US1013226A - Cigar. - Google Patents

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H. SCHWARTZ.

I CIGAR.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 18, 1910.

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HARRY SCHWARTZ, OF NEW YORK; N. Y.

CIGAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 2, 1912.

Application filed November 18, 1910. Serial No. 593,007.

T 0 all whom itmay concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY SCHWARTZ, a citizen of the United States of America, residing in the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New York, have 1nvented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigars, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to an improvement in cigars, as well as a method of forming same.

The object of the invention is to produce a cigar having a central draft tube or duct, the purpose of the said tube or duct belng to provide a means whereby a perfect draft from the lighted end, or tuck, of the cigar to the head thereof can be maintained should the wrapper or wrapper and filler of the cigar become broken intermediate the tuck and head of the cigar.

I am aware that cigars have been made having central draft tubes or ducts, but such tubes or ducts were, to the best of my knowledge, made of rice paper, wood-pulp and other foreign substances.

One of the features of my improvement is a draft tube, or duct, which extends the length of the cigar, the said tube being made out of the same grade of tobacco asthe rest of the cigar, more especially the filler.

To form a draft tube from a tobacco leaf, I do not resort to any adhesive elements, but wind the leaf, while damp, around a suitably shaped mandrel. Before removing the mandrel or core from the tube, I apply the filler of the cigar, the binder and the wrapper. In other words, I form the cigar around the tube before removlng the core from the said tube. The tube is formed by spirally winding around the core a damp leaf of tobacco.

To form my improved cigar, I commence to wind from the tuck and seal, or anchor, the leaf at the head of the cigar, and consequently, when the cigar is ignited it will not peel, for the reason that the leaves overlap and it is always the under leaf that burns, or rather the leaf. that is held down.

I will now proceed to describe my invention in detail and more fully explain the method of forming my improved cigar, the novelfeatures whereof will be pointed out in the claim, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part hereof wherein:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of my improved cigar; Fig. 2 is an enlarged cross sectional view, the section being taken on a line a r; in Fig. 1; Fig. 8 is a diagrammatic perspective view illustrating the manner of forming the draft tube or duct; Fig. 4: is an enlarged side elevation of a finished tube, the core for forming same being also shown; Fig. 5 is an enlarged perspective detail view illustrating the manner of winding the wrapper on the filler and binder; and Fig. 6 is an enlarged perspective detail view of the head end of a cigar, showing the last step in forming same.

Referring to the drawing, my improved cigar consists of a central draft tube or duct 1 about which the body 2 of the cigar is formed, the said body terminating in a head 3 and tuck at. The terms head and tuck technically indicate, respectively, that end which is out off, when the cigar is to be smoked, and the end which is ignited. By an inspection of Fig. 1 it will be seen that the draft tube or duct l is tapered, 0r funnel shaped, the larger end of which is located at the tuck 4 of the cigar. The tapering of the duct 1 is an important feature of my invention, as will hereinafter appear.

To fully set forth my improvement, I will describe the process of forming the cigar. Firstly, I take a tapered mandrel or core indicated by 2 and wind around the same a leaf of tobacco 5 (Fig. It will be seen, by referring to Fig. 3 that I commence to wind adjacent the larger end 6 of the mandrel 2 that end of the leaf at which the winding is started being the tuck end. The

mandrel is rotated in a direction indicated by the arrow 7 whereby a tube or duct is formed by causing the leaf to wrap around the mandrel spirally toward the head end 8 thereof. After having wound the leaf, the end 9 thereof will overlap the head end of the mandrel. I then twist the overlapped end, in order to seal the tube, as indicated by 10 Fig. 4. It may be here stated that the leaf of tobacco 5 will be damp when wound; consequently I do not have to resort to adhesives to seal the end of the tube, as referred to above. While the tube or duct 1 is still damp, and before removing the mandrel 2 there-from, I apply the filler and wind the same around the tube 1, the same way and in the same direction as described for the leaf 5 to form the tube 1, or I may, as is usually done, place the filler, in the form of strips of tobacco, around the said tube 1,

a and apply the binder. The binder is wound cigar and work the said body,

1n the same manner and in the same direction as above described. The binder is indicated by 11 in Fig. 5. After the binder is applied I place the Wrapper on to complete the body of the cigar. I wind the wrapper indicated by 12 in Fig. 5, in the same manner and in the same direction as that of the leaf 5, and binder 11. In-order'to provide a means whereby the head and tuck of the cigar can be finished oil. I allow the Wrapper 12 to overlap the said tuck and head. When the wrapper has been applied, I slit the head end ofthe leaf, as at 13 Fig. 6. After having slit the said leaf, I press a suitable tool or hard article against the body of the by the fingers, to the desired shape, such as indicated in Fig. 1. After the required shape has been produced, I press a suitable tool or hard article against the formed end and apply paste of the variety used for this purpose. By slitting the leaf, I am able to work the end of the cigar to the proper shape without producing creases. I then work the tuck of the cigar in the same manner. As the above described operation is performed while the tobacco is damp, there is no danger of breaking the leaves.

From the foregoing description, and inspection of the drawing, it will be obvious that each layer or convolution of the wrapper 12 is held down by the adjacent rearwardly directed layer, and that as the cigar burns the layer that is being consumed is always the held down layer; consequently the wrapper will not readily peel.

After the tuck 4 and head 3 have been formed, I withdraw the mandrel 2 The object of tapering the mandrel 2 is for the purpose of ready withdrawal. To withdraw the mandrel it is but necessary to give it a slight turn, in order to free it from the tube, and then pull it outwardly. Owing to the tapered form of the mandrel, it can be withdrawn without tearing the material of the It should be carefully noted that the to-' bacco tubes or ducts which I employ are not made in quantities and used as required, but

are preferably made just before the cigars are formed and before the material thereof from damp,

dries. To make a tube or duct tobacco and allow it to dry before use would not be practicable, as the tube would crack as soon as handled. The said tubes would most certainly crack as soon as an attempt to form a cigar thereabout was made.

I have found that in order to make a central draft duct or tube from tobacco and to locate same in a cigar, it is necessary that a leaf of the same should be formed on a tapered mandrel, while damp, and the filler, binder and wrapper be applied thereabout before withdrawing the said mandrel.

Having now described my invention, w t I claim and desire to secure by Letters Liam ent is:

The method of manufacturing cigars consisting of the following steps; first, wrapping a cured tobacco leaf flexible and adhesive by reason of its natural juices around a tapered mandrel and twisting it beyond the small end thereof; filler, binder and wrapper successively around the same while still damp, the wrapper being permitted to overlap both ends of the cigar; thirdly slitting the wrapper at the head endand shaping the body and tuck by manipulation and finally withdrawing the mandrel so as'to leave a central longitudinal draft tube from end to end of the clgar.

Signed at New York city, N. Y. this 17 day of November 1910.

HARRY SCHWARTZ.

Witnesses:

ESTELLE O. HAMBURGER. Eownsn A. JARVIS:

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

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