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WO1999034986A1 - Ensemble integre stylo et coupe-cigare - Google Patents

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WO1999034986A1
WO1999034986A1 PCT/US1998/027900 US9827900W WO9934986A1 WO 1999034986 A1 WO1999034986 A1 WO 1999034986A1 US 9827900 W US9827900 W US 9827900W WO 9934986 A1 WO9934986 A1 WO 9934986A1
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Michael P. Reynolds
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Colibri Corp
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24F—SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES
    • A24F13/00—Appliances for smoking cigars or cigarettes
    • A24F13/24—Cigar cutters, slitters, or perforators, e.g. combined with lighters
    • A24F13/26—Cigar cutters, slitters, or perforators, e.g. combined with lighters formed as pocket devices
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B43—WRITING OR DRAWING IMPLEMENTS; BUREAU ACCESSORIES
    • B43K—IMPLEMENTS FOR WRITING OR DRAWING
    • B43K29/00—Combinations of writing implements with other articles
    • B43K29/18—Combinations of writing implements with other articles with hand tools, e.g. erasing knives

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  • This invention relates generally to writing instruments and cigar paraphernalia and more particularly to a combination mechanical pen and cigar cutter which is operable as both a conventional writing instrument and a cigar core puncher.
  • the device includes a barrelized cigar cutter threadably connected to the barrel of the writing instrument .
  • the cigar cutter has a sharpened annular cutting edge for piercing the end of a cigar.
  • the barrelized cutter further has a mechanical plunging mechanism mounted therein for ejecting the plug of tobacco from the interior of the cutter after the cigar has been punched.
  • the popularity of cigar smoking m this country has greatly risen over the past couple of years.
  • a typical cigar includes filler tobacco at its center, a binder in the form of a leaf which holds the filler together, and an outer wrapper which is rolled around the binder.
  • This configuration includes all but the thinnest cigars.
  • the filler, and wrapper are combined manually to create the cigar.
  • Such handmade cigars have a closed end or head portion which is received in the smoker' s mouth and an open end or foot portion which is lighted by the smoker.
  • the proper tools for cutting and lighting cigars are accessories that enhance the cigar smoking experience . More specifically, an experienced cigar smoker will leave the head portion of the cigar in its finished, pre-smoked state until the cigar is smoked. This serves to maximize flavor and freshness of the cigar.
  • the smoker cuts the finished head portion with a tool to provide a neat, clean cut.
  • a tool for cutting off the finished head portion of the cigar.
  • V-shaped cutters, core punchers, and slicers all of which provide a clean cut to ensure proper air circulation through the body of the cigar when it is smoked.
  • the present invention is directed to a combination cigar cutter and writing instrument which is operable for core punching an end of a cigar before lighting same.
  • the device includes a bottom barrel portion of a pen for receiving an ink cartridge therein.
  • a barrel-like cigar puncher is threadably received along a collar of the pen barrel and extends upwardly therefrom m mating relation thereto.
  • the barrelized puncher had a sharpened circular top edge for piercing an end of a cigar, when pressed against same, and has a reciprocating plunger mounted therein for extracting the plug of tobacco from the interior of the cutter after the cigar has been punched.
  • the device includes a cap which is releasably received over the cigar puncher providing a top for the pen.
  • the arrangement is such that when the cap of the pen is received over the cigar puncher, the device is operable as a conventional writing instrument, and when the cap is removed from the cigar puncher, the device is operable for punching the end of a cigar.
  • movement of the top portion of the pen, when it is received over the cutter, between a first and second position moves the plunger between a retractable and ejecting position within the barrel of the cutter.
  • the top of the pen is removed and placed over the opposite end of the writing instrument so that it covers the point of the instrument.
  • the plunger mounted within the cutter is then retracted within the barrel of the cutter by turning same until the plunger is retracted. At this point, the sharpened circular edge of the cutter is used to manually pierce the end of the cigar, and the plunger is then turned to the ejecting position for removing the plug of tobacco from the interior of the cutter.
  • a combination pen and cigar cutter that is operable as both a writing instrument and a cigar cutter; the provision of such a device that conveniently performs each of these two functions; the provision of such a device having a core puncher style cutting device; the provision of such a device that is neat and attractive in appearance; the provision of such a device that is simple m construction and easy to use; and the provision of such a device that is cost effective to manufacture.
  • Other object, features and advantages of the invention shall become apparent as the description thereof proceeds when considered in connection with the accompanying illustrative drawings .
  • FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of the combination pen and cigar cutter of the instant invention
  • FIG. 2 is an exploded front elevational view of the combination pen and cigar cutter of the instant invention, showing the cap separated from the barrel;
  • FIG. 3 is an exploded front elevational view of the plunging mechanism of the instant invention
  • FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 4 --4 of FIG. 2;
  • FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 5--5 of FIG. 4;
  • FIG. 6 is a similar view to that shown in FIG. 4 showing the plunger in a retracted position;
  • FIG. 7 is a similar view to that shown m FIG. 6 showing the cutter portion of the instant invention piercing and end of a cigar
  • FIG. 8 is a similar view to that shown m FIG. 7 showing a plug of tobacco removed from the end of the cigar and received within the interior of the cutting device
  • FIG. 9 is a similar view to that shown in FIG. 4 showing the plunger in an ejecting position removing the plug of tobacco from the interior of the cutting device.
  • the combination pen and cigar cutter of the instant invention is shown and generally indicated at 10.
  • the instant invention is operable as a conventional writing instrument as well as a cigar cutter for punching the end of a cigar before lighting same .
  • the combination pen and cigar cutter 10 has a body generally indicated at 12.
  • the body 12 generally includes a bottom barrel of a writing instrument 14, a barrelized cigar cutter 16, and a top portion or cap 18 which is received over the cigar cutter 16.
  • An ink cartridge 20 is received within the bottom barrel of the writing instrument 14 and is moveable between a non-writing position wherein the writing point (not shown) of the ink cartridge 20 is concealed within the bottom barrel of the writing instrument 14 and a writing position wherein the point extends from the tip 22 of the bottom barrel of the writing instrument 14.
  • the ink cartridge 20 is spring biased, to its non-writing position, but is selectively movable to its writing position by means hereinafter described.
  • the cigar cutter 16 is threadably attached as at 23 to a collar 24 which is secured to and extends upwardly from the bottom barrel of the writing instrument 14, and the cap 18 is slidably received over the cigar cutter 16 providing for the pen and cigar cutter of the instant invention 10.
  • the top portion or cap 18 of the writing instrument has a conventional pen clip 26 mounted thereon, having a cigar shaped design signifying the cigar cutter 16 mounted thereunder.
  • the top portion 18 makes a snug friction fit over the cigar cutter 16 and may be slidably removed therefrom revealing same, and rendering the device 10 operable as a cigar cutter 16 for cutting the end of a cigar before lighting same.
  • the cigar cutter 16 has a sharpened annular top edge 28 which is pressed into the end of the cigar for cutting same, as illustrated in FIGS.
  • the instant invention 10 further includes a mechanical plunger mechanism, generally indicated at 30, fixedly mounted within the barrel of the cutter 16.
  • the plunger mechanism 30 includes a plunger 32 having a plunger shaft 34 and plunger head 36; a beaded barrel 38 having a cavity 40 formed therein and bead 42 protruding therefrom; a fixed guide sleeve 44; and a driver sleeve 46 having a spiral groove 48 formed therein.
  • the arrangement is such that the plunger shaft 34 is force fit within the cavity 40 of the bead barrel 38.
  • the cavity 40 has a greater length than the shaft 34 of the plunger 32, thus leaving extra space 50 between the bottom of the plunger shaft 34 and the bottom of the cavity 40, when the plunger shaft 34 is received therein.
  • the plunger mechanism 30 is in communication with the ink cartridge 20 so that when the cutter 16 is rotated in a first direction, the ink cartridge 20 is moved to a writing position and the plunger 32 is retracted within the barrel of the cutter 16 defining a cutting recess 52 therein, and when the cutter 16 is rotated in a second direction, the ink cartridge 20 is moved to a non-writing position, and the plunder head 36 moves out from the barrel of the cutter 16, eliminating the cutting recess 52 and forcing out any plug of tobacco received therein. Referring now to FIGS.
  • the cutter 16 is threadably connected to the collar 24 which extends from the barrel of the writing instrument 14. Specifically, the cutter 16 is threaded along the collar 24 in a clockwise direction until it becomes flush with a connector ring 54 located at the top of the barrel 14 and is in a mating relation thereto. Further rotation of the cutter 16 (achieved by rotating cap 18) in a clockwise direction begins operation of the plunger mechanism 30. Specifically, the spiral groove 48 formed in the driver sleeve 46 receives the bead 42 protruding from the barrel 38.
  • driver sleeve 46 rotates, causing the bead 42 to ride in the spiral groove 48, thus effecting longitudinal movement of the barrel 38 within the fixed guide sleeve 44, said guide sleeve having means, not shown, which prevent relative rotation between said sleeve and said barrel 38, but which permits relative longitudinal movement therebetween.
  • FIGS. 7-9 the instant invention 10 is shown in cutting operation removing a plug of tobacco 58 from the end of a cigar 60.
  • FIG> 7 depicts the cap 18 of the writing instrument removed from the cigar cutter 16 revealing same.
  • the plunger 32 is retracted within the barrel of the cutter 16 defining the cutting recess 52 therein as shown in FIGS. 608, and the sharpened annular top edge 28 of the cutter 16 is then pressed against the end of the cigar 60 which is desired to be cut, as shown in FIG. 7.
  • FIG. 8 depicts a plug of tobacco 58 removed from an end of the cigar 60 and received within the cutting recess 52 formed in the barrel of the cutter 16, and
  • FIG. 9 depicts the plug of tobacco 58 extracted from the cutting recess 52 in the barrel of the cutter 16.
  • cap 18 In use, the cap 18 is rotated to retract plunger 32, it being understood that this same rotation of cap 18 will move the cartridge 20 to its operative writing position. At this time, the cap 18 is removed and placed on the opposite end of the writing instrument to cover the writing point thereof.
  • the device 10 is operable for piercing the cup of the cigar 60.
  • the cutter is then turned in an opposite direction to extend the plunger head 36 and eject excess tobacco or the tobacco plug 58 from the cutting recess 52.
  • the top portion 18 of the device may then be fitted over the cigar cutter 16 and the instant invention is then operable as a conventional writing instrument. It can therefore be seen, that the instant invention provides for an effective device that is operable as both a writing instrument and a cigar cutter.
  • the instrument is compact in size which allows for the device to be conveniently carried and accessed for performing each of the two above- identified functions.
  • the device has a mechanical plunging mechanism mounted in the barrel of the cutter for extracting the plug of tobacco from the recess of the cutter after the cigar cup has been pierced.
  • a mechanical plunging mechanism mounted in the barrel of the cutter for extracting the plug of tobacco from the recess of the cutter after the cigar cup has been pierced.

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Un ensemble intégré stylo et coupe-cigare (10) comprend une partie de cylindre inférieur d'un instrument (14) d'écriture destiné à recevoir une cartouche (20) d'encre dans cette dernière, un coupe-cigare (16) en forme de cylindre vissé qui présente un bord supérieur annulaire épointé destiné à couper l'extrémité d'un cigare. Un capuchon (18) se place de manière détachable sur le coupe-cigare et peut être déplacé par rotation entre une première position dans laquelle l'extrémité de la cartouche d'encre se trouve en mode d'écriture et une deuxième position dans laquelle l'extrémité de la cartouche d'encre est renvoyée dans le cylindre de l'instrument d'écriture. Le capuchon (18) peut être enlevé, ceci exposant le coupe-cigare dans lequel est monté un piston (32) qui est déplacé en position rétractable avant de couper l'extrémité d'un cigare et qui revient ensuite en position étirée après la coupe du cigare pour éjecter du coupe-cigare le bout de tabac coupé. Le système est tel que le mouvement de rotation du capuchon et du coupe-cigare dans un sens déplace simultanément la cartouche d'encre en mode d'écriture et le piston du coupe-cigare en position rétractée, et que le mouvement dans le sens inverse fait remonter la cartouche d'encre et étire le piston du coupe-cigare.
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FR323664A (fr) * 1902-08-19 1903-03-11 Saillard Aine Soc Un perfore-cigare à hélice
FR336893A (fr) * 1903-02-12 1904-03-19 John William Caldicott Instrument servant à la fois à écrire et à percer les cigares
FR340079A (fr) * 1904-02-01 1904-06-25 Hermann Purschke Porte-plume, crayon, couteau, lime pour les ongles et cachet disposés sur une douille
US3218653A (en) * 1963-12-23 1965-11-23 Colone Angelo Bidirectionally movable mounting means for a pair of oppositely directed utility elements
DE29608872U1 (de) * 1996-05-17 1996-09-26 Jestel, Martin, 33102 Paderborn Zigarrenschneider
US5765569A (en) * 1996-12-20 1998-06-16 Kemanjian; Gary Cigar cutter

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FR323664A (fr) * 1902-08-19 1903-03-11 Saillard Aine Soc Un perfore-cigare à hélice
FR336893A (fr) * 1903-02-12 1904-03-19 John William Caldicott Instrument servant à la fois à écrire et à percer les cigares
FR340079A (fr) * 1904-02-01 1904-06-25 Hermann Purschke Porte-plume, crayon, couteau, lime pour les ongles et cachet disposés sur une douille
US3218653A (en) * 1963-12-23 1965-11-23 Colone Angelo Bidirectionally movable mounting means for a pair of oppositely directed utility elements
DE29608872U1 (de) * 1996-05-17 1996-09-26 Jestel, Martin, 33102 Paderborn Zigarrenschneider
US5765569A (en) * 1996-12-20 1998-06-16 Kemanjian; Gary Cigar cutter

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US20120073586A1 (en) * 2010-09-28 2012-03-29 Giorgi Shengelia Covert tobacco smoking pipe

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