A NEW OR IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR THE USE OF SMOKERS, PARTS OF WHICH APPARATUS ARE APPLICABLE TO THE SECURING OR HOLDING TOGETHER OF CIGARETTE AND OTHER PAPERS, AS WELL AS SECURING OR CONNECTING TOGETHER STRAPS AND BANDS
Year: 1866

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Myer Myers, and Maurice Myers, trading under
the Style or Firm of Myers. and Son, Steel Pen Manufacturers, of
Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, and William Hill, Manager
to the said Firm, also of Birmingham, aforesaid, for the Invention of
"A NEW OR IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR THE USE OF SMOKERS, PARTS OF WHICH
APPARATUS ARE APPLICABLE TO THE SECURING OR HOLDING TOGETHER OF
CIGARETTE AND OTHER PAPERS, AS WELL AS SECURING OR CONNECTING TOGETHER
STRAPS AND BANDS."
Sealed the 29th May 1866, and dated the 27th February 1866.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Myer Myers, Maurice
Myers, and William Hill at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with their Petition, on the 27th February 1866.
We, MYER MYERS and MAURICE MYERS, trading under the Style or Firm
of Myers and Son, Steel Pen Manufacturers, of Birmingham, in the County
of Warwick, and WILLIAM HILL, Manager to the said Firm, also of Birming-
ham, aforesaid, do hereby declare the nature of our said Invention for "A NEW
OR IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR THE USE OF SMOKERS, PARTS OF WHICH APPARATUS
ARE APPLICABLE TO THE SECURING OR HOLDING TOGETHER OF CIGARETTE AND OTHER
PAPERS, AS WELL AS SECURING OR CONNECTING TOGETHER STRAPS AND BANDS," to be
as follows (that is to say):
Our Invention consists of an improved cutter for cutting off the draught

page_text: instrument.
ends of cigars and in combining (when required) with the said cutting appliances
a combined stiletto and cigar holder, the whole forming one combined
We form the cutter of two short pieces of circular, oval, or
rectangular tubing partially sliding one over the other made by preference of
thin sheet steel, gilt, electro-plated, or otherwise finished; the said pieces may
be held by a spring joint on each side, the cutting edges being between them,
or the two tubular parts may be elongated and held in telescopic extension by
an elastic band, spring, or other like appliances for extending the tube, thereby
presenting an orifice formed through both tubes in suitable position for
receiving the end of the cigar, when by pressing the ends of the pieces of
tubing together the cutting edges will be brought together and the end of the
cigar severed, the tubes expanding again by the means used, and the pressure
of the thumb and finger of the user being removed, the two parts being held
together by a spring detent formed out of the same, or by the addition of a
spring for that purpose. The tubular cutter thus forined provides a receptacle
for the combined stiletto or probe and cigar holder which we purpose forming
of a small piece of tube with a solid point, or otherwise applied to the same,
and by forming a slot in the tubular portion of the shank of the stiletto for
receiving an elastic connexion for connecting it to a button or end piece it
will have the quality by the contracting force of the elastic material of holding
the stiletto perpendicularly on the bottom or end, or at right angles; thus in the
former position it may be used as a probe for probing or clearing out the hole
in the bowl of a pipe, or probing a cigar, or by extending the end of the elastic
connexion (which we prefer being of double material) it will form a loop
and thereby provide a neat holder for holding the short end of a cigar by
being clipped and held on the end or base of the stiletto. The stiletto with
its attendant part, the button, may be used for other purposes such as for
holding together in a cigar or tobacco pouches cigarette papers, and in like
manner may be used for holding together a few letters or other papers, in
which case the stiletto has only to be passed through the papers and turned
at right angles to the base of the button (easily effected by the expanding
and contracting force of the connection), when the said papers may be held,
changed, or again applied with great convenience and security. The tubular
cutters we purpose also using with the detent as a portable connection for
bands and straps.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Myer Myers, Maurice Myers, and William Hill in the Great
Seal Patent Office on the 10th August 1866.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, MYER
MYERS and MAURICE MYERS, trading under the Style or Firm of Myers and
Son, Steel Pen Manufacturers, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick,
and WILLIAM HILL, Manager to. the said Firm, also of Birmingham, aforesaid,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-seventh day of February, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, in the twenty-ninth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
us, the said Myer Myers, Maurice Myers, and William Hill, Her special
license, that we, the said Myer Myers, Maurice Myers, and William Hill, our
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as we, the said Myer
Myers, Maurice Myers, and William Hill, our executors, administrators, or
assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time
and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and
lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdoin
of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an
Invention for "NEW OR IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR THE USE OF SMOKERS, PARTS
OF WHICH APPARATUS ARE APPLICABIE TO THE SECURING OR HOLDING TOGETHER OF
CIGARETTE AND OTHER PAPERS, AS WELL AS SECURING OR CONNECTING TOGETHER
STRAPS AND BANDS," upon the condition (amongst others) that we, the said
Myer Myers, Maurice Myers, and William Hill, by an instrument in writing
under our hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be
performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office
within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said
Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said Myer Myers, Maurice Myers, and
William Hill, do hereby declare the nature of our said Invention, and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement (that is to say):-
Our Invention consists of an improved cutter for cutting off the draught
ends of cigars and in combining (when required) with the said cutting
appliances, a combined stiletto and cigar holder, the whole forming one

page_text: complete instrument. We form the cutter of two short pieces of circular, oval,
or rectangular tubing, partially sliding one over the other, made by preference
of thin sheet steel, gilt, electro-plated, or otherwise finished or ornamented.
The said pieces or tubular parts may be held by a spring joint on each side,
the cutting edges being between them, or the two tubular parts may be
elongated and held in telescopic extension by an elastic band, spring, or
other like appliances for extending the tube, thereby presenting an orifice
formed through both tubes in suitable position and form for receiving the
end of the cigar, when by pressing the ends of the pieces of tubing together,
the cutting edges will be brought in contact, and the end of the cigar severed,
the tubes expanding again by the means used, and the pressure of the thumb
and finger of the user being removed, whilst the two parts are held together
by a spring detent formed out of the same, or by the addition of a spring
for that purpose. The tubular cutter thus formed provides a receptacle for
the combined stilletto or probe and cigar holder, which we purpose forming
of a small piece of tube with a point formed with or applied to the same,
and by forming a slot in the tubular portion of the shank of the stiletto for
receiving an elastic connection for uniting it to a button or end piece, it will
have the quality by the contracting force of the elastic material used of
holding the stiletto on the button or end at right angles; thus in the former
position it may be used as a probe for probing or clearing out the hole in
the bowl of a pipe, or probing a cigar, and by extending the end of the
elastic connection (which we prefer being of double material), it will form
a loop, and thereby provide a neat holder for holding the short end of a
cigar by being clipped and held on the end or base of the stiletto. The
stiletto with its attendant part, the button, may be used for other purposes,
such as for holding together in a cigar or tobacco pouch cigarette papers,
and in like manner may be used for holding together letters and papers,
in which case the stiletto has only to be passed through the papers, and
turned at right angles to the base of the button (easily effected by the
expanding and contracting force of the connection,) when the said papers
may be held, changed, or again, applied with great readiness and security.
The tubular cutters we propose also using with the detent as a portable con-
nector for bands and straps.
But in order to be more fully understood as to the nature and object of our
said Invention we will proceed to describe the same by aid of the Drawings
hereunto annexed, reference being made to the various figures and letters
marked thereon (that is to say) :-.

page_text: DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Figs. 1 and 2 represent in front and side views the top or expanding part of
our improved cigar cutter. a, a, are side slots for controlling its range of
action by means of a pin herein-after to be referred to; 6 is a-spring for
retaining the cutter in a compressed state when out of use, as will be also
hereafter referred to ;. c is a metal end or cap, which may be used or not as
desired.
-
Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of our improved cigar cutter with the
top expanding tubular part exbibited separate at Figure 1 applied (that is to
say) connected to the lower or outer tubular part by means of the pin e,
which passing through the outer tube and through the slots a, a, of the inner
one connects the two together. We have represented the pin with a little
knob at one end and a loop or hole at the other for receiving when desired
the ring f, here shown. In the upper part of the inner tube we place a small
helical spring for the purpose of keeping the inner and outer tube in a state of
expansion..
Fig. 4 is also a longitudinal section of our improved cigar cutter,
drawn in a position at right angles with Fig. 3; in this view the cutting edge
d of the top tube and the cutting edge of the lower tube g are exhibited suffi-
ciently apart to. permit. the insertion of the end of a cigar, as here represented
in dotted lines, and then a slight pressure of the finger and thumb applied at
the two ends c, h, will be sufficient to press down the inner tube, and thereby
bring the cutting edges together for effecting this object, and when it is
desired for the sake of compactness that the two tubes shall be held in a
compressed position, the free end of the spring 6 catches in the top part
of the aperture in the lower tube, and holds the two in that position until
freed by the application of the thumb nail of the user when required.
In the section Fig. 3 corresponding with the metal cap c we have
applied a metal base marked i, but omitted at Fig. 4, as its use is entirely
capricious. Sometimes we prefer attaching or connecting a stiletto to the
cigar cutter in order that the same may be used for probing a cigar, or
clearing out the hole of a pipe, in which case the stiletto may be attached by
a small bit of elastic or otherwise. to the ring f, or fitted to the cap c by passing
down concentrically through it and the helical spring; this stiletto we prefer
making for lightness and simplicity of thin sheet steel with small gores
removed from it that the points may be brought together as exhibited at
Fig. 5, the advantage derived from the stiletto being made hollow or tubular
is, that it peru its of a small single or double elastic cord being inserted for

page_text: connecting the stiletto k to the top or button part c; this permits the stiletto
to be passed through cigarette or other papers, and then placed at right angles
as exhibited at Fig. 6, the cigarette papers being represented in dotted lines
marked, 1, and at Fig. 7 we have represented the stiletto forming a cigar
holder, the latter being shown in position marked m, and retained by the
contracting force of the elastic material connecting the stiletto k with the top
or button c; and this adaptation we have shown at Fig. 8, in which view the
slot, as exhibited at Figure 5 marked n, n, for permitting the stiletto to be
placed at right angles to the cap c, as exhibited at Figure 6, is shown..
At Fig. 9 we have exhibited a general cigar and tobacco pouch shewing the
cigarette papers retained in the case by the stiletto passing first through an
eyeletted hole in the case, then through the papers, and afterwards placed at
right angles for retaining them in that position, as described and shewn at
Figure 6, but permitting the papers to be readily removed as required; and
thus in like manner the same mode of holding together cigarette papers may.
be resorted to for the holding together of letters or other papers that may be
desired to be connected or so held. At the other side of this department of
the case we have exhibited our cigar cutter with an additional outer and
lower metallic case applied, which by means of small stops formed at p permit
the additional tube q to be turned half round, thereby covering over or exposing
the aperture and cutting edges as exhibited at Figure 4, but the use of this
additional tube is not essential to our Invention.
The same principle of retention described in Figures 1, 2, 3, and 4 may
also be applied for the fastening of cigar and tobacco pouches or other like
cases or straps, as exhibited at (r, Figure 9,) which represents à short
rectangular piece of tube with an open or unsoldered joint or otherwise at the
back with small semicircular free parts formed from the same metal bent
out and pierced for receiving rivets by which the same may be united to the
case as exhibited at s, to which an elastic strap is attached; to the free end
of the straps we fasten a smaller rectangular or inner tube a with a spring u
equivalent to the spring b, Figures 1 and 2, by which means the smaller
rectangular tube x is connected to the larger one fixed to the case marked v.
We have exhibited this mode of connection partly attached at Fig. 10, and
in detached edge views at Figs. 11 and 12. The rectangular form of such
fastenings is necessary when used as here represented, but for connecting
round thong or other straps, such as are used for ladies' and gentlemen's
satchells or bags, we prefer adopting the same as exhibited at Figs. 1 and 3,
notwithstanding they may be of an octagonal or polygonal form in their
transverse section, but we have exhibited the circular form for this kind of

page_text: fastening at Fig. 13, and separately at Figs. 14 and 15, as being more
generally in use, the connection in this case being formed by the spring v
engaging itself at w.
Having thus described the nature and purpose of our Invention, and the
manner in which the same may be carried into effect, we wish it understood
that while we recommend the tubular or sliding portions of our Invention to
be made of thin sheet or pen steel, which will admit of being gilt or otherwise
ornamented, nevertheless other metals may be used in their manufacture,
nor do we purpose confining ourselves to any particular shape or form of
the sliding parts in their transverse section, but we believe the circular
form to be simplest and the best both for economy and utility, but what
we claim and wish to protect under these our in part recited Letters Patent is,
the sliding cutting edges defined as d and g, Figure 4, and the connecting
of the same with a stiletto, and means for expanding and holding the parts in
position, as also the application of the stiletto k and cap c for holding cigarette
or other papers, when disconnected from the cigar cutter; and, further, we
claim the retaining of the sliding parts in position as a connector for cigar and
tobacco pouches or other cases, as also for connecting straps and bands as
exhibited at Fig. 13.
In witness whereof, we, the said Myer Myers, Maurice Myers, and
William Hill, have hereunto set our hands and seals, this Eighth
day of August, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred
and sixty-six.
MYER MYERS.
(L.S.)
MAURICE MYERS. (L.s.)
WILLIAM HILL.
(L.S.)