IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS FOR USE IN LIGHTING CIGARS AND OTHER FORMS OF TOBACCO.
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Ludwig Von Wojewodsky, of St. Petersburg,
but now residing at No. 14, South Street, Finsbury, in the County
of Middlesex, Gentleman, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
MEANS FOR USE IN LIGHTING CIGARS AND OTHER FORMS OF TOBACCO.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Ludwig Von
Wojewodsky at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with
his Petition, on the 14th July 1875.
I, LUDWIG VON WOJEWODSKY, of St. Petersburg, but now residing
at No. 14, South Street, Finsbury, in the County of Middlesex, Gentle-
man, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN MEANS FOR USE IN LIGHTING CIGARS AND OTHER FORMS OF
TOBACCO," to be as follows:-
:―
In the lighting of cigars and other forms of tobacco tapers and other
O forms of what are called " cigar lights" are very extensively used.

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Tapers are very inconvenient by their being so readily blown out by the
wind and by draught, and "cigar lights are liable to fall in pieces and
endanger injury to clothes, as well as that the smell of most of them is
unpleasant.
The object of the Invention is to remedy this evil. For this purpose
I employ a cord or other substance prepared in the usual way to burn
slowly without flame, like tinder. I place one end of this substance
in a tube or holder, by which it is capable of being slided in a suitable
socket by a projection from the tube or holder passing through a slit or
groove in the socket, or it may be otherwise forced in and out. A case
is formed to receive in one part of it this socket with its contents, and
in another part matches for lighting the cord or substance of ignitable
matter referred to, and when the required light or ignition has been
obtained therefrom this ignitable matter is drawn just within its socket,
and the socket is turned with the lighted end of the matter inwards and
slided into the chamber provided for it in the case, when by the atmo-
spheric air being withdrawn the light goes out, and the whole is safely
enclosed..
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Ludwig Von Wojewodsky in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 14th January 1876.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, LUDWIG
VON WOJEWODSKY, of St. Petersburg, but now residing at No. 14,
South Street, Finsbury, in the County of Middlesex, Gentleman, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Fourteenth day of July, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, in the thirty-
ninth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Ludwig Von Wojewodsky, Her special
license, that I, the said Ludwig Von Wojewodsky, my executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Ludwig Von Wojewodsky,

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my executors, administrators, and 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 Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS FOR USE IN LIGHTING CIGARS AND OTHER FORMS
OF TOBACCO,' upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
Ludwig Von Wojewodsky, my executors or administrators, by an instru-
ment in writing under my, or their, or one of their 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 tho said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Ludwig Von Wojewodsky, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement thereof, that is to say :—
In the lighting of cigars and other forms of tobacco tapers and other
forms of what are called "cigar lights" are very extensively used.
Tapers are very inconvenient by their being so readily blown out by the
wind and by draught, and "cigar lights" arc liable to fall in pieces and
endanger injury to clothes, as well as that the smell of most of them is
unpleasant.
The object of the Invention is to remedy this evil. For this purpose
I employ a cord or other substance chemically prepared in the usual
way to burn slowly without flame, like tinder. I place one end of this
substance in a tube or holder, by which it is capable of being slided in a
suitable socket by a projection from the tube or holder passing through
a slit or groove in the socket, or it may be otherwise forced in and out.
A case is formed to receive in one part of it this socket with its contents,
and in another part matches for lighting the cord or substance of
ignitable matter referred to, and when the required light or ignition has
been obtained therefrom this ignitable matter is drawn just within its
socket, and the socket is turned with the lighted end of the matter
inwards and slided into the chamber provided for it in the case, when by

page_text: the atmospheric air being withdrawn the light goes out and the whole is
safely enclosed.
But that the Invention may be better understood, I will by the
aid of the accompanying Drawings, proceed to describe means pursued
by me in carrying the same into effect.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 shows a side and an end view of a piece of the prepared
cord a, one end of which is held by the tube or holder b, on which is
applied the projection 6'; Figure 2 represents by side and end view a
socket c adapted to receive the parts shown by Figure 1. This socket
is formed with a slit c¹ in the direction of its length, into which the
projection 6' of the holder 6 is passed, and acting on this projection 6'
the holder b may be moved in the socket c to cause the end of the cord a
to project beyond one end of the socket c to the extent desired.
Figure 3 shows a plan view, a section, and an end view of the case
for the parts represented by Figures 1 and 2. These parts are together
placed in the chamber d of the case, whilst the part e thereof serves
as a receptacle for wax or other matches.
Figure 4 shows a plan view and Figure 5 an end view of an extrè
outer case f, in which the case, Figure 3, may be enclosed by being
simply slided therein endwise. This case f is also provided with a pair
or it may be other number of leaves 9 and 7 capable of opening, as
shown by Figure 6, and on the surfaces of which may be pasted or
otherwise applied advertizements, notices, or other information.
Figure 7 shows by plan and end view a form of case d with a cover e¹
to the chamber e for the wax matches; this cover e' is simply hinged
at e, and Figure 8 shows a plan and end view of another modification
in which the lid e' turns on the chamber d.
Figure 9 shews a plan and edge view of a modification of the case d
in which the chamber e is enclosed by a lid e¹ at the end thereof.
All these cases may have applied to or formed on them mottoes, signs,
or other devises or representations, as desired.
Having thus described my Invention, and means which I adopt in
carrying the same into effect, I would have it understood that what I

page_text: claim is, the arranging and combining means for use in lighting cigars
and other forms of tobacco, as described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Ludwig Von Wojewodsky, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Fourth day of December,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
five.
LUDWIG VON WOJEWODSKY. (L.S.)..