US389976A

US389976A - Heinrich franz eiedel

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Publication number: US389976A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1888-09-25
Anticipated expiration: 1905-09-25

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ILP. RIEDBL. e GIGARETTB.

5 Patented Sept. 25, 1888- w @MW/ we? me a UNTTBED STATES PATENT @Trina HEINRICH FRANZ RIEDEL, OF DRESDEN, SAXONY, GERMANY.

CIGARETTE.

SPECIFICATION forming part oi' Letters Patent No. 389,976, dated September 25, 1888 Application tiled October 29, 1887. Serial No. 253,705.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, HEINRICH FRANZ RIE- DEL, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, residing in the city ofDresden, in the Kingdom of Saxony, German Empire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oigar ettes, of which the following isa specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

For cigars of all different kinds, and especially for cigarettes, the delicate wrapper (of paper or tobacco) of which may be easily injnred,it is of great use to provide a protectingcase. According to this invention each cigarette (or cigar) is provided with a protecting case or cover, which not only serves the purpose of protecting the cigarette throughout its full length, or part of it, during transport, but which also may be used as a mouth-piece for the cigarette duringsmoking, so that the cigarette is then kept at a proper distance from the mouth and the eyes of the smoker,and that the cigarette may be smoked to the very end of the tobacco iilling.

Figure l in the accompanying drawings represents a central longitudinal sectional view of a cigarette and its iuclosing case or cover in condition to be carried in the pocket. Fig. 2 represents a similar sectional view showing the cigarette as partly drawn out of the case or cover for smoking. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view of the case. Fig. 4 is a plan view of one edge ofthe piece ofpaper ofwhich the case is formed.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in the several figures.

D desi gnatcs a cigarette, which is represented of substantially uniform size throughout its length, except that it is conically enlarged at the end c, which is to be used next the smokers mouth. This enlargement may be produced in any suitable manner, as by applying around it a suitable strip of paper.

A designates the protecting case or cover consisting of a tube of the length, or about the length,of the cigarette, and ofcylindrical form for the greater part ofits length, but having one end conically contracted, as shown at b. rIhe external diameter of the cylindrical portion of this case is such that the largest part of the large end c of the cigarette may fit (No model.)

snugly, yet pass freely within it, but the conically-contracted part b is of a forni to iit the conically-enlarged end cits extremity being of a size to iit the cylindrical part of the cigarette. The cigarette D is placed in the caseA through the large end thereof, and pushed in until it reaches the small end b, and may then be safely carried therein loose in the smokers pocket, as it fits the case at both ends and will not be accidentally dislodged. After transport in this way in the case the cigarette may be expelled therefrom by pressure or by blowing into the large end of the case so far that its own enlarged end c will be received and arrested in the correspondingly-contracted end b ofthe said cover or case, as shown in Fig. 2, and there be so tightly held that an air-tight joint is made between the cigarette and mouth-piece, which joint in ease of need may be completed or perfected by a slight turn of the two parts in opposite directions.

In order to avoid any drawing in of the cigarette from this position into the cover or case A by the sucking action of the smoker, the piece of paper or other material used for forming the cover or case may be cut in such manner (shown at a in Fig. 4) as to form a small bent lip, a,(shown in Figs. l,2,3,)which will project inside of the cover or case and will during the transport of the'cigar or cigarette therein form a spring-guard to keep it therein, and which, if the cigar or cigarette is blown to thejointend of the cover or case, will project against the end thereof', as shown in Fig. 2, so as to prevent any creeping of the cigarette into the cover by the sucking` of the smoker.

If the dimensions of the cigarette and of the cover or case are chosen very accurately, and if these parts are manufactured with the required nicety, the above-described guard for keeping it in either ofits two positions in the cover or case may be dispensed with.

W'hat I claim as inyinventioi1,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with a cigar or cigarette having that end which is to be used next the mouth conically enlarged, of a loose protecting case or cover to serve as a protection to the cigar or cigarette during transportation, and as a holder for smoking, the said cover or oase consisting of a tube which is cylindrical In testimony that I claim the foregoing as for the greater portion of its length und large my invention, I have signed my nume in presro enough to permit the enlarged part of the ci ence of two subscribing Witnesses.

'fur or cigarette to slide thronoh it but eonv f D raeted at the end which is to le used farthest HEINRICH FR ANA R'IEDLL' from the slnokers mouth to conform to and WVitnesseS: arrest the enlarged end of the cigar or cgztr- GEORG RICHTER, ette, substantially its herein described. 1 WILHELM WIESENHTTER.