Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Feb., 1888
Specification Accepted, 9th Mar., 1888
I, PETER JENSEN, of 77 Chancery Lane in the County of Middlesex Fellow of the
Institute of Patent Agents, 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, (a communication from John Montgomerie Allan,
of Lakewood, State of New Jersey and James Lindsay Allan of Philadelphia, State of
Pennsylvania, both in the United States of America):
This invention relates to an improvement in medicated cigars, or cigarettes and
smoking tobacco; and it consists first in a cigar or cigarette having a filler of pine or
other coniferous needles, and second, in smoking tobacco medicated by mixing it with
pine needles which are ground or cut into small pieces, as will be more fully set forth
hereinafter, and particularly pointed out in the claims.
In the drawings:
Fig. 1 is partly an elevation and partly a longitudinal sectional view of a cigar
having a filling of pine needles.
Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse sectional view of the same.
Fig. 3 is a perspective view illustrating the mode of wrapping the filler in the
envelope of tobacco leaf to form a cigar.
In order to make a cigar or cigarette, I first take a sufficient number of green pine-
needles to form a filler, a, arrange the same longitudinally, and roll them in an
envelope of cured tobacco leaf in a moist. condition to the required form in the usual
manner, either by hand or by machine.
The method of making the cigars or cigarettes is not different from the common
practice in vogue with cigar and cigarette makers, with the exception that I employ
pine-needles instead of tobacco. The pine-needles should preferably be in a green
state full of tarry matter, when wrapped in the tobacco, so that as the cigar dries, the
essence or flavor of the pine will thoroughly impregnate the tobacco wrapper and
impart an aromatic taste thereto. When the cigar is dried, tho pine-needles filler
will burn very readily with the tobacco when the cigar is being consumed.

page_text: Cigars or cigarettes provided with fillers of pine-needles are very beneficial and
helpful in the cure of diseases of the throat and lungs, catarrh and colds and may be
employed with advantage for disinfecting purposes.
I do not limit myself to the mode, hereinbefore described, of manufacturing the
cigars or cigarettes, as other and various modes may be employed to manufacture the
same without departing from the spirit of this invention, the essential feature of
which is a cigar or cigarette containing pine-needles in addition to the tobacco.
Neither do I limit myself to the use of pine-needles, as the needles of other coniferous,
resinous, and tarry trees may be substituted therefor.
Smoking tobacco may be medicated by mixing it with pine-needles, ground or cut
into small pieces, the essence or flavor of which will thoroughly impregnate the
tobacco, the same as in the previous instance, and this invention comprehends smoking
tobacco thus medicated, as well as cigars and cigarettes.
Having thus described my invention, I claim :
1. A cigar or cigarette containing the needles of pine or other coniferous, resinous
and tarry trees, substantially as described.
2. A cigar or cigarette having a filler of needles of pine, or other coniferous,
resinous, and tarry trees, and a wrapper of tobacco, substantially as described.
3. As a new article of manufacturo, smoking tobacco impregnated with the essence
of pine or other coniferous trees, by grinding or cutting the needles thereof into small
pieces.