US1148806A - Packing means for cigars. - Google Patents

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H. G. SLATER.

PACKING MEANS FOR CIGARS. APPLICATION FILED SEFTrB, I914.

1,148,806. Patented Aug. 3, 1915.

HORACE e. sIQATEn, or we ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR To rimsnLrgAivn noLon FIELDS, or wATTs,- CALIFORNIA, A PARTNERSHIP.

BACKINGMEANS FQR cranes.

Application filed September 9, 1914. Serial I 10. 860,940.

s: following is a specification.

The invention relates to cigars, andithe principal object thereof is to provide means for packlng clgars 1n sucha manner that an emblem or mark will be impressed thereon,

and will be retained regardless of when the cigars are used.

As cigars differ widely in quality it is very desirable that they be properly marked to indicate the makers name and quality, or

other trade-mark, and that thismarking be so impressed upon them that substitution of inferior goods will be difiicult. It is common practice toplace upon cigars. a paper band and it is common to brand the wrapper of a cigar to indicate their quality or origin. By using my invention I impress or emboss in the cigar any desired trade-mark. I

As the material from which cigars are made is of afibrous nature, particularly susceptible to heat and moisture, it has been ex a tremely difiicult in the past to retainimpressions made on cigars if they are marked be Y fore being packed, especially as they areon dinarily packed in a moist or soft condition and compressed to an apprec able extent when the lid of the box is closed, thereby destroying im H'GSSiOIlS or marks made on the cigars before packing. By using my invention I not only make an impression on the cigar but I provide means for causing the cigars to retain this impression until they are actually removed from the box and sold.

Referring to the drawings, whichare for" illustrative purposes only: Figure l is a per spective view of a box, a portion of the cigars being removed and the marking means being cut away to better illustrate the invention. Fig. 2 is a section on the plane m -m of Fig. 1. Fig.3 is a perspective view of a portion of the marking means. I

In these drawings the cigars 10 and 11 are packed in two rows in a box 12 having a cover 13. A marking strip 1 1 is inserted be tween the. cigars 10 and 11 and a second marking strip 15 is inserted between the cigar l1 and the cover 13. :The cigars 10 Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 3,1915.

are ordinarily packed the box in a partiallymoist condition and the marking strips 1 1 and 15' are preferably of light sheet aluminum having raised letters 16 formedthereon. The strips are placed in the box withflth'e raised side against the cigars and the'cover 13 is secured in place, thus forcing the, raised letters 16 into the body of the cigar without breaking the wrapper but very efiectually marking the same. If this marking is impressed on the cigar before it is placed in the box and no means is provided for retaining it, the natural elasticity, of the tobaccoas it is afi'ected' by atmospheric changes in humidity and temperature together with the pressure exerted by the lid ofthe box when closediwill tend to cause this'marking to be gradually obliterated so that eventually the marking will be very faint. By placing the marking means in the box against the cigar and al lowing it to-remain in this position until'the cigar is finally marketed the marking is retained 1n all its sharpness and theexpansion and contraction of the cigars under atmose pheric. conditions only serves to more perfectly perpetuate the impression. 1

It is further to be noted that the wrapper of cigars is of delicate texture and forlthis reason attempts made heretofore to produce a lasting impression have failed as any at tempt to place an impression'in a cigar ina short space of time is too'violent and harm very quickly injures the wrapper thereby ful'to the wrapper. In branding also'great I "care must be exercised'asthe heat of the iron 7 spoiling the drawing quality of the cigar when smoked;

7 With my invention the impression is made as heretofore pointed out when the cigars are in moistened and soft condition continuing over a long period of time and the depth of the impression made is slight compared to that necessary when a cigar is marked at a single operation before packing, asin such case the depth of the impression must be made quite deep allowing if possible forthe I change in thecigar when packed and in thebox. I

I claim as my invention: l. A. branding and brand preservin means for cigars consisting of a strip of material having a trade-mark embossed Q thereon, said strip being of suitable size to T orFGf t "Q; j V 1,148,806

bepleieed'ahd'retaified between the layered be impressed on each cigar When'p res'sure is 10 cigars ina box, the markings thereon being exerted on the various layers. 7 e r s 0 located as toip'roperly impress the trade In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set mark on eachci'gar. ,i my hamlet Los Angeles. California, this 7 5 2; A branding 'and brand preserving 3rd day of September, 1914, 7

means for clgai's suitable for placifi'g be- HORACE G. SLATER- V tween the layers of cigars in a c igar'bex, In presence ofr w ieonsist'ing of a thinsheet of aluminum hav- STATA ARBUTHNOT,

I ing an embossed trade-mark so located. as to v FRANK L. A. GRAHAM;

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