US1112208A - Combined cigar lighter and cutter. - Google Patents

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L. B. GRASBERGER.

COMBINED CIGAR LIGHTER AND CUTTER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.22, 1913.

Patented Sept. 29, 1914.

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L. B. GRASBERGER.

COMBINED CIGAR LIGHTER AND CUTTER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.22, 1913.

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L. B. GRASBERGER.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LAWRENCE B. en-nssnncnn, or RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.

COMBINED CIGAR LIGHTER AND CUTTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 29, 1914.

Originalapplicationfiled June 22, 1912, Serial No. 705,336. Divided and this application area AugustZfZ,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LA RENCE B. GRAS- nnnenn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Richmond, in the county of Henrico and State of Virginia', have made Certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Cigar Lighters and Cutters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relatestoimprovements in combined cigar cutters and lighters, and it consists in the combinations, constructions and arrangements herein described and claimed. I

This application is a division of'a prior application, Serial No. 705,336,. filed June 22, 1912. The prior application was directed particularly to an advertising device for use with the cigar cutter and lighter, while the present application is directed to the cutter and lighter, both of which are operated by'one common lever.

An object of my invention is to provide a device by means of which a cigar cutting or clipping mechanism may be operated simultaneously with the lighting mechanism at a single movement.

A further objecto-f my invention is to provide means for returning the parts to their normal position when the device is not in use. v

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification, and the novel features of the device will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

'My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this application, and in which,

Figure 1 is afront elevation of an apparatus embodying my invention, Fig. 2 is a section end elevation, of the same, Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 33 of 2, Fig. 4 is a horizontal detail section on the line 44 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 is a detail perspective of the operating lever.

In carrying out my invention I provide a base 1 upon which is mounted a casing 2 of the shape shown in the drawings. With in this casing near one end thereof is mounted a standard 3. The operating lever 4 1s pivotally mounted on a screw bolt 5 secured to the standard at 6 (see Fig. 4). The lever 4 'extendsforw'ardly through a slot 7 in the frontvof the casing, the forward extremity of the lever being equipped with a push button or other. form of handle 8, as shown.

.ceiie the end of a cigar.

Serial No. 786,095.

The cutter consists of a steel plate 9 pro vlded with an opening 9 arranged to re- Theopening is provided with beveled edges for cutting off a portion of the end of the cigar. The plate :9 is guided by and placed in the tube 10,

secured upon the top of the casing, as shown.

The tube is provided with the openings 1O and 1O which are arranged to registerwith :the openings 9, so as to receive the tip of the cigar, and the walls of the opening 10$ are beveled at their inner edge so as to cooperate with the beveled edges of the open- .ing 9 in shearing off the tip of the cigar, as will be readily understood, the out off fragments dropping through the openings 10 to the top of the casing, and if desired a cup or other receptacle may be provided *to catch and hold the several severed particles. The cutter is normally held in its raised position with the opening 9 registering with the opening 10 by means of a spring 11 secured to the upper lateral bent end of aslide 12 which carries the cutter9. The lower end of the slide is bent laterally, as shown at 12 in Fig. 1, and extends under- =neath the lever 4. I

ithin the casing between the end of the same and a drum 13 whose purpose is fully set forth in the prior application, aforesaid, I secure the body 14 of a lamp'which is completed by a burner or tube 15 rising from the said body through the top of the casing 1, and a filling tube 16 secured upon the casing in convenient position to direct alcohol or other fuel into the body 14. A wick 17 is provided and extends through the burner tube 15, the upper end thereof being normally covered by a cap 18 formed on the end of a rod 19, which constitutes a combined igniter and extinguisher. This rod 19 has its upper end doubled on itself, as shown at 19 tocarry the cap 18, and the main portion of the rod is mounted in a bearing sleeve 20 which extends through the casingand is equipped at any convenient point of its length with a spiral or cam groove 20 The lower end of the rod 19 has secured thereto a thimble 21 having its lower end reduced and depending into a position directly over the lateral enlargement P, at the rear extremity of the main lever 4. so that when the said lever is'actuated by depressing the front end thereof the said enlargement 4 will act as a lifter against the lower extremity of the thimble 21 and thereby impart a vertical movement to the rod 19. As the rod 19 is forced upwardly, the pin 22 thereon riding in the cam groove 20 will rotate the rod sufiiciently to move the cap 18 laterally from over the top of the burner tube 15. The cam groove is so shaped that this lateral movement of the cap cannot occur until it has first been lifted vertically off the burner tube. Of course when the main lever 4 is released the weight of the rod 19 will tend to impart reverse movement thereto so that the cap 18 will be again brought into position over the burner 5 tube, but to insure such reverse movement, I

provide a spring 23 coiled around the rod between the lower end of the bearing sleeve 20 and the shoulder provided by the upper end of the thimble 21. When the rod is raised this spring will be compressed, and when the main lever 4 is released, the spring will at once expand so as to positively return the parts to their initial position.

The main lever 4 has a depending switch arm 4 formed thereon in the rear of the fulcrum bolt 5, and the lower end of this switch arm is adapted to mov e over the free end of a yielding contact arm 24 which is secured to a bracket securely fastened to the standard 3, but insulated therefrom. The thimble 21 is formed of insulating material, or is otherwise insulated from the end of the rod 19, so that the current cannot be destroyed or carried out of its proper course through the metallic paths offered by the rod 19, and the standard 3. The contact arm 24 is connected by a conductor 26 with one terminal 27 of the primary winding of the spark coil 28, the other terminal 29 of the said winding being connected by a conductor 30 to a battery terminal 31. A binding post 32 in the secondary winding is connected by a conductor 33 with the bearing sleeve 20 and said sleeve being in contact with the rod 19, the current passes through these parts to the cap 18 and thence through the burner tube 15 to the lamp body 14, whence it passes'through a conductor 34 to the upper end of the standard 3. The primary circuit runs from the battery to the primary winding, and from said winding through the conductor 26 to the arm 24, thence through the arms 4 standard 3, and the conductor 35 back to the battery. As the circuit is closed by the arms 24 and 4 the vibrator 36 which may be adjusted by a set screw '37 operates to send the current from the secondary winding through the rod 19, and as said rod is raised and the cap 18 is moved farther from the wick tube 15, a spark will passthrough these parts to ignite the fuel at the end of the wick and create a flame from which the wick may be lighted. The upper end of the burner tube 15 is beveled so that the shortened gap will be at the wick and the ignition is thereby made certain. \Vhen the lever 4 is released, the parts are returned to their normal positions, as stated. The cap 18 is brought over the end of the burner tube, and consequently extinguishes the flame. This action economizes fuel, also reducing the liability of the flame generated being permitted to reach any inflammable material adjacent thereto, as will be readily understood.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a combined cutter and cigar lighter which is o erated bv a sin le movement of a common lever.

I am aware that other forms of the device based on the same general plan might be made, but I consider as my own all such modifications as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of the invention.

I claim:

1. I11 a combined cigar cutter and lighter, a casing, a movable cutter blade, and a lamp carried by said casing, said lamp being provided with a burner, a cap for said burner, a source of current having one terminal connected to said cap, means for connecting the other terminal of the source of current to the burner, means for simultaneously operating said cutter and for removing the cap from the burner thereby causing a spark to pass between the cap and the burner, said last-named means comprising a lever pivotally carried within said casin and having a portion extending outside 0 the casing, said lever being arranged to engage a portion of said slidable cutter in its downward movement, and a stem for said cap arranged to be engaged by one end of said lever in its upward movement.

2. In a combined cigar cutter and lighter, a casing, a movable cutter blade, and a lamp carried by said casing, said lamp being provided with a burner, a cap for said burner, a source of current having one terminal connected to said cap, means for connecting the other terminal of the source of current to the burner, means for simultaneously operating said cutter and for removing the cap from the burner thereby causing a, spark to pass between the cap and the burner, said last-named means comprising a lever pivota-lly carried within said casing and having a portion extending outside of the casing, said lever being arranged to engage a portion of said slidable cutter in its downward movement, a stem for said cap arranged to be engaged by one end of said lever in its upward movement, and means for rotating said stem during its upward movement.

In a combined cigar cutter and lighter, a casing, a movable cutter blade, and a lamp carried by said casing, said lamp being provided with a burner, a cap for said burner.

a source of current having one terminal 130 connected to said cap, means'for connectlng the other termlnal of the source of ourrent to the burner, means for simultaneously operating said cutter and for removing the cap .fronr the burner thereby causing a burner, said last-named means comprising a lever pivotally carried within said casing and having a portion extending outside of the casing, said lever being arranged to engage a portion of said slidable cutter in its downward movement, a stem for said cap arranged to be engaged by one end of said lever in its upward movement, means for rotating said stem during its upward movement, and means for returning the parts to their normal positions.

l. In a cigar lighter, a casing, a lamp carried thereby and having a burner, a wick for said burner, a lever pivotally mounted within said casing and having an end ex tending without the casing, a cap for said wick, a. slidable rod arranged at and engaged bythe rear end of said lever, said slidable rod having a bend at its upper end and being secured to said cap, a bearing sleeve surroundinga portion of said rod, a spring secured at one end to said rod and arranged to bear on said bearing sleeve at the other end for normally holding the cap upon the tube, and a source of current, one terminal of said source of current being connected with said cap, and means for connecting the other terminal to said burner.

5. In a cigar lighter, a casing, a lamp carried thereby and having a burner, a wick for said burner, a lever pivotally mounted within said casing and having an end extending without the casing, a cap for said vwick, a slidable rod arranged at and engaged by the rear end of said lever, said slidable rod having a bend at its upper end and being secured to said cap, a bearing sleeve surrounding a portion of said rod, a spring secured at one end to said rod and arranged to bear on said bearing sleeve at the other end for normally holding the cap upon the tube, a source of current, one terminal of said source of current being connected with said cap, means for connecting the other terminal to said burner, said lastnamed means comprising a contact spring connected with said source of current, an arm carried by said lever and arranged to engage the contact spring and the downward movement of the lever, said arm having electrical connection with said burner.

6. In a cigar lighter, a frame, a lamp carried by said frame, said lamp being provided with a burner having a wick, a metallic cap for said burner, a vertically slidable rod having a bend at its upper end connected with said cap, an operating lever pivotally mounted upon the frame and arranged to engage the end of the rod for lifting the cap, and means for rotating the rod during its upward movement.

'7. In a cigar lighter, a frame, a lamp carried by said frame, said lamp being provided with a burner having a wick, a metallic cap for said burner, a vertically slidable rod having a bend at its upper end connected with said cap, an operating lever pivotally mounted upon the frame and arranged to engage the end of the rod for lifting the cap, means for rotating the rod during its upward movement, said means comprising a bearing sleeve for said rod provided with a spiral-groove or slot, and a pin carried by said rod and arranged to travel in said slot.

8. In a cigar lighter, a frame, a lamp carried by said frame, said lamp being provided with a burner having a wick, a metallic cap for said burner, a vertically slidable rod having a bend at its upper end connected with said cap, an operating lever pivotally mounted upon the frame and arranged to engage the end of the rod for lifting the cap, means for rotating the rod during its upward movement, said means comprisin a bearing sleeve for said rod provided witi a spiral groove or slot, a pin carried by said rod and arranged to travel in said slot, and a spring for normally returning said rod to its initial position.

9. In a cigar lighter, a casing, a lamp disposed within said casing at the top thereof, a metallic burner carried by said lamp above said casing, a wick for said burner, the top of said burner being beveled from the inner edge outward, a metallic cap arranged to fit over said burner, said metallic cap being concave on its lower edge, a vertically extending sleeve carried by said casing, a slidable rod mounted within said sleeve and having a bend at its upper end,'said bend being connected with said cap, a lever pivotally mounted within said casing, one end of said lever being arranged to engage the lower end of said rod for moving the latter upwardly.

10. In a cigar lighter, a casing, a lamp disposed within said casing at the top thereof, a metallic burner carried by said lamp above said casing, a wick for said burner, the top of said burner being beveled from the inner edge outward, a metallic cap arranged to fit over said burner, said metalliccap being concave on its lower edge, a vertically extending sleeve carried by said casing, a slidable rod mounted within said sleeve and having a bend at its uppe end, said bend being connected with said cap, a lever pivotally mounted within said casing, one end of said lever being arra ged to engage the lower end of said rod for moving the latter upwardly, and means carried by the rod for rotating the latter during the upward movement.

11. In a cigar lighter, a casing, a lamp disposed within said casing at the top thereof,

lever being arranged to engage the lower copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patent;

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'end of said rod for moving the latter upwardly, and means carried by the rod for m" tating the latter during the upward move; 15 j. ment, a source of current havin one termi-li nal connected with said rod, a circuitcloam 1 connected with the opposite terminal of source of current, and means carried by the lever for operating the circuit closer.

LAWRENCE B. GRASBERGER.

Witnesses:

JOHN T. WIGHTMAN, L. B. STAINBACK.

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