Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 14th May, 1888
Complete Specification Left, 13th Feb., 1889
Complete Specification Accepted, 14th May, 1889
We, SAMUEL ROSE, Foreman Cigar Maker, and HENRY ALVAN WOOLF Manu-
facturer, both of 173 St. John Street Road Clerkenwell, in the County
Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to cigars, and it has for its object to avoid the necessity of
cutting or biting the pointed end of the same in order that the cigar shall draw
freely.
The cigar is made and finished in the ordinary manner, with the exception of
placing the outer leaf thereon. A small notch is then cut into the cigar, near the
pointed end, after which the wrapper or finishing leaf is rolled upon the cigar in the
usual manner. Any slight pressure upon that portion of the wrapper, which covers
the notch, will tear it; thus opening out a clear draft through the cigar into the
smokers mouth, by way of the notched orifice.
In addition, the cigar is also inore readily held in the mouth, by the contact of the
notch with the teeth. It will be evident, however, that other shaped cnts or
punctures may be made instead of, or in addition to, the notch above described ;
and such orifices or cuts are covered with the wrapper or outside leaf, as before
stated;
thus giving a neat and finished appearance to the cigar, without impairing
its strength.
FAIRFAX & WETTER,
433, Strand, London,
Agents for the Applicants.

page_text: Маргошения ! страга.
We, SAMUEL ROSE, Foreman Cigar Maker, and HENRY ALVAN WOOLF, Tobacco
Manufacturer, both of 173 St. John Street Road, Clerkenwell, in the County 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 :-
Our invention relates to cigars, and it has for its object to avoid the necessity of
cutting or biting the pointed end of the same in order that the cigar may draw
freely.
The cigar is made and finished in the ordinary manner with the exception of placing
the outer leaf thereon. A small notch is then cut into the cigar, near the pointed
end, after which, the wrapper or finishing leaf is rolled upon the cigar in the usual
manner. Any slight pressure upon that portion of the wrapper which covers the
notch, will tear it; thus opening out a clear draft through the cigar into the smoker's
mouth, by way of the notched orifice.
In addition, the cigar is also more readily held in the mouth by the contact of the
notch with the teeth. It will be evident, however, that other shaped cuts or punctures
may be made instead of, or in addition to, the notch above described; and such
orifices or cuts are, or may be, covered with the wrapper. or outside leaf, as before
stated; thus giving a neat and finished appearance to the cigar, without impairing its
strength.
In the accompanying drawings Fig. is an elevation of a cigar, a, in which a
knife cut, b, is made across the pointed end of the cigar after it has been formed, but
before the wrapper or outer leaf, has been put upon it. This wrapping leaf therefore
covers the transverse cut, as indicated by the dotted lines b. Fig. 2. is a plan showing
the cut b., and Fig. 3. is a modification in which two holes, c, are pierced in a
longitudinal direction, as indicated by the dotted lines, for the same purpose as the
knife cut b. The wrapping leaf may be punctured at that part covering the cut b. by
the maker, or done afterwards by the teeth of the smoker, as it is easily ruptured by
a slight pressure over the cut b. and when done ensures a free and easy draught.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :
1-A cigar having a transverse knife cut made near the pointed end during its process
of manufacture, and covered over by the outer or wrapping leaf; substantially as and
for the purpose described.
2-The herein described method of making a cigar with a free and easy draught
substantially as shown and described.
Dated this 12th day of February 1980