US914928A - Cigar cutter and lighter. - Google Patents

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W. J. CROWLEY CIGAR CUTTER AND LIGHTER.

APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 14, 1908.

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Q/Vi hwooea W. J. CROWLEY.

CIGAR CUTTER AND LIGHTER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.14, 190B.

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.To aZZ whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. CROWLEY, a citizen of Great Britain, residing at Newnnro.

WILLIAM J. CROWLEY, OF NEWBURYPORT, MASSACHUSETTS.-

CIGAR CUTTER AND LIGHTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

1 Patented March 9, 1909.

Application filed August 14, 1908. Serial No. 448,610.

buryport, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar Cutters and Lighters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention comprehends certain new and useful improvements in smokers appliances, relating more particularly to device for use in retail cigar stores or similar places, and the object of the invention is animproved device which may be conveniently operated to removethe tip of a cigar and is a so arranged to automatically and positively effect the lighting of the same so that when the smoker removes the cigar from the device, the same is ready for immediate use,

said device being susceptible of use with cigars of different sizes and requiring no particular effort or experience for operation.

With this and other objects in View as will appear more fully as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain constructions, combinations and arrangements of the parts that will be hereinafter described and claimed.

For a full understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure '1 is a perspective view of a smokers appliance constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section thereof, showing the parts in an operative position. Fig. 3 is a detail view on an enlarged scale, illustrating the means'for removing the tip of the cigar. Fig. 4 is a-horizontal section through the lower portion of the mouth-piece.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of thedrawings by the same reference characters.

A smokers appliance embodying the improvements of my invention, preferably consists of a suitable stand 1 upon the bar 2 of which is secured a vertically disposed air,

cylinder 3 that is providedjat its upper end with a downwardly andinwardly tapering or obconic mouth-piece 4 designed for the reception of the pointed end of a cigar. This mouth piece is formed at its apex with an opening 5 extending therethrough to establish communication with the interior of the air cylinder, said opening being of suflicient size to permit the tip of the cigar that is to be removed, to protrude into the cylinder, and the lower portion of the mouth piece being preferably provided with an annular packing strip 6 to form a tight joint for the cigar and permit air to be admitted to the cylinder through the cigar only.

7 designates a vertically reciprocating piston which is mounted within the cylinder and is suitably packed therein and which is supported upon the upper end of a piston rod 8. that projects downwardl through'the lower end of the cylinder an through the bar2 of the stand, said piston being normally supported near the upper end of the cylinder in close proximity to the mouth piece, by any 1 suitable means, such as a spiral spring 9 encircling the piston rod and interposed between the piston and'the lower end of the cylinder, as shown. As one means for removing the inwardly projecting tip of the cigar, I provide two resilient cutter bars 10 which are secured at one end to the piston near the middle oint thereof and which extend upwardly t erefrom in divergent relation with their other ends returned upon themselves in convergent relation, and constituting the cutting blades 11. The last named .ends of the cutter bars are designed to be received in grooves 12 formed in the inner surface of the mouth piece and are spread apart by the latter so as to be held in an inoperative position with their cutting edges normally in spaced relation on opposite sides of the tip of the cigar, as shown.

To the lower end of the piston rod 8 is rigidly secured a horizontally disposed resser bar 13 which is arran ed beneath t e bar of the stand and whic is preferably provided with one or more finger ieces 14, rods 15 being rigidly secured to t e presser bar near the op osite ends thereof and. extending upwardly tiirough the bar of the stand and assing through vertically alining guiderackets 16 which are carried by a supporting framework 17 with which the device is preferably provided. These rods 15 are designed to act in conjunction with and control .a lighting device in a manner to be hereinafter disclosed. Two of the guide-brackets 16 are secured to an ignition cylinder 18 so as to support the tinually burning gas which is secured to andsuspended from the upper cross bar 22 of the supporting framev ever, that when the work and is arranged for connection with any suitable source 'ofsupply, not shown; This jet is designed to be decreased when-the deviceis not in use and be increased during the operation of the same, and any suitable means may although in the present instance it is accomplished by providing the pipe 21v at an intermediate point with a rotatable valve 23. This valve is formed with an outstanding crank arm 24 which has an operative connec tion with a horizontally disposed vertically movable cut-ofi' bar 25, expansion springs 26 being interposedbetween thelatter and an adjacent cross bar of the supporting framework andnormally exerting a tension upon the cut-off bar to cause the same to tendto assume a position to open the cut-0H valve and iincrease the jet. It is obvious, howdevice is not in use itis necessary for the sake'of economy to prevent the .valve 23 from being opened as above de-..

. scribed, andfor this purpose the cut-off bar to the i "the wire screen.

places his hand upon the presser bar 13 or. j the finger-piecesM thereof and imparts to to the rods 15.

25 is formed at requisite intermediate pointswith contact buttons 27 that are arranged to abut against the upper extremities of the rods 15'so as to be sustained by the'latter in raised position against the tension of the s rings 26, the ends'of thisicut-offbar being s idingly mounted in vertically dispose guideways 28 carried by the supporting framework and being preferably square in cross section to prevent the possible turning of the cut-ofi bar and the movement of the contact buttons 27 out of operative relation Before describing the ractical operation of my improved device, it is to be assumed that the parts are in their normal positions as just described, and that a cigar is applied device with its lower end received in the mouth-piece and its tip-protruding into the air cylinder, while theupper end of the cigar is introduced in the lower portion of the ignition cylinder and sustained 1n position by- The user of the device the former a quick downward movement which obviously causes the piston 7 to move downwardl in the air cylinder against the. tension of t e spiral spring 9 and such downin the-form of a con be employed for this purpose,

ward movement of ward movement of the piston causes'a simi- 1 lar movement of the cutter bars 1(). As

these cutter bars move downwardly, they are obviously permitted; to move" together by their spring action so asto cause the cutting 79 blades 11 to come into contact and 'severthe tip of the cigar which projectsinto the air cylinder. "As the "piston continues to move downwardly in the air cylinder, a vacuum is created in. the up er portion thereof so that when the tip of t e cigar is removed a sucthesame, since, as before tion is applied to the cylinder described, air can only enter through the cigar, when the latter is in-posltion in the device. The downward movement of the pressure bar also slides the rods '15 downwardly and permits the cut-oif bar 25 to be moved by. the expansion springs 26 to assume a position to open the valve 23 and increase the gas jet, whereupon the cigar is instantaneously lighted by means of the suction which is applied to the smaller end thereof by the air. cylinder.

When thepressur'e bar is released it will be 1 evident that the parts will be returned tov their normal position'by means of'the spiral spring 9 thatis arranged in the lower portion of the air cylinder.

Uponthe repeated operation of the deviceit will be seen that the tips of the cifgars will accumulate in the upper portion o the air cylinder, and unless these are removed there is-a liability of the sameclogging the parts and preventing the operation thereof. In

order to render possible the convenient removal of the tips, the u perportion 2g of the air'cylinder is preferabl from the rest of the same and detachably secured-thereto in any suitable manneiyas by means of screwthreads or-the like.

yformed separate 'In the preferred construction of the ma chine the 'pipe 21 1s tions that are secured togethenattheirjoin ing ends byan joint so thatt e gas jet maybe readily removed from the ignition cylinder and ployed tolight cigarettes or the like when desired and then returned to position.

Having thus described .the mvention, what is claimedas new is: i

1.In a smokers appliance, the combina-- tion of an air cylinder provided at its upper end with a downwardl'yand inwardly tapering therethrough to permit the tip at one end piston reciprocating in the cylinder and normally supported in proximity t0 the mouth piece, spring cutter bars-secured to the piston and adapted to engagethe tip of 125 the cigar to sever t e same upon the downthe piston, said cutter bars being normally disposedion opposite sides of the mouth piece and being wedged apart thereby so as to be sustained in an constructed in two sec suitable. flexible coupling or. j

mouth P e having an open ng extendof a cigar to project into the cylinder, a

tion of an ignition cylinder having a netting partition or screen extending transverselythereof, the portion of the cylinderupon one side of the screen being arranged for the inoperative position, and a lighting agent arranged in proximity to the other endof the clgar'. a 7

In a smokers appliance, the combination of an air cylinder through the upper end "of which the tip of a cigar is designed to proj ect, a piston reciprocating in said cylinder,

and normally supported in proximity to said end thereof, means carried by the piston' for engaging the tip to 'sever the same upon the downward movement of t e piston, ani'gnition cylinder supported above and in vertical alinement with theair cylinder'and intocthe lower portion .of which the other end ofthe cigar. is introduced, 'a'idownwardly s ring ressed screen adapted to bear agains said ast named end of the cigar to sustain the. I same in position, and-a lightin agent introa duced in the upper portion 0- the ignition cylinder.-

3. -In a sinokers appliance, the combination of a'cylinde'r provided with a tapering mouthpiece for the reception of the tip end of a cigar, a piston reciprocating in the cylinder,

tip-cutting means carriedby the piston and engaging the mouthpiece and normally maintained an inoperative position thereby,, a lighting agent, and an operative connection between the piston and the lighting agent.

4. Ina smokers appliance, the combinareception of one end-of a cigar, and a lighting agent disposed within the ignition cylinder on the opposite side of the screen;

tion ofan ignition cy der, a wire netting partition or screen arranged within, the igm 5. In a smokers aplp-lliance, the combinasever the same tion cylinder and springressed toward one end thereof, said end of t e ignition cylinder within ofithe piston, a piston rod at one en of which I the'piston is secured, a pressurebar secured to the other end of the'pis'ton, a rod secured to the pressure bar, a cut-oii bar spring pressed against the-rod, and a lighting jet arranged in proximity to the other endof the ci g-a'. r -and provided with a controlling valve having a crank arm' operatively connected with the cut-ofi bar, as and for the purpose specified,

7. 1 In a smokers" appliance, the combination of a cy linder provided, with a mouthpiece iiorthe reception of the ti end of a cigar, a pistonreciprocating in t e cylinder l d' ladapted upon'reciprocation to sever the tip of the cigar, means for operating the piston, a valve lighting jet disposed in prox-' imity to. the other end of the cigar, a springpressed cut-off bar operatively connected to the valve of the jet, anda rod movable with said operating means and controllingfthe movement of the cut5ofi bar. 1

Witnesses:

EDWAB D ROWELL, BLANG EB. KIM ALL.

"WILL M J. CROWLEY. [11. s.]

- In testimony whereof I afiix my signature 7 in presence of two witnesses, I

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