Improvements in Cigar and Ash Holders and the like.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application; 30th Mar., 1896-Accepted, 2nd May, 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cigar and Ash Holders and the like.
I, GEORGE FARNSWORTH PRENDERGAST, of No. 207 Centre Street, in the
City of New York, State of New York, in the United States of America,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said 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 holders for cigars, pipes and cigarettes, and receivers
for the ashes thereof, and aims to provide a cigar and ash holder combined,
which can be clasped to a table for use and can be readily removed to empty the
ashes.
The new article consists of a trough shaped holder for a cigar, cigarette or pipe,
and a cup-shaped receiver for the ashes, formed in one piece or connected together,
and an elastic clamp connected to the bottom of the receiver for snapping under
the edge of a table or desk and fastening the receiver thereon, so that the cigar
can be laid in the holder instead of on the table, and the ashes be collected in the
receiver, the article being readily removable to dump the ashes when the receiver
is full.
and
In the drawings:-
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of one construction of the new article ;
Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the receiver, cut on the line 2-2 in Fig. 3,
Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section of the receiver, holder and fastener cut
on the line 3-3 in Fig. 2.
The article as shown consists of a top part A and a fastener B. The top part
rests on a table or desk C, and comprises one or more trough shaped holders E in
which a cigar, pipe or cigarette can be placed, (as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1
at D), and a cup-shaped receiver J into which the holder E communicates. The
holder and receiver are preferably formed of one piece of stamped sheet metal G.
As shown the holder has a flat face I on its lower side, formed by pressing down
the metal at a, which serves as a bearing for the article on the table C. The
bottom side of this face constitutes a friction surface c. The remainder of the
bottom wall 6 of the holder is are shaped to loosely fit a cigar. The ends of
the holder are open, and its upwardly exteuding side walls F are formed with
recesses H where the fingers can be inserted to grasp the cigar D, or in which
matches or other articles can be set across the holder. The receiver J is shown as
a tapering metal cup having a flat bottom wall e, side walls d, a top flange g, and
an inner chamber K. The metal between the holder and receiver is bent with
a curve at i from the one to the other.
The bolder sets on the table and the receiver hangs over the edge of the table,
and the holder and receiver are so arranged that the lighted end of the cigar can
project into the chamber of the receiver while the body of the cigar rests in the
holder.
The fastener B is pivoted to the bottom of the receiver, and projects under the
table at one end as a clamp, and outwardly at its other eud as a handle L.
A spring P elastically forces the clamp toward the table. In the construction
shown the fastener consists of a plate j, having an upturned clamp end M, and
pivoted on a pin N, by means of ears k and l, to the bottom of the holder. The
ears k are shown as bent up from the metal of the plate, and the ears as formed

page_text: on a bent plate O, but any other construction can be adopted. The spring P is
shown with its lower end m bearing on the handle L, and extending thence with
a bend n around the pin N, and then with a bend o beneath the ears 1 to its upper
end p, which bears against the bottom of the receiver J..
In use the fastener is opened by placing the thumb on the cup J and grasping
the handle L with the finger, whereupon the spring P can be compressed until the
article can be fastened to the edge of the table, or removed therefrom, as desired.
When fastened to the edge of the table the fastener will firmly hold the article
against accidental displacement. Cigars and the like can be placed in the holder
without danger of falling or burning the table, and the ashes can be collected in the
receiving cup. When this is full the article will be unfastened and inverted over
the proper receptacle to empty the ashes, whereon the article will again be fastened
to the table.
It will be understood that any other suitable construction for the parts can be
used, instead of that shown, without departing from the spirit of my invention, as
I do not limit myself to the shape or construction of the parts described.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A holder for cigars, cigarettes or pipes, having a trough shaped part for
resting on the table, a cup-shaped part extending over the edge of the table for
receiving the ashes, and a spring fastening for passing under the edge of the table,
pivoted to the cup-shaped part for fastening the article to a table or other object,
substantially as described.
2. A holder for cigars and the like, adapted to rest on the table and having
a long cigar socket, and cross sockets or recesses H for grasping the cigar,
substantially as described.
3. A cigar holder and ash receiver consisting of a trough shaped part and
a cup-shaped part connected together, the former holding the cigar and the latter
holding the ashes and projecting over the edge of the table, and a fastening plate,
actuated by a spring, and connected to the article for fastening it to a table,
substantially as described.
4. A cigar holder and ash receiver, consisting of a single piece of metal having
a long trough shaped part E, and a cup-shaped part J, adapted to be attached to
or rest on a table, substantially as described.
5. The cigar holder E, and cup J, in combination with the fastener B, mounted
on pivotal pin N, and actuated by the spring P, for fastening the holder to
a table.
6. The improved article shown and described.
Dated the 30th day of March 1906
J. C. MEW BURN & ELLIS,
55 and 56 Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.