Improvements in Cigar and Cigarette Holders.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Mar., 1897-Accepted, 17th Apr., 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION
Improvements in Cigar and Cigarette Holders.
I, SIGISMUND VON ZAKRZEWSKI, of Kruschwitz, Posen, in the German
Empire, Doctor of Philosophy, 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 :-
The object of this invention is an improvement in cigar and cigarette holders, by
which the removal of the smoked ont cigar or cigarette end from such holders is
facilitated.
This object is effected as follows:-On the end of the holder in which the cigar
or cigarette is inserted, a removable or hinged socket or sleeve of silver, nickel,
brass or other non-combustible substance is placed. This socket or sleeve is so
shaped as to correspond with and fit the ordinary inner bore of the holder on the
side and the usual outer form of the holder on the other, or the socket or sleeve
may be dispensed with and a part of the holder be hinged or arranged loosely.
The various figures of the accompanying drawing illustrate modified forms of
this invention. In Figure 1 the metallic socket or sleeve c is inoveably attached
to the cigar holder, by means of the hinge b, and is suitably adapted for the
reception of the pointed end e of the cigar. The socket or sleeve c is thus in
communication with the bore d of the cigar-holder and contains the pointed end e
of the cigar. Figure 2 shows another arrangement of the invention, in which a
part of the cigar-holder a is removeable therefrom, and in the drawing the part f
is likewise represented as being hinged at b. In this case the moveable part may
be of the same material as the holder, meerschaum, amber, or wood, for example.
In Figure 3 the socket or sleeve and the part fis held on the cigar holder a by
one or several small connectors g g'. These connectors may be connected at one
end with the part fand at the other end to the ring which is fixed on the holder a.
For the purpose of removing the socket or sleeve, the ring and the connectors g, g¹
are moved forward or the spring connectors g stretched far enough to allow of the
cigar or cigarette end e and the part f being removed from the holder. In the
same figure the connectors g g' are hinged or jointed at m n, so that not only can
the part be lifted off the end of the holder a but can be turned on n to such an
extent, as to enable the cigar or cigarette end to be pushed out. In Figure 4 the
part is shewn connected to the holder a by means of a bayonet joint i.
In order to prevent any disagreeable suction of air into the cigar-holder, at the
joint between the parts fand a a tight-joint can be made by means of a wire, ring
or a groove and tongue 1 (Figure 5). The socket or sleeve c must also be closely
fitted to the inside of the holder a in order that no disagreeable introduction of air
may occur.
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 :-
First. The improved cigar or cigarette holder, having an additional piece, socket
or sleeve (or c), corresponding with and fitting to the bore of the holder and the
end of the cigar or cigarette and being removeable from the holder a or hinged

page_text: Second. In cigar or cigarette holders of the kind claimed in the first claiming
clause hereof the socket or sleeve c, closely fitting the bore of the holder a and
hinged at b and adapted to receive the end of the cigar or cigarette, substantially
as described.
Third. In cigar or cigarette holders of the kind claimed in the second claiming
clause hereof the additional piece f formed of the same material as the holder a,
moveable or adjustable in relation thereto by means of a hinge b, and forming
with a a complete cigar or cigarette holder, substantially as described.
Fourth. In cigar or cigarette holders of the kind claimed in the first claiming
clause hereof the employment of one or more connectors 9 9', substantially as
described.
Fifth. In cigar or cigarette holders of the kind claimed in the first claiming
clause hereof the connection of the additional piece f with the holder a by means
of a bayonet joint, substantially as described.
Sixth. In the cigar or cigarette holders forming the subjects of the preceding
claims providing the additional piece c or fand the cigar or cigarette holder a with
suitable packing devices or material, substantially as described.
Dated tuis 12th day of March 1097.
S. VON ZAKRZEWSKI,
Per W. H. Beck,
115 Cannon Street, London, E.C., Agent.