IMPROVEMENTS IN CIGAR AND CIGARETTE HOLDERS
Year: 1885

page_text: We BENJAMIN CROCKER CROSS, Civil Engineer, and DANIEL CROSS, Outfitter,
both of 49. Emma Place Stonehouse in the County of Devon do hereby declare the
nature of our Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN CIGAR AND CIGARETTE HOLDERS
to be as follows:-
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The object of the invention is to provide a holder equally suitable for a Cigar or
Cigarette, and so arranged that the same may be held in the hand by means of one
finger or thumb, to effect which object we have two pieces of wire or other suitable
material bent in the shape of an elongated U; A small ring is placed inside the
rounded end of one of these pieces, and the two ends of the other piece are then
passed through the small ring so that the two pieces can slide in and out; the two
ends of each of the pieces are then curved so as to form jaws the two pieces are
made of an elastic material.
The mode of using the invention is as follows:-The Cigar or Cigarette is placed
between the jaws of one of the pieces, and this piece is then slightly slided into
the other piece, the consequence being that the cigar or cigarette is securely held
between the jaws, the finger or thumb is then inserted between the jaws of the
other piece, and the whole is securely held onto the finger or thumb by reason of
the elasticity of the material.
Dated thi

page_text: Improvements in Cigar and Cigarette Holders.
We BENJAMIN CROCKER CROSS Civil Engineer and DANIEL CROSS, Outfitter,
both of 49 Emma Place, Stonehouse in the county of Devon 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 object of the invention is to provide a holder equally suitable either for a
cigar or for a cigarette, and so arranged that the holder can be held in the hand
by means of one finger or thumb.
For this purpose we employ two pieces of wire or other suitable elastic material
bent into the shape of an elongated U, a small ring or link is placed inside the end
of one of these pieces which end is formed into a circular or ring shape and the
two ends of the other piece are then passed through the small ring or link so that
the two pieces can slide in and out one on the other; the two outer ends of each
of the pieces are curved so as to form jawa.
In order to enable our invention to be fully understood we will proceed to describe
the same by reference to the accompanying drawing in which figure 1, is an eleva-
tion of a cigar and cigarette holder constructed according to our invention and
shewing the same in its closed position; figure 2 is an elevation of the same taken
at right angles to figure 1; figures 3 and 4 are similar views to figures 1 and 2 but
shewing the holder in an open position..
ut, and b, represent the two pieces of wire or other suitable elastic material bent
as shewn into an elongated U shape; c, is the circular or ring shaped end of the
piece a; and d is the ring or link which is placed inside the end c, through which
ring or link the free ends of the piece b, are passed one on each side of the circular
shaped end c, so that the two pieces a, and b, can slide in and out one upon the
other; e and fare the jaws formed by curving the free ends of the pieces b, and a,
respectively; the jaws e, serve to receive the cigar or cigarette and the jaws f by
being passed over a finger or thumb serve to hold the device when in use; the
jaws f, are covered with india rubber or other suitable elastic or soft material for
the purpose of increasing the bolding power of the jaws without causing undue
pressure on the finger or thumb.
To make use of a cigar and cigarette holder of this construction the holder being
in its closed position as shewn in figures 1 and 2 the parts a and b, are first
extended into the position shewn in figures 3 and 4; the cigar or cigarette is then
inserted between the jaws e, of the piece b, and the latter is slid inwards until the
cigar or cigarette is securely clipped or held in the jaws e; a finger or thumb is
then inserted in the jaws f and the cigar or cigarette will be held thereby whilst
at the same time the hand will be quite at liberty. When the holder is no longer
required for use the end of the cigar or cigarette is removed from the jaws e, and
the parts a and b, can be slid back into the closed position as shewn in figures 1
and 2 and the holder can then be conveniently carried in the pocket or otherwise.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is
1. The improved cigar and cigarette holder herein before described and represented
in the accompanying drawing.
2. Providing the jaws f, of a device such as that herein described with a covering
of india rubber or other suitable material for the purpose of more securely holding
the device on the finger or thumb substantially as hereinbefore described.
G. F. REDFERN,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agent for the Applicants.