US1532732A - Cigarette holder - Google Patents

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April 7, 1925.

D. COLLINS CIGARETTE HOLDER Filed Feb. 2, 1924 Vl'atented Apr. 7, 1925 UNITED STATES iszia'zaa PATENT OFFICE.

CIGARETTE HOLDER.

To all 107mm t may Gomera:

Be it known that I, DoUGLAs CoLLINs, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Salisbury, in the county of Rowan and State of North Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigarette Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to improvements in cigarette holders of that type embodying a combined cigarette i'etainer and an ejector for the butt end of the consumed cigarette. While I have illustrated the device in the drawings, and shall hereinafter refer to it in the specification and claims as a cigarette holder, it Vwill be understood that my invention contemplates other uses, as for instance it may readily be adapted for a cigar holder. i

The primary object of my invention is the provision of an articleof manufacture of this character in which the duct in the holder may be kept clear at all times for R0 In the aecompanying drawings I have illustrated' one complete example of the physical embodiment of my invention conforming,` to the standard type of cigarette holders, in which the ,parts are combined and arrangedrin accordance with the best mode I have thus far devised for the Vpractical application of the principles of my inveution. Changes and alterat'ions may bc made in the exemplified structure, within 40 the smpe of my claims, without (lepai'ting;`

from the spirit of-my invention.

Figure 1 is an exterior view of the tubular holder containing a cigarette which is shown in dotted lines.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal seotional view of the holder with a cigarette retained therein.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the holder showing the position of the ejector when not retaining a cigarette.

Fieufe 4 S a transvre sctinal view af' cigarett'e holder conforming to the usual Application fiied February 2, 1824. serial No; 680,286.

line 4 4,of Figure 1, said view being on an enlarged scale.

In carrying out my invention I utilize a type of such articles, which is indicated as a whole by' the numeral 1, and ywhich may be composed of acceptable material as amber or other well known materials for this purpose. The holder is provided with the usual socket head 2 for the reception of one end of the cigarette C, and the usual smoke pas- Sage or duet 3 ext'ends throughout the length of the holder.

The mouth piece t'and head 5 thereon are of thecustomary shape and size for' convenience of the smoker. i

The combined retaining and ejecting device is fashioned of a single piece of resilient metal or spring wire possessing the required rigidity, and is slidable longitudinally of the holder for ejecting the cigarette butt. i v

'At one end of this combined retainer and ejector is fashioned a hook shaped head 6 over which the cigarette end is to be forced as it is inserted in the socket-head of the holder, and the lpressure applied causes the this manner the cigarette end is forced against the walls of the socket head for the pnrpose of causing such frictional engagement therewith that the cigarette is retained in.. the head of the holder.

At a suitable intermediate point the slidable retainer-ejector, which is of lresilient material, is fashioned with an offset' portion 7 designed for frictional engag'ement .with the interior walls of the smoke duet It will be apparent that th'e utility of this offset portion lies in its engag'ement with the interior face of the tubularholder to maintain the slideable device; in normal position, and yet permit sliding movement of the device when the required force is applied as for ejecting purposes.

The body of the ejector extends longitudinally through the tubular hold'er back from the socket head, and at its inner end the.

' ejector is fashioned with a bend 8 which merges into a short arm 9 formed approximately parallel with the body of the ejector from which it is spaced slightly apart.

The short arm of the ejector is fiXed in suitable manner to -a slide sleeve 10 reciprocabl'e on the exterior of the holder.

If desired and to accommodate the bend 8 of the arm and ejector, the month piece of the holder may be notched or cut ont as at 11, said notch being located at eneside of the end of the month piece and merging with the dnct 3 of the holder.

The depth of the notch 11 may he determined .by the .thickness of the ejeetor and the exterior shape of the tnbnlar holder, ,and -in some vinstances the holder on an exterior face .of the month piece, may be grooved to receive the arm of the ejector.

vThe slide sleeve 10 which encases the holder conforms to its exterior shape. In the illustrated form of the invention herein 4the ,tnbnlar holder is shown as rectangnlar in cross section with a cylindrical bore or dnet, and the sleeve therefore has fonr flattened sides by means of which the sleeve is prevented from tnrning on the hole er and is also gnided to move :in alineinent with the longitudi'nal here of the holder when the ejector is reciprocated.V

Suflicient vfrictienal engagement between the sleeve and holder is present to hold the sleeve in vstable relationship andin Vnormal position.

At the notch 11 the month piece of the holder is provided with a shonlder 12 to obstruct the bend 8 and prevent excessive movement of the retainer--eiector toward the :front of the holder, but the sleeve is free to he moved toward the month piece without obstrnetion other than the frictional engagement of the sleeve and holder and the offset portion 7 of the ejeetor with the interior ofv the tubnlar holder. Thus the ejector and sleeve may be entirely detached from the holder' if necessary for the pnrpose of cleansing' both the ejeetor and thev holder.

The slide sleeve 10 and the arm 9 may he made of polishedmetal, and ornamentcd as desired to insure a nea-t and attractive appearance.

As seen in Fignre 3 the body of the ector is of angnlar shape and out of al'inement with the longitudinal boi'e or duet of the tuhnlar holder. As the cigai'ette end is slipped over the head of the ejeetor and the cigarette is inserted and located in the sockethead of the` holder the headed end of the ejector is placed undei` tension for the purpose of retaining`l the cigarette as descrihed.

lvhen properly retained in the socket head, the eigarette or the holder may he tapped for the pnrpose of dislodging ashes from the bnr'nt end of the cigarette without likelihood of the letter being clisplaced from its Socket head, for it will he apparent that the co-. action of the ejector-head, which is nndcr tension, and the walls of the socket-head will rigidly hold the eigarette end in the socket head of the holder.

To eject .a cigarette bntt it is ohvions that the finger and thnmb which grasp the slide sleeve may push the sleeve toward the month piece thns bodily moving the ejector longitndinally of the tnbnlar holder. As the eigarette is prevented from movement, the ejector head is withdrawn therefrom. Then with a .quick forward move-ment of the slide sleeve toward the socket-head, the freed ejector head, which at this time is o-nt of alineinent with the longiztndinal center of the tnbnlar holder, cent-acts with the .cigarette hutt to force the same from ,the holder.

VVhiie I have exemplitied the invention herein with a rectangnlar slide sleeve to conform to the exterior of the tubnlar holder, it will be apparent that if a round, triangular, .or .other Shape in cross section is adopted for the holder the slide sleeve will i eonform thereto, and it will 4also be obvious that the material of which the ejeetor is made may he shaped to difi'erent forms in cross section. These and other similar changes I contemplate in thephysical em-' bodiment of my invention and may be made without departing from the scope of my appended elaims.

Having thns fnlly described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- 1. The combination with a tnbnl-ar holder having'a socket head, of a lon-gitndinally slidahle ejector having a retaining-head adapted to project into the end of a cig-" arette and co-act with the socket head for retaining` the eigarette.

. 2. The combination with a tnhnlar holder having;` a socket-head, of a longitndinally slidable ejector having' an exterior integral arm, actu'ating means on said arm, and a head onsaid eiector to project into an end of a cigarette and co-act with the socket head for retaining the cig'arette.

3. The combination with 'a tnhnlar cie;- arctte holder having' a socket-head, of a longitudinally slidahle ejector adapted to project into a cipjarette end and havingv a poi'tion for frictional contact with 'an interior wall of the holder.

4. The combination with a tnbnlar cigarette holder having a notch and a sockethead at opposite ends, of a slidable eiectcr'/ having` a frictional portion engaging an interior wall of the holder, a rigid arm on the ejector having a bend in said notch, and a head on said ejector adapted to project into av cigarette end and eo-'act with the Sockethead to retain the eigarette.

5., The combination with a cigarette' hOlder having a notch and a socket-head at llO opposite ends, of a slidable ejeotor having a portion for fretional engagement with the interior of the holder, a rigid arm on the ejector and a connecting bend located in said notch, a slide sleeve exterior of the holder and seeured to said arm, and a head on the ejector adapted to project into a cigarette and co-act With the socket-head for l'etaining the cigarette end in the socket head.

6. The combination With a tubular elgarette holdei` of a slidable, resilient ejector adapted to fl'ictionally engage the interio'r Wall of the holder, and tension actuated means 011 the end of the ejector adapted to project into a eigarette end and co-act With the tubular holder for retanng the cigarette in` the holder.

In testiniony Whel'eof I afix my signature.

DOUGLAS COLLINS.

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