Improved Cigar Holders.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Jan., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 19th Sept., 1896-Accepted, 24th Oct., 1896
SIONAL SPECIFIC
TION.
Improved Cigar Holders.
I, JOHN EDGAR, of 18 Glassford Street, in the City of Glasgow, Bedding
and Spring Mattress Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
The improved cigar holder constituting this invention is designed mainly for use
when playing such games as golf or billiards and when it is desired to cease
smoking in the act of play and hand the cigar to a "caddie" or other attendant,
the purpose served by the holder being to permit of the cigar being easily held
without contact of the finger with the cigar.
The improved cigar holder in one modification is composed of a wire or rod bent
at one end to form an eye through which the cigar end is passed whilst the other
end is bent in the form of a hook or U-loop the end terminating in line with and in
proximity to the eye so as to constitute together with the eye a suitable support:
for the cigar.
When the cigar is removed from the smoker's mouth it is held by means of the
wire holder which may either be grasped by the hand or suspended from the
finger.
In another modification the wire instead of being bent in U-form extends in the
form of a straight rod from the eye which holds the cigar to a point where it is.
coiled in one or more convolutions and it is then extended back to a point which
forms the support for the cigar.
In still another modification the eye is formed or attached to the end of a
tubular rod in which is fitted a wire having a pointed end or prong extending into
the eye, whilst its other end is formed into a loop or eye adapted to be held in the
hand. A spring is or may be interposed between the inner wire and the tubular
rod tending to press the prong inwards so that when the end of the cigar
is placed in the eye of the holder the prong pierces it and serves to retain it.
therein.
In a further modification the eye for holding the cigar is replaced by two spring
blades having curved ends between which and the sliding prong the cigar is held
at three points. The prong is carried on a stem piece telescoping into a tube to
which the holding or finger ring is attached, and on the stem is a cross bar which
is pressed on by the fingers to draw back the prong against the action of a spring
between the tube and stem. This cross bar also engages with and slides upon the
spring blades and tends to draw them together so that they grasp the cigar
between them, whilst on drawing back the cross bar and prong a cross piece at or
near the end of the prong stem bears on and presses apart the spring blades to
permit of the insertion of the cigar end between them and the prong. Short spikes
may be formed at the ends of the spring blades to ensure a proper grip of the cigar
eud between them and the spring pressed prong.
Dated this 23rd day of January 1896
WALLACE FAIRWEATHER,
Chartered Patent Agent,
62 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: Improved Cigar Holders.
I, JOHN EDGAR, of 18 Glassford Street, in the City of Glasgow, Bedding
and Spring Mattress Manufacturer, 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 improved cigar holder constituting this invention is designed mainly for use
when playing such games as golf or billiards and when it is desired to cease
smoking in the act of play and hand the cigar to a "caddie" or other attendant,
or when engaged in other pursuits such as card playing, reading, writing, or riding,
the purpose served by the holder being to permit of the cigar being easily held
without contact of the fingers with the cigar.
The invention is illustrated in perspective views under several modifications by
Figs. 1, 2 and 3 of the accompanying drawings.
The improved cigar holder, in the modification illustrated by Fig. 1, is composed
of a wire or rod A bent at one end to form an eye a through which the end of the
cigar B is passed whilst the other end of the wire or rod is bent in the form of
a hook or U-loop a¹ the end terminating at a² in line with and in proximity to
the eye a so as to constitute together with the eye a suitable support for the
cigar B.
When the cigar is removed from the smoker's mouth it is held by means of the
wire holder which may either be grasped by the hand or suspended from the
finger.
Instead of being bent in U-form the wire may extend in the form of a straight
rod from the eye a which holds the cigar to a point where it is coiled in one or
more convolutions and it is then extended back to the point a² which forms the
support for the cigar.
In the modification illustrated by Fig. 2 the eye for holding the cigar B is
replaced by two spring blades as having curved ends between which and a
sliding prong C the cigar B is held at three points. The prong C is carried on a
stem piece c telescoping into a tube D to which the holding or finger ring d is
attached, and on the stem c is a cross bar c¹ which is pressed on by the fingers to
draw back the prong against the action of a spring E interposed between the
tube D and stem c. This cross bar c' also engages with and slides upon the spring
blades a and tends to draw them together so that they grasp the cigar B between
them, whilst on drawing back the cross bar c' and prong C cross piece cat or
near the end of the prong stem c bears on and presses apart the spring blades as to
permit of the insertion of the cigar end between them and the prong C. Short
spikes may be formed at the ends of the spring blades a³ to ensure a proper grip of
the cigar end between them and the spring pressed prong C.
In another modification the eye is formed or attached to the end of a tubular
rod in which is fitted a wire having a pointed end or prong extending into the
eye, whilst its other end is formed into a loop or eye adapted to be held in the
hand. A spring is or may be interposed to press the prong inwards so that wher
the end of the cigar is placed in the eye of the holder the prong pierces it and
serves to retain it therein.
In another modification illustrated by Fig. 3 the improved cigar holder i
composed of a wire A flattened for a portion of its length about its mid part, thi
portion being bent into circular formi to constitute a finger ring a', the wire bein
there secured by a band at the other portions of the wire A which extend i
straight lines upwards are spread slightly apart and have their outer ends flattene
and curved at a' into a form suitable to embrace the end of the cigar B, a prong (

page_text: consisting of a wire pointed at one end and having its other end coiled so as to
embrace the straight portions of the wire A being provided to slide thereon
and pierce the cigar B thereby serving to retain the cigar between the curved
ends as of the holder.
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 :-
1. A cigar holder composed of a stem piece having at one end a finger hoop or
ring and at the other a holding eye, ring or blades for grasping the cigar and a
prong or piercer adapted to support or retain it within the eye or blades, substantially
as described.
2. A cigar holder constructed substantially as described with reference to Fig. 1
of the accompanying drawings.
3. A cigar holder constructed substantially as described with reference to Fig. 2
of the accompanying drawings.
4. A cigar holder constructed substantially as described with reference to Fig. 3
of the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 18th day of September 1896
WALLACE FAIRWEATHER,
Of the Firm of Cruikshank & Fairweather,
Chartered Patent Agents,
St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Agent for the Applicant.