews, partly in section and partly in
elevation, the raising mechanism detached from the stick. Figures 4, 5 and 6 are
sectional details of the raising mechanism and knob.
Fig. 7 represents a modification of the Invention.
A is the stick, which is tubular up to and within a short distance of the ferrule.
B is the knob, or handle, having a lid C, hinged at a. Within knob is a tube b,
arranged centrally and secured thereto by a flange c. Fitting as a sleeve over this
central tube is a short flanged tube d, having its upper portion bevilled or coned
outwardly and is free to be rotated. The tube is held in place, when fitted in the
outer tube, by having its upper circumference splayed to correspond to the bevil in
the short tube d. This short tube serves as a pulley, and is provided with a milled
edged flange e, so as to be easily rotated by the thumb and finger. Between the
knob B, and the tube b, the stick is fitted, as shewn in the drawings.
:
A hole, in the flange c, allows of a length of fine strong string g, or its equivalent,
passing to the short tube or horizontal pulley d, upon which it can be wound, or
unwound, at pleasure, by rotating the milled edged flange e. The lowermost end of
the string bas depending to it a disc, button, plug, or platform h, which fits loosely in
the tubular stick, and upon which the charge of cigars, or cigarettes, is superposed.
The uppermost end of the string is passed through a guide eye, fixed to the interior
wall of the knob B, and is then secured to an eye k, upon the short tube or
pulley d.

page_text: A groove r,
is cut in the interior wall of the stick to permit the string g, or its
equivalent, to pass uninterruptedly upwards or downwards.
The bearing or frictional surface of the short tube or horizontal pulley acts, to a
certain extent, as a break, which prevents the weight of the cigars in the stick having
any influence on its rotation.
When the stick is to be charged with cigars, or cigarettes, the lid is raised, and the
short tube or horizontal pulley is so rotated by its milled edged flange as to wind up
the whole of the string and thereby bring the disc, button, or platform near to the
orifice in the top of the stick, through which the cigars are inserted one by one and
pushed, or lowered down until the tube is full, or until so many cigars, as it is required
to carry, are inserted, at which time the disc, button, or platform has descended partly
down, or to the bottom of the stick. When it is desired to withdraw a cigar, the lid
is raised, and the milled edged flange of the short tube or horizontal pulley is rotated,
the action of which winds up the platform and projects upwards, for a short distance,
a cigar through the orifice at top of the stick, from which it is taken by hand, the
remaining cigars being steadily retained in the stick by simply turning the milled
edged flange until the end of the next cigar is brought upwards and, on the closing
of the lid, comes into contact with a pad p, spring, or other contrivance, in the lid.
This contrivance also acts as a means to prevent the rotation of the inner tube d,
when the lid is closed.
In a modification shown in Fig. 7 the horizontal pulley d, is operated from the
outside of the knob, the flange of the said pulley rotating in frictional contact with,
and beneath the flange of the central tube. The lid may either be hinged, or it may
turn upon an axis placed near the outer edge of the knob or handle. In all other
respects the Invention is precisely the same as in the foregoing arrangement.
Having now described my Invention and in what manner the same may be carried
into effect, I would have it understood that I am aware, prior to my Invention, hollow
sticks for containing cigars have been used, but such use without any provision for
raising the cigars has caused the cigars to be tumbled about and damaged; I am
also aware that it has been proposed to apply mechanical arrangements to hollow
sticks for containing and raising cigarettes, I therefore do not broadly claim a hollow
walking-stick, or the like, charged with cigars, or provided with mechanism for
raising cigarettes, but what I do claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is :-
1. A walking-stick, umbrella, or like article, provided with means or mechanism in
which a cord, or its equivalent, is arranged to depend within the hollow stick and is
connected to a disc or platform capable of travelling therein, said cord being caused
to wind around a horizontal pulley (located in the knob or handle) operated by
revolving a milled edged flange forming an integral part of the said pulley, and
thereby bringing upwards the disc or platform, and with it the cigars, or cigarettes,
superposed thereon, substantially as herein described.
2. The means or mechanism having its parts arranged and combined to be operated,
substantially as herein described and shewn in the drawings, and for the purposes set
forth.
3. The modified arrangement of the means or mechanism as shewn in fig. 7 wherein
the milled edged flange is operated from the exterior of the knob or handle.
Dated this 7th day of June 100.
ERNEST DE PASS, Fel. Inst. P.A.,
68, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the Applicant.