Improvements in Cigar and Cigarette Holders.
Year: 1899

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cigar and Cigarette Holders.
WILLIAM WILD, 92 Brownlow Road, Dalston, London, Mount Manufacturer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows: —
On the end of a cigar or cigarette holder I place a band of metal encircling, I
raise a portion of the metal leaving it open at each end to form a socket, in which
slides a rod, this rod is bent over the end and extends some distance inside the
holder and has a hook or projection at the end, the other end of the rod I
bend slightly outward or make a projection on it, the object being to enable the
end of the cigar or cigarette to be ejected from the holder by pushing down the
rod, which will then eject the cigar or cigarette by means of the hook or projection
on end inside.
Dated this Seventh day of March 18 Ninety-nine.
I, WILLIAM WILD, of 92, Brownlow Road, Dalston, London, Manufacturer, av
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 relates to improvements in cigar and cigarette holders or tubes,
and consists of a device whereby the end of a burnt cigar or cigarette may be readily
expelled from such holder or tube without the aid of a pen-knife or other pointed
instrument, and without the risk of soiling or burning the fingers.
In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 illustrates a cigar or cigarette holder or
tube having my invention applied thereto, Figure 2 is a longitudinal section of one
end thereof, and Figure an end view, the latter two figures being drawn to an
enlarged scale. is the cigar or cigarette holder or tube, b the mouthpiece, ca
ring or band of silver or other suitable metal fitted to and encircling the end of the
holder or tube a. d is a socket pressed or raised out of the ring or band so as to
form a guide or sleeve in which slides the expelling rod e which may consist of a
wire of round, square, or other suitable section bent over at its upper end so as to
enter the end of the holder or tube a more or less close to the interior surface
thereof, its end f being bent at right angles across the inner area of the tube as
may be seen clearly on reference to the drawing. The outer end g of the rod e
may be bent outwards or formed with a knob or projection,

page_text: When the cigar or cigarette is placed in the holder or tube the rod e is in the
position indicated in full lines in Figure 2 but when it is desired to eject the burnt
end of the cigar or cigarette, the rod-e is pushed upwards into the position indicated
by dotted lines in the same figure, when the inner end f will force the burnt end
of the cigar or cigarette out of the tube.
In some cases the metal rim or band c may be dispensed with and the socket
or guide be formed in the material of the holder or tube itself, or in the material
of the end mount of the holder or tube.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I'declare that what
I claim is :-
First. A cigar or cigarette holder or tube furnished with a socket, guide, or
sleeved, and expelling rod e adapted to slide therein, substantially as described
and for the purpose specified.
Second. A cigar or cigarette holder or tube furnished with a socket guide, or
sleeve depressed or raised out of a metal ring or band c, and expelling rod e adapted
to slide therein, substantially as described with reference to the drawing and for
the purpose specified.
Third. In a cigar or cigarette holder or tube the expelling device arranged,
combined and operating substantially as described.
Dated this 9th day of December 1899.
W. WILD.·
Per W. H. Beck,
Agent, 115, Cannon Street, London, E.C.