US366172A

US366172A - Csgar-tjp cutter

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Publication number: US366172A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1887-07-05
Anticipated expiration: 1904-07-05

Description

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GIGAR TIP GUTTER. l No1 366,172. Patented J WITN E SSEE lm/ENTER' x 6m@ i?.

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CORNELIUS KNUDSEN, OE COPENHAGEN, DENMARK, ASSICNOR To CHARLES JOHN WILSON, OE SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

ClGARTlP CUTTER'.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 366,172, dated July 5, 1887'. Application tiled April 22, 1887. Serial No. 235522; (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CORNELIUS KNUESEN, of Copenhagen, Kingdom of Denmark, have invented an Improved Cigar-End Cutter, of

which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to those cigar-end cutters which are used principally in retail cigar-stores for the convenience of purchasers who desire to cut oft the mouth end of the I3 cigar before lighting it.

The invention consists in an improved combination of parts constituting the cutter,which hereinafter is more specifically described and claimed.

i5 In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure l is a front elevation of my device, with parts hidden shown in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same. Fig. 3 is an end View of the device. 2Or Fig. 4L is a sectional plan view.

ln all the iigures the sanie letters of reference are used to indicate the same paris.

A is the dish to catch the cut-oft' ends of the cigars as they fall from the cutters. It is made of metal, either sufliciently heavy to withstand the Operation of the cutters without displacement, or it may be vmade light and be fastened to the store-counter by wood screws, as preferred.

B is a hollow standard or pillar firmly secured to the dish by a tap-screw, b, as shown, at about the middle. This standard contains a spiral spring, C, (shown in dotted lines, Fig. 1,) which winds around the stem of the cutter-head D, which passes down into the hollow par-t of the standard. The tendency of the spring is-to raise the cutter-head when freed from the downward pressure of the operating-lever. The standard B terminates in two side iianges, B B, which are given a triangular shape in the drawings. Each lower cornerof both of these flanges is provided with a countersunk aperture, b, which receives the tip ends of the cigars as they are held below the cutter-blade in the act of chopping off their ends. There are attached to the cutterhead-one on each side-two Cutter-blades, E E, each beinglong enough to overlap the apertures in the Side flanges. The cutters may be made to cut a straight eut or a V-shaped cut, 5o as preferred, both styles of cutters being shown in the drawings.

F is the ope1'ating-levera sort of two horned camwhich is pivoted on the pin G, which is supported by being driven through the two side flanges, B B'. The shape ofthe cani part of this double-handled lever is such as to cause the Cutterhead to be pressed down, whichever horn ofthe lever is pushed rdownward. The shape is indicated by thedotted 6o lines.

I show balls H H on the points of the opery ating-lever; but any other suitable style of handle may be adopted.

The operation is simple, and as follows: The 5 5 cigar is inserted into one of the apertures and held there. Either one of the horns ofthe lever' is then pressed downward, and the cuttingknives will slide past the orices and eut oli any projecting cigar-tip which may be heldin 7o either of the fourapertures with which the machine is provided.

I do not claim any particular shape for the cutting-knives, nor do I claim, in a broad sense, the combination of cutting-knives and holder for the cigar; but

W'hat I claini as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The cigar-tip cutter herein described, consisting,essentially,of the hollow pillar B, suit- 8o ably supported and having side llanges, B B', and apertures b', the vertically-1n oving cuttcrhead D, having its stem inserted into the hollow Of the standing pillar and being provided with euttingblades E E, the spiral spring G, winding around the stern of the cutter-head and supporting the saine, and the Operatingl cam-lever F, bearing upon and pressing down the cutterhead when actuatcd,to the effect of clipping olif the cigar-tips passed through 9o apertures b', the whole arranged and operating substantially as described.

CORNELIUS KNUDSEN. [L s] Vitnesses:

O. R. LEVERING, E. KNUDSEN.