Improvements in Cigars and Cigarettes.
Year: 1890

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cigars and Cigarettes.
1 HERBERT EVENS SOPER of St. John's Villa Cromwell Road Colchester, in the
County of Essex, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to he performed. to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement
:-
My present invention relates to cigars and cigarettes and its object is to so arrange
or construct the same that they may be lit or set light to without the separate
application of a lighted taper or match to attain which I secure or affix to the
lighting end of each cigarette or cigar a disc, cap or ferrule which may have made
therewith or be composed of a suitable fuse and has a striking piece or portion
which will ignite by friction similar to an ordinary match or fusee. The said match
or striking piece may where desired he composed of any ordinary substance which
will not take fire unless rubbed or receiving friction by means of specially prepared
paper that is to say the said match portions may be composed similarly to the
ordinary safety matches.
In order that my said invention may be fully understood and more readily carried
into effect I will proceed to describe the same by the aid of the accompanying sheet
of drawings which are to be taken as part of this Specification and read therewith.
Fig. 1 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of a cigar arranged in accordance with
my present improvements.
Figs. 2 and 3 are longitudinal sectional elevations of cigarettes with my improve-
ments applied thereto.
Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of a cigar with a modification of my
improvements.
Fig. 5 is a longitudinal elevation and Fig. 6 is also an elevation looking at right
angles from Fig. 5 of a further modification of my invention applied to a cigar and
Fig. 7 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of another modification of my present
invention applied to a cigar.
Like letters of reference denote corresponding parts in each view.
Referring to Fig. 1 I first place the disc of fuse F at the end of the cigar B and
the said disc F has made with or secured to the centro part thereof a match head
or striking piece f¹. The fuse disc F is held up to the end of the cigar B by a
cap C which is made with an annular flange c¹ the inner periphery of which is
gummed glued or otherwise arranged so as to adhere to the lighting end of cigar B.
The said cap C thus answers the double purpose of preventing the unravelling of the
cigar end and the securing or holding in position of the disc F.
In Fig. 2 the fuse and match is made in one with the cap C which is attachable to
the cigarette in manner shown.
In Fig. 3 the fuse and match is also made in one with the cap C which latter
forms a bottom to the said cigarette S when same is being filled.
Referring to Fig. 4 the lighting end of cigar B receives a ferrule or separated
flange which is preferably composed of strong paper or may be made of any
other light material. In this arrangement the fuse Fund match head f¹ is attached
to the end of a match stick or wooden stem which penetrates into the cigar B
as shown.
Referring to Figs. 5 and 6 the fuse cap and lighter or match is made all in one
in the form of a narrow band or strip which is simply gummed glued or other-
wise adhered to each side of the cigar B and partly covers the end thereof at which
latter part the fuse F and match is situated as shown.
*Referring to Fig. 7 the disc and cap is made all in one (C) and it is secured to
the cigar end by means of the wooden spikes or stems f' to the ends of which are

page_text: the match heads or striking portions f³. In this case I show a piece of safety
striking match paper d which may be torn off and used for setting light to the safety
match beads where the same be used.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
Fixing or securing to the lighting ends of cigars and cigarettes caps ferrules or
discs composed of or containing fuses and matches or like means whereby said
cigarettes and cigars may be lit without the application of a separate lighted taper
match or light substantially as described.
H. F. BOUGHTON, M.I. Mech. E.,
Barnsley & Sheffield, Agent.
H. F. BOUGHTON, M.I. Mech. E.,
Barnsley & Sheffield, Agent.