Combined with Match Boxes.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Dec., 1886.
Specification Accepted, 4th Feb., 1887
Combined with Match Boxes.
I, GEORGE ADIE of 166 Portland Road, in the City and County of Newcastle upon
Tyne, Clerk, 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:-
The vent perforator in various forms, simple or combined with a match box, consists
of a hollow punch with a point so formed as to penetrate and cut out of the end of a
cigar a core" of tobacco leaving a clean cut hole without bruising or unwrapping
the leaf.
"
The hollow punch which is preferably round in section is tapered slightly from the
point so as to facilitate the delivery of the cores of tobacco cut out and is operated by
manual power against the pressure of a spring which brings back the punch.
The apparatus either as a perforator only or combined with a match box is intended
to be constructed in forms suitable for smoking room tables, for the counter of a
tobacconist, or to be carried by the smoker as a perforator only or as part of an
ordinary match box or it may form part of, or be attached to, a cigar case.
It may be made in various shapes plain or ornamental and the arrangement and
mode of operation of the punch may be varied and on the accompanying sheet of
drawings I have illustrated various designs in which my invention, in both its simple
and combined forms, may conveniently be carried into practical application but there
are many other modifications which may be introduced within the principle of my
invention which essentially relates to cutting out a clean vent by means of a hollow
punch, of peculiar shape as to the entering point and cutting edges, caused to operate
preferably by manual power in an apparatus of handy form portable or otherwise and
combined or not with a receptacle to contain matches.
Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 shew various forms of the cigar perforating
appliance alone.
Figures 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 shew various forms of the perforator and
hov ombined

page_text: Figures 19 and 20 shew a form of the
nists Counter or the smoke room table.
combined apparatus adapted for the Tobacco-
These figures are all of the natural size.
Figures 21, 22, 23 and 24 shew-to a purposely exaggerated scale-hollow punches,
of various forms as to the perforating point, such forms being of great importance in
avoiding injury to the leaf of cigar in the process of punching.
The taper intended to be given is not here shewn as the figures are specially to shew
the forms of the entering points.
The same numerals indicate the same or corresponding parts on all the figures upon
which they occur.
Figure 1 is an external view of a perforating implement.
Figure 2 a section through A. B. on Figure 1.
Figure 3 a section at right angles to line of Figure 2.
Figures 4 and 5 show alternative sections of the form in which the cases of the
implement may be made.
Figures 6, 7 and 8 show a modification of form of the perforating implement in
similar sections to Figures 1, and 3.
(1) is the external case which contains the tapered recess (2) to receive the cigar
end to be perforated in which are holes (3) for the passage of the hollow punch (4)
which is attached to the top of an inner case (5) sliding within the external case (1)
and is operated by the pressure of the hand against the resistance of a spiral spring (6)
coiled round the punch. The punch is tapered internally to facilitate the delivery
from it of the " cores of tobacco cut out of the cigars, and preferably tapered
externally also Figures 6, 7 and 8 the same implement is shewn except that the spring
employed is of a different kind which makes it more compact. In the forms shewn by
Figures 1, 2 and 3 and Figures 11 and 12, the inner case 5 may be held by a catch if
preferred.
Figures 9 and 10 shew a form of the implement suitable for attachment to the watch
chain (1) is the external case (2) the recess for end of cigar with holes (3) for passage
of the hollow punch (4) which is attached to the end of a lever arm (5) hinged on a
pin in case (1) and operated by the thumb against the spring (6) and when out of use
kept closed by a catch (7).
In Figures 11 and 12 (1) is the outer case (2) the recess for end of cigar (4) the
hollow punch fixed in bottom of inner case (5) which forms the match box and
operates the punch against the resistance of the spring (6).
Figures 13 and 14 shew another form of the perforators and 2 match boxes one of
which may be used for fuzees and one for wax tapers or matches-combined, the two
boxes (1) and (5) being hinged at top (1) having the tapered recess (2) for end of
cigar the other (5) carrying the hollow punch (4) which operates against the resistance
of the spring (6) and when closed for the pocket is secured by a catch (7) at
bottom end.
Figures 15 and 16, 17 and 18 are other modifications of the combined form with a
single match box the spring (6) in Figures 17 and 18 being of spiral form compressed
by pressing a button on end of punch (4) and kept closed for the pocket by a
catch (7).
Figures 19 and 20 shew an elevation and plan of the implement to be fixed to a
counter or to a stand for smoke room table. The perforation is effected by pressing a
knob on the outer end of a tube (8) which carries the punch (4) against the resistance
of a spiral spring (6) all contained in a case (1) with a division at (10) the lower
portion containing the recess (2) for cigar end holes (3) for passage of the punch and
a small drawer into which the punched out cores of tobacco fall on leaving the
open end of punch at (9) as well as the small particles carried through by the point of
the punch. A match holder with or without a lid may or may not be attached or the
perforator may form part of a cigar rack or of any combination of appliances for
smokers.
"
core
Figures 21, 22, 23 and 24 shew various forms in which the point of the punch may
be made to facilitate the penetration of the cigar and cutting out the " "without
crushing the leaf. Of these I prefer Figures 21 and 23 but the others will be found to

page_text: operate satisfactorily. All these Figures are about twice the actual size for the sake
of clearness.
The perforating appliance may be carried out in a form for cutting vents in cigars
in great numbers as manufacturers or tobacconists may require the punches being
operated in groups simultaneously by manual or other power so that the ends of a
number of cigars may be introduced at once, in a spinal holder or by the hand.
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 :-
:-
First. For the purpose of perforating a clear vent in the end of a cigar the applica-
tion of a hollow punch, having a point shaped in any of the forms shewn by Figures
21, 22, 23 or 24, to penetrate without bruising or tearing the leaf.
Second. The perforating implement consisting of a hollow punch combined with the
other essential parts arranged and operating substantially as described and shewn
by Figures 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 or in any merely modified arrangement of parts.
Third. The perforating implement and pocket match box combined, consisting of a
hollow punch in combination with the other essential parts arranged and operating
substantially as described and shewn by Figures 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18 or
the perforating implement with or without the match box, for the counter or table
arranged and operating substantially as described and shewn by Figures 19 and 20 or
forming a part of other combined appliances for the smokers table.
W. LLOYD WISE,
Per F. J. Brougham,
46, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C.,
or the Applicant.
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