Improvements in Cigars, Cigarettes, and the like, and Means for Igniting the same.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cigars, Cigarettes, and the like, and Means for
Igniting the same.
I, JAMES FULLER, Junr., of The Hall, Sutton Valence, in the County of Kent,.
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to improvements in Cigars Cigarettes and the like and means:
for lighting the same so that they may be lighted easily and expeditiously thus saving
much time and trouble especially in wet and windy weather.
In carrying my invention into practice I suitably recess the lighting end of the-
cigar or cigarette I then take a portion of any igniting substance which may be
lighted by means of friction or otherwise and may if necessary be made damp proof.
The said portion of the igniting substance will be of such size and shape that it
will fit into the hollowed out or recessed part of the Cigar.
A very fine wire will pass through the igniting substance leaving a short end of
about half an inch at either side thereof which ends are turned over at right angles
so that the same may enter the cigar carrying with them the igniting substance which
is pressed into the recess made to receive it and is then ready for use when required.
Dated this 5th day of March 1897.
J. B. FLEURET,
5 Hatton Garden, London, Agent for the Applicant..
Improvements in Cigars, Cigarettes, and the like, and Means for
Igniting the same.
I, JAMES FULLER, Junior, of The Hall, Sutton Valence, in the County of Kent,
Watchmaker and Jeweller, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement :-
This Invention relates to an improved attachment or device applied to cigars or
cigarettes for lighting the same thus dispensing with the use of matches or other
methods of lighting.
For this purpose I form at the lighting end of the cigar or cigarette a small recess
into which is fitted a small block of any suitable igniting substance which is caused
to burn or ignite by means of friction and which is preferably made damp proof.
In order to fix the said block securely in position within the recess I may pass a
fine wire through the block leaving a short end of about half an inch on either side
thereof which ends are bent over at right angles so that they may enter the cigar or
the tobacco of the cigarette.

page_text: And in order to clearly understand the invention reference is had to the accom-
panying sheet of drawings in which Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section of a cigar with the
igniter attached and Fig. 2 is a separate view of the igniter.
a is the cigar formed at its lighting end with the recess a¹ into which is fitted the
block of igniting substance b. As shewn in Fig. 2 the block b is provided with the
fine wire c which is passed through a perforation in the same and its ends bent over
over into a horizontal direction as shewn,
In fixing the block b.to the cigar the ends of the wire care forced into the latter
until the block enters and lies within the recess a leaving the end 61 of the block
projecting for striking or igniting the same the wire c holding the block firmly in
place for permitting the striking or rubbing action.
When lighting the cigar or cigarette all that it is necessary to do is to rub or
strike the end 61 of the block b against a rough or prepared surface as the case may
be according to the composition of the said block. The latter then ignites and
quickly and easily lights the cigar or cigarette even though the weather be wet or
windy when the smoker is out of doors.
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) An improved device or attachment for cigars or cigarettes for lighting the
same substantially as described and for the purposes specified.
(2) In improved means for lighting or igniting cigars or cigarettes the combina-
tion with the same of a block of igniting substance carried in a recess in the lighting
end and fixed securely therein by means of a fine wire or wires substantially as
described and for the purposes specified.
Dated this 5th day of December 1807
J. B. FLEURET,
5 Hatton Garden, Holborn Circus, London, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.