AN IMPROVED MANUFACTURE OF CIGARS
Year: 1862

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Alfred Vincent Newton, of the Office for Patents
66, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Mechanical Draughts-
man, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED MANUFACTURE OF CIGARS."―
A communication from abroad by William Chevers, Kneeland, of New
York, in the United States of America.
Sealed the 20th June 1862, and dated the 6th January 1862.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Alfred Vincent Newton
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
6th January 1862.
I, ALFRED VINCENT NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery Lane,
in the County of Middlesex, Mechanical Draughtsman, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED MANUFACTURE OF CIGARS,"
to be as follows:―
In cigars as usually made the narcotic oil accumulates in the head of the
cigar, it being enabled to retreat from the fire along the longitudinal layers of
the tobacco fillings, and thus renders the cigar so rancid after being two-thirds
or three-quarters consumed, that it is usually thrown away in disgust. Now
the object of this Invention is to obtain a cigar from fine cut Havannah
fillings and other fine cut tobacco, which will retain its original flavor and
freshness, until entirely consumed in smoking, and which can be furnished at
a cost not exceeding that of the common cigar. This is effected by enclosing
the same in a netting or gauze tube of silk or other tasteless and inodorous

page_text: fibre, (which may be plaited or woven without seam) and the appearance of
an ordinary cigar may be imparted thereto by afterwards covering the filled
tube with a wrapper of tobacco by coiling leaf tobacco helically around it.
It is proposed to make and fill the tube in long lengths, and then to cut
them up to the required lengths to form cigars.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Alfred Vincent Newton in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 5th July 1862.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ALFRED
VINCENT NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery Lane, in the County
of Middlesex, Mechanical Draughtsman, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Sixth day of January in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, in the twenty-fifth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said Alfred Vincent Newton, Her special license, that I, the said Alfred
Vincent Newton, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others
as I, the said Alfred Vincent Newton, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and
at all times thereafter, during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully
might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
"AN IMPROVED MANUFACTURE OF CIGARS," being a communication from abroad,
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Alfred Vincent Newton, by
an instrument in writing under my hand and seal, should particularly describe
and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent
Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the
said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Alfred Vincent Newton, 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, reference being had to the Drawing hereunto annexed,
and to the letters and figures marked thereon (that is to say):-
In cigars as usually made the narcotic oil by retreating from the fire
along the longitudinal layers of the tobacco fillings, accumulates in the head

page_text: of the cigar and thus renders the cigar so rancid, after about two-thirds or
three-quarters have been consumed, that the remainder is usually thrown
away in disgust. Now the object of this Invention as communicated to me
by my foreign correspondent, is to obtain a cigar from fine cut Havannah
fillings and other fine cut tobacco, which will retain its original flavor and
freshness, until entirely consumed in smoking, and which can be furnished at
a cost not exceeding that of the common cigar.
In the accompanying Drawing, Fig. 1 represents in perspective view a
cigar embodying the improvement; Fig. 2 is a side view of a cigar partly
finished; Fig. 3 represents a piece of gauze tubing to be used as will be
presently explained; and Fig. 4 represents a fragment of the same in per-
spective. Similar letters in the several Figures refer to corresponding parts.
The gauze tubing is shewn at A, it being made of silk or other inodorous
material, which tubing is designed to be made the diameter of the cigar
desired to be produced. Fine cut Havanna fillings or other fine cut tobacco
is introduced into this tubing at one end, and when filled the tubing is cut
into suitable lengths for cigars. The ends are then tied or pinched together
slightly to prevent the filling from working out while the binder and wrapper
B, or wrapper B alone, (as a hard or soft cigar is desired) is put on by
commencing at one end, and winding the wrapper spirally around the tube
towards the head or pointed end of the cigar at the same time giving the
cigar the proper shape by rolling. The end of the wrapper is fastened in the
usual manner by any tasteless and inodorous gum, (such as gum copal or gum
lac) which is indissoluble in water. After being thus fastened, the point or
head of the cigar is punctured, and the square end is cut off. The cigar is
then ready for market. The silk tubing or inner binder of cigars made in
this manner is impervious to dampness, and consequently does not mould.
Owing to the shortness of the fibre of the tobacco filling, and the absence of
its longitudinal arrangement, the narcotic oil is absorbed by it, and kept in
close proximity with the fire, and thereby for the most part consumed, thus
preventing any accumulation thereof in the head or that part of the cigar
which is held in the mouth to make it strong and rancid. The tendency of
the cigar to become choked by the saliva is avoided, by the shortness and
tranverse position of the fibre of the tobacco; cigars formed as before described
never fail to draw well and retain the same freshness when nearly consumed
as when first lighted. The fact of the silk netting or gauze tubing being a
strong textile fabric inodorous when burning, impervious to dampness and
incapable of becoming mouldy from exposure or age, and furthermore
possessing the desirable characteristics of being insoluble in water, free from

page_text: capillary action and a non-conductor. of heat, renders it peculiarly adapted to
the purpose for which it is employed.
Having thus set forth the nature of the Invention of an improved manu-
facture of cigars, as communicated to me by my foreign correspondent and
explained the manner of carrying the same into effect, I wish it to, be
understood that under the above in part recited Letters Patent I claim
manufacturing cigars in the manner and for the purpose above described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Alfred Vincent Newton, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, the Fifth day of July, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.
Witness,
J. W. MOFFATT,
66, Chancery Lane.
A. V. NEWTON. (L.S.)