US1671185A - Cigarette holder - Google Patents

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May 29, 1928.

F. H. FLYNN CIGARETTE HOLDER Filed Oct. 14, 1926 a am M 1m IH! l mz um um wv mmm VVgironi@oowooo Patented May 29, 19.28.

UNITED- STATES TRANI H. ILYNN, QF CONWAY, NORTH DAKOTA.

CIGARETTE HOLDER.

Appummn aieaoczober 14, me. semi no. 141,e1s.

This invention relates to smokers? appliances and more particularly to a cigarette holder.

One object of the invention is to provide a cigarette holder in which a cigarette may be held and conveniently smoked without danger of burning a table top or cover if placed thereon.

Another object of the invention is to prevent ashes from dropping from a burning cigarette.

Another object of the invention is to provide a holder including a receptacle or casing adapted to enclose a cigarette and being formed with draft openings and with a slot through which the cigarette may be lighted.

Another object of the invention is to so connect the receptacle or cigarette enclosing body with the mouthpiece of the holder that it may be firmly attached thereto but readily removed when necessary.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a bottom plan view of the cigarette holder;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view through the holder with a cigarette carried thereby;

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the body or casing, and

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. l.

The mouthpiece 1 resembles a cigarette holder of a conventional construction and is formed with a longitudinally extending bore 2 having its forward end portion enlarged to' provide a cup 3 into which one end of a cigarette 4 is to be fitted in the usual manner. The forward end portion of the mouthpiece is reduced externally to form a tapered shank 5 and an anuularly extending shoulder 6 at its inner end. It -will thus be seen that, when a cigarette is fitted into the cup 3, the mouthpiece may be placed in the mouth and the cigarette lighted and smoked in the usual manner.

In order to enclose the cigarette Vand prevent ashes from dropping upon a floor and prevent danger of a table top or cover being burned if a cigarette and holder are placed thereon, there has been provided a tubular casing 7 which may be formed of any suitable material and is open at its ends. One side portion of theI casing is flattened, as shown at 8, and this flattened portion is formed with a slot 9 extending substantially the full length of the casing. Perforations 10 which are spaced yfrom each other longitudinally and circumferentially of the casmg are forni'ed therein so that air may freely enter the casing to provide proper combustion when the cigarette is smoked. Since the casing is slotted, a match may be held above it and the llame drawn inwardly to light the cigarette without it being necessary to remove the casing from the mouthpiece. 'lhe bore of the casing is of an even diameter throughout the greater portion of its length but its rear end portion is flared slightly so that the shank 5 of the mouthpiece may be tightl wedged therein. A cap 11 having an annu arly extending flange 12 1s fitted upon the forward end of the casing to close and reinforce the same and a band 1 3 is fitted tightly about the rear end portion of the casing to prevent it from being .cracked when the shank of the mouthpiece 1s wedged into' it. rl`he sleeve 13 and flange of the cap may be plain or ornamented in any. desired manner. In the present illustration, they have been shown formed with beads 14 and 15 which not only serve to ornament them but also permitthem to be easily applied or removed when necessary. Flattened portions 16 and 17 are formed upon the cap and sleeve to prevent the holder from rolling when placed upon a table top or other flat surface.

When the cigarette holderis in'use, the casing or receptacle 7 is removed from the mouthpiece and a cigarette fitted into the cup 3. The casing is replaced and by holding a match abovethe flattened portion 8 the llame may be drawn into the case through the slot 9 and the cigarette lighted in the usual manner. Ashes will be retained in the casing and burning or scorching of a cover or the top of a table or other piece of furniture will be prevented. After the cigarette has been completely smoked, the casing may be removed and accumulated ashes emptied from it either through its open rear end or by removing the cap 11. The burnt cigarette will be removed from the holder and a new one inserted. I have thus provided a cigarette holder which will prevent damage to furniture and also prevent oors from being soiled by ashes. It also makes it unnecessary to have an ash tray close to a person smoking a cigarette.

While' it is stated that the holder is for cigarettes, it will be understood that it may be formed of sufficient size to hold cigars.

Having thus described the invention, I claim:

1: A cigarette holder comprising a tubular receptacle formed witlra lighting opening and draft openings, a removable cap provided with an annular wall fitted upon the front end of said receptacle, a .collar fitted upon the rear end of said receptacle, said collar and the Wall of said cap having alined fiattened portions serving to prevent the holder from rolling when placed upon a fiat surface and also permitting the cap to be firmly gripped and easily removed, and a mouthpiece removably fitted into the rear portion of said receptacle and formed with a longitudinally extending bore enlarged at its forward end to form a socket to receive one end of a cigarette disposed longitudinally in the receptacle.

2. A cigarette holder comprising a tubular receptacle of an even diameter throughout its length and formed with a lon itudinally extending slot and perforated or the major portion of its length and circumference, a removable cap provided with an annular wall fitted u on the front end of said receptacle and havlng a flattened portioma collar fitted upon the rear end o said rece tacle and having a fiattened portion almed with the flattened portion of said cap, and a mouthpiece having a tapered forward'end portion wedged into the rear end rtion of said receptacle, said mouthpiece eing formed with a longitudinally extending bore having its forward end portion enlarged to provide a socket to receive one end v of a cigarette disposed longitudinally in the receptacle.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature.

FRANK H. FLYN N. [11.5.]

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