US1067515A - Invisible cigar-holder. - Google Patents

Description

D. D. GE'IMAN. INVISIBLE CIGAR HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED Anus, 1912.

1,067,515; Patented J1 11y 15,-1913.

I Witnesses f flavwmnventor by W I W Attorn e ys U UMUI l I ANIX \IAI H L" WI\\HINUIDN ll v DAVID J). GETMAN, 0F LEMMON, SOUTH DAKOTA.

INVISIBLE CIGAR-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 15,1913.

Application filed April 15, 1912. Serial No. 690,810.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID D. GETMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lemmon, in the county of Perkins and State of South Dakota, have invented a new and useful Invisible Cigar-Holder, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cigar holders, and has for its object to provide a novel cigar holder which is readily applicable to the end of a cigar in order that the cigar may be conveniently held in the month while smoking, and which shall be invisible when in use.

This invention also contemplates a device of this character which shall be simple and inexpensive in construction, which shall be convenient and efiicient in use in order to prevent the smoke from burning the mouth or tongue and to prevent the tobacco and juice from getting into the mouth and further eliminating chewing of the cigar, and which may be readily carried about in the vest pocket or elsewhere.

A further object of the present invention is to provide such a device which when attached to a cigar will not be readily loosened or detached therefrom and will retain its position in order to permit the cigar to be held in the mouth.

WVith the foregoing and other objects in view, which will be apparent from the hereinafter description, this invent-ion resides in the novel construction of parts as hereinafter set forth and particularly pointed out in the appended claim, reference being had to the accompanying drawings wherein the invention is illustrated and wherein Figure 1 is a plan view of the device as attached to a cigar, parts being shown in section. Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged end elevation of the cigar holder attached to a cigar. Fig. 4 is an enlarged perspective view of the device.

Referring specifically to the drawings, wherein similar reference characters have been employed to denote corresponding parts, the numeral 5 designates a relatively small bit or mouth piece which is elliptical in cross section and has its intermediate portion reduced in cross section to provide an annular groove 6. This bit 5 is solid and may be constructed of any suitable material, such as amber, rubber and the like, it being preferable to employ a material which is slightly compressible in order to permit the bit to be readily held or gripped between the teeth.

To the bit 5 is attached a cigar engaging blade 7, which is tapered and pointed and has the screw threaded shank 8 engaging through the bit 5 in order to attach the blade to the bit. The edges of the blade 7 converge from the bit to the point and are serrated or toothed so as to provide rearwardly facing and diverging series of ratchet teeth. The blade 7 is diamond-shaped in cross section and its sides and edges are both tapered, so that the blade increases in width and thickness gradually from the point to the bit. This blade 7 is preferably constructed of steel or other suitable metal, and may be nickel plated, oxidized 0r otherwise finished in order to prevent corrosion, and for the purpose of appearance.

In applying the holder to a cigar, the tip of the cigar is clipped off in the usual manner, and the pointed end of the blade 7 is inserted into the end of the cigar to bring the bit 5 against the end of the cigar. The forward end of the bit 5 is of a cross section smaller than the end of the cigar and when the bit 5 is held or gripped between the teeth, the smoke may be drawn from the cigar around the bit. In this manner, the smoke is prevented from passing through the bit and thus reduces the tendency of the mouth and tongue being burned by the smoke, the bit acting in the capacity of a spreader. The bit 5 may be readily held between the teeth in order to hold the cigar in the mouth, in which event, the holder will be entirely hid from view, which is desirable. The teeth 9 of the blade 7 engage the cigar in such a manner as to prevent the withdrawal of the blade 7 and therefore rigidly retain the cigar holder in engagement with the cigar in order to permit the cigar to be conveniently held in the mouth by means of the bit 5.

The present device not only prevents the smoke from burning the mouth and tongue, but also prevents chewing of the cigar, if the device is used as intended, and also prevents tobacco and tobacco juice from getting into the mouth. This device also permits the cigar to be smoked close in order to derive the benefit of the greater part of the cigar, and this device when not in use may be readily carried about in the vest pocket or elsewhere. This cigar holder is also simple and substantial in construction, is inexpensive to manufacture, and may be used for an indefinite time. Should the bit 5 become worn or broken, the same may be readily replaced at a small cost.

The blade 7 being tapered and pointed. permits the same to be readily inserted into the end of a cigar, the teeth 9 diverging rearwardly so that all of the teeth engage the cigar in order to prevent the withdrawal. of the blade. The blade being tapered also causes the butt end of thecigar to be spread when the blade is inserted therein, so as to permit the proper draft through the butt end of the cigar and around the bit. This spreading action also serves to more eEectively secure the blade within the cigar. These features are of advantage, and are of no small consequence.

Having described the invention What is claimed as new 1sz-- A clgar holder embodylng a small solid bitand a pointed cigar entering blade hav ing a shank threaded into the bit, the blade being of diamond-shaped cross section and increasing gradually in Width and thickness from the point to the bit, so as to gradually spread the end of the cigar in all directions as the blade is inserted, and so that the blade will be compressibly held at all points of its length within the cigar, the edges of the blade being serrated to provide rearwardl-y facing series of teeth extending from the point of the blade to-the bit, so that all of the teeth will engage within the cigar without tearing the tobacco leaves.

ln testimony that I claim the foregoing as my oWn, I have hereto atiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

DAVID D. GETMAN.

WVitnesses O'r'ro E. RoDnNBoUn, NICK J. RIBS.

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

' Washington, D. C.

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