Cigar cutting and snuffing tool

Abstract

A cigar cutting and snuffing tool comprising a cutter sub-assembly having a tubular cutter and a pusher element slidingly mounted therewithin, together with a snuffer barrel tightly mounted on the outside of the cutter member. A cigar can be placed into the barrel and brought into contact with the tubular cutter, which can then have a plug of tobacco cut from its cap end. The plug of tobacco is held within the tubular cutter until expelled from the cutter by moving the pusher element within the cutter. The snuffer barrel is sized to receive cigars of a series of ring sizes. When a lit cigar is desired to be extinguished, the cigar is inserted and seated within the barrel, with the lit end brought up against and impaled upon the cutter assembly. The tight mounting of the snuffer barrel on the tubular cutter creates an air tight compartment when the cigar is seated within the snuffer barrel. The tool will then prevent air from reaching the burning tobacco so that it quickly becomes extinguished and the entire device mounted on the cigar can then be placed in the smoker's pocket for subsequent smoking.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

[0001] The present invention relates to a tool for use with cigars and is more particularly concerned with cutting a plug from a fresh cigar in preparation for smoking it and for snuffing a lit cigar while preserving its integrity and allowing it to be preserved for later smoking.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0002] As is well known, cigars have an outer wrapper leaf which is fastened down at one end to form a closed cap. The cap prevents the cigar from unraveling and allowing the shorter tobacco leaves of the filler tobacco to fall out. Before the cigar can be smoked, the cap has to be cut, clipped, pierced, punctured or plugged in order to provide the smoker with the ability to draw smoke through the cigar. Various devices have been proposed to perform this operation.

[0003] One such type of device is a punch or piercing tool. For example, the U.S. Pat. No. Des. 283,451 issued to Kolpin on Apr. 15, 1986 shows a simple cigar piercing tool. A variant of such a simple tool is a hollow punch as shown in the U.S. Pat. No. 4,711,254 issued to Fleisher, et al. on Dec. 8, 1987 wherein a cigar holder is provided with an inwardly and centrally extending hollow punch to pierce the butt end of a cigar.

[0004] Another type of device is known as a “guillotine” type of cigar cutter. Such a device includes an aperture for inserting a cigar tip to be cut, and a pivotable, rotatable or slidable blade for cutting a portion of the cigar cap at or adjacent to the aperture. An example of such a device is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,791,051 issued to Schmidt on Aug. 11, 1998. In this patent a housing is provided having a cigar tip receiving aperture sized to receive cigars and a slide and blade mounted thereto is drawn across the aperture to cut off an end of the cigar. These devices may have additional features incorporated in an assembly. For example, U.S. Pat. No. 4,600,022 issued to Pierce, Jr. on Jul. 15, 1986 discloses a lighter having an adapter mounted on it which provides a slide plate and a cover. Two aligned bores are formed, one in the slide plate and one in the cover. A slidable blade moves between the slide plate and cover to clip off the cigar end. Another such device is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,027,682 issued to Halmaghi on Jun. 7, 1977. This patent provides a base element mounted in the center of an ashtray, and a stamper mounted above the base having a blade fastened to it. The base has a hole to receive a cigar tip and the stamper is aligned to slide the blade midway, but transversely, through the hole in the base to sever an end of the cigar.

[0005] Another type of device cuts a cylindrical shaped plug from the cap end of a cigar. One such device is shown in the U.S. Pat. No. 4,765,569 issued to Kemanjian on Jun. 16, 1998. The cigar cutter shown in this patent uses a cylindrical shaped blade slidably mounted on a mandrel. A helical motion is imparted to the blade by a ball bearing on the blade which slides in a helical groove on the outer surface of the mandrel. The blade will then cut a plug. A reverse motion of the blade will allow the plug to be ejected from the tool. A further example of such a plug cutting device is shown in U.S. Pat. No. 5,771,581 issued to Smith on Jun. 30, 1998 wherein a barrel shaped cap cutting tool is provided with a very sharp circular cutting edge which is pressed into the cap end of a cigar. A resiliently biased plunger, mounted so as to normally be withdrawn into the barrel away from the cutting edge, is movable axially from the end opposite the circular cutting edge for ejecting the cut plug and then automatically returned to the normally withdrawn position.

[0006] Cigar smokers many times come into a situation, such as when entering a no-smoking environment, when they have to extinguish their cigar, despite the fact that they may not have finished smoking it. Those who become aficionados and smoke expensive cigars are particularly loathed to throw away a cigar that has not been substantially fully smoked down. If they should wish to again smoke the cigar they desire to carefully, but quickly, extinguish the cigar while preserving its integrity so that it can be smoked again.

[0007] The above described cigar cutting tools contain no means for extinguishing a lit cigar and permitting its preservation for later smoking. Generally, when a cigar smoker enters an environment where smoking is not permitted he extinguishes his cigar in an ash tray by crushing it, thereby destroying the tight packing of the outer wrapper leaf over the filler tobacco. In such an event the cigar may come apart and cannot be smoked again. Devices have been proposed which permit extinguishing a cigarette or cigar by inserting it into a cylindrical barrel member open at both ends, which rests upon an ash tray or other flat surface. One such device is shown in U.S. Pat. No. 5,806,533 issued to Boling on Sep. 15, 1998, wherein the lower end of a tube has attached thereto a large round base member extending perpendicular to the tube.

[0008] All of these devices do not provide a single tool for cigar smokers which combines the functions of cutting the cap end of the cigar and for snuffing the lit cigar should it become necessary to extinguish the cigar before it is completely smoked.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0009] It is an object of the present invention to provide a single tool for cigar smokers which provides for the functions of cutting and snuffing and which is portable and easily fits into a smoker's pocket.

[0010] In accordance with the present invention the cigar tool comprises a barrel shaped cap cutter provided with a circular cutting edge which is pressed into the cap end of a cigar and a barrel shaped snuffer which is mounted on the outside of the barrel of the cap cutter. The internal diameter of the snuffer is sized for a range of ring sizes and when the snuffer is mounted on the cutter it seats on a section of the outer surface of the cutter barrel so as to maintain an air tight compartment to receive a lit cigar. The forward portion of the cap cutter serves to crush the burning end of the cigar when inserted into the snuffer barrel, and the sealed compartment serves to quickly extinguish the lit end in a matter of seconds while preserving the balance of the cigar to be smoked at a later time.

[0011] Other objects and features of the present invention will become readily apparent from a consideration of the detailed description following hereafter which is illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Such drawing and the specific embodiments shown and described herein are intended for purposes of illustration of the invention and not as a limitation of the scope of the invention, for which reference should be made to the appended claims.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0012] The various objects, advantages and novel features of this invention will be more fully apparent from a reading of the following detailed description in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which like reference numerals refer to like parts, and in which:

[0013] FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the cutting and snuffing apparatus of the invention;

[0014] FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken longitudinally of the snuffer barrel;

[0015] FIG. 3 is a side elevational view of the barrel-shaped cutter, partially in cross-section;

[0016] FIG. 4 is a side elevational view of the pusher and spring, partially in cross-section;

[0017] FIG. 5 is a side elevational view showing the cutter and pusher in assembled position with a partial cross-sectioned portion showing the spring and set screw in the normal retracted position of the pusher prior to cutting a plug from the cap end of a cigar;

[0018] FIG. 6 is a side elevational view showing the cutter and pusher in assembled position with a partial cross-sectioned portion showing the parts in the position in which they are after a plug portion is cut from the cigar by the cutter and ejected from the tool by the pusher; and

[0019] FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view through the cigar tool of the invention showing a lit cigar being snuffed.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

[0020] As shown in FIG. 1 the cigar tool of the invention comprises three main components, a snuffer barrel 10 into which a cigar is inserted to be cut for smoking and to be extinguished when lit, a cutter barrel 50 containing a means for cutting a plug from the cap end of a cigar and a pusher or plunger 90 which axially translates within the cutter barrel to eject a cut plug from the tool.

[0021] The snuffer barrel 10 is shown more clearly in the cross-sectional view of FIG. 2. An enlarged flange 14 is formed at the rear of the long main portion of the barrel 10. A short reduced diameter extension section 18 is provided to the rear of the flange 14 on the barrel to permit mounting on the cutter assembly. The longer main section of the barrel 10 is provided with a central hole 22 extending almost the full length of the barrel. The hole 22 is formed into two sections 26 and 30. Section 26 is tapered to accommodate a series of ring sizes of cigars. For example, the taper angle of section 26 may be such as to accommodate three different cigar ring sizes which are commonly smoked, i.e. ring sizes 48, 50 and 52. Because of this sizing, a cigar, when inserted into section 26 of barrel 10 may be conveniently retained therein in a tight fit. Section 30 is also a tapered section but at a flatter angle. This section 30 serves to slightly compress the lit end of a cigar when it is inserted lit end first into the barrel 10 in order to slightly crush the lit end and the ash formed thereon. The remainder of the barrel 10 has a hole 34 of further reduced diameter as compared to the diameter 30 in order to accommodate the cutter barrel 50 in a close sliding fit. A ledge 38 is formed at the juncture of taper section 30 and the inner end of hole 34.

[0022] As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the preferred cutter 50 is tubular in shape, having a knurled enlarged head end 54 with a convex or recessed outer surface 52. The cutter body has a main section 58 and a reduced diameter front section 70. The portion 62 of the main section 58 adjacent the knurled head 54 is “ramped up” to a slightly larger diameter than the diameter of hole 34 in extension section 18 of the barrel 10 in order to provide a tight fit with the interior of the barrel 10 when they are assembled together (see FIG. 7). In this manner the cutter and barrel can be assembled and retained in the assembled position while the tool is carried around or when it is mounted on a cigar, yet can be easily disassembled by grasping the knurled head end 54 on the cutter and the flange 14 on the snuffer barrel 10 and pulling the cutter 50 out of the barrel 10. The front reduced diameter section 70 is tapered and its end forms a thin cutter 74. The taper permits the ready removal of the cutter from a cigar after it is inserted into a cigar cap end to cut a plug from the cigar which will be later removed by ejection from the cutter. The taper also permits removal of the tool from a cigar that has been snuffed when it is desired to smoke it again.

[0023] The cutter has a through bore provided by a smaller diameter hole 78 extending through section 70 and into section 58, which then leads to a larger diameter hole 82 which exits the head end 54. A ledge surface 86 is provided at the junction of the larger diameter hole 82 with the smaller diameter hole 78. A threaded hole 88 is provided in the main section 58 adjacent the tapered cutter end 70 to receive a set screw 144 (see FIGS. 3 and 5).

[0024] As shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, the pusher 90 is of cylindrical form, having an enlarged head end 94 which is knurled on its external surface and is provided with a convex rear surface 96 and a front planar surface 92. The pusher, next to the head end 94, is formed with a smaller reduced diameter section 98. The main central section 102 of the pusher is of even smaller diameter than the section 98. A ledge 106 is formed at the joinder area of the two sections 102 and 98. This ledge portion 106 serves as a stop for one end of a spring 126. The forwardmost end of the pusher 90 is formed into a plug 110 of the same diameter as section 102 by machining a reduced diameter section or groove 118 into the main central section 102. This plug end 110 is provided with a planar face 114 which serves to push against a plug of tobacco cut out of the cigar cap end when the pusher is moved to eject that cut plug from the tool. The formation of the groove 118 creates a front surface 130 and a rear surface 134.

[0025] Upon assembly of the pusher and cutter the hole 88 in the cutter 50 will be oriented so that when the set screw 144 (see FIGS. 5 and 6) is threaded into the hole it will be positioned within the groove 118.

[0026] The spring 126 is mounted on section 102 to be freely movable thereon. The left end of the spring as viewed in FIG. 4 bears against the surface 106 and, when the pusher is mounted within the cutter, the right end of the spring 126 bears against the ledge surface 86 on the cutter as seen more clearly in FIGS. 5 and 6. Thus a pocket or space 148 (see FIG. 5) is created within the cutter 50 when the pusher and cutter are assembled together. This space is delineated by the end surfaces 106 and 86 and the surfaces of the bore 82 and the outer surface of the cylinder section 102.

[0027] The cigar cap end cutting mode of the tool is shown in FIG. 5. Upon assembly of the pusher 90 into the cutter 50 the spring 126 is held within the space 148 between the two ledges 86 and 106. In order to properly align the groove 118 with the threaded hole 88 pressure is applied to the knurled head 94 of the pushed while holding the head end 54 of the cutter. The spring 126 will become slightly compressed between the ledge surface 106 on the pusher and the surface 86 on the cutter. When the pusher and cutter are so positioned the set screw 144 can be threaded into the hole 88 and into the groove 118 to reach the position shown in FIG. 5. The set screw 144 is not threaded all of the way into the hole 88 because it will then engage the bottom of the groove 118 of the pusher 90 and immobilize the pusher within the cutter. The positioning of the screw 144 partially into the groove 118 will prevent the pusher 90 from separating from the cutter 50 since the set screw 88 will bear against the front surface 130 of the groove 118. Since the spring 126 is slightly compressed, it will serve to retain the pusher in a normal retracted position within the cutter, with the plug end face 114 located the distance “x” from the cutter end of the tool. In one model of the cigar tool this positioning requires that the pusher and cutter are aligned with the end surface 114 being located about {fraction (3/16)}″ inwards of the cutter end 74 (indicated as distance “x” in FIG. 5). The spacing between the planar surface 92 on the pusher head end 94 is the same distance “x” from the closest portion of the recessed outer surface 52.

[0028] The barrel 10 is assembled to the cutter-pusher sub-assembly and a cigar is placed into the barrel. By then rotating the assembled tool on the closed cap end of a cigar a plug will be cut out of that end of the cigar and will be retained in the front end of the cutter-pusher sub-assembly between the face 114 and cutting end 74.

[0029] Once the plug is cut from the cigar it can be ejected from the tool by pushing on the head end 94 of the pusher and holding the outside of the snuffer barrel 10 or the knurled head 54 on the cutter. The axial movement of the pusher 90 within the cutter 50 will compress the spring 126 and bring the parts into the position shown in FIG. 6. This view shows the position of the parts just after the plug from the cigar is ejected from the tool. When pressure is applied to the head end 94 of the pusher 90 sufficiently so as to place the face 92 against the convex surface 52 of the cutter 50, the pusher will be moved relative to the cutter the distance “x”. At the time that the face 114 of the end part 110 of the pusher 90 is located at the cutting end 74 and the cut plug is ejected from the cutter.

[0030] The compression of the spring 126 creates a restoring force in the spring. When pressure on the head end 94 of the pusher is released the spring will restore the parts to the normal position shown in FIG. 5. Although the use of a spring 126 is preferred, the cigar tool of the invention can be used without a spring (see FIG. 7). In such event the pusher 90 will be freely movable within the cutter 50 between a position where the set screw bears against the end surface 130 as shown in FIG. 5 and a position where the set screw bears against the surface 134. If no spring is employed there is no resistance applied to the cut plug so that merely grabbing the knurled head 54 of the cutter and manipulating it to cut a plug from the cap end of a cigar will still deposit a cut plug in the end space of the cutter for a distance “x” as shown in FIG. 5.

[0031] The tool of the invention is small and easily fits into a smoker's pocket taking up as much space as a small collection of change. As described above the tool serves to first cut a hole in the end of the cigar and eject the cut portion from the tool. When the cigar needs to be extinguished while shopping or otherwise entering a no-smoking area, the barrel is mounted on the cutter-pusher sub-assembly. The cigar can be quickly snuffed out by inserting the lit end 204 of the cigar 200 into the snuffer barrel 10 of the tool as shown in FIG. 7.

[0032] FIG. 7 shows a cigar of the smallest ring size accommodated by the tapered surface 26 of the snuffer barrel. In this position the inner end 64 of the reduced diameter extension section 18 will become seated on the ramped up portion 62 of the main section 58 of the pusher 50 adjacent the knurled head 54. The dimensions are such that a very tight fit of the snuffer barrel on the cutter outer surface is obtained, which then requires the exertion of some force to separate the two parts. When the cigar is placed within the snuffer barrel the ash 204 is placed into a substantially air tight compartment between the body of the cigar 200 and the space between taper 30 on the barrel and the outer surface of the main section 58 of the cutter 50.

[0033] The burning ash 204 becomes impaled on the end of the cutter-pusher sub-assembly. The ash 204 may fill the space “x” at the front end of the cutter and may extend into the space between the second taper surface 30 of the snuffer barrel and the outer surface of the main section 58 of the cutter 50. This somewhat reduced circumferential area will also serve to slightly crush the cigar ash 204.

[0034] The cigar is usually extinguished in a matter of seconds. The cigar with the tool mounted on it can then be placed into the smoker's pocket. In this manner when the smoker is again able to smoke the cigar it is made available for smoking by simply removing the cigar from the snuffer barrel of the tool and again lighting the cigar.

[0035] The tool is normally carried assembled, with the snuffer barrel mounted on the cutter assembly. The barrel can be removed by simply grabbing the larger knurled portion (i.e. the back end of the cutter) and pulling it out of the barrel.

[0036] It is to be understood that the foregoing detailed description and accompanying drawings illustrate a preferred embodiment of the invention. However, various changes and modifications may be employed by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Thus, by way of example and not of limitation, other cutters than the specific plug type cutter may be employed, such as guillotine type cutters, or tools which cut notches, pierce or otherwise puncture the cigar in order to provide the smoker with the ability to draw smoke through the cigar. The present invention is to be limited only by the scope which can be accorded the appended claims.

Claims

1- A cigar cutting and snuffing tool comprising, in combination:

means for cutting a portion of the cap end of a cigar, said means including a first cylindrical member containing a cutter; and

means for extinguishing a lit cigar, said means including a second cylindrical member sized to accommodate cigars of several ring sizes in a central bore, said second cylindrical member being mounted upon said first cylindrical member in a tight fitting relationship.

2- The cigar cutting and snuffing tool of claim 1 wherein when a lit cigar is inserted into the second cylindrical member and is seated within the central bore thereof a closed substantially air-tight chamber is created between the cutting means and the extinguishing means which enables rapid extinction of the lit portion of the cigar.

3- The cigar cutting and snuffing tool of claim 2 wherein upon assembly of the cutting means and cigar extinguishing means, the cutter on said cutting means will be located within the central bore of the second cylindrical member, and any ash carried by the lit cigar will become at least partially impaled upon said cutter.

4- The cigar cutting and snuffing tool of claim 2 wherein the central bore of said second cylindrical member contains at least a first tapered section providing a larger and a smaller cross-section within said central bore, said first tapered section being arranged with its larger cross-section opening at one end of the said second cylindrical member.

5- The cigar cutting and snuffing tool of claim 4 wherein the central bore of said second cylindrical member contains a second tapered section of a flatter angle than said first tapered section, said second tapered section being arranged inwards in the central bore following the first tapered section.

6- The cigar cutting and snuffing tool of claim 5 wherein when the cutting means is assembled into the cigar extinguishing means the cutter will be located within the central bore approximately at the location of the joinder of the first and second tapered section of the central bore.

7- The cigar cutting and snuffing tool of claim 5 wherein upon assembly of the cutting means and cigar extinguishing means, the cutter on said cutting means will be located within the central bore of the second cylindrical member, and any ash carried by the lit cigar will become at least partially impaled upon said cutter, and wherein the second cylindrical member at the location of the second tapered section of said central bore will serve to partially crush any portion of the lit cigar entering therewithin.

8- The cigar cutting and snuffing tool of claim 3 wherein the central bore of said second cylindrical member contains at least a first tapered section providing a larger and a smaller cross-section within said central bore, said first tapered section being arranged with its larger cross-section opening at one end of the said second cylindrical member.

9- The cigar cutting and snuffing tool of claim 8 wherein the central bore of said second cylindrical member contains a second tapered section of a flatter angle than said first tapered section, said second tapered section being arranged inwards in the central bore following the first tapered section.

10- The cigar cutting and snuffing tool of claim 9 wherein when the cutting means is assembled into the cigar extinguishing means the cutter will be located within the central bore approximately at the location of the joinder of the first and second tapered section of the central bore.

11- The cigar cutting and snuffing tool of claim 9 wherein upon assembly of the cutting means and cigar extinguishing means, the cutter on said cutting means will be located within the central bore of the second cylindrical member, and any ash carried by the lit cigar will become at least partially impaled upon said cutter, and wherein the second cylindrical member at the location of the second tapered section of said central bore will serve to partially crush any portion of the lit cigar entering therewithin.

12- A cigar cutting and snuffing tool comprising, in combination:

means for cutting a portion of the cap end of a cigar, said means including a first cylindrical member containing a cutter;

a cylindrical pusher member slidingly mounted within the first cylindrical member, said pusher member and said first cylindrical member being provided with means to limit the movement of the pusher member between a first position where the pusher member is withdrawn within the cutting means away from said cutter, and a second position where the pusher member is aligned with said cutter, and

means for extinguishing a lit cigar, said means including a second cylindrical member sized to accommodate cigars of several ring sizes in a central bore, said second cylindrical member being mounted upon said first cylindrical member in a tight fitting relationship.

13- The cigar cutting and snuffing tool of claim 12 wherein the pusher member is provided with a groove within its outer cylindrical surface, and means for limiting the relative motion of the pusher member within the first cylindrical member comprising a set screw mounted upon said first cylindrical member and extending within the groove in the outer cylindrical surface of the pusher member, whereby upon mounting of the set screw the pusher member and first cylindrical member cannot become separated.

14- The cigar cutting and snuffing tool of claim 13 wherein when a lit cigar is inserted into the second cylindrical member and is seated within the central bore thereof a closed substantially air-tight chamber is created between the cutting means and the extinguishing means which enables rapid extinction of the lit portion of the cigar.

15- The cigar cutting and snuffing tool of claim 14 wherein upon assembly of the cutting means and cigar extinguishing means, the cutter on said cutting means will be located within the central bore of the second cylindrical member, and any ash carried by the lit cigar will become at least partially impaled upon said cutter.

16- The cigar cutting and snuffing tool of claim 14 wherein the central bore of said second cylindrical member contains at least a first tapered section providing a larger and a smaller cross-section within said central bore, said first tapered section being arranged with its larger cross-section opening at one end of the said second cylindrical member.

17- The cigar cutting and snuffing tool of claim 16 wherein the central bore of said second cylindrical member contains a second tapered section of a flatter angle than said first tapered section, said second tapered section being arranged inwards in the central bore following the first tapered section.

18- The cigar cutting and snuffing tool of claim 17 wherein when the cutting means is assembled into the cigar extinguishing means the cutter will be located within the central bore approximately at the location of the joinder of the first and second tapered section of the central bore.

19- The cigar cutting and snuffing tool of claim 17 wherein upon assembly of the cutting means and cigar extinguishing means, the cutter on said cutting means will be located within the central bore of the second cylindrical member, and any ash carried by the lit cigar will become at least partially impaled upon said cutter, and wherein the second cylindrical member at the location of the second tapered section of said central bore will serve to partially crush any portion of the lit cigar entering therewithin.

20- A cigar cutting and snuffing tool comprising, in combination:

a cutter member in the form of a cylinder, the outer surface thereof having an enlarged head at one end and a sharp cutter extending within the cylinder at the other end, a portion of the outer surface of the cylinder having a diameter that is increased slightly to a larger diameter to provide a ramped area adjacent the enlarged head, and another portion of the outer surface of the cylinder having a threaded hole extending through the cylinder rearward of the cutter;

a pusher member in the form of a second cylinder having a solid planar end mounted within the first mentioned cylinder and having a sliding fit therebetween, the outer surface of the second cylinder having a groove therein, the assembly of the pusher member within the cutter member serving to position the groove in the second cylinder in alignment with the threaded hole in the first mentioned cylinder, whereby the pusher member is freely axially movable within the cutter member between two positions determined by the width of the groove in the second cylinder, said parts being so arranged that one of said positions of the pusher member will align its planar end with the cutter on the cutter member and the second position will position the said planar end within the cutter member withdrawn from the cutter member; and

a cigar snuffer member in the form of a third cylinder having a central bore, the outer surface of such snuffer cylinder having an enlarged flange adjacent one end thereof, the inner end portion of said snuffer cylinder next adjacent said flange being seated upon the ramped area on said cutter member cylinder, the central bore of said snuffer cylinder being provided with a first tapered section with its largest diameter being located at the opposite end of said snuffer cylinder from said enlarged flange, and a second tapered section in said cylinder leading from the smaller cross-section of said first tapered section, said second tapered section being at a flatter angle than said first tapered section,

whereby upon assembly of the cutter member, the pusher member and cigar snuffer member, the cutter on said cutter member will be located within the central bore of the snuffer member, and when a lit cigar is inserted into the second cylindrical member and is seated within the central bore thereof a closed substantially air-tight chamber will be created within the tool, said tool then serving to impale on the cutter any ash carried by the lit cigar and to extinguish the lit end of the cigar.