US1843225A - Cigarette holder - Google Patents

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. Feb. 2, 1932. HElN 1,843,225

0 IGARETTE HOLDER Filed June 24, 1929 INVENTORZ BY I A TORNEYS.

Patented Feb. 2, 1932 PATENT OFFIE GEORGE N. HEIN, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA CIGARETTE HOLDER Application filed June 24, 1929. Serial No. 373,079.

This invention relates to smokers articles, such as cigarette holders, pipes and the like.

It is the principal object of the present invention to generally improve devices of the character referred to, whereby to provide a cleaner and more convenient means for smoking tobacco, particularly cigarettes, and to enable the smoker to keep his hands practically free from nicotine stains and odors.

In carrying out the invention into practice I embody the present invention in several forms, so that the smoker may have the option of smoking directly off the cigarette, or through an intermediate stem. In the latter form the holder or bowl portion and the stem are separable at the junction thereof. This enables the stem to be used to cleanse the holder or bowl portion of-particles of tobacco or other residue which tends to clog the passageway.

The invention is exemplified in the following description, and it is illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a cigaretteholder having a stem and bowl or holder portion, which are separable at their junction;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the device disclosed in Fig. 1.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, particularly to Figs. 1 and 2, I have there illustrated a cigarette holder comprising a bowl or holder portion 10 having a cylindrical socket 11 to receive the end of the cigarette. The bore of the cylinder 11 is slightly constricted at the point indicated by the numeral 12 so as to form an air-tight seal by firm contact with the cigarette when the latter is inserted therein. This minimum contact and the fact that the walls of the cylinder are parallel, do not interfere with the draw of the cigarette, and also eliminate the necessity of tapering and compressing the cigarette end when inserting it into the holder.

At the end of the bowl portion 10, opposite the cylinder 11, the bowl portion is formed with a stem guide 14 which is integrally joined with the cylinder 11 by a tapered section 15. Separately united with the bowl or holder 10 is a stem 16 formed with an enlarged conical end 17, and at the opposite end a bit 18. The tapered end 17 forms the inner end of the bowl and coincides with the bore of the tapered section 15 of the holder, so that it will snugly rest therein as illustrated in Fig. 2. This connection between the bowl and stem enables the two parts to be readily separated for the sake of inter changeability or cleaning, and also enables the stem to be rotated and reciprocated relative to the bowl 10 for the purpose of ejecting cigarettes from the bowl 10 and for cleaning the latter.

The cleaning operation is produced by revolving the stem and reciprocating it through the bowl so as to eject any particles of tobacco or other residue which may lodge in the bowl. It is obvious that the device just described provides convenient means for smoking tobacco in the form of cigarettes, and will keep the smokers hands practically free from nicotine stains. Further, by making the stem and bowl separable, the parts may be readily cleaned. This assures a dry smoke, due to the fact that it will prevent over-stimulating salivary conditions, caused by sluggish draft. The features of this construction may be readily embodied in a pipe if desired, by merely substituting a pipe bowl for that illustrated.

I desire to call attention to the cooling chamber between the end of the cigarette and the end of the bowl. This insures that the smoke will cool before passing through the stem. From the foregoing it is obvious that I have provided a cigarette holder which enables the smoker to have the option of smoking directly off the cigarette or through an intermediate stem. All of the devices here disclosed enable the smoker to keep his hands free from stain and odor.

It is also evident from the drawings that the parts of the holder may be kept clean, and that the draft through the cigarette will be unimpaired, so as to insure a dry smoke.

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

1. A device of the character described comprising a bowl having a cylindrical end to receive the end of a cigarette, a stem guide at the other end of the bowl of a diameter smaller than the bowl, a tapered portion conneoting the stem guide to the cylindrical portion, a stem reciprocable through the stern, guide and having a tapered portion withln' the bowl fitting the tapered portion of the latter and forming the base of the bowl, said stem being reciprocably mounted in the guide, and a restricted portionin the'bowl to limit the reciprocal movement of the same therein.

2. A cigarette holder of the character described comprising a cylindrical bowl, a flared end on the bowl for receiving a cigarette, a restricted portion in the bowl adjacent the flared end to cause the cigarette to be firmly engaged in the bowl, and a reciprocable stem mounted in the opposite end of the bowl adapted to be used as a mouthpiece or as an ejector for the cigarette, said re st-ricted portion cooperating with the stem to prevent its removal from the bowl when it is used as an ejector.

' GEORGE N. HEINM

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