US1014576A - Cigar-cutter. - Google Patents

Description

' D. S. DU BRUL.

CIGAR CUTTER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 13, 1910.

1,014,576, Patented Jan.9,1912.

WITN 555s JNVENTOR UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVILA S. DU BRUL, F CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE MILLER, DU BRUL & PETERS MFG. 00., 0F CINCINNATI, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

CIGAR-CUTTER.

Application filed September 13, 1910.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 9,1912.

Serial No. 581,890.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVILA S. DU BRUL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and invention relates, it has heretofore been customary to employ a star-shaped wheel usually having six cutting edges, said cutter operating with a stationary blade secured to the frame, as is shown in Patent No. 816,569. With this construction, it is necessary to employ a tension spring which serves the combined function of elevating the cutting blade after each cut and holding the starshaped cutting blade against the stationary blade of the frame. Again, in machines. of thecharacter shown in the patent above referred to, the operating handle is limited in its upward movement by means of a stud or pin which is frequently sheared 011'. In machines of the character shown in said patent, it frequently happens that the cutters do not make a square out which, of course, is objectionable.

The object of my invention is to overcome the objections above stated, and numerous other objections well known to those skilled in the art, by countersinking the blades in the end of the frame and in the operating handle; the blade in the operating handle being sprung so that it exerts a pressure against the cutting blade of the frame, thereby insuring a square cut to the cigar; and

with'this and other objects in view, my 1nvention consists in the parts and combina-' tion of parts as will be hereinafter more fully set out.

In the drawing, Figurel is a top plan view of a cigar cutter embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same;

Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the frame of the cutter; Fig. 4: is an elevation of the operating arm detached; Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line 55, Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a front elevation of the cutter, and Fig. 7 is a detail view showing the flexed blade.

1 is the frame which is provided with the usual groove 2 adapted to receive the cigar and hold the same in position for the purpose of cutting. It is customary in cutters of this character to have a guide or gage to regulate the length of the cigar, which gage l is placed at the desired distance from the end of the frame measuring from the cutting end. Integral with the frame is an end piece 3, which is provided with a recess 4, in

mounted, said blade having the cutting edge 6.

7 is a slot in the lower edge of the blade through which a thumb screw 8 projects, said screw being seated in the end of the machine and adapted to clamp the blade in its adjusted position. As is well known, the object of having the blade 5 adjustable is to adapt the machine to cigars of diiferent diameters. The blade is pivoted on the rivet v or axis 9.

10 is astop formed integrally with the end piece of the frame.

the axis 9 and provided with stops 12 and 12 adapted to contact with the stop 10 on the end of the frame, whereby the-movement of the arm is limited. This operating arm is provided with a recess 13 in which is mounted a three-pointed cutting blade 14 provided with arcuate cutting edges 15. This blade is secured in the recess 13 by means of a set screw 16. The blade 14; is sprung to a slight degree which results in holding the blade cutters closely together when cutting, thereby insuring a square cut and dispensing with the necessity of having any additional elements, such for instance as the coil spring shown in the patent referred to, to hold the blades together when cutting. The blade in the operating arm or handle is held in position, as stated, by a single screw 16, which passes through one of the openings 17 formed at each point of the blade near the perimeter of the blade, but at a point remote from the cutting edge 15 in use. This manner of securing the cutting blade 14 at onepoint only permits the spring given to the upper blade to exert its full force against the lower cutting blade, which results in an absolutely square out being given to the end of the cigar.

18 is a spring coiled in the center, one end of which is connected with the operating arm, while the other end is connected with the end piece of the frame, whereby the arm is elevated after each operation automatically, The arm is limited in its movement by the engagement of the stops 12 and 12 with the stop 10, as will be understoodwhich the lower cutting blade 5 is securely 11 is the operating arm or lever pivoted on As will be seen in Fig. 5, the sprung cutter blade of the handle projects beyond the plane of the face of the handle in which it is mounted, but this projection is only at the lower portion of the blade, the remaining portion of the blade being snugly seated on the bottom of the recess by means of the screw 16 with the edges of the blade engaging the walls of the recess, whereby the blade is firmly secured against revolution, the walls of the recess and the pin 16 coacting toward this end.

' A cigar cutter according to my invention is simple, but effective, and cheap of manufacture, and always insures an absolutely square cut to the cigar.

I claim 1. A cigar cutter, comprising a frame, a fixed blade carried by said frame, an operat ing handle, a spring cutting blade, said handle having a recess conforming to and receiving said spring cutting blade and means securing said spring cutting blade to said handle at a point diametrically opposite the cutting edge of the blade.

2. A cigar cutter, comprising a frame, a fixed blade carried by said frame, an operating handle, a spring cutting blade, said handle having a recess conforming to and receiving said spring cutting blade and means securing said spring cutting blade to said handle at a point diametrically opposite the cutting edge of the blade; said blade being polygonal in form, with its angle located diametrically opposite its cutting edges and each adapted to receive the means by which the blade is secured to the handle.

3. A cigar cutter, comprising a frame, a fixed blade carried by said frame, an operat ing handle, a polygonal cutting blade carried by said operating handle, said handle having a recess conforming to and receiving said cutting blade with either of its sides presented in the cutting position and providing abutment for the other edges of said cutting blade, whereby it is held rigid edgewise, and means for securing the cutting blade to the handle at a point diametrically opposite its edge in the cutting position; said cutting blade being adapted to receive said securing means when in each of the positions to which it may be adjusted.

4:. ,A cigar cutter, comprising a frame, a fixed blade carried by said frame, said frame having a recess receiving said fixed blade and permitting adjustment of the blade therein, means adjustably fixing said blade in said frame, an operating handle, a polygonal cutting blade carried by said operating handle, said handle having a recess conforming to and receiving said cutting blade with either of its sides presented in the cutting position and providing abut-- ment for the other edges of said cutting blade, whereby it is held rigid edgewise, and means for securing the cutting blade to the handle at a point diametrically opposite its edge in the cutting position; said cutting blade being adapted to receive said securing means when in each of the positions to which it may be adjusted.

5. A cigar cutter comprising a frame, a fixed blade carried by said frame, an operating handle overlapping and moving past said fixed blade, a cutting blade carried by said operating handle, said operating handle having a recess conforming to and adapted to receive said cutting blade and said cutting blade being secured to said handle at a point diametrically opposite its cut ting edge and having its portion carrying the cutting edge sprung toward the plane of the fixed blade.

6. A cigar cutter comprising a frame, a fixed blade carried by said frame, an operating handle mounted to one side of and adapted to move over said fixed blade, and a polygonal cutting blade carried by said handle, with cutting edges on its respective sides and with each of its angles diametri-' cally opposite a cutting edge and provided with means for attaching the blade to the" operating handle; each cutting edgebeing sprung relatively to the opposite attaching angle so that when in the cutting position, it extends toward the fixed blade.

cigarcutter comprising a frame, a fixed blade carried by said frame, an operating handle mounted to one side of and adapted to move over said fixed blade, and a polygonal cutting blade carried by said handle, with cutting edges on its respective sides and with each of its angles diametrically opposite a cutting edge and provided with means for attaching the blade to the operating handle; each cutting edge being sprung relatively to the opposite attaching angle so that when in the cutting position, -it extends toward the fixed blade; and said operating handle having a recess conforming to and receiving the sprung blade and providing abutment for the edges other than that in the cutting position, whereby the blade is held against displacement edgewise.

The foregoing specification signed at Cincinnati Ohio this sixteenth day of August, 1910.

DAVILA S. DU BRUL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Ifatents,

. Washington, D. C.

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