US1648073A - Cigarette holder - Google Patents

Description

Patented Nov. 8, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT orrlce.

HENRY N. STAATS, OF CHILLICOTHE, OHIO.

CIGARETTE HOLDER.

Application filed December a, 1926. Serial No. 153,353.

This invention relates to new'and useful improvements in cigarette holders.

One object ofthe invention 15 to prov1de a device of this character which will effectively prevent dropping of ashes, and wh1ch will prevent dying of ashes and sparks,

when smoking in a high wind, as during the driving of an automobile. 1

Another ob'ect is to provide a novel and simple device which will effectively enclose a cigarette but provide proper draft for the consumption of the cigarette.

Another object-is to provide a mouthpiece for the cigarette embracing or enclosing portion of the holder, which includes novel means for effectively cleaning the burnt cigarette, and adhering paper, from the said enclosing portion.

Other objects an -1 advantageswrll be apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanymg drawing.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a cigarette holder made in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 2 is a perspective view showing the manner of inserting the cleaning element in the cigarette enclosing portion, for removing the burnt cigarette.

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional view through the enclosing portion, showing the cleaning disk in operation.

Figure 4: is a plan view of the blank from which the cigarette enclosing portion is formed.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawing, 10 represents the cigarette enclosing portion of the holder, said portion being formed from a single sheet of suitable metal, such as aluminum, and having a plurality of longitudinally extending elongated slots 11 therein, as clearly seen in Figures 1 and 4. This metal sheet is rolled into tubular form, as shown in Figure 1, to snugly receive a cigarette therein, the longitudinal split 12, of the tube, being closed.

The mouthpiece of the cigarette holder includes the mouth portion 13, of hard-rubher, or other material, to one end of which is secured the encircling band 14, of metal. From one side of the outer end of this band there extends a circular disk 15, of adiameter slightly greater than the interior diameter of the tubular portion 10, said disk being connected with the band by means of the narrow stem 16. It will be noted that the disk and stem'thereof, extend longitudinally from the outer end of the band, so that when the tubular portion 10 is properly seated within said band, the disk will lie close to the said portion 10, so as not to interfere with the proper use of the device.

lrVhen the cigarette has been consumed, and it is desired to clean the burnt cigarette from the portion 10. the smoker removes the tubular member 10 from the mouthpiece por tion, inserts the disk in one end of said por tion 10, edgewise, as shown in Figure 3, and

'pries open the split of said portion, with thestem 16, after which he turns the mouthpiece so that the disk lies transversely within the member 10, and withthe split spread open by stem of the disk. The mouthpiece is then drawn longitudinally of the member 10 so that the edge of the disk scrapes the portions of cigarette which adhere to the inner face of said member. This operation may be repeated several times, until all of the particles of the cigarette have been properly cleaned from the tubular member.

The disk may also be of use in facilitating the introduction of a new cigarette into the tubular member 10, by sliding said disk to a point adjacent one end of said member, inserting an end of a cigarette in said end, and then moving the disk and cigarette, which latter rests on the former, longitudinally within the said member. The stem of the disk holds the tube in proper spread condition so that the cigarette will more easily enter the tube. Upon withdrawing the disk from the tube, said tube will close into firm embracing engagement with the cigarette, after which the smoker inserts an end of the tube in the band 14, of the mouthpiece, which latter firmly, and frictionally fits within the former. Attention is directed to the fact that the tube 10 is resilient, and its normal tendency is to expand, whereby to properly and frictionally fit into the socket of the mouthpiece section 13. After a cigarette has been consumed, the passage of the cleaner therethrough causes the separation of the sides of the split, of the tube, and the consequent expansion of the tube, whereby when the tube is again inserted in the socket of the mouthpiece, it will fit tightly therein. Thus the cleaner simultaneously performs two functions, one to remove the remains of the burnt cigarette, and the other to expand the tube, as the shank of the cleaner passes longitudinally within the split of the tube.

hat is claimed is:

1. A cigarette holder comprising a mouthpiece section, a cigarette holding, section removably and frictionally held in the former, said holding section being longitudinally split, and means on the mouthpiece section for spreading action upon the walls of said split and scraping action upon the interior of the holding section.

2. A cigarette holder comprising a mouthpiece section, a foraminous and longitudinally split tubular member for enclosing a cigarette and removably and frictionally held within the mouthpiece section, and a disk connected to the mouthpiece section by a stem, the said stem being arranged to open the split to permit introduction of the disk for scraping the interior of the tubular memher.

3. A cigarette holder including a longitudinally split tubular cigarette enclosing member, and a cleaning disk arranged to be passed within the tubular member for cleaning the interior thereof, said cleaning disk having means for spreading the split of the tubular member to permit the introduction of the disk thereinto.

4. A cigarette holder including a mouthpiece section and a cigarette containing section, said containing section being longitudinally split whereby to permit the introduction of an implement for the purpose of removing the remains of a burnt cigarette and simultaneously expanding the section.

5. A cigarette holder including a mouth piece section and a tubular cigarette containing section frictionally held in the mouthpiece sect-ion, said containing section being longitudinallysplit whereby to permit passage of a cleaning too longitudinally through the section and for simultaneously reexpanding the section to frictionally engage in the mouthpiece section.

6. A cigarette holder including a 1nouthpiece section having a socket, and a tubular cigarette containing section, said container being resilient and longitudinally split for passage of a cleanin tool therethrough to remove the remains oi a burnt cigarette, and for simultaneously reexpanding the tubular container for proper frictional engagement in the socket of the mouthpiece section.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature.

HENRY N. STAATS.

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