Improved Cigar and Cigarette Holder Combined, Convertible into Tobacco-pipe Mount
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd July, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 2nd Apr., 1890-Accepted, 31st May, 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Cigar and Cigarette Holder Combined, Convertible into
Tobacco-pipe Mount.
THOMAS PEASE of 130 Dale Street Liverpool in the County of Lancaster Electrician
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This Invention is more especially for the purpose of supplying a want in cigar and
cigarette holders combined: As an example of one method whereby I carry this my
invention into effect I take a mouthpiece of amber vulcanite wood papier maché or
any other suitable material of any convenient size and shape either plain or ornamental
to which I cause to be attached a metallic connecting band of gold silver white or
any other metal or alloy and of as ornamental a character as may be desired. The
tube to carry the cigar or cigarette may be made of any kind of wood meerschaum
hora vulcanite clay glass papier maché silicated asbestos or other adaptable material.
One end of this said tube-which is to be made of proper shape and gauge to slide
into the metallic band upon the mouthpiece-is to be perforated forming the tube in
such way as to admit of the insertion of any ordinary sized cigar and within. the said
tube at this cigar end I cause to be fitted a ring or slips of any metal as steel German
silver or other and carrying upon the inner surface or surfaces thereof two or more
sharp projections to slit or cut the cigar for smoking as it is pushed into the tube.
The other end of the tube aforesaid to be perforated in making with an almost
parallel hole of suitable bore to grip and carry various sorts of cigarettes by merely
reversing this said tube therefore it forms either a cigar holder with cutter or ordinary
cigarette holder as may be required. Further I provide a screw tube at the band or
connecting end of the mouthpiece so that when wanted or if required an ordinary
briar root or other tobacco pipe may be fitted thus enabling this apparatus to be used
as a cigar and cigarette holder combined convertible also into a tobacco pipe mount.
as aforesaid. If desired the connecting band may have a female screw thread and the
tube to attach as cigar or cigarette holder may have corresponding male screw threads
to fit on each of its ends.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Cigar and Oigarette Holder Combined, Convertible into
Tobacco-pipe Mount.
THOMAS PEASE, 130, Dale Street Liverpool in the County of Lancaster Electrician
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:-
Referring to the verbal description of my invention as given in the provisional
specification I now proceed to describe it more fully by the aid of drawings with
lettered references in the usual manner.
My invention relates to devices commonly known as cigar and cigarette holders
and is designed to increase the utility thereof.
An important feature of my invention is the combination with the cigar holder of
suitable cutting devices as named in the provisional specification, and hereinafter
fully described, for the purpose of cutting or perforating the ends of cigars whereby
the cigars are cut or perforated by and in the act of being inserted into the said cigar
holder.

page_text: A further important feature of said invention is the construction of the apparatus
in such manner that the same may be used not only as a cigar and cigarette holder
but as a mount for tobacco pipe as may be desired.
In the accompanying drawings I illustrate how my said invention may conveniently
and advantageously be carried into-effect.
Figure 1 shews one form of mouthpiece and tube constituting cigar holder with
cutters and cigarette holder combined, complete..
A is the mouthpiece.
B is the metal band attached to the mouthpiece A and serving as a band or socket
to: hold: the other portion of the device C.
C is a tube which serves to receive a cigar or cigarette for the purpose of smoking
and is adapted to enter the band or socket B without inconvenience yet with a sufficient
degree of tightness to remain secure therein when inserted.
One end of the tube C. is suitably formed to receive and serve as a holder for a
cigar, while the other end is similarly adapted for the insertion and holding of a
cigarette. My improved device may thus be employed as a holder for cigar or
cigarette by placing either as may be desired in that end of the tube C. which is
formed to receive and hold the same, and inserting the other end of the said tube C.
in the band or socket.B. attached to the mouthpiece A.
In order to provide for the cutting or perforating of cigars I secure within the
extremity of the tube C. which serves to receive and hold such, any convenient
number of suitable inwardly projecting pieces D. D. D. which may be formed upon
or attached to a. ring of metal or slips of metal fixed to the interior of the tube C.
These inwardly projecting pieces are made with sharp cutting edges or points which
enter and cut or pierce the inserted cigar. The said inwardly projecting pieces may
bé disposed or arranged in any convenient manner and at any suitable angle or set to
one another and are preferably made of steel, but any other adaptable metal or alloy
may be used. Immediately under the bottom edge of these aforedescribed inwardly
projecting pieces 1 cause the cigar holder tube-of whatever material it may be
constructed to be grooved or channel'd in the direction of its length to allow free
vent for the tobacco smoke to pass to the mouthpiece A. The said grooves or channels
also tend to open up the cuts or perforations formed in the cigar by the cutting pieces,
thus further aiding free draw of the tobacco smoke.
Figure 1m. shews the tube C with its ring of inwardly projecting cutting pieces D.
in section.
Figure 1× shews section of the cigar and cigarette holder combined, complete.
A mouthpiece. B. connecting band or socket. C. cigar or cigarette holding tube.
D. D. D. cutting pieces for cutting or perforating cigars. S. screw piece fitting into
mouthpiece A for use principally in pipe mounting.
Figure 2-shews the device utilised as a tobacco pipe mount. A. mouthpiece.
B. connecting band or socket.
Fig. 2 S. screw piece to place in mouthpiece, projecting within connecting
band B. to allow pipe stem to be screwed to mouthpiece within the said band B.
P. pipe.
By screwing or fixing the screw piece S. into the mouthpiece A. within the
connecting band or socket B. and allowing it to project sufficiently from the inner
end of the said mouthpiece, it is then adapted to receive the stem of a wood or other
tobacco pipe which has been fitted previously to slide easily within the connecting
band or socket B. On screwing the said pipe upon the projecting screw piece S. in
the usual manner a perfectly smoke tight joint is obtained.
In some instances however the pipe stem may be simply inserted into the band or
socket B. in the same manner as the tube C. in cigar and cigarette holder previously
described, the screw piece S, being dispensed with, a suitable washer being inserted
within the band or socket B. resting on the mouthpiece A. to receive the pipe
stem.
It is obvious that the tube C. of the cigar and cigarette holder, the pipe stem of
the tobacco pipe P. and the connecting band or socket B. may if desired be formed.

page_text: with suitable screw threaded portions whereby either of the former may be screwed
to the latter more firmly than by sliding contact merely.
The parts of my improved device may be made of any suitable material or
combination of materials and may be ornamented to any degree desirable, whilst the
forms thereof may be varied according to circumstances.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion and in what manner the same may be carried into effect I declare that what
I claim is
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First The improved device hereinbefore described with reference to the
accompanying drawings and constructed substantially as and for the purposes set
forth.
Second A combined cigar and cigarette holder consisting of the parts A. B.
and C. utilisable in part also as a mount for tobacco pipe and constructed substantially
as hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Third-A cigar holder provided internally with sharp cutting projections D. D. D.
which serve to cut or perforate a cigar for smoking when the same is inserted
therein substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
Dated this Second day of Anail 1800.
THOMAS PEASE.