US814937A

US814937A - Cigar-tip cutter.

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Publication number: US814937A
Application number: US28193805A
Authority: US
Original assignee: EVERETT E BUSSEY; HAROLD D WATERHOUSE
Current assignee: EVERETT E BUSSEY; HAROLD D WATERHOUSE
Priority date: 1905-10-09
Filing date: 1905-10-09
Publication date: 1906-03-13
Anticipated expiration: 1923-03-13

Description

` N'ITED STATES? on QUiNcY, MASSACHUSETTS.

-PArnnr ormoni.

l cl'eAn-TlP CUTTER..

` Specification of Letters Patent.

'I Patented March 13,1906.

Application nea october 9.1905. semi No. 281,938.

To a/ZZ whom t may concer-n:

Be it known that We, Evnnnrr E. BUSSEY,

.i residing at Cambridge, in the county of Middlesex, and HAROLD D'. WATERH'OUSE, residing atQuincy, inthe county of Norfolk, State of Massachusetts, citizens of the United States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements; in Cigare- Tip Cutters, of which the yfollowing is aspeo'ification, reference being had therein ings.

Our invention is an improved cigar-tip cutter vwherein the'cigar-ti isnot cut off', but is to the accompanying -dr'awslit in such a manner t at thefissures made in the tip are of the right size to: allow the proper amount of smoke to be inhaled or drawn from the cigar by the smoker;

. The main .objectof our invention-is` the providing of a simple articlejof this character of fixed parts which can be worn upon the watch-'chain or` carried .in the vest-pocket without danger of cutting the lining ofthe pocket; and it consists in a novel y'construcf tion and arrangement of the parts, as hereinafter more fully set'forth and claimed, by which a simpler, cheaper, and more effective device of this character is produced than is now in ordinary use.

' The device can also be advantageously used for advertising purposes on account of its 'simplicity and cheapness of vconstruction vand its frequent use.

views of one of the knives.

larged view of a portion of the knife-chamber The nature of the improvement will b readily understood by all conversant with such matters from the following explanation, itsextreme simplicity rendering an elaborate description unnecessary.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a bottom plan view of a cigar-tip cutter embodying our improvements. Fig. 2 is a plan view ofl the knife-chamber, showing the knives in position. Fig. 3 is a plan view''of the clam ing-cover or gri ping-collet. Fig.

4 is an en arged sectional e evation on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1. 'Figs 5 and 6 are enlarged Fig. 7 is. an enshown in Fig. 2. Fig. 8 is a plan view of the kn1fe-chamber with the knives removed.

Similar reference-numerals indicate corref sponding parts in all the figures of the drawing[sIl the embodiment illustrated whenv the principjttlobject ofthe device is to furnish 'a l cheap `advertising novelty the knife-chamber brass or aluminium but thesame can be, when desired only for use as a cigar-tip'cutter or to'be worn on a chain, made of metal.

`The knife-chamber is preferably formed from a single piece of sheet metal and coma gold, silver, or other,4

prises a'base 9, havingv the central aperture l 19. The edgeof the base around this aperf ture is turned or slanted, as at 9, something in the form of an inverted truncated cone and is provided with lonehor more notches or channels 20, (preferably three,) accordingto the number of knivesl used in the cutter, and` into which channel the lower half portion of the blade of the knife 1,2is 'inserted aljouty midway of the blad e, so that the lower beveled or knifeedge 14 of the blade will extend within the aperture 19. `Thebase 9 has an' upwardly-extending circumferential rim or flange 10, provided with one or more (preferably three) channels or notches' 11, according to the number of knives 'em loyed, and into which notches the Shanks of) the knives 12 are inserted, so that the inner edge of the keeper'or tongues 13 13 of the knives come up tight against the outer edge of the flange 10.

The clamping-cover `15, which is also preferably formed of a single piece of sheet metal, has a base `15 similar to the base 9 and is -provided with a similarly-inverted truncated cone or raised edge having an lequal number of notches or channels 18 extending from the l central aperture 17 and adaptedto receive the upper half portion of the'blade of the knife 12, so that the upper beveled or knife i edge14 of the blade will extend within the aperture 17. The base 15 ofthe cover has a downwardly-extending circumferential rim or flange 16, adapted to fit tightly over the flange y10, so thatthe tongues 13 13', which extend outward from the Shanks at nearly right angles to them, are pressed tightly between the flanges when the cover and knifechamber are suitably pressed together, `the cover acting as a gripping-collet and all parts firmly and permanently secured. The

apertures

17 and 19 are preferably of the same size, and when the' parts are assembled together the inner yedge of the cones 9 'and 15 55 -and cover are preferably made of thinflight v Yinto the apertures through the

channels

18 and 20, which are only of suricient width to allow of the inserting of the blades, and the knives should extend inward toward the common center, but not quite to it. As the front portions yof the knives are beveled to form both upper and lower cutting edges, 4it is readily seenthat the tip of the cigar can be slit by inserting it into the cutter from either the top or bottom. In our preferred form we preferably use three knives, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, which extend inward toward the common center, so that the points of all the knives are toward each other.

It will be obvious that the construction de scribed will afford an exceedingly simple, strong, and durable cigar-tip cutter the parts of which are not liable to breakage or derangement in use and which will afford an inexpensive and desirable advertising device by stamping the advertisement upon the outer face of either the knife-chamber or its cover.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination in a cigar-tip cutter,

'of a knife-chamber, a cover having a central opening, knives extending into the opening and having tongues clamped between the chamber and cover whereby the knives are rigidly held in a cutting position within the opening.

2. The combination in a cigar-tip cutter, of a knife-chamber having a central aperture, circumferential anges provided with notches, knives extending through the Ynotches and partly into the aperture, and a gripping-collet for securing the knives.

3. The combination in a cigar-tip cutter, of a knife-chamber having a central aperture, a cover having a similar a erture,'in verted truncated cones for both t 1e chamber and cover, channels in the cones, circumferential rims for both the chamber and cover, notches in the rim of the chamber, rigid knives extending from without the chamber through the channels and partly into the central apertures so that their pointed ends nearly meet, tongues rigidly attached to the knives and adapted to be held rmly in place between the rims, and each knife provided with upper and lower beveled edges, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof we aHix our signatures in presence of two Witnesses.

EVERETT E. BUSSEY. HAROLD D. WATERHOUSE. Witnesses:

CHARLES F. A. SMITH, SADIE E. POWERS.