US196552A - Improvement in cigars - Google Patents

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Be it known that we, THn'oDoRE-"EBAR- COCK of Brooklymih the State ornew York, and-liRAncrs G. UPTON, of New York city,.in'

q theState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in' Cigars,- of

Which the following is a specification: 1 This invention is directed to means whereby cigars,and, if desired, cigarettes as well, can

be readilyand surely lighted. We propose to provide the cigar itself with material which can be ignited by'pfriction, and

will, when so ignited, communicate fire to the cigar. This, we are aware, has heretofore been attempted; but, sofa'r as we are-informed, the

result has been arrivedat by attaching to or insertinginthe end of the cigar a friction wafer or cartridge of ignitible material. This is objectionable on the score of expense and trouble inapplying the material to the'cigar. There is also liability of thematerial becoming det'achedfrom the cigar.

These and other objections are removed by our invention. W e apply to the end of the cigar the ignitiblematerial while it is in a liquid or soft state, in such a manner that the tobacco shall be impregnated with the same. One way of so applying it is by dipping the end of the cigar to the desired depth into the composition until thetobacco at that end is permeated by the liquid, and becomes itself, in

t eiiect, an ignitible material.

' Under these conditions the material becomes A intimately incorporated into the cigar, the end I of which. is, in fact, saturated with the compo sition.

. The composition, when. dry, will harden, so

that it can be ignited by friction. It further forms a cap which will protect the endof the cigar from breaking, and which also will exclude the air, and so,to great extent, preserve the flavor of the cigar. The cost of the material and expense of its application is buttrifling.

Any suitable composition ignitible by friction can be employed. On the Whole, we prefer to employ a composition analogous to that i used in what aretermed safety-matches wthat is to say, a composition which willignite THEODORE n, Ba er-100m BROOKLYN, ,AND FRANCIS oARR UPTON, or nnw YORK, Y'IF.;I Y., 1ASSI GNORS ONE-THIRD THEIR RIGHT TO SAMUEL heooo x, or MIDDLETOWNH CONNECTICUT.

i isp ecificationgforming of Letters No. 196,552, dated October 30, 1877; application filed September 15, 1877.

by friction only when rubbed on a surface specially prepared for the plllPOSQ.

In this way all danger of the cigar becoming improvidently ignited-as, for instance, when two parts bichromate of potash, two parts oxide of iron, and live parts pulverized charcoal. Mix these ingredients with hot glue to proper consistency for application to the cigar. Dip into this composition the end of the cigar to the proper depth, and then allow it to dry.

For the friction-surface, ten parts amorphous phosphorus and eight parts sulphide of antimo- 11y. Mixtheseingredients with glue dissolved in cold water to thin consistency, and coat with the composition the card-board or other article on which the friction-surface is to be formed.

Cards having a friction-surface of this character can be furnished at a nominal cost to the purchaser of the prepared cigars.

The cigar thus prepared can be ignited with ease and absolute certainty in wind or rain.

Not-only canit be ignited by friction, but also by touching it with an ember or lighted match. The composition, saturating more or less (as it does) the end of the cigar, and being, in fact,

incorporated therewith, imfailingly ignites the cigar, and, burning slowly, keeps the cigar lighted for some time without rendering it nec essary for the smoker to take the cigar in his our purpose, since some are composed of ingredients which give 0% noxious vapors offenslve to the taste and smell, and, indeed, poisonous. It is only those that are composed of inoffensive ingredients that are suitable. Further, they should be of such composition as to burn slowly, and to ignite and burn without flame.

The compound whose formula is above given possesses these characteristics, and may be considered as a type of the kind.

One further characteristic of that compound, itmay be noted in passing, is the charcoal,

which we find to highly conduce to a slow and sure burning composition.

The principal feature that characterizes our invention is the intimate incorporation of the composition with the cigar, due to the union of the two while the composition is yet in a liquid or soft state, in such manner, as before stated, that the composition shall saturate and thoroughly impregnate the tobacco fiber, thus rendered in itself a material ignitible by friction, even if the exterior coating of compositionshould be removed.

Another feature is, that while thus intimately incorporated with the cigar, it forms also a cap which covers the end and prevents it from breaking.

It will be understood that the invention is applicable also to ci garetteaand in using the l word cigar as well.

Having described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1S n 1. As a new manufacture, a, cigar permeated at one end by a composition or material ignitible by friction, substantially as set forth.

2. The method of providing a cigar with an end ignitible by friction, by saturating the said end with a liquid composition which becomes hard when dry, and-is ignitibleby friction.

3. Acigar one end of which'is permeated by a composition ignitible by friction only when brought into contact with a specially-prepared frictional surface, as set forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we hereunto aifixoursignatures inf presence of two witnessesmwii THEODORE HUBLBIIT BABGOGK. FBANGIS CARR. UBTON. Witnesses; 1-

FRANCIS B. ALL N,; 1 ELTON JORDAN. A

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