Improvements in Cigarette Makers and Holders.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 24th July, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 18th Apr., 1895-Accepted, 24th May, 1895
Improvements in Cigarette Makers and Holders.
A communication from HEINRICH MÜLLER, of 20, Karlsbad, Berlin, in the
Empire of Germany, Merchant.
I, ALFRED JULIUS BOULT of 323 High Holborn in the County of Middlesex,
Chartered Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to a mouthpiece for cigarettes which at the same time can
be used as a cigarette maker. Similar apparatus for making cigarettes have
always hitherto been defective, inasmuch as in smoking some parts have the
tendency to foul and become stopped up, and require cleansing before being used
for a fresh cigarette; and even after considerable use it could not be avoided that
the tobacco to be filled in and the paper cover or casing were soiled and dirty,
which gave the fresh cigarette an unattractive appearance and a disagreeable
after-taste.
The present invention renders these defects impossible from the very outset,
because those parts which in making the cigarette, come in contact with the
tobacco and the cigarette paper, are in smoking so completely isolated that they
never come in contact with the smoke or nicotine oil, and offensive deposit.
The device consists of a mouthpiece or smoking part which alone comes in
contact with the smoke or oily deposit, and a stop piece, which is isolated there-
from. The former comprises the mouthpiece properly so-called, and the smoking
tube with its prolongation, which latter during smoking is so surrounded by the
bell-mouth or funnel of the stopper end that no smoke can gain access to the
latter. For this purpose the end of the prolongation of the smoke-tube fits tightly
into the forward or narrower end of the funnel or bell-mouth while the rear end
of the latter fits tightly on a shoulder. Outside the forward end of the funnel is
fitted a binding ring easily removable and may advantageously be made slightly
conical in form; this ring serves to hold the cigarette firmly in position. The
stopper which completes the apparatus is provided with a projecting plug or
prolongation which can be inserted in the smoke-tube and a shoulder which abuts
against the annular ends of the smoke barrel and bell-mouth and the outer ring
or sleeve being of a diameter slightly larger than that of the forward end of the
bell-mouth.
When it is required to use the apparatus for making a cigarette the ring is first
removed and a suitable cigarette-paper cylinder is slipped over the stopper and
fitted on to the end of the bell-mouth for which purpose the gradual enlargement of
the stopper is well adapted. The stopper is then withdrawn, whereby its enlarged end
has the effect of straightening out the paper cylinder or tube and leaving it straight
and symmetrical on the end of the mouthpiece and funnel. Thereupon the binding
or attachment ring is slipped into its place over the paper cylinder or tube so as to
hold the latter firmly on the funnel-end. Then taking the stopper in one hand
and the funnel in the other the paper-tube is stuffed with tobacco by means of the
narrow end of the stopper in such manner that it is filled with perfect uniformity
to the very end. If desired as a preliminary precaution, to close the smoking tube
a wad of cotton-wool can be packed in at the bottom of the cigarette, for the
purpose of filtering the smoke and keeping back tobacco-dust and nicotine.

page_text: The cigarette thus prepared can by removing the attachment ring be taken off
and smoked in the usual manner, or by replacing the mouthpiece and leaving the
ring in its place as well as the cigarette, the latter can be smoked until the very
end when all the tobacco is consumed.
The mouthpiece proper may with advantage be so proportioned in relation to the
central bulge of the apparatus as to preponderate in weight even when a full
cigarette is placed on the other end, so that in smoking the mouth-piece can be
laid upon a table etc. and the burning end will be held on high without touching or
injuring the material or surface on which the mouthpiece rests.
Dand thin 4th of T1 1004
A communication from HEINRICH, MÜLLER, of 20, Karlsbad, Berlin, in the
Empire of Germany, Merchant.
I, ALFRED JULIUS BOULT of 323 High Holborn, in the County of Middlesex,
Chartered Patent Agent, 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 :-
.
This invention relates to a mouthpiece for cigarettes, which at the saine time
can be used as a cigarette maker. . Similar apparatus for making cigarettes have
always hitherto been defective, inasmuch as in smoking some parts have the
tendency to foul and become stopped up, and require cleansing before being used
for a fresh cigarette; and even, after considerable use, it could not be avoided
that the tobacco to be filled in and the paper cover or casing were soiled and dirty,
which gave the fresh cigarette an unattractive appearance and a disagreeable
after-taste.
The present invention renders these defects impossible from the very outset,
because those parts which, in making the cigarette, come in contact with the
tobacco and the cigarette paper, are, in smoking, so completely isolated that they
never come in contact with the smoke or nicotine oil, and offensive deposit.
The accompanying drawing illustrates the application of this improved device
to the formation of cigarettes.
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Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section of the entire mouthpiece and stopper ;
Fig. 2 is a cross section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;
Fig. 3 shows (separately) a view of the mouth-piece or smoking part and a section
of the stopper end with cigarette.
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Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the entire mouth-piece and cigarette, ready
for use.
The device consists of a mouth-piece or smoking-part which alone comes in
contact with the smoke or oily deposit, and a stop-piece, which is isolated there-
from. The former A comprises the mouth-piece properly so called and the smoking
tube B with its prolongation b, which latter, during smoking, is so surrounded
by the bell-mouth or funnel C of the stopper end, that no smoke can gain access
to the latter. For this purpose. the end of the polongation 6 of the smoke-tube B
fits tightly into the forward or narrower end c of the funnel or bell-mouth C, while
the rear end of the latter fits tightly on a shoulder 6 formed at the base of b,
and against B. Outside the forward end of the funnel at c, is fitted & linding
ring D easily removable and may advantageously be made slightly conical in
form; this ring serves to hold the cigarette firmly in position. The stopper E

page_text: which completes the apparatus, is provided with a projecting plug or prolon
gation e which can be inserted in the smoke tube and a shoulder e' which abuts
against the annular ends of the smoke barrel B and bell-mouth C the outer ring or
sleeve D (Fig. 1), being of a diameter slightly larger than that of the forward
end c of the bell-mouth C.
When it is required to use the apparatus for making a cigarette, the ring D
is first removed and a suitable cigarette-paper cylinder is slipped over the stopper
and fitted on to the end c of the bell-mouth C, for which purpose the gradual
enlargement of the stopper up to el is well adapted. The stopper E is then
withdrawn, whereby its enlarged end e¹ has the effect of straightening out the
paper cylinder or tube and leaving it straight and symmetrical, on the end of
the mouth-piece and funnel. Thereupon the binding or attachment ring D is
slipped into its place, over the paper-cylinder or tube, so as to hold the latter
firmly on the funnel-end c. Then, taking the stopper in one hand and the funnel C
in the other, the paper-tube is stuffed with tobacco by means of the narrow end of
the stopper, in such manner that it is filled with perfect uniformity to the very
end. If desired, as a preliminary precaution, to close the smoking tube, a wad of
cotton wool F can be packed in at the bottom of the cigarette, for the purpose
of filtering the smoke and keeping back tobacco-dust and nicotine (Fig. 3).
The cigarette, thus prepared, can, by removing the attachment ring D, be taken
off and smoked in the usual manner; or, by replacing the mouthpiece B in the
funnel C, and leaving the ring D in its place as well as the cigarette, the latter
can be smoked until the very end, when all the tobacco is consumed.
The mouthpiece proper, A may, with advantage, be so proportioned, in relation
to the central bulge of the apparatus, viz. at the joint between B and C, as to
preponderate in weight even when a full cigarette is placed on the other end; so
that in smoking, the mouthpiece can be laid upon a table, etc., and the burning
end will be held on high without touching or injuring the material or surface on
which the mouth-piece rests.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, as communicated to me by my foreign correspondent, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. A cigarette mouthpiece and device for forming cigarettes characterised by a
stopper-funnel such as C being slipped over a smoking tube such as B 6 in such
manner that during smoking neither smoke nor oily deposit can find access
to the said funnel C substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
2. The combination in a cigarette maker and cigarette mouthpiece of a smoking
tube such as B and a funnel such as C substantially as and for the purpose described
and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
3. The combination and arrangement of parts constituting the complete
cigarette holder and maker substantially as described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawings.
Deed shim 10th day of A: 1905
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents for the Applicant.