Abstract: A guillotine-style cigar cutter. The cutter includes a body with a central aperture and a pair of blades disposed on opposite sides of the aperture and configured to move translationally across the aperture to cut an end of a cigar in preparation for smoking. A gear train is provided that includes a ring gear disposed to circumscribe the aperture and to engage pairs of spur gears disposed at diametrically opposite positions. Edges of the blades engage the spur gears in a rack-and-pinion style configuration. The gear train thus provides synchronous and symmetrical movements of the blades relative to one another.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 17, 2016
Date of Patent:
February 6, 2018
Assignee:
XIKAR, INC.
Inventors:
Scott Almsberger, Robert Lembke, Greg Lorett, Kurt Van Keppel
Abstract: A guillotine-style cigar cutter. The cutter includes a body with a central aperture and a pair of blades disposed on opposite sides of the aperture and configured to move translationally across the aperture to cut an end of a cigar in preparation for smoking. A gear train is provided that includes a ring gear disposed to circumscribe the aperture and to engage pairs of spur gears disposed at diametrically opposite positions. Edges of the blades engage the spur gears in a rack-and-pinion style configuration. The gear train thus provides synchronous and symmetrical movements of the blades relative to one another.
Type:
Application
Filed:
February 17, 2016
Publication date:
August 17, 2017
Applicant:
Xikar, Inc.
Inventors:
Scott Almsberger, Robert Lembke, Greg Lorett, Kurt Van Keppel
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