Improvements in and relating to the Process of Marking Cigars and Marked Cigars.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Jan., 1892-Accepted, 6.h Feb., 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to the Process of Marking Cigars and
Marked Cigars.
I, SEBASTIAN AZCANO Y MEANA, a subject of the King of Spain, residing at
No. 68 Suarez, in the City of Havana and Island of Cuba, Manufacturer, 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:-
Figure 1 shows in side elevation a cigar marked in accordance with my
invention.
Figure 2, a similar view of a cigar with a mark differently situated ;
Figure 3, a view of a longitudinal section of a portion of the cigar containing a
mark, and
Figure 4, a detail perspective view showing the perforated portion of the wrapper,
and the piece of contrasting material to be placed under the same.
Letters of like name and kind refer to like parts in each of the figures.
The object of my invention has been to provide an improvement in process of
marking cigars and marked cigars, and to this end-
My invention consists in the process, and the marked cigar, as hereinafter
specified.
The special purpose of my invention has been to enable manufacturers and others
to affix to cigars any desired impressions, emblems, initials, trade-marks or brands,
in such a way that they cannot be removed without injury or destruction of the
cigar wrapper.
In carrying out my process I make within that portion of the wrapper which
will be on the outside of the completed cigar, a perforation of any desired shape or
configuration, and place under the perforated part, so that it will show through
said perforation, a piece of material which in appearance will be in contrast with
the color of the outside of the wrapper.
The shape of the perforation can be any desired one selected by the cigar
manufacturer. As shown in Figure 1, it is of an irregular oval shape, while in
Figure 2 it appears as a heart. have shown these two forms of perforation in
order to emphasize the idea that I do not limit myself to any particular kind or
configuration of the same.
It will also appear from the drawings, that the marking can be done upon any
part of the cigar, as desired.
The perforation can be made in any desired way, as by punching the wrapper
with a die of suitable shape, or cutting it by any desired form of cutter.
The piece of material which I place under the perforation may consist of any
desired fabric or substance, such as paper of any color, to contrast with the
wrapper, or of tobacco different in appearance from the latter. Such piece of
material can also be of any shape, whether that of the perforation or not, but
should be larger than such perforation so as to extend beyond its sides a certain
distance in all directions.
In making up the marked cigar, I first perforate such portion of the wrapper as
will be on the outside of the finished article, as indicated herein before, and then,
during or just before the process of applying the wrapper, place the desired piece
of material on the inner side of the latter under the perforation, so that it will be
enclosed between two folds of the wrapper and entirely concealed, except as it can
be seen through the perforation.
Where it is desired that the distinguishing mark should have a heart form, or be of
some other specific shape, the perforation is made accordingly, and the portion of

page_text: the contrasting material under the wrapper appearing through the perforation will
then have the desired configuration.
I contemplate not only making the piece of material under the wrapper of a
color contrasting with the outside of the latter, but also, marking or stamping the
exposed portion of such material with any desired mark, trade-mark, label or name,
to indicate the manufacturer, the quality, or the brand of the cigars.
It will be seen that my process of marking cigars is extremely simple and easily
carried out without increase in the expense of the cigars.
As the marking, opening or perforation is placed in that part of the wrapper
which is above and overlaps another portion of the same, and is closed by a piece
of paper, tobacco, or other material placed between the two folds, it follows that
the marking does not interfere with the draft on or burning of the cigar, for,
obviously, no air can be drawn in through the opening by the smoker.
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. As an improvement in the art of marking cigars, the process which consists in
making a perforation in the part of the wrapper which will be on the outside of the
finished cigar, placing on the inner side of the perforated part a piece of material
to show through the perforation, and wrapping the perforated part over an inner
layer of the wrapper, whereby the piece of material is held between the inner and
outer wrapper layers, substantially as and for the purpose described.
2. As an improvement in the art of marking cigars, the process which consists in
making a perforation of any desired shape in the part of the wrapper which will be
on the outside of the finished cigar, then placing on the inner side of the perforated
part of the wrapper a piece of thin material marked with a suitable designating
mark, and wrapping the cigar so that such piece of material will be held between
an inner and outer fold or layer of the wrapper, substantially as and for the purpose
shown.
3. As an article of manufacture, a cigar having a marking perforation of any
desired shape made in and extending through an outer fold or layer of the wrapper,
and a piece of thin material contrasting in appearance with the wrapper placed
below the perforated part between the outer and inner folds or layers of the
wrapper, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
4. As an article of manufacture, a cigar having a perforation made in and
extending through an outer fold of its wrapper, and a piece of thin material
marked with any desired distinguishing mark placed below the perforated part, so
that it will show through the perforation, and held between the outer and inner
folds or layers of the wrapper, substantially as and for the purpose described.
Dated this 5th day of January 1892.
JENSEN & SON,
77, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agents.