US903431A - Cigar-cutter. - Google Patents

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G. A. ARNOLD. GIGAR GUTTER.

APPLIOATIQN FILED JUNE zo, 1908.

Patented Nov. 10, 1908,

llNilE @TAYFES PATENT GEORGE A. ARNOLD, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN O. W. BEALL, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

CIGAR-CU'ITER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that i, Grenen si. ARNOLD, a citizen of the United States, residing in Brooklyn, county of Kings, State of New York, have invented certain newv and useful Improvements in Cigar-Cutters; and ll do hereby declare the 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.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and efficient form of cigar cutter particularly adapted for use in connection with a pencil or other writing instrument and a rubber eraser, and to this end comprises an outer tubular member having lateral opposed openings, an inner tubular slidable member in the outer member and likewise having lateral opposed openings, one of which is provided with a cutting edge, the outer tubular member having a shoulder below the lower end of the inner member, which latter is turned inwardly to form a flanged shoulder, with a helical spring interposed between said shoulders which serves to move the inner tubular member relatively to the outer member to cause the openings in the two members to register, and a pm and slot connection between the inner and outer tubular members to limit the relative movements of the respective members in both directions. As a matter of utility, convenience and economy, the outer tubular member is adapted to receive and hold in its lower end, a pencil or like writing instrument, and in its upper end, a rubber eraser is removably secured, the resulting combination instrument being exceedingly simple in construction, involving as it does relatively few parts, efliciont in operation, and readily and cheaply manufactured as compared with implements of this character as heretofore known.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a vertical elevation of the improved cigar cutter with the eraser and pencil applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the same. Fig. 3 is a similaisection taken at right angles to that indicated in F ig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, a indicates the main member of the cutter', which consists of a relatively thin metal tube, provided at a point above its lower end with a groove o, which forms a peripheral shoulder on the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led June 20, 1908.

Patented Nov. 10, 1908.

Serial No. 439,585.

interior of the tube, and the lower end of said tube is provided with a longitudinal slot s, by reason of which said lower end constitutes a clamp to hold a pencil c or similar writing instrument. Near its upper end, said tubular member a is provided with openings c and Z in its sides which are disposed opposite each other, the opening c being of sufficient size to receive the tip of a cigar and the opening CZ preferably being made somewhat larger to freely discharge the severed tip. Preferably the lower rim of the opening c is provided with a cutting knife edge.

rlelescopically mounted within the upper end of the tubular member a and fitted within the same for easy sliding movement is an inner tubular member c, which is likewise provided with opposed lateral openings f and g of substantially the same size as the corresponding openings c and d in the outer member a. The upper rim portion of the opening f is provided with a knife edge which cooperates with the corresponding knife edge on the lower rim of opening c when said inner tube is forced downwardly in the outer tube. The lower end of the inner tube is turned inwardly to form a flanged shoulder 7L and between said shoulder and the annular shoulder on the outer tube, there is interposed a helical spring z' which serves to move the inner tube outwardly with respect to the outer tube and to bring the openings in the respective tubes into registry.

In order to limit the relative movements of the inner and outer tubes, said tubes are conveniently connected by a pin and islot engagement, a convenient form of which is illustrated, and consists of a pin c passed through and secured in opposite sides of the outer tube, and engaging opposite slots in the inner tube, which latter slots are made suiiiciently long to permit the inner tube to be moved a proper distance in the outer tube to cause the knife edge on the rim of opening to pass over the cooperating knife edge on the rim of opening c, and sever the tip of a cigar which is inserted in the registering openings c and j, when the inner tube is in its upper position. In the outer end of the inner tube is removably secured a piece of rubber or the like to serve as an eraser.

When it is desired to clip the end from a cigar, the tip of the latter is inserted in the l openings7 one of VWhich is provided With a registering openings c and f and the inner tubular member is forced down against the tension of spring z' until the knife edge on the upper' portion of the rim of opening j' passes through and severs the tip of the cigar, the severed tip being ejected through the openings CZ and g when the inner member is returned to its normal position by the vspring z' after the pressure on the inner end of said tubular member has been released.

VVhatI claim is A cigar cutter, comprising an outer tubular member having opposed lateral openings7 ,o an inner tubular member slidable in the n outer member and having` lateral opposed cutting edge7 the outer member having a shoulder beloiv'the lower end Aof the inner member and the latter having a flanged shoulder' at its lower end, a spring interposed between said shoulders, and a pin and slot connection between the inner` and outer members to Vliinit the teleseoping movement of said members.

In 'testimony whereof I my signature7 TWitnesses ARTHUR L. BRYANT, CHAs. J. ONErLL.

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