Improvements in Cigars.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Mar., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 8th July, 1890-Accepted, 9th Aug., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION:
Improvements in Cigars.
I, AMBROSE MYALL, of 21 Cockspur Street Charing Cross, in the County of
Middlesex, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, which has
been communicated to me from abroad by Odisseus Melachrino, of Bombay; in the
Empire of India, Cigar and Cigarette Merchant to be as follows:-
The improvements in cigars, which form the subject of this invention, consist in
making a cigar of Turkish tobacco, combined with Java, Manila, or other suitable
tobacco. The Turkish tobacco, either alone, or combined with other suitable tobacco,
will preferably form the filling of the cigar, while the outer leaf or wrapping will
consist of Manila, or other suitable leaf, I do not however necessarily confine myself
to this particular arrangement of the various tobaccos in the manufacture of the
improved cigars.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cigars.
I, AMBROSE MYALL of 21 Cockspur Street, Charing Cross, in the County of
Middlesex, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, which
has been communicated to me from abroad by Odisseus Melachrino of Bombay, in the
Empire of India, Cigar and Cigarette Merchant and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
The main feature of my invention consists in the employment of Turkish tobacco in
the manufacture of cigars, and the combination of such Turkish tobacco of any other
suitable tobacco or tobacco.
The Turkish tobacco either alone, or in combination with other suitable tobacco
forms the filling of the cigar, while the wrapper is made of Manila, Havana, Java,
or other suitable leaf.
The Turkish tobacco leaf used for the filling is rendered slightly damp by means of
water, or a solution of tobacco juice, and is then cut into straight streaks and squeezed
in the hand, or by other suitable means, into the required shape.
The veins in the leaf may be removed or not as may be found necessary for the free
smoking of the cigar.
The Manila, Havana, Java, or other suitable leaf, used for the wrapper, is
impregnated with a solution of tobacco juice, which makes the cigar tasteful and
agreeable and canses it to burn evenly.
In place of forming the filling entirely of Turkish tobacco, I sometimes employ
a mixture of Turkish and Greek, or other suitable tobaccos, and to ensure the free
smoking of the cigar, I insert among the filling at the month end, three or four
pieces, about an inch in length, of Havana, or other suitable tobacco.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I doclare that what 1
claim is :-
1. A cigar having the filling composed of Turkish tobacco and the wrapper of
Manila, Havana, Java, or other suitable leat, substantially as set forth.
2. A cigar having the filling composed of Turkish and Greek, or of Turkish and
other suitable tobacco or tobaccos and the wrapper of Manila, Havana, Java, or other
|suitable leaf, substantially as set forth.

page_text: 3. In a cigar in which the filling is composed of Turkish tobacco, the combination
with such filling at the mouth end, of pieces of tobacco other than Turkish, sub-
stantially as and for the purposes specified.
4. In a cigar, in which the filling is composed of Turkish tobacco, and the wrapper
of Manila, Havana, Java, or other suitable leaf, the impregnation of the said filling
and wrapper with a solution of tobacco juice, substantially as and for the purposes
specified.
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