An Improved Mouthpiece or Tip for Cigarettes.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Mouthpiece or Tip for Cigarettes.
We, FREDERICK ROBERT MARTIN GLOAG and, JANE GLOAG, trading as R. P.
Gloag & Co., of 40, Boyson Road, Walworth, London, Cigarette Manufacturers,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to a mouthpiece or tip to be used in connection
with paper covered cigarettes. The said mouthpiece or tip is also applicable to
cigarettes which are made from cut tobacco with an' outside tobacco leaf cover or
wrapper, and also to cigarettes made from cut tobacco with a paper wrapper bunch
and with an outside tobacco leaf cover or wrapper.
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The object of our said invention is to provide each cigarette with a mouthpiece or
tip of a suitable length so that the lips of the smoker cannot come in contact with
the tobacco and thus avoiding the unpleasant taste or flavour of the tobacco. We
propose to make the said mouthpiece or tip of a solid piece of cork with a hole
bored or drilled through the centre, or there may be more than one hole bored
or drilled therein. The said mouthpiece or tip can be made round, oval, or in any
other shape to suit the cigarette in connection with which it is intended to be used.
The said mouthpiece or tip will be partly covered and securely attached to the
cigarette by the outside paper wrapper, or by the outside tobacco leaf wrapper as
the case may be. At the end of the cigarette and between the tobacco and the
mouthpiece or tip is placed a piece of chemical wool, or any other material of an
absorbing nature. The said wool, or other material, will not only absorb the
nicotine but will also form a free passage for the smoke coming through the wool,
and prevent the dust, or any small pieces of tobacco from being drawn through
the mouthpiece or tip into the mouth of the smoker. The said mouthpiece or
tip will be found soft to the lips and teeth and will prevent the end of the
cigarette from being made soft by the saliva and the covering or wrapper from
being torn and the moist tobacco touching the lips of the smoker as is the case
with cigarettes not provided with a mouthpiece or tip.
We, FREDERICK ROBERT MARTIN GLOAG and JANE GLOAG, trading as R. P.
Gloag & Co., of 40, Boyson Road, Walworth, London, Cigarette Manufacturers,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is
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page_text: to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:—
This invention relates to a mouthpiece or tip for paper covered cigarettes.
It is also applicable to cigarettes made of cut tobacco with an outside tobacco leaf
cover or wrapper and further to cigarettes made of cut tobacco having a paper
wrapper bunch with an outside tobacco leaf cover or wrapper.
The said cigarettes can be manufactured either flat, round, oval or any other
suitable shape.
We intend by this invention to provide each cigarette with a mouthpiece or
tip in the manner hereinafter mentioned of suitable length so that the lips of the
smoker cannot touch the tobacco thus preventing the unpleasant taste or flavour
of the tobacco.
We will now more particularly describe the said invention and the mode of
carrying the same into use.
The said mouthpiece or tip is made of a solid piece of cork with a hole bored
or drilled through the centre or there may be more than one hole bored or drilled
therein.
The said mouthpiece or tip can be made flat, round, oval or any other shape to
suit the cigarette in connection with which it is intended to be used. The mouth-
piece or tip is partly covered by the outside paper wrapper or tobacco leaf wrapper
so as to securely fasten it to the cigarette and a quill may be inserted in the base
or end of the cork which is nearest to the tobacco and carried into the tobacco
thereby holding the cork more securely in its place.
Between the tobacco and the cork is placed a piece of chemical wool or any
other suitable material for the purpose of absorbing the nicotine and forming a
free passage for the smoke coming through the wool and also to prevent any dust
or. small pieces of tobacco being drawn through the mouthpiece or tip into, the
"mouth. By using the cork mouthpiece or tip it will prevent the leaf or paper
wrapper touching the lips and it will also be soft to the lips and teeth and
prevent the end of the cigarette becoming soft by the saliva thus breaking the
outside covering or wrapper and allowing the moist tobacco to touch the lips as
often happens with cigarettes manufactured without mouthpieces or tips.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is: -
1. Improvements in or appertaining to cigarettes manufactured of cut tobacco
with a paper cover wrapper and also to leaf cover cigarettes manufactured of cut
tobacco with or without a paper wrapper bunch by providing the same with a
cork mouthpiece or tip with or without a quill inserted in the base or end of the
cork nearest to the tobacco in the manner herein before described.
2. A mouthpiece or tip made of a solid piece of cork with one or more holes bored
or drilled therein, and made either flat, round, oval, or any other shape, to suit the
cigarette in connection with which it is to be used, and with or without a quill
inserted therein, the same being fastened to the cigarette in the manner above
mentioned, the whole being substantially as hereinbefore described and set forth.
Dated this 8th day of February 1899
JAS. CATON,
Applicants' Agent.