US744893A - Cigar-piercer. - Google Patents

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No. 744,893. PATENTED NOV. 24, 1903. W. J. BAILEY. CIGAR PIERGER.

APPLICATION FILED-DEG. 31, 1902. H0 MODEL.

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.Patented November 24, 1903.

UNITED STATES ATnT rrrcn.

WILLIAM J. BAILEY, OF NEWARK, NEvV JERSEY.

CIGAR-PIERCER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 744,893, dated November 24, 1903. Application filed December 31, 1902. Serial No. 137,283. (No model.)

To (ti/Z whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, XVILLIAM J. BAILEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Piercers; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanyingdrawings, and to characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. 1

This invention relates to improvements in cigar-piercing devices for piercing or perforating the pointed and closed ends of cigars; and the invention has for its principal objects to provide a neatly-constructed and a simply and cheaply made device which can be quickly and easily manipulated for piercing or perforating the closed end of a cigar in the direction of the central longitudinal axis of the cigar with a view of providing a device which makes a clean-cut perforation and will remove the small particles or dust of the tobacco which are produced during the piercing operation from said perfora tion in the end of the cigar.

The invention consists in the novel construction of cigar piercing or perforating device hereinafter set forth; and, furthermore, this invention consists in the novel arrangements and combinations of the various parts of the device, all of which will be more particularly described in the accompanying speci fication and then finally embodied in the clauses of the claim, which are appended to and form an essential part of this specification.

The invention is fully illustrated in the accompanyin g drawings, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of the said cigar piercing or perforating device, and Fig. 2 is an end View of the same looking in the direction of the arrow :1: in said Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical section of the device, representing the piercing or perforating member of the device in its initial and normally inoperative position. Fig. 4: is a transverse vertical section of the device, said section being taken on line 4 4 in said Fig. 1 looking in the direction of said arrow as. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal vertical section of the device, illustrating the piercing or perforating memberin its operated position. Figs. 6 and 7 are longitudinal vertical sections of cigar piercing or perforating devices of slightly-modified forms of construction, but still embodying the leading features of the present invention. Fig. 8 is a side view of still another modified form of cigar-piercing device made according to the present invention; and Figs. 9 and 10 are longitudinal vertical sections of the same, representing the piercing or perforating member in Fig. 9 in its actuated position and in Fig. 10 in its inoperative position. Fig. 11 is a perspective view of a spring device employed with the various constructions of cigar-piercing devices represented in said Figs. 1 to 7, inclusive.

Similar characters of reference are employed in all of the said hereinabove-described views to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the said Figs. 1 to '7, inclusive,- the said device comprises a suitably-constructed tubular shell or casing 1, having an open and preferably funnel-shaped end 2 for the reception of the pointed and closed end of a cigar and an open end 3, which is made with an annular and outwardly-flaring marginal edge 4, substantially as illustrated in Figs. 3, 5, 6, and 7 of the drawings. Movably arranged upon said marginal edge 4 is a suitably-constructed thimble or cap 5, having a closed end 6 and a reduced throat or neck portion 7, the internal diameter of which is slightly greater than the maximum diameter of the said main portion or body of said tubular shell or casing 1. In this manner the said thimble or cap 5 can he slid back and forth upon the said tubular shell or casing l,

the closed end 6 of the thimble when brought in contact with the marginal edge 4 limiting the forward movement of said thimble and the reduced throat or neck portion 7 limiting the backward movement of the thimble when the part 8 of said throat or neck por tion 7 is brought against the said marginal edge 4 in the manner represented in said Figs. 3, 6, and 7. Suitably secured in a perforation in the closed end 6 of said thimble or cap 5 or secured thereto in any other well-known manner is an end portion, as 10, of a tubular piercing or perforating member 9, the said member 9 being provided at its opposite end with cutter teeth or serrations 11, as represented in Figs. 3, 5, and 6, or with the form of cutter 12 represented in Fig. 7. The end portion of the said piercing or perforating member. which is provided with said cutter teeth or serrations may be slidably arranged in a perforated disk or plate 13, which acts as a guide and is suitably secured Within the said tubular shell or casing 1,as shown in Figs. 3 and 5; but the said disk or plate 13 may be dispensed with, if desired, as will be noticed from an inspection of Figs. 6 and 7 In each of the constructions represented in said Figs. 3, 5, 6, and 7, however, a spring device 14: is suitably arranged and suitably secured within said body 1, the said device 14 consisting of a part 15, provided with a hole or perforation 16, into and through which the said piercing or perforating member 9 extends and is'movably arranged therein. EX- tending in aforward direction from each edge of said part 15 is a curved wing 17, each wing 17 terminating in an end 18 at right angles, or approximately so, to the main part of each wing 17. 'When the said spring device 14 is in position in the said shell or casing 1, then the curved portions 19 of the said wings 17 and the free edges of the said ends 18 are in frictional holding contact orengagement with the opposite sides of the said piercing or perforating member 9; but the arrangement of said parts is such that they still permit a backward-andforward as well as a rotative movement of the said piercing member when the device is used for piercing or perforating the end of a cigar. The main purpose of said springdevice therefore is to retain the said piercing or perforating member by frictional contact therewith in any one of its positions within the shell or casing 1 and also to act as a guide, which permits of dispensing with the previously-mentioned guide disk or plate 13, as will be clearly evident.

The manner of operating the cigar piercing 0r perforating device represented in said Figs.

1 to 6, inclusive, is as follows: The closed and pointed end of the cigar which is to be pierced is placed in the funnel-shaped opening 2 of the device, and by twirling the thimble or cap 5 between the thumb and finger and at the same time sliding it forward upon the body of the shell or casing 1 a rotary action of the piercing or perforating member 9 while being forced into theend of the cigar is produced The tobacco-dust or small particles of tobacco enter the hollow or tubular body of the member 9 and pass from the opposite end thereof. When the said piercing or per- 9 may simply be forced in a forward but nonrotative direction for piercing the end of the cigar, the thumb or finger being placed upon the closed end of the thimble or cap 5 to push the piercing member 9 in a forward direction, and thereby pierce the end of the cigar by being driven longitudinally into the body of the said cigar. That the dust or particles of tobacco can pass from the end of the said member 9 which is connected with the thimble or cap 5 although the thumb or finger is placed directly upon the said thimble or cap the closed end of said thimble or cap is made cup shape, as at 20, to provide a free passage for the dust or small particles of the tobacco from the said tubular piercing or perforating member 9 during the piercing or perforating operation.

In the cigar piercing or perforating device illustrated in the Figs. 8, 9, and 10 the piercing or perforating member while being pushed in a forward direction to pierce or perforate the end of the cigar may be rotated or not at the option of the operator. In this construction the device consists, essentially, of a tubular shell or body 21, having a closed but perforated end 22 and an open hell or funnel shaped end 23. The said body 21 has forced out from one or both its opposite sides inwardly-extending spring-tongues 24. Movably arranged in the perforation of said end 23 is a tubular piercing or perforating member 25, having a finger-piece 26 at its end outside of the closed part of said shell or casing 21 and being made at its other end with a cutting or piercing portion 27. Intermediate of said piercing or cutting end and the end provided with the finger-piece of said piercing or perforating member 25 the latter is provided with a washer or disk 28, which can be brought in slidable and holding contact with the said spring-tongues 24. to retain the piercing or perforating member in its closed relation within the shell or casing 21, as indicated in Fig. 9 of the drawings, or which acts as a stop to prevent the complete and accidental withdrawal of the piercing or perforating member 25 from the shell or casing 21 when said member is drawn back in the position represented in Fig. 10 prior to the manipulation of the device for. piercing the end of the cigar.

It will be noticed from the several figures of the drawings that the piercing or perforating member is a tube whereby no matter what the shape of the cutter end of said tube the closed and pointed end of the cigar will always be perfectly centered in the open end of the tube and the perforation in the cigar will be in alinement with the central longitudinal axis of the cigar. There is therefore no possibility of an improperly-placed perforation longitudinally at one side of the cigar,thereby overcoming alldangerofbreaking and often completely destroying the usefulness of the drawing end of the cigar.

From the above description of my inven- IIO tion it will be seen that I have devised an efficient and simply and cheaply constructed cigar piercing or perforating device which can be easily manipulated and can be carried in the pocket, the spring device retaining the piercing or perforating member when not in use in its inclosed position with the shell or casing.

I am aware that changes may be made in the various arrangements and combinations of theparts without departing from the scope of this invention. Hence I do not limit my invention to the exact arrangements and combinations of the parts as described in the previous specification and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, nor do I confine myself to the exact details of the construction of the said parts.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim is 1. A cigar-piercer for longitudinally piercing acigar, comprising, a tubular shell having an open end in which the end of a cigar is adapted to be arranged, and an opposite open end provided with an outwardly-fiarin g marginal edge, a thimble provided with a reduced throat slidably arranged upon said shelhand a piercing member actuated by said thimble and extending into said tubular shell so as to be capable of a longitudinal sliding movement in said shell, all combined with a spring device within said shell and ill frictional contact with said piercing member for retaining said member in any one of its positions within said shell, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. Aciganpiercer for longitudinally piercing a cigar, com prisin g,a tubular shell having an open end in which the end of a cigar is adapted to be arranged, and an opposite open end provided with an outwardly-flarin g marginal edge, a thimble provided with a re-. duced throat slidably and rotatably arranged in said shell, and a piercing member actuated by said thimble and extending into said tubular shell so as to be capable of alongitudinal sliding and rotative movement in said shell, all combined with a spring device within said shell and in frictional contact with said piercing member for retaining said memberin any one of its positions within said shell, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. A cigar-piercer for longitudinally piercing the end of a cigar, comprising, a tubular shell having an open end in which the end of a cigar is adapted to be arranged, a thimble slidably connected with a part of said shell, a piercing member connected with said thimble and extending into said tubular shell so as to be capable of a longitudinal sliding movement in said shell, and a spring device in said shell having a perforated part through which said piercing member moves, and wings connected with said perfo ated part, said wings being in frictional contact with said piercing member, substantiallyas and for the purposes set forth.

4. A cigar-piercer for longitudinally piercinga cigar, comprising, a tubular shell having anopen end in which the end of a cigar is adapted to be arranged, a thimble slidably and rotatably arranged on said shell, a piercing member connected with said thimble and extending into said tubular shell so as to be capable of a longitudinal sliding and rotative movement in said shell, and a spring device in said shell having a perforated part through which said piercing member moves, and wings connected with said perforated part, said wings being in frictional contact with said piercing member, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

5. A cigar-piercer for longitudinally piercing a cigar, com prising, a tubular shell having an open end in which the end of a cigar is adapted to be arranged, a tubular piercing member capable of a longitudinal sliding movement in said shell, means connected with said piercin member for actuating the same, and a spring device in said shell having a perforated part through which said piercing member moves, and wings connected with said perforated part, said wings being in frictional contact with said piercing member, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

6. A cigarpiercer for longitudinally piercing a cigar, co mprisin g, a tubular shell having an open end in which the end of a cigar is adapted to be arranged, a tubular piercing member capable of a longitudinal sliding and rotative movement in said shell, means c011- nected with said piercing member for actuatin g the same, and a spring device in said shell having a perforated part through which said piercing member moves, and wings connected with said perforated part, said wings being in frictional contact with said piercing member, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. 7

7. A cigar-piercer, comprising, a tubular shell having at one end an opening for receiving the end of a cigar, and an opening at its opposite end surrounded by an outwardly flaring annular marginal edge, a thimble provided with a reduced throat slidably and rotatably arranged on said tubular shell, said outwardly-flarin g annular marginal edge acting as a stop to limit the movement of said throat on said shell, and a piercing member connected with said thimble and extending into said tubular shell so as to be capable of a longitudinal sliding and rotative movement in said shell, all combined with a spring device within said shell and in frictional contact with said piercing member for retaining said member in any one of its positions within said shell, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

8. A cigarpiercer, comprising, a tubular shell having at one end an opening for receiving the end of a cigar, and an opening at its opposite end surrounded by an outwardlyflaring annular marginal edge, a thimble provided with a reduced throat slidably arranged on said tubular shell, said outwardly-flaring annular marginal edge acting as a stop to limit the movement of said th roat on said shell, a piercing member connected with said thimbio and extending into said tubular shell so as to be capable of a longitudinal sliding movement in said shell, and a spring device in said shell having a perforated part through which said piercing member moves, and wings connected with said perforated part, said r5 shell having at one end an opening for receiving the end of a cigar,.and an opening at its opposite end surrounded by an outwardlyflaring annular marginal edge, a thimble provided with a reduced throat slidably and ro- 2o tatably arranged on said tubular shell, said outWardly-fiarin g annular marginal edge acting as a stop to limit the movement of said throat on said shell, a piercing member connected with said thimble and extending into z said tubular shell so as to be capable of a longitudinal sliding and rotative movement in said shell, and a spring device in said shell having a perforated part through which said piercing member moves,and wings connected go with said perforated part, said Wings being in frictional contact with said piercing member, substantially as and for the purposes set for th.

.- 10. A cigar-piercer for longitudinally piercing a cigar, comprising, a tubular shell hav-' ing an open end in which the end of a cigar is adapted to be arranged, a thimble slidably connected With a part of said shell, a perforated guiding -disk in said shell, a piercing member connected with said thimble and eX- tending' into said tubular shell and through the perforation in said guiding-disk so as to be capable of a longitudinal sliding movein cut insaid shell, and a spring device in said shell having a perforated part through which said piercing member moves, and Wings connected with said perforated part, said wings being in frictional contact with said piercing member, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

11. A cigar-piercer, comprising, a tubular shell having an openiz g for receiving the end of a cigar, a piercing member slidably arranged in said shell, and a spring device in said shell having a perforated part through which said piercing member moves, and wings connected with said perforated part, said wings being in frictional contact With said piercing member, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereunto set my hand this th day of December, 1902.

WILLIAM J. BAILEY.

Witnesses:

FREDK. O. FRAENTZEL, GEO. D. RICHARDS.

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