An Improved Cigarette Tip."
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Aug., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 24th June, 1899-Accepted, 29th July, 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Cigarette
Tip."
I, JOHN ALBERT WHEELHOUSE, of 20, York Street, in the City of Belfast and
County of Antrim, in Ireland, Gelatiner and Advertising Contractor, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:--
My invention relates to the construction of tips for cigarettes whereby the
wrappers and the tobacco enclosed therein are kept from contact with the lips
and tongue of the smoker and are not softened and moistened thereby.
For this purpose I employ a perforated disc of thin paper, metal, cork or
similar substance to cover the extremity of the cigarette and I attach to
it shoulders of the same or a like material which are made adhesive so as to be
stuck round the end of the cigarette, or I fix such disc to a short tube of the
same or a like material which fits upon the end of the cigarette.
Dated this 23rd day of August 1898.
HUGH HYNDMAN,
10, Chichester Street, Belfast,
Agent for Applicant.
An Improved Cigarette " Tip.'
I, JOHN ALBERT WHEELHOUSE, of 20, York Street, in the City of Belfast and
County of Antrim, in Ireland, Gelatiner and Advertizing Contractor, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement: —
My invention relates to the construction of tips for cigarettes whereby the
wrapper and the tobacco enclosed therein are kept from contact with the lips
and tongue of the smoker and are not softened and moistened thereby.
For this purpose I employ a perforated dise of thin paper, metal, cork or
similar substance to cover the extremity of the cigarette and I attach to
such disc shoulders or wings of the same or EL like material which,
shoulders or wings are made adhesive so as to be stuck round the end
of the cigarette; or I fix such disc to or upon a short tube of the same or a
like material which fits upon the end of the cigarette and into which such end is
slipped, the disc in either case being preferably attached or fitted to the cigarette
by the cigarette manufacturer.
When the disc is made of paper or other absorbent substance I find it prefer-

page_text: able to duplicate it so that it may the better resist softening from the moisture
of the lips and tongue, the adjoining end of the cigarette being covered by
several ply of the cigarette paper and of the shoulders or wings attached to the
disc and therefore practically impervious.
The discs of paper or other substance of a like nature may be cut along with
and as portion of the tobacco wrapper and a flap or band to be rolled round the
end of the cigarette when made or they may be cut from a separate sheet with
the shoulders or wings forming continuous parts of them and in this case may be
fixed on the end of the cigarette by the smoker himself and the shoulders or
wings and the flap or band may, if desired, be edged internally with size or
other adhesive matter to fasten them on it in position for use.
It will be obvious how to attach my improved tip to the cigarette.
And in order that my said invention may be more fully understood I shall
now refer to the drawings hereunto annexed the same letters of reference being
used throughout all the figures to indicate the same or corresponding parts of
my said "tip."
Fig. I is the plan of a cigarette tip shewing the perforated disc or discs with
two shoulders or wings cut therewith and diametrically opposite each other, and
Fig. II is a cigarette paper or tobacco wrapper with a disc or discs and a flap
or band cut therewith, the disc or discs being between the tobacco wrapper and
the flap or band which are diametrically opposite each other.
a is the disc or discs perforated to allow of the passage of the smoke into the
smoker's mouth; b, b, are shoulders or wings formed upon the disc or discs;
and, c, is a flap or band formed at the edge of the disc or discs when of a piece
with, d, the cigarette paper or tobacco wrapper.
Having now.fully described and ascertained the nature of my invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is:-
1. A cigarette tip consisting of a perforated disc arranged with shoulders or
wings constructed and employed substantially in the manner and for the purposes
herein before described and shewn in the drawings hereunto annexed.
2. A cigarette wrapper arranged with a disc or discs and a flap or band con-
structed and employed substantially in the manner and for the purposes herein-
before described and shewn in the drawings hereunto annexed, and
3. The combination and arrangement of parts, constituting my improved
cigarette tip constructed and employed substantially in the manner and for the
purposes hereinbefore described and illustrated by the drawings hereunto
annexed.
1000
HUGH HYNDMAN,
Wellington Place, Belfast,
Agent for Applicant.