US1874045A - Cigarette extinguisher - Google Patents

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Filed March 21, 195o LS'ZLMS;

)BICI-IARD H. JEFFERIES, OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA CIGARETTE EXTINGUISHER Application tiled March 21, 1930. Serial No. 437,675.

My Vinvention relates to smokers accessories, and particularly to extinguishers for cigarettes.

It is the habit of many smokers after lighting a cigarette to take a few whiii's, and then to put it down, to go on with their dressing, or work, or reading, or card playing; to take the cigarette up again a minute or so later; but often forgetting it until it has burned down to and has charred the surface upon which it is resting.

The object of my invention is to provide a device in which the cigarette may be held; and in which the cigarette may be allowed to burn down to a predetermined point; at which point it will be extinguished.

A further object is to provide a device of this class which may be carried in the pocket and which may be readily attached to some available support.

In the drawing: Fig. I shows my device in plan; Fig. II is a perspective view of the same. j

Referring to Figs. I and II a metal plate or tray l is mounted on a. stem 2; and hinged.

at one end of the metal plate is the metal rod 3; so placed with reference to the length of the plate l, that upon a. cigarette being placed on the plate, the rod when dropped will lie across the end of the cigarette just behind the burning end. To the lower end of the stem 2 may be attached a screw 4, for permanent insertion into woodwork; or the attaching means may be in the form of a clip to clip over the edge of any structure; or it may be in the form of the well known rubber'sucker by which the device may be attached to any even and iat surface.

The end of the plate l does not project be'- Fig. II, so that the edge of the plate 5 is practically in the same vertical plane as the rod 3 the upper edges or flanges 6 of the plate extending beyond the bottom edge to form the hinge 7 and the rest 8.

ved cigarette to go out more quickly than it Vond the rod 37 but is Cut backj as Shown in lire then dies out. rIhe smoker who desires Instead of hinging therod 3.; the said rod may be merely dropped into slots formed in the opposite sides of the plate 1 the object of j the slots being to hold the rod against dis-y placement. But the hingedform is to be preferred, since it prevents the loss of the rod. When it is desired to use the extinguisher, the smoker tips back the rod 8 with his nger, places the cigarette in the desired position on the plate, and then with his linger dropsthe 55 rod 3 upon it, adjusting the position of the cigarette so that it will be extinguished at the desired point. Other forms of extinguishers have been made, but in them the cigarette has been promptly extinguished; whereas in my extinguisher it is possible for the smoker `to allow the cigarette to continue to burn for a predetermined length of time; so that if he wishes to take it up and continue smoking before that time has elapsed` he will find the cigarette still burning. On the other hand if he forgets it it will be extinguished.

In several other' forms of cigarette extinguishing holders the body of the cigarette is tightly nipped between two prongs or members; and this nipping of the cigarette closes the air spaces between the shreds of. tobacco, so preventing the passage of air. The cutting oft of this draft causes the lightwould if the air passages through the cigarette were not closed. In my cigarette holder and extinguisher it will be noted that the rod 3 merely lies upon the body of the 80 cigarette, and that. the pressure it exerts upon the cigarette is only that due to the weight of the rod. rlhe cigarette continues to burn until the fire arrives at the rod. The

to resume smoking upon his cigarette places it in the tray with-ia sufiicient length projecting beyond the rod to prevent it being extinguished before he is ready to take it up again, 9o

I c1am: A cigarette holder and extinguisher consisting of a supporting member; a tray mounted upon the supporting member; and a, metal rod hngedly connected to the tray and arranged to lie upon a Cigarette on the tray with a light pressure but one nsufcent to close the air passages through the cigarette. In testimony whereof I have hereunto at fixed my signature.

RICHARD I-I.V J'EFFERIES.

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