US1368365A - Humidifier - Google Patents

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L. A. SMITH.

HUMIDIFIER. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 8| I9I9.

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L. A. SMITH. HUMIDIFIER.

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Patented Feb. 15, 1921.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

rammea'reb; 15, 1921.

Application filed February 8, 1919. Serial No. 275,820.

7 '0 all whom. it may concern-J Be it known that I, LAWRENCE A. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, and a resr dent of Port Gibson, in the county of Claiborne and State of lrlississippi, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Humidifiers, of which the following is a specfication.

My invention is an improvement in humidifiers, and has for its object to provide a device of the character specified, small and portable, and capable of being carried in the pocket it desired, by means ofwhich a cigar may be simultaneously moistened and impregnated with a flavoring, as, for instance, that of a high grade of tobacco extract, by driving a blast of air laden with the flavoring through the cigar from the tuck end to the other end.

A. further object of the invention is to provide means for humidifying and flavoring cigars and tobacco in quantities by a similar process.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of the improved humidifier;

Fig. 2 is an end view looking at the left;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional detail showing the check valve;

Fig. i is a similar detail showing the air outlets;

Fig. 5 is a front view of the check valve seat; 1 Fig. 6 is a diagrammatic view of an apparatus for humiditying and flavoring cigars and tobacco in quantities.

In the bresent embodiment of the invention a suitable casing 1 is provided, preferably of cylindrical form, having one end concaved as indicated at 2 to form a taper ing or conical seat for the tuck end of the cigar. At the other end there is a nipple 3, and within the casing is arranged a pair of: concentric tubes a and 5, the said tubes being concentric with the casing.

At the ,end adjacent to the seat 2 the tube 4; is rigidly connected with the seat, the said tube 5 being connected with and communicating with the seat at the apex. The tube 5 opens through the seat 2 at the center thereof, so that air passing through the tube 5 may enter the cut end of a cigar held on the seat. Near the nipple 3 the tube 5 passes out of the tube 4 and is bent around the same, as indicated at 6, and at the said end the tube 5 has an opening 7 which forms a communication between the interior of the casing 1 and the said tube 5.

The tube at has a series of openings 8 at the end adjacent to the seat, and the casing is adapted to be filled with a flavoring extract to about half its depth, as indicated by the shade lines inFig. 1, by means of the openings 8, the extract being poured into the open end of the tube at.

The said open end is normally closed by a cap 9 threaded on to the tube 4, having a narrow inlet port 10. A bar 11 is ar ranged transversely of the end of the tube 4, the said bar being provided with a concavlty 12 intermediate its ends for engagement by the check valve 13. This check valve 13 is a sphere, and the lateral enlargement 12 forms a seat for the valve. Normally, there is space between the bar 11 and the cap sufficient to permit the valve 18 to remain unseated from over the port 10, but the valve will prevent the escape of the liquid extract from the casing 1, while permitting the free entrance of air.

In practice, the cap may be removed to permit the insertion of the flavoring extract and with the extract in place the humidifier is ready for use. In using the device, the cigar is clipped and the tuck end is inserted in the seat 2. A. blast of air is now driven into the tube 4 through the inlet 10. This air passes down between the tubes 4: and 5, escaping at the openings 8, passes up through the extract into the open space of the interior of the casing 1, into the. opening 7 of the tube 5, and through the said tube into the cigar, properly moistening the same and thoroughly flavoring the contents thereof. The air may be supplied by blowing into the opening 10, or by means of a pump of suitable construction, as for instance, a bulb. If desired. the tube could be connected with any suitable source of air under pressure.

In Fig. 6 is shown an apparatus for humidifyine" and flavoring ci ars and tobacco in quantities. This apparatus comprises a. casing or exhaust chamber 15,'a container 16 for. the tobacco or cigars to be flavored and. humified and a container 17 forthe liquid. A. pipe 18 connects the chambers 15 and 16 and a pipe 19 connects the chambers 16 and 17. each pipe being controlled by a valve indicated at 20 and 21,'respectively. The container 17 has an inlet pipe 22, opening in the top thereof and extending to near the bottom, as shown, and a pump 23 or other means for exhausting the air in the chamber 15 is arranged in the said chamber, the pump being operated by the usual handle 24:. r

In operation, the cigars or tobacco to be humidified and flavored are placed in the container 16. The container 17 is partially filled with liquid, as shown, and the air is partially exhausted from the, chamber 15. lVhen now the valves 20 and 21 are opened a current of air laden with the flavoring matter is drawn through the casing 16, contacting with the tobacco or cigars therein, and thoroughly humidifying and flavoring the same. .The process may be reversed by putting air under pressure in the chamber 15, and passing it in the opposite direction, it being understood that in this case the liquid container ,would be arranged between the tobacco container and the exhaust chamber.

I claim:

1. A device of the character specified comprising a casing adapted to contain a flavoring extract, means for receiving the tobacco to be flavored and humidified and means for driving a blast of air through the flavoring extract and into and through the tobacco. i

2. A method of humidifying and flavoring cigars or tobacco, which consists in.

passing a current of air through a solution of flavoring extract to thoroughly impregnate the air with the extract and in forcing said air through the tobacco or cigars to be flavored. V r LAWRENCE ADKINSON SMITH.

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