Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Oct., 1887
Complete Specification Left, 16th July, 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 14th Sept., 1888
RESERVE COP
I, WILLIAM LLOYD WISE of No. 46 Lincolns Inn Fields, in the County of
Middlesex, Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of
the said invention (a communication to me from abroad by Heinrich Franz Riedel
of Dresden in the Kingdom of Saxony Empire of Germany) to be as follows:-
This invention relates to providing for cigars or cigarettes of various kinds an
independent protecting cover or wrapper which may extend the entire length, or for a
part only of the length of the cigar or cigarette, one end of the cigar or cigarette
being somewhat increased in diameter while one end of the cover or wrapper is formed
somewhat tapered or diminished in order that such wrapper or cover besides affording
a protection for transport may also be conveniently used as a mouthpiece for the cigar
or cigarette during smoking, so that the same is kept at a proper distance from the
mouth and eyes of the smoker and so that the cigar or cigarette may be smoked to
the end of the tobacco.
For this purpose there is provided a cover or wrapper formed of paper or other
suitable material of the length or of about the length of the cigar or cigarette to be
protected and of such a diameter, that the cigar or cigarette may be easily inserted
into and be kept within such cover or wrapper. Within this protecting cover the cigar
or cigarette may be carried in an ordinary cigar box, or even without the
same, in the bare pocket without any danger of its being injured during transport.
In order to use the cover as a mouthpiece or holder for smoking one end of the said
cover is slightly contracted or made tapering, while the opposite end of the cigar or
cigarette is of conical form being increased slightly in diameter, either by a
surrounding strip of paper or by any other suitable means.
The cigar or cigarette is introduced with its nonexpanded or smaller end into the
larger or not contracted end of the cover or wrapper; it may when required for
smoking be partially expelled by pressure or by blowing into one end of the wrapper
or cover so that its expanded or enlarged end is held in and retained firmly by the
tapering end of the cover or wrapper whereby a sufficiently good joint is made at this
end, which joint in case of need may be completed or perfected by giving a slight
turn to the cigar or cigarette and its cover or wrapper in opposite directions.

page_text: In order to obviate the drawing inwards of the cigar or cigarette from this position
into the cover by the sucking action of the smoker, the piece of paper or other
material, used for forming the cover or wrapper may be cut in such a manner, that a
small bent strip of its inner end protrudes inside the cover or wrapper so that during
the transport of the cigar or cigarette in its cover or wrapper; this sinall bent strip
acts as a spring, to keep the cigar or cigarette in its place and it is so arranged that
if the cigar or cigarette be blown or otherwise forced to the smaller or joint end of the
cover the said small bent strip will then project against the end of the cigar or
cigarette so as to prevent any creeping or drawing inwards of the same into the cover
by the sucking action of the smoker.
If the dimensions of the cigar or cigarette and of the cover or wrapper are chosen
very accurately, and if these parts are manufactured with the required nicety, the
.above described guard for keeping the cigar or cigarette in its position in the cover or
wrapper may be dispensed with.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or Adaptation to Cigars, Cigarettes, and the like.
I, WILLIAM LLOYD WISE, of No. 46, Lincolns Inn Fields, in the County of
Middlesex, Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of
the said invention (a communication to me from abroad by Heinrich Franz Riedel,
of Dresden, in the Kingdom of Saxony, Empire of Germany), 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 providing for cigars or cigarettes of various kinds an
independent protecting cover or wrapper which may extend the entire length, or for a
part only of the length of the cigar or cigarette, one end of the cigar or cigarette
being somewhat increased in diameter while one end of the cover or wrapper is formed
somewhat tapered or diminished in order that such wrapper or cover besides affording
a protection for transport may also be conveniently used as a mouthpiece for the
cigar or cigarette during smoking, so that the same is kept at a proper distance
from the mouth and eyes of the smoker and so that the cigar or cigarette may be
smoked to the end of the tobacco.
Fig. 1 of the annexed drawings illustrates a cigar or cigarette provided with a
protecting cover or wrapper according to this invention, the cover or wrapper being
in section; Fig. 2 is a cross section on the line X X Fig. 1.
As will be seen there is provided a cover or wrapper a formed of paper or other
suitable material of the length or of about the length of the cigar or cigarette & to be
protected and of such a diameter that the cigar or cigarette may be easily inserted
into and be kept within such cover or wrapper. Within this protecting cover the
cigar or cigarette may be carried in an ordinary cigar box or even without the same
in the pocket without any danger of its being injured during transport. In order to
use the cover as a mouthpiece or holder for smoking, one end a¹ of the said cover is
slightly contracted or made tapering, while the opposite end 6 of the cigar or
cigarette b is of conical form being increased slightly in diameter either by a
surrounding strip of paper or by any other suitable means.
The cigar or cigarette is introduced with its non-expanded or smaller end into the
larger or not contracted end of the cover or wrapper, and when required for smoking
it is partially expelled by pressure or by blowing into one end of the wrapper or cover
so that its expanded or enlarged end is held in and retained firmly by the tapering
end of the cover or wrapper whereby a sufficiently good joint is made at this end,
which joint in case of need may be completed or perfected by giving a slight turn to
the cigar or cigarette and its cover or wrapper in opposite directions.
In order to obviate the drawing inwards of the cigar or cigarette from this position
into the cover by the sucking action of the smoker the piece of paper or other
material, used for forming the cover or wrapper a may be cut in such a manner that
a small bent strip a² of its inner end protrudes inside the cover or wrapper so that
during the transport of the cigar or cigarette in its cover or wrapper, this bent

page_text: strip a² acts as a spring to keep the cigar or cigarette in its place (Figs. 1 and 2) and
it is so arranged that if the cigar or cigarette be blown or otherwise forced to the
smaller or joint end of the cover the bent strip a² will then project against the
end of the cigar or cigarette as shewn in Figs. 3 and 4 so as to prevent any creeping
or drawing inwards of the same into the cover by the sucking action of the smoker.
If the dimensions of the cigar or cigarette and of the cover or wrapper are chosen
very accurately, and if these parts are manufactured with the required nicety, the
above described guard for keeping the cigar or cigarette in its position in the cover or
wrapper may be dispensed with.
Fig. 5 shews a modification wherein the end of the cover a instead of being
tapered is provided with an inner ring a* whose inner diameter corresponds or nearly
corresponds with the diameter of the cigar or cigarette b. This latter is not tapered
but is provided with an outer ring x whose outer diameter corresponds or nearly
corresponds with the internal diameter of the cover or wrapper a. a is a bent strip
for the purpose above specified. When the cigar or cigarette b is blown along the
cover or wrapper a its ring * will abut behind the ring a* of the cover and the
bent strip 62 will project behind the end of the cigar or cigarette, as shewn in Fig. 6
and retain it in position.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner it is to be performed 1 declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The combination of a cigar or cigarette having one of its ends of enlarged
diameter with a protecting cover or wrapper having one of its ends of decreased
diameter the said cover or wrapper being capable of being used also as a tube or
mouthpiece for the cigar or cigarette when the latter has been pushed or blown
forward until its enlarged end is held by the decreased end of the tube.
2. In a combined cigar or cigarette and cover or wrapper such as referred to in the
preceding claim providing the cover or wrapper with a spring strip serving to keep
the cigar or cigarette in place both when it is within the cover or wrapper or
protruding therefrom for smoking substantially as described.
3. The combined cigar or cigarette and protective cover or wrapper substantially as
described in reference to and illustrated respectively by Figs. 1 and 2 and Figs. 3
and 4 of the annexed drawings.