US861685A

US861685A - Cigar-cutter.

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Publication number: US861685A
Application number: US31765406A
Authority: US
Inventors: Chester A Tousey
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1906-05-19
Filing date: 1906-05-19
Publication date: 1907-07-30
Anticipated expiration: 1924-07-30

Description

No. 861,685. PATENTED JULY 30, 1907.

G. A. TOUSEY.

CIGAR CUTTER.

APPLICATION IILBD MAYIQ, 1906.

CHESTER A. TOUSEY, O

F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CIGAR-CUTTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 30, 1907.

Application filed May 19, 1906. Serial No. 317,654.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHEsTEn A. ToUsEY, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Chicago, Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Cigar-Cutters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention contemplates a novel and highly satisiactory form of pocket cigar cutter.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective of a cigar cutter embodying the principles of my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section on line 2-2 in Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a plan of the said cigar cutter. Fig. 4 is a section on line 44: in Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a front or end view of the said cigar cutter. Fig. 6 is a section on line 66 in Fig. 2. Fig. 7 is a view of the sheet metal blank from which the body of the cigar cutter is made.

As thus illustrated, my improved cigar cutter comprises

side walls

1 and 1 which are integral with the socket or slotted cup 2 having the longitudinal slot 3. This cup is adapted to receive the tip of a cigar and fully support the same. In other words, the cup is closed at its bottom, except for the said slot. The knife arm 4 is pivoted at 5 and provided with a short rear end-portion 6. The two side walls 1 are connected by a wall 7 having an end portion 8. A spring 9 rests in the recess between the side walls 1 and above the wall 7. This spring bears against the knife arm 4. The rear end 10 of this spring engages the lock 11 which is pivoted at 12. When the knife arm is closed, the end G engages the shoulder 13 on said pivoted lock.' This keeps the arm closed. By pulling down on the outer end of said lock, the end 6 is disengaged and the arm 4 allowed to fly out under the pressure of the spring. Said arm is provided with a longitudinally disposed knife 14, the cutting edge of which is oblique and extends at substantially the same angle as the other side of the cup. (See Fig. 2). Thus the knife has a shearing action as it passes through the slot 3 and into and through the tip of the cigar. A flat thumbpiece 15 is secured to the arm 4 above the knife.

It will be seen that the

sides

1 and 1 and the cup 2 are formed from the integral metal blank shown in Fig. 7. The cup is formed in the blank, and the two sides are then bent around and toward each other to form the

sides

1 and 1. With the provision of the said cup, the cigar tip is not broken or torn when cut. The knife simply slits the end or tip of the cigar, as it does not cut off the said tip. The oblique single edge of the knife provides a point at its outer corner which enters the cigar first to produce a shearing cut.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. In a pocket cigar cutter, the combination of a longitudinally slotted cup adapted to support the cigar tip at the extreme end thereof,.a longitudinally disposed knife adapted to pass through the slot of said cup, and entirely through the cup, to slit the tip of the cigar, means for moving the knife entirely through the slot in both sides of cup, and spring means for retracting the knife, said knife having a single oblique cutting edge providing a point at its outer corner which enters the cigar first to produce a shearing cut.

2. In a pocket cigar cutter, the combination of the coneshaped cup 2 provided with the slot 3, the side walls 1 and l integral with said cup, the arm 4 pivoted at 5 and formed with a rear end portion 6, the knife 14 carried by said arm, adapted to pass through said slot and entirely through the cup, to slit the top of the cigar, the thumbpiece 15 carried by said arm, the spring 9 for throwing the knife out of the slot, the lock 11 pivoted at 12 and adapted to engage the portion 6, adapted to keep the knife in the cup, and the spring 10 engaging said lock.

3. In a pocket cigar cutter, the combination of a longitudinally slotted cup and side walls constructed from a single blank, a knife arm pivoted between said side walls, a longitudinally disposed knife on said arm, adapted to pass through said slot and entirely through the cup, to slit the end of the cigar, and provisions for retaining the knife in the cup, said knife having a single oblique cutting edge providing a point at its outer corner which enters the cigar first to produce a'shearing cut.

4. In a pocket cigar cutter, the combination of a coneshaped cup closed at its apex or bottom except for a narrow longitudinal slot, a longitudinally disposed knife lo cated at one side of the cup, adapted to pass through said slot, and entirely through the cup, to slit the tip of the cigar, and means for operating the knife, said knife pro vided with an oblique cutting edge conforming substantially to the other or farther side of the cup, when the cutter is closed.

Signed by me at Chicago, Illinois, this 16th day of May 1906.

CHESTER A. TOUSEY.

Witnesses SARAH LEWIS, ALBERT JOHN SAUSER.