US1086463A - Cigar-cutter. - Google Patents

Description

M. L. ROBBINS.

CIGAR CUTTER.

APPLIOATION FILED JAN. e, 1913.

1,086,463, Patented Feb. 10, 1914.

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MEYER L. ROBBINS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CIGAR-CUTTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 10, 1914.

Application filed January 6, 1913. Serial No. 740,331.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MEYER L. ROBBINS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county of New York and State of New York, have made and invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Cutters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to cigar cutters of the kind or type adapted to be carried in the pocket of the user and designed to cut the end or tip from a cigar preparatory to smoking the same, and the object thereof is to provide an improved cigar cutter of the type above referred to which will be neat and at tractive in appearance, which will be of small size, which will have no objectionable projecting portions when closed and in the condition in which it is carried in the pocket, and which may be readily and cheaply manufactured and will be effective for the purpose for which it is designed.

With the above and other objects of invention in view, my invention consists in the improved cigar cutter illustrated in the accompanying drawing and hereinafter described and claimed, and in such variations and modifications thereof as will be obvious to those skilled in the art to which my invention relates.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a view showing my improved cigar cutter in perspective and in its open condition; Fig. 2 is a view showing the same in its closed condition with one side thereof removed to show internal construction; Fig. 3 is a view showing a section upon a longitudinal plane indicated by the line 33, Fig. 2; Fig. 4C is a view similar to Fig. 2 but showing the device in its open condition preparatory to cutting the tip from a cigar; Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 3, but taken upon a plane indicated by the line 5-5, Fig. 4; Fig. 6 is a view showing a section upon a transverse plane indicated by the line 66, Fig. 4:; and Fig. 7 is a view showing a detail of a catch which forms a part of the cigar cutter.

Referring to the drawings wherein the preferred. embodiment of my invention is illustrated, the reference numeral 8 designates two parallel side walls spaced apart and connected with one another by means of end of the cigar may be placed preparatory 1 to cutting the tip therefrom, and the form of which opening is such that the end of the cigar will not be liable to injury. The inner ends of these flanges approach close to one another, but do not meet; and the reference numeral 12 designates a reciprocating knife having a cutting edge 13 movable between the inner ends of the flanges and across the openings in the casing to thereby cut the end from a cigar as will be understood. The knife 12 is operatively connected with two reciprocating tubular members 14. adapted to move into and out of the hollow casing of the cutter; Figs. 1 and 4 showing these tubular members in their;

outermost position, while Figs. 2 and 3 show them in their innermost position. The knife may be connected with the tubular members in any way so as to move therewith, although I prefer to provide stiffening strips 15 ex-x tending partly or entirely around the periphery of the knife and bent over the ends thereof as shown at 16, 17, which strips are in turn secured to the tubular members as by being soldered thereto. tion permits the use of an exceedingly thin knife as the strips extend along the periphery thereof and help to support the same, a thin knife being especially advantageous for the reason that its cutting edge is less likely to become dull than the cutting edge of a thicker knife.

The tubular members 14 are connected with one another at their outer ends as by means of a yoke 18, and the reference nu-.

meral 19 designates guides located within the hollow casing of the cutter and secured in place in any way, whlch guides. extend into the tubular members l4: and thereby This construe;

guide the inner ends of the said members and the knife carried by them as said members and the knife are operated.

Within the tubular members 1a are located springs 20, one end of each of which abuts against the end of a guide 19 and the other end against the yoke 18, as will be understood from Fig. 4, which springs serve to force the guide members and the knife outward and into the position shown in Figs. 1 and 4, this being the position the parts assume preparatory to cutting the tip from a cigar.

The reference numeral 21 designates a latch located within the casing of the cutter and secured in place in any way, the outer or free end of which is provided with a catch 22 adapted to engage a ledge 23 of the yoke 18 as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawing. The catch 22 may be disengaged from the ledge by means of a button 2% adapted to be pressed by the finger, whereupon the tubular members and yoke are moved by the springs 20 from the closed position shown in Fig. 2 into the open position shown in Figs. 1 and at.

The cigar cutter having been permitted to open as above explained, the end of a cigar is placed within the opening 10 and the yoke 18 pressed toward the casing, which obviously causes the knife to move across the opening and thus cuts the end from a cigar. As the yoke is moved against the casing, the ledge 23 passes over the hook or catch 22 of the latch 21 and the latch holds the parts in the closed position shown in Fig. 23 until the cigar cutter is to be again used. The latch 21 is provided with a projecting stop 25 with which the knife engages at the end of the outward movement thereof, as shown in Fig. 5 to thereby limit the outward movement thereof and prevent the knife from leaving casing. It will be thus seen that when the cutter is closed it is in the form of an oblong rectangular case having no projecti'i gparts to catch in the pocket of the user, and that it is exceedingly compact, and occupies but little space. In addition, the knife is located entirely within the external casing and the cutting edge thereof is in such apos'ition that it is entirely protected from contact with external objects when the cutter is closed and in the condition in which it is carried in the pocket.

Having thus described and explained my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A cigar cutter comprising a hollow casing having two parallel side walls each havr gga opening and which openings register ith one another; two guides located within said casing; two reciprocating tubular membe the inner ends of which engage and are guided by said guides, and which members extend without the casing; a yoke with which the outer ends of said tubular memers are connected; a spring located within each of said tubular members; and a knife located within said casing and carried by said tubular members, and which knife is adapted to move across the opening aforesaid in said casing; a latch located within said casing and adapted to engage said yoke to thereby hold said tubular members in their innermost position; and means for operating said latch to release said yoke.

2. A cigar cutter comprising a hollow casing having two parallel side walls each having an opening; an inwardly projecting flange surroundmg each of said openings and which flanges are formed integrally with said side walls; two guides located within said casing; two reciprocating tubular members the inner ends of which engage and are guided by said guides, and which members extend without the casing and are connected with one another at their outer ends; a spring located within each of said tubular members; and a knife located within said casing and with which said tubular members are operatively connected, and which knife is adapted to move between the inner ends of said flanges and across the opening aforesaid in said casing.

23. A cigar cutter comprising a hollow casing having two parallel side walls each having an opening; an inwardly projecting flange surrounding each of said openings and which flanges are formed integrally with said side walls; two guides located within said casing; two reciprocating tubular members the inner ends of which engage and are guided by said guides, and which members extend without the casing and are connected with one another at their outer ends; a spring located within each of said tubular members; and a knife located within said casing and with which said tubular members are operatively connected, and which knife is adapted to move between the inner ends of said flanges and across the opening aforesaid in said casing; and a latch located within said casing and adapted to hold said tubular members in their innermost position.

a. A cigar cutter comprising a hollow casing having two parallel side walls each having an opening; an inwardly projecting flange surrounding each of said openings and which flanges are formed integrally with said side walls; two guides located within said casing; two reciprocating tubular members the inner ends of which engage and are guided by said guides, and which members extend without the casing; a yoke with which the outer ends of said tubular members are connected; a spring located within each of said tubular members; and a knife located within said casing with which said tubular members are op'eratively connected, and which knife is adapted to move between the inner ends of said flanges and tan in the county of New York and State of across the opening aforesaid in said casing;

New York this 31 day of December A. D.

and a latch located within said casing and 1912. adapted to engage said yoke to thereby hold 5 MEYER L. ROBBINS. 5 said tubular members in their innermost Witnesses:

position. H. M. WHITE, Signed at New York borough of Manhat- R. N. FLINT.

copiel of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

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