US1154158A - Cigar-cutter. - Google Patents

Description

C. ASENDORF, JR.

CIGAR CUTTER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 5. 1914.

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CIGAR-CUTTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 21, 1815.

App1ication filed. September 5, 1914. Serial No. 860,386.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that 1, Cone AsENDoRF, Jr., a citizen of the United States, residing at Savannah, in the county of Chatham and tate of Georgia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Cutters, of which the following is a specification.

An object of the invention is to provide a simple cigar cutter consisting of few parts which can be cheaply manufactured and which can be conveniently carried in the pocket and readily adapted for cutting off of the tips of cigars.

The invention contemplates, among other features, the provision of a cigar cutter which will take up very little room in the pocket and which is constructed and arranged so that it will not readily get out of order. The cigar cutter, it will be understood, can be used alone or can, if desirable, be used in connection with various forms of cigar lighters such as are well known and in common use on the market.

In the further disclosure of the invention reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, constituting a part of this application, in which similar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in all the views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the cigar cutter showing the same used in connection with a lighter; Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view taken through the cigar lighter; Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 38 in Fig. 2, looking in the di rection of the arrow; Fig. 4: is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 1-4 in Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view taken through a modified form of my device; Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional view taken through a receptacle, such as a match box, showing the cutter device used in connection therewith; and Fig. 7 is a front elevation of the match safe or receptacle and cutter.

Referring more particularly to the views, I disclose a lighter 10 which may be of any desired shape or construction and which resembles the usual gasolene lighters now generally used. A casing 11 is provided for connection with a face of the lighter 10,

the edges of said casing preferably including lateral flanges 12, whereby the casing can be readily soldered or otherwise secured to the face of the lighter, as shown. A series of guides 13 are arranged in the casing and mounted to slide therein is a blade 14 which is held in sliding position in the casing by the guides, said blade being adapted to project across an opening 15 in the face of the casing, A cup-16 lies within the casing, with the opening 15 constituting an entrance to the cup, said cup being substantially the shape ofthe tip of the cigar which is to be cut and whereby, when the cigar is inserted in the opening 15, its inward movement will be limited by the cup so as to prevent too much of the tip of the cigar being cut off.

A lug 17 is struck from a medial portion of the blade 1% and attached thereto is one end of an expansible spring 18 having its other end secured in a bead 19 struck inwardly from one end of the casing and which bead forms a recess 20 in which normally reposes a recessed handle or finger nail grip 21 formed with the blade 1 1 and projecting laterally from its outer end, said handle having a plurality of slits 22, whereby the finger ,nail can be readily engaged with the grip or handle to actuate the blade against the action of the spring 18. A stop lug 23 is struck from the blade to engage the end of the casing at the head 19 and limit the movement of the blade.

Now it will be apparent that when the device is not in use the body of the blade will lie within the casing 11 and thus the blade 14: will close the opening 15 so as to prevent dust or dirt from entering the casing or cup, and it will be further seen that when it is desired to use the device to cut off the tip of a cigar the blade is moved outwardly against the action of the spring 18 by pulling on the handle or grip 21, after which the cigar is inserted through the opening 15 to have an end thereof lie within the cup 16. The blade 14 is now released and owing to the action of the spring 18 the blade will be advanced across the opening, thus cutting off the tip of the cigar.

In Fig. 5 I disclose a slightly modified form of my device, and in this instance instead of the expansible spring 18, I provide a contractile spring 2 1 which, acting upon the .blade, normally holds the blade in an open position. In order, however, to secure the blade against the normal contractile action of the spring 24:, I provide a fastener 25 preferably consisting of a plate secured to the casing and having a free lateral end 26 abutting against the grip or handle 21 to normally hold the blade in closed position, the said fastener 25 being preferably made of a spring-like metal. In this construction, when it is desired to use the device, the free end 26 of the fastener is first moved out of engagement with the grip or handle, thus releasing the blade so that it will slide in the casing and uncover the opening, after which the cigar tip is inserted in the opening of the casing and the blade is thenmmed in the reverse direction to cut off the tip of the cigar. It will be particularly notedthat when the device is not in use, the grip or handle will lie in the recess 20 formed by the inwardly struck head 19, thus providing a smooth surface so that the device will not catch upon the clothing or tear the pocket. It will also be noted that the device consists of few and simple parts'and therefore can be cheaply manufactured to accomplish the desired purpose.

Referring to Figs. 6 and 7 it will be seen that instead of the lighter 10 I can also employ a match safe or receptacle 10, of any desired construction, which is provided with a partition 10 forming the casing 11 which contains the cigar cutter 4:, it being readily seen that the construction of the cigar cutter proper and its arrangement with respect to the receptacle is somewhat similar to and identical with the structure shown in Fig. 2, except that in the structure shown in Fig.2, there is employed a cigar lighter, whereas in the construction shown in Figs. 6 and 7 the lighter is dispensed with and a receptacle or match safe is substituted therefor.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim:

1. In a device of the character described, a casing having an opening therein, a cup in the casing and having the opening communicating therewith, a blade, guides in the casing, said blade having sliding engagement with the guides whereby the blade can be moved acrossthe opening in the casing, an exterior handle formed at one end of the blade, and ahead on the casing and providing a recess at one end thereof, said recess normally receiving said handle when the blade is inclosed position.

2. In a device of the character described, a casing having an opening therein, a cup in-the casing and having'the opening communicating therewith, a blade, guides in the casing, said blade having sliding engagement with the guides whereby the blade can be moved across the opening in the casing, an exterior handle formed at one end of the blade, bead on the casing and provid ing a recess at one end thereof, said recess normally receiving said handle when the bladeis in closed position, and means for holding the blade in closed position in'the casing. V I

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CORD ASENDORF, JR. WVitnesses:

SrP. Sononeoon, D. H. BYTT-IEWOOD.

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

Washington, D. (3.

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