A NEW SAFETY GUARD FOR CIGARS AND CIGARETTES
Year: 1885

page_text: I, FREDERICK CHRISTIAN LEONARDT of Vicarage Road, Handsworth near
Birmingham in the County of Warwick Merchant, do hereby declare the nature
of said invention for "A NEW SAFETY GUARD FOR CIGARS AND CIGARETTES" to
be as follows: —
In smoking cigars or cigarettes, the ashes thereby formed by the combustion
thereof, become a source of trouble and danger to the smoker, as the ash from time
to time falls from the end of the cigar or cigarette, as the smoking proceeds, thus
it often happens that the ash falls upon the clothes of a person which is
undesirable and dangerous; and further, persons smoking while travelling or
otherwise inadvertently allow a lighted cigar or cigar end to fall unobserved, upon.
an article of clothing or upon some combustible materials which become burnt or:
injured.
The object of my invention is to remedy these evils, and to make it impossible
for the ash or the lighted end of the cigar to come into immediate or direct contact
with any such object. This I accomplish by surrounding the cigar or cigarette
within a cage or enclosure made preferably of wire gauze, which may be open at
one end and closed at the other, or open at both ends; that is, I form a perforated
enclosure which constitutes a safety guard and this enclosure covers the cigar or
cigarette up to within a short distance of the mouth end.
By making the guard of wire gauze or perforated metal, the material composing
it is unaffected or uninjured by the heat and ash resulting from the burning of a
cigar or cigarette.
The perforations in the safety guard while admitting free ingress of air and
egress of smoke, are so small that all ash is intercepted or collected therein, thereby
rendering smoking perfectly safe, and free from the evils to which open smoking is
liable.
The construction and shape of the safety guard hereinbefore described, is made'
according to the shape size and character of the cigar or cigarette to be smoked.
within it.
The guard may be shaped from flat wire gauze or perforated metal, and rolled
up and secured in position by spring or other clips, to accommodate cigars or
cigarettes varying in size. Or the safety guard may be woven in the form of a
cylinder.

page_text: Instead of enclosing the whole of the cigar other than the mouth end, a cap or
thimble formed of wire gauze with embracing clips or holders may be used instead.
The embracing clips are at the open end of the guard, so that as the cigar is
consumed or burned, the guard is pressed forward so as to always follow up and
enclose or cage the burning and ash part.
A New Safety Guard for Cigars and Cigarettes.
I, FREDERICK CHRISTIAN LEONARDT of Vicarage Road Handsworth near
Birmingham in the County of, Warwick Merchant, do hereby declare the nature
of said invention for "A NEW SAFETY GUARD FOR CIGARS AND CIGARETTES,” and
in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
In smoking cigars or cigarettes, the ashes thereby formed by the combustion
thereof, become a source of trouble and danger to the smoker as the ash from time
to time falls from the end of the cigar or cigarette as the smoking proceeds; thus
it often happens that the ash falls upon the clothes of a person, which is
undesirable and dangerous; and further, persons smoking while travelling or
otherwise, inadvertently allow a lighted cigar or cigar end to fall unobserved upon
an article of clothing or upon some combustible materials which become burnt or
injured.
The object of my invention is to remedy these evils, and to make it impossible
for the ash or the lighted end of the cigar to come into immediate or direct contact
with any such object. This I accomplish by surrounding the cigar or cigarette
within a cage or enclosure made preferably of wire gauze, which may be open at
one end and closed at the other, or open at both ends; that is, I form a perforated
enclosure which constitutes a safety guard, and this enclosure covers the cigar or
cigarette up to within a short distance of the mouth end.
By making the guard of wire gauze or perforated metal, the material composing
it is unaffected or uninjured by the heat and ash resulting from the burning of a
cigar or cigarette.
The perforations in the safety guard while admitting free ingress of air and
egress of smoke, are so small that all ash is intercepted or collected therein, thereby
rendering smoking perfectly safe, and free from the evils to which open smoking is
liable

page_text: The construction and shape of the safety guard hereinbefore described, is made
according to the shape, size and character of the cigar or cigarette to be smoked
within it.
The guard may be shaped from flat wire gauze or perforated metal, and rolled
up and secured in position by spring or other clips, to accomodate cigars or
cigarettes varying in size. Or the safety guard may be woven in the form of a
cylinder.
Instead of enclosing the whole of the cigar other than the mouth end, a cap or
thimble formed of wire gauze with embracing clips or holders may be used instead.
The embracing clips are at the open end of the guard, so that as the cigar is
consumed or burned, the guard is pressed backward so as to always follow up and
enclose or cage the burning and ash part.
I will now proceed to describe with reference to the accompanying Drawing the
manner in which the same is to be performed.
Figure 1 represents in elevation and figure 2 in longitudinal vertical section
a cigarette safety guard or protector made according to my invention, with a
cigarette enclosed or protected by it, and which said guard is provided with a
holder wherein the back end of the cigarette is secured. a is a guard or perforated
enclosure wherein a cigarette is caged and protected while being smoked, and
which said guard or protector consists essentially of a perforated or reticulated
cylinder a, closed at its front a³, and open at the back end as, the said opening or
mouth forms a socket wherein the end of a cigarette holder b is fitted; the raw
edges of the open mouth is protected by a ring or flange a', and within the end of
the said holder a cigarette is secured and held axially within the shield or pro-
tector, while being smoked-c is a non metallic ring, preferably of bone, ivory or
other suitable non conductor of heat, in order to admit of the protector being
taken hold of by the fingers, while being smoked.
By thus surrounding and enclosing cigarettes within a cage or perforated
enclosure, all ash or fire accidentally falling from the end of a lighted cigarette is.
intercepted and held while being smoked, thereby rendering smoking free from
danger and dust, which is unattainable with open smoking.
Figure 3 is an elevation of a shield or protector of wire gauge woven cylin-
drically or in a piece, without raw or ragged edges, and which protector has its
mouth end throttled or contracted to the size of the cigarette to be smoked and
held within it and marked a³-This neck or contracted mouth is made slightly
yielding in order to clip the end of the cigarette, so as to keep it centrally within
the guard without touching the sides-Figure 4 is a section of the same showing
the ash on the end of a cigarette protected by the cage like enclosure-Figure 5
shows another form of protector made from wire gauze, and figure 6 is the blank
from which it is made Figure 7 is a longitudinal vertical section of figure 5, and
figure 8 is a cross section (upon an enlarged scale) on the dotted lines A B figure 5,
and figure 9 is a end view.
This protector is divided and opens longitudinally, for the introduction into it
laterally of a cigarette or cigar.
a a¹ are two semi circular halves hinged or connected together by folded spring
ears or projections a which normally keep the two halves together, thereby
forming a complete cylinder wherein a cigarette is enclosed while being smoked-
These clips as may be made separate from the holder and attached thereto by
closing or otherwise.
To open the protector for introducing or enclosing within it a cigarette, press
with the thumb and finger one of the folded metal parts a when the two
halves a a¹ will be automatically opened sufficiently wide that a cigarette can be
introduced.
On relaxation of pressure the halves again close by the spring joints a.
Figure 10 represents a modification where only the end is protected, so that as
smoking proceeds or the cigarette consumed, the guard is pressed backward, so as

page_text: to always follow up and enclose or cage the burning part-a is the shield, and
d are spring clips which
In applying my invention to the smoking of cigars and the like, the shield or
protector has only to be made of the size and shape required.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
A guard or protector for cigarettes, cigars and other like objects, consisting of a
perforated or reticulated cylinder or tube open at one end, and closed at the other,
and within which said guard a cigarette or cigar is enclosed and held while being
smoked, thereby preventing the accidental dropping of the ash or fire from the
ignited end; conduction of heat being prevented (on being taken hold of) by a
bone or other metal ring c. The said guard is made either all in a piece, as in
figures 1, 2, 3 and 4, or in halves divided longitudinally as in figures 5, 6'7, 8
and 9 in which latter form, the guard opens and closes upon hinge like joints, 1
which also constitute the means whereby the said halves are opened and closed,
substantially as described and illustrated; also a safety guard or device with
spring clips for protecting the ends only of lighted cigarettes and cigars, sub-
stantially as described and set forth in figure 10 of the Drawing.
Dated this Sixteenth day of July 1886.
FREDERICK CHRISTIAN LEONARDT.
By Henry Skerrett,
Agent for the Applicant.