Improvements in Cigar Holders.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Mar., 1892
Complete Specification Left; 30th Nov., 1892-Accepted, 28th Jan.. 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cigar Holders.
I, ANDREW WORTHINGTON BILLINGS of 997 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn in the
State of New York, United States of America, Chemist, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
According to this invention I propose to provide the end of the cigar holder
with a perforated or slotted tube preferably terminating at a face plate which also
acts as a species of support. The outer end of the perforated or slotted tube is
provided or formed with sharp points preferably drawn closely together_and
adapted to pierce the cigar without seriously breaking the leaf on same.
With
this construction of holder the cigar need not be cut or punctured otherwise than
by the holder.
Dated this 15th day of March 1892.
PHILIP M. JUSTICE,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London, Applicant's Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Oigar Holders.
1, ANDREW WORTHINGTON BILLINGS, of 997 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, in
the State of New York, United States of America, Chemist, 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 :-
My invention relates to improvements in cigar holders.
According to same I propose to provide the end of the cigar holder with a per-
forated or slotted tube preferably terminating at a face plate which also acts as a
species of support. The outer end of the perforated or slotted tube is
provided or formed with sharp points preferably drawn closely together and
adapted to pierce the cigar without seriously breaking the leaf on same.
this construction of holder the cigar need not be cut or punctured otherwise than
by the holder.
With
To clearly explain my invention reference is made to the accompanying drawings
in which one form of cigar holder constructed according to my invention is illus-
trated and in which Fig. 1 is a general view shewing the holder applied to a cigar
and Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of the portion which enters the cigar (at a right
angle to Fig. 1).
b
In these figures the body portion a of the holder which may be a quill or bone
as shown or be of any other suitable material and be provided with a suitable
mouthpiece is terminated by a cap 6 having a face plate from which project two
curved prongs d d. These prongs are so shaped as to form a sort of partly open
tube which connects with the passage in the body a.
C
The prongs it will be seen by reason of their shape may be thrust into the cigar
until the face plate abuts against the latter without the comparatively loose filling
of the cigar blocking up the passage through same. As shown the prongs are
thrust into the cigar about half way up the side and the cigar may thus be smoked
close down to the spot where the prongs enter when the latter may be withdrawn
and thrust in lower down or the prongs may be thrust into the end in the usual way
without otherwise cutting the cigar. I do not confine myself to the exact form of
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page_text: the device which enters the cigar as it may be a perforated tube, or the like
but:-
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. In cigar holders, a body portion provided with a face plate and projecting
curved prongs or other holding device for entering the cigar substantially as
described.
2. The improvements in cigar holders substantially as described and illustrated.
PHILIP M. JUSTICE,
Chartered Patent Agent,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London, for the Applicant.