US1723877A - Lighting attachment for cigarettes - Google Patents

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g- 1929- N. MEDNIKOFF ET AL 1,723,

LIGHTING ATTACHMENT FOR CIGARETTES Filed Sept. 1, 1928 WITNESSEs [e0 libs ri/zson Patented Aug. 5, 1929 UNHTED STATES was? arana series.

NICOLAI MEDNIKOFF, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., AND LEO LIBERTHSON, OFVBELLEVILLE, NEW JERSEY.

LIGHTDTG ATTACHILIENT FOR CIGARETTES.

Application filed September 1, 1928. Serial Iva-303,540.

This invention relates to cigarettes or the like, and has particular reference to an improved attachment therefor which serves as a means for lighting the same without en1 ploying a match. pocket lighter or other similar independent lighting devices.

W'hile it is appreciated that lighting at tachments have heretofore been devised for such a purpose, the same have been open to to certain objections, notably, when employing the body of the cigarette as a holder for the. purpose of frictionally rubbing the lighting substance over an ignition surface, the wrapper is discarded or bent to such an extentas to crack or rupture the same and,

hence, render the cigarette useless.

The presentinvention, therefore. primarily comprehends a lighting attachment which includes as a part thereof, a reinforcing element which lends sufiicient additional strength to the cigarette Wrapper and filler, to permit of the use of the same as a means for frictionally striking the lighting substance upon the ignition surface without distorting or rupturing the wrapper.

As a further feature, the invention contemplates an improved lighting attachment for cigarettes or the like, in which the lighting substance serves as a means for adhesively joining and retaining the reinforcing element in place and against relative displacement to the cigarette wrapper and filler until said substance has been ignited, the ignition of the substance serving to automatically release or disconnect the. reinforcing element so that the same may be readily detached and discarded.

Other objects of the invention reside in the comparative simplicity of construction and mode of use of the lighting attachment, the economy with which the same may be produced and incorporated with the cigarette and the general efficiency derived therefrom.

Vith the above recited and other objects in view, reference is had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which there are exhibited several examples or embodiments of the invention, while the claims define the actual scope of the same.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cigarette equipped with a lighting attachment constructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure 3 is a similar view illustrating the lighting solution applied and illustrating in dotted lines the manner in which the reinforcing sleeve or element is removed and discarded.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of a modified adaptation of the invention illustrating the use of a ripping cord in connection with the reinforcing element for facilitating the removal of the same.

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference, A designates the usual wrapper of a cigarette and B the filler. The lighting attachment constituting the present invention consists of a reinforcing element 5 which is in the nature of a tube or sleeve. preferably enclosing one end of the cigarette and snugly fitting the same and extending from said end to a point intermediate its length. The reinforcing element or sleeve, after its application to the cigarette as illustrated in Figure 2, is dipped, together with the cigarette, into a lighting substance 6 which adhesively connects the reinforcing element, the wrapper and the filler together at the extreme end of the cigarette. The sleeve or tube constituting the reinforcing element 5 may be of any suitable material, such as paper, and lends sufiicient rigidity to the cigarette for an appropriate distance from the end to be ignited to afford means for grasping and striking or rubbing the lighting substance 6 over an ignition surface without destroying or rupturing the wrapper A. After the substance 6 has been lighted and consumed, it is obvious that the adhesive connection between the reinforcing element or sleeve and the wrapper A will be destroyed, permitting the operator to slide the sleeve outwardly, as illustrated in dotted lines in Figure 3, for complete removal and discarding.

In the form of the invention illustrated in Figure 4, a ripping cord 7 is disposed under the sleeve 5 between the same and the wrapper A, so that when the lighting substance has been consumed, the ripping cord may be employed as shown as a means for longitudinally tearing the sleeve to facilitate its removal and discarding;

What is claimed is:

1. A lighting attachment for cigarettes including a lighting substance and a reinforcing element associated with one end of the cigarette and extending therefrom to a point intermediate its length to provide suflicient additional rigidity to the cigarette wrapper and filler to permit of the use of the same as a means for frietionally striking the lighting substance upon an ignition surface, said lighting substance serving as a means for adhesively connecting the reinforcing element to the cigarette and serving to disconnect and release the same for attachment and discarding after it has been ignited and consumed.

2. A lighting attachment for cigarettes including a reinforcing sleeve fitted to the Wrapper and extending from one end thereof inwardly to a point intermediate its length and a lighting substance covering the end of the cigarette and joining-the sleeve to the wrapper and filler.

3. A lighting attachment for cigarettes including a sleeve fitted over the wrapper of sumed.

the cigarette and extending from one end thereof to a point intermediate its length and a lighting substance covering the end of said cigarette filler, wrapper and sleeve and adhesively joining the same until the lighting substance has been ignited and con- 4. A. lighting attachment for cigarettes including a sleeve fitted over the wrapper of the cigarette and extending from one end thereof to a point intermediate its length, a lighting substance covering the end of said cigarette filler, wrapper and sleeve and adhesivelyjoining the same until the lighting substance has been ignited and consumed and a ripging cord disposed between said sleeve and Wrapper, extending throughout the length of said sleeve and projecting inwardly beyond the same for facilitating the tearing and removal of the sleeve from the wrapper after the substance has been ignited and consumed.

NICOLAI' MEDNIKOFF. LEO LIBERTHSON.

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