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Cigar Case.

Patented Jan. 15, 1867,

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MYER MYERS, v MAURICE ERS, AND WILLIAM HILL, OF BIRMINGHAM, EN GLAN D'.

Letters Patent No. 61,234, dated January 15,1867.

APPARATUS POR THE USE v0I' SMOKERS.

T0 ALL TO'WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME:

Beit known that we, MER MYRS and MAURICE MYERS, trading underV the style or firm of MYERS SSSON,

`steel-pen manufacturers, of Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, England, and WILLIAM HIhL, manager to the said firm, also of Birmingham aforesaid, have invented new or improved Apparatus and Appliances for the Use of Smokers in general, lparts of which may be used for other-useful purposes, andjthat the following is a full, clear, and `exact description of the principle or character which distinguishes itfrom all other things before known, and oi' the usual manner of making, modifying, and using the saule.

Our invention consists ofan improved cutter forcutt'ng off the draught ends of cigars, and in combining (when required),with the said lcntting appliances a combined stiletto and cigar-holder, the Whole forming one combined instrument.

W'e form the cutter 'of two short pieces of circular, oval, or rectangular tubing, partially sliding one over the other, made4 by preference of thin sheet steel, gilt, electro-plated, or otherwise finished. The vsaid pieces may be held by a spring joint en eaeh sde,lthe cutting-edges-being between them, or the two tubular parts maybe elongated andvheld .on telescopic extension by an elastic. band, spring, Vor other like appliances for extending the tube, therebypreSentin'g an orifice foruied through both tubes in suitable position for receiving the 'end of the cigar, when, by pressing-the ends of the pieces of tubing together, the cutting-edgeswill be brought together, and the end of the cigar-severed, the tubes expanding again by the means used, and removal of the pressure of the thumb and finger of the user; but thetwo parts may be held together by a spring det-ent formed out of the saine, Aor by the addition of a spring for that purpose. The tubular cutter thus formed pro-r vides a receptacle for the combined stiletto or probe and cigar-holder, which we lpurpose forming of a small piece of tube, with a solid point, or otherwise, applied to the same; and by forming a slot in the tubular portion of the shank of thestiletto for receiving 'an elastic connection for connecting itto a. button or end piece, it" will havel the quality, by the contracting force of the elastic material,of holding the stiletto perpendicularly' von the button or end, or at right angles. Thus, in the foruier position, it may be used as a probe for probing or clearingout the holel in thel bowl cfa pipe, or probing a cigar, by extending the end of th-e elastic connection, (which we prefer beingof double mate-rink) it will form a loop, and thereby provide a neat holder for holding the shortend of a cigar, by being clipped and held von the end or base of' the. stiletto. 'lhe stiletto, with its attendant part, (the button,) may be used for other purposes, such .as for holding together in a vcigar or tobacco pouch, cigarette papers, and inA like manner may be usedfor holding together a few letters orother papers, in `which case the stiletto has only to be passed thr'ough the papers, and turned at vright angles to the base of the .button (easily effected by the Aexpanding and contracting force of the connection,) when the Said papers may be held, changed, or agaiuapplie'd with great convenience and security. The tubular cutters we purpose also usiug'with the detent as a portable connection for bandsrand straps.

But in order to be more fully understood as to the natureand object of our said invention, wc will proceed to describe the same by aid of the drawings hereunto annexed, reference being made to 'the figures and letters marked thereon.

' Description of Drawings.

Figures I and 2 represent, in front andside' View, the top or expanding part of-our improved cigar-cutter. a'a are side slots for controlling'its range of action by means ofv a pin hereafter to be referred to. I is ,a spring for retainingthe cutter in a compressed state when out of use, as will be also hereafter referred to. c is a metal end or cap, .which'may bepused or not, as desired.` Y

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional viewof a cigar-cutter, with the internal expanding tubular part exhibited separate at hg. 1, applied, thatI .is to say'connected, to the lower or outer tubular part by means of the pin e,

which, passing through the outer tube -and through the slots a a of the inner one, connects the two together. vWe

haverepresented the pin with alittle knob at one end and a loop or hole at the other, for receiving, when desired, the ringf, here shown, with the stiletto c attached by an elastic cord".V In the upper part of thel inner tube we place a small helical Vspring for the purpose of keeping theinner and `outertube in a state of expansion.

i .Figure 4 is longitudinal section .of v-our improved cigar-cutter drawn in a position at right angles with iig.

met; 2.

3.. In this view the' cutting-edge of the top tube' and the cutting-edge of the lower tube g are' exhibited sui- ;ciently ,apart to permit the insertion of the end of a cigar, as here represented in dottedlines,.and then a slight pressure of the linger and thumb applied atc h will be suilicient to press down the inner tube, and thereby bring the cutting-edges together for effecting this object; and .when it isdesired, for the sake of compactnffss, that thetwo tubes shall be heldin a compressed position, the free en d of the .spring b catches into an aperture in the lower tube, and holds the two in that position until :freed by the application of the thumb-nail of the user,

when required. In the section, tig. 3, corresponding with the metal. cap c, we'have applieda metal base, marked zA', but omitted at fig.v 4, as its use is entirely'capricious. Sometimes we prefer attaching or connecting a lstiletto to the cigar-cutter, as before referred to and exhibited at lig. 3, in order that the same may be used for probing a cigar or clearing out the hole of a pipe, in which case the sliiettolmay beattached Vby'a small bit of elastic,

or otherwise, 'to the ringf, or fitted to the cap c by passing down concentrically through it .and the 'helical spring.` This stilcttowepurpose makingpfor ylightness and simplicity, of thin sheet steel, with small gores removed from it, that the points may be brought together, as exhibited-at Figure 5. The advantage derived from the-stiletto being made hollow or tubular-is, that it permits of a small single or double elastic cord being` inserted for connecting thestiletto c to the top c or ringf, as exhibited. This permits the stiletto to be passed through cigaretteor other papers,land then placed at right angles, as exhibited at Figure 6,l the cigarette papers bcingreprcsented in dotted lines marked Z l; and at Figure 7 we have represented the stiletto forming a cigarholde, the latter being shown in position, marked m, and'retained'by the contracting force of the elastic material connecting the stiletto I: with the cap 5;- and this adaptation weA have shown at lFigure 8, in which view the slot, exhibited at iig. 5, marked n n, ('i'or'permitting the stiletto'- to be placed at right angles to the cap c,as exhibited at fig.l 6,) is shown. At Figure 9 we have exhibited a general cigar and tobacco` pouch, showing the cigarette papers retained in' the case by the. stiletto passing first through an eyeleted hole in the ease, then through the papers, and afterwards placed at rightfangles `for retaining them in that position, but permitting the papers 4to be readily removed as required; and thus, in like-manner, the same mode of holding together cigarette papers may be applied forthe holding together of a few letters or other papers that may be desired to be connected. At the other end of this department of the case we'have exhibited our cigar-cutter, with an additional outer and lower metallic case applied, which, by means of'small stops formed atp p, permits the-additional tube y to be turnedh'alt"round, thereby covering'overor exposing the apertureandcutting-edges, as exhibited .at iig. 4; I but the use of this additional tube is not essential to our invention. The. saine principle of retention described in figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4 may also be applied for the fastening of cigars and tobacco pouches, or otherv like cases, or straps, as exhibited at r, iig. .9,.which represents a short rectangular pieceof tube, with an openor` unsoldered joint or otherwise at .the back, with small semicircular free parts,lfron1 the same metal, bent out and pierced for reccivin'grivets by which the same may be united to the case, as exhibited at e, to which an elasticstrap is attached; 'to the free endo? which ,we attach a smaller rectangular tube, with a spring, u, equivalent to the spring I), 1igs.'1 and 2, by'which means the smaller rectangular tube u is connected to the larger one fixed to the case marked r. We have exhibited this mode of connection lpartly attached at Figurev 10 and in detached edge views at Figures 11 and 1,2. The rectangular form of `such fastenings is necessaryVv when used as here represented; but 'for connectinground thong or other straps, `s'uch as are used for ladies or gentlemens satchels,'we prefer adopting the-same as exhibited at figs. 1 and 3, notwithstanding they maybe of an octagnal, polygonal, oriother forlnvin their'trans'verse sectiornbut havev exhibited the circular form for this kindof fastenings at Figure 13,`and separately at Figures 14 and 15; the connectionin this case being formed by the spring-b engaging itself` at w.

Having thus described the nature and purposeof .our invention, and the manner in which the same may be carried into eli`ect,vwe wish it understood that while we recommend the tubular or sliding portion of our invention to be made of thin sheet or pen steel,` which will adinit of being lgilt or 'otherwise ornamented, never. thelessiothermetals maybe used in their manufacture; .nor dovwe'purpose confining ourselves to any particular shape or form of the sliding parts in their transverse section, but We believe the circular form to be the simplest and the best, both for economyand pro-duction, v

ut what we claim, and wish to protect under United States Letters Patent, s-p- The sliding cutting-edges,A delined as d and g, and the connecting of the samewith a stiletto andmeans for expanding and holding the parts in position, substantially in the manner and for thepurposes set forth.

' i MfYER vMYERS, Witnesses-1 MAURICE MYERS,

JAMES S.Coex1Nes, WILLIAM' HILL.

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