Improvements in Cigar Cases.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd June, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 20.h Apr., 1895-Accepted, 24th May, 1895
Improvements in Cigar Cases.
I, AUGUST STOECKER of Tauberbischofsheim in the Grand Duchy of Baden,
Germany, Doctor of Medicine, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
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It relates to a perfecting of cigar cases by a provision of means for the cutting off
and contingent preservation of cigar tips.
Heretofore a person taking a cigar from his cigar case would naturally search his
pockets for a penknife, etc., not infrequently to fin I that through hurry he had left the
knife at home aml himself unpleasantly situated.
My invention consists in placing a snipper or cutting appliance in the frame of
the cigar case which makes it possible for a smoker on taking out a cigar to cut off
and preserve the tip.
The principal feature of my invention is, thus, the arrangement of a cutter which
may be operated simply or by means of a spring, be held back, be covered, and be
protected from injury, so that through the pressure of a finger or the closing of the
cigar case it is caused to slide by or graze the edges of a circular hole corresponding
in diameter with a cigar end in the frame.
The cutting edge of the snipper may be of any desired shape, to cut the tips
evenly through or to take a wedge out of the cigar.
In the accompanying drawing, wherein the same letters denote the same parts,
Figures 1 and 2 show a cigar case with the aperture (a) for the cigar end (b) on
the inside of the frame (c). By pressing down the knob (d) on the haft (/) of the
cutter which is held up by a spiral spring (e) the blade (y) shaves down behind the
front of the frame and severs the cigar tip which drops into the hollow part beneath
and can thus be saved.
Figures 3 and 4 exhibit the same contrivance, the case in Figure 4 being partly
open, with the aperture for receiving the end of the cigar on the outer side
of the frame.
Figures 5 and 6 show the snipper composed of an angular cutter (g) attached to
a flat spring which is screwed on the inner side of the frame. The cigar end is put
in from the side, the tip being cut off either by snapping-to the case or by pressing
on the spring with a finger. Here, too, the frame can be made hollow and serve
to receive the severed tips.
Lastly, Figures 7 and 8 delineate such a snipping apparatus where the cutter (g),
looking in the drawing like the segment of a circle, stands out from the inner
plane of the frame of the opened case, firmly fixed there and covered by a flat
spring having a slit through which the cutter passes. The tip of the cigar in this
instance is severed only by the snapping-to of the case. At a corresponding spot
on the opposite half of the frame is another slit leading into the aperture formed at
the side of the frame into which the cigar end is inserted.
When the case is
snapped-to the cutter passes through the slit and the tip is severed.
Having now accurately described and defined the essential parts of my invention
and the manner of using the same, what I claim is
A cigar case with a contrivance for cutting off cigar tips and preserving them,
specially distinguished by the arrangement of cutters outside or covered and inside
the edge of the frame, and caused either by pressure of the finger or by snapping-to

page_text: of the case to slide close by or graze the edges of an aperture made in the frame
into which the ends of cigars are thrust, the tips being thereby severed and
passing or dropping into a hollowed portion of the frame beneath.
Tauberbischofsheim, 18th June 1894.
A. STOECKER, Dr. Med.
1, AUGUST STOECKER of Tauberbischofsheim, in the Grand Duchy of Baden,
Germany, Doctor of Medicine 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 completing of cigar-cases by a provision of means for
the cutting off and contingent preservation of cigar tips."
Heretofore a person taking a cigar from his cigar-case would naturally search his
pockets for a penknife, etc., not infrequently to find that through hurry he bad left the
knife at home and himself unpleasantly situated.
My invention consiste in placing a snipper or cutting appliance in the frame of
the cigar-case which makes it possible for a smoker each time he takes out a cigar
to immediately cut off and preserve the tip.
The snipping contrivance is furnished by a knife or cutter being caused to slide
sharp by or to graze the metallic edges of a circular opening in the frame suitably
fashioned to receive the end of a cigar.
The cutting edge of the snipper may be of any desired shape; to cut the tips
straight and evenly through or to take out a wedge-shaped piece of the cigar.
In the drawings accompanying my Provisional Specification different descriptions
of such cigar-cases are displayed.
Figures and 2 show a cigar-case with the aperture (a) for the cigar-end (b) on
the inside of the frame (c). By pressing down the knob (d) on the haft (1) of the
cutter which is beld up by a spiral spring (e), the blade (9) shaves down behind the
front of the frame and severs the cigar tip which drops into the hollow part beneath
and can thus be saved.
Figures 3 and 4 exhibit the same contrivance with the aperture for receiving the
end of the cigar on the onter side of the frame.
Figures 5 and 6 show the snipper composed of an angular cutter (y) attached to
a flat spring which is screwed on the inner side of the frame. The cigar end is put
in from the side, the tip being cut off either by snapping-to the case or by pressing
on the spring with a finger. "Here, too, the frame can be made hollow and serve to
receive the severed tips.
Lastly, Figures 7 and 8 delineate such a snipping apparatus where the cutter (g),
looking in the drawing like a segment of a circle, stands out from the inner plane
of the trame of the opened case, firmly fixed there and covered by a flat spring
having a fine alit through which the cutter passes. The tip of the cigar in this
instance is severed only by the snapping-to of the case. At a corresponding spot
on the opposite half of the frame is another fine slit leading into the aperture
formed at the side of the trame into which the cigar end is insorted. When the
case is snapped-to the cutter passes through this slit and the tip is severed.
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:
A cigar-case with a contrivance for cutting off cigar-tips and preserving them,
specially distinguished by having connected with a hollow frame a cutter or blade

page_text: which is caused to slide close by or graze past the edges of a circular aperture
made in the frame into which the ends of cigars are thrust, the tips being thereby
severed and passing or dropping into a hollowed portion of the frame beneath.
Dated this Twenty-first day of March 1895.
AUGUST STOECKER, Dr. Med.