US1083516A - Cigar-cutter. - Google Patents

Description

I. H. ASTRUOK.

CIGAR CUTTER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 5,1913.

1,083,516. Patented Jan. 6, 1914.

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JOHN H. ASTRUCK, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CIGAR-CUTTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 6, 1914.

Application filed May 5, 1913. Serial No. 765,430.

To all whom it may concern 7 Be it known that 1, JOHN H. AsrRUoK, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, county and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Cigar- Cutter, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a cigar cutter of novel construction, which may be readily assembled, is compact, of neat appearance, and insures a clean cut.

In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cigar cutter embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a vertical section thereof, on line 22, Fig. 3; Fig. 8 a cross section on line 33, Fig. 2; Fig. 4 a plan of the blank, and Fig. 5 a cross section of a modification.

The device comprises essentially a casing A, made preferably of sheet metal and shown to be mounted upon a tray or similar support B. Casing A is formed of a continuous strip of bent metal, being composed of a front 10, top 11, back 12, and a pair of sides 13, 14, while depending prongs 15 on the front and back serve to attach the casing to the tray. One of the sides, say side 13, is provided with an integral inwardly extending lug 16, which is arranged parallel to front 10 and at some distance back thereof. This lug is formed out of the body of side 13, which for this purpose is provided with a projection 16 and with nicks 17 made above as well as below said projection. During the formation of the casing out of the blank illustrated in Fig. l, the projection 16 is bent up at right angles, then the sides as well as the top are turned up, and finally the front is turned down over the sides as will be readily understood. Lug 16 is apertured for'the reception of a rearwardly deflected tail piece 18 of a cutting blade 19 that passes out of the casing through a slot 20* of side 14, and is provided at its exposed end with an integral finger piece 21. Between front plate 10 and lug 16, blade 19 is provided with a stepped section 22, whereby the body of the blade is advanced against the inner side of plate 10, so as to insure a clean shearing action. Blade 19 is normally swung up by a spring 23, one shank of which is secured to a lug 24 stamped out of back 12, while the other shank is secured to an eye 25 stamped out of blade 19. Front 10 is within the sweep of the blade, provided with an aperture 26 through which the tip of the cigar to be severed is introduced. Spring 23 besides serving to raise the blade, also serves to hold it spring-pressed against the front- 10, during which action the stepped section 22 will prevent any objectionable looseness of the blade at its fulcrum.

In Fig. 5 the invention is shown to be applied to a casing which is adapted to be at tached to a back plate or support C, in lieu of being attached to a tray. With this construction the casing is open at the back, and is attached to the back plate by means of lugs 27 formed on the sides of the casing.

I claim:

A cigar cutter comprising a casing having an apertured front and an inwardly extending apertured lug arranged in parallelism with said front, a cutting blade pivotally engaging said lug and provided with a stepped section intermediate lug and front, and a spring secured to the casing and to said blade, said spring being adapted to normally raise the blade and to hold it in frictional contact with the front.

JOHN H. ASTRUCK.

lVitnesses:

FRANK v. BRIESEN, KATHERYNE KooH.

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

Washington, D. G.

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