Cigar Tip Perforators Or Slitters Patents (Class 131/253)
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Patent number: 11246338Abstract: A smoking device includes several parts such as a bottom portion, a core portion, and a slide portion. The device also includes a bowl. The slide portion presents a rectangular plate having a first end, a second end, side edges. The bottom portion includes a bottom surface and a top surface. The top surface includes a pool defined therein to form a depth and a bottom of the pool. The pool presents a meshed surface comprised on a multitude of cavities. The core portion includes a bottom surface and a top surface wherein the width of the top surface is shorter than the width of the bottom surface whereby side walls are straight as they extend from the bottom surface and then incline as they extend to the top surface. When assembled, the bottom surface of the core portion covers the top surface of the bottom portion to cover the pool.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2019Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Inventor: Dmitry Yankelevich
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Patent number: 10952465Abstract: Da Splitter? is a tool made of plastic, created to make adequate cuts in cigars and cigarillos to provide for additional material to be inserted to enhance the use of the cigar, cigarillos and other objects. Da Splitter was designed to make changing the flavor of a cigar quick and easy. With the razor to cut open the previous cigar, the pick to stuff the new one and a lighter attached to smoke your new flavored cigar this tool provides the convenience of three separate instruments in one.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2005Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Inventor: Antonio Lee Alls
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Patent number: 10278420Abstract: An improved size adaptable cigar splitting apparatus comprising and outer body and an inner size adapting sleeve adapted to be slidingly engaged therewith and further comprising a cutting blade for splitting the wrapper and, if present, packaging of a cigar, cigarillo or other smoking device. In a preferred embodiment, the inner size adapting sleeve may be cylindrical in shape and is removable, allowing the invention to be adapted to various sizes of smoking devices. The cigar splitter apparatus of the invention is adapted to receive smoking devices of various diameters which include all common diameters of smoking devices currently in use. The cutting blade is adapted to be removable and replaceable. The improved size adaptable cigar splitter apparatus of the invention may further comprise a lanyard tang adapted to receive a necklace, lanyard, or similar structure to facilitate ease of carrying.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2016Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Inventor: George A. Spurling, III
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Patent number: 10219545Abstract: An electronic atomization apparatus with a switch-closed atomizer and an electronic simulation cigarette are disclosed. The electronic atomization apparatus comprises a battery rod (10), an atomizer (20) arranged on a top end of the battery rod (10), an atomization liquid storage device (30), a sleeve (40) and a suction nozzle upper cover (50). When in use, the atomization liquid storage device is placed in the sleeve, and the suction nozzle upper cover is sleeved on the sleeve. The atomization liquid storage device is pushed to move down by rotating the suction nozzle upper cover, while the atomizer-abuts against a sealing rubber (35), so that the atomization liquid storage device and the sealing rubber (35) slide relative to each other in opposite directions, so as to open a liquid outlet (32) of the atomization liquid storage device to communicate with a liquid inlet (22) of the atomizer.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2016Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: SHENZHEN JINJIA TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTDInventors: Jihong Dong, Chunmiao Hu
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Patent number: 9578897Abstract: A combustible heat source (4) for a smoking article (2) comprises carbon and at least one ignition aid, wherein the ignition aid is present in an amount of at least 20 percent by dry weight of the combustible heat source. The combustible heat source (4) has a first portion and an opposed second portion. At least part (4b) of the combustible heat source (4) between the first portion and the second portion is wrapped in a combustion resistant wrapper (22) that is one or both of heat conducting and substantially oxygen impermeable. Upon ignition of the first portion of the combustible heat source (4), the second portion of the combustible heat source increases in temperature to a first temperature. During subsequent combustion of the combustible heat source (4), the second portion of the combustible heat source (4) maintains a second temperature lower than the first temperature.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2012Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Thomas Gladden, Laurent Poget, Evan Jochnowitz, Stephane Roudier, Alexandre Malgat, Samuel Bonnely
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Patent number: 9486012Abstract: An improved size adaptable cigar splitting apparatus comprising and outer body and an inner size adapting sleeve adapted to be slidingly engaged therewith and further comprising a cutting blade for splitting the wrapper and, if present, packaging of a cigar, cigarillo or other smoking device. In a preferred embodiment, the inner size adapting sleeve may be cylindrical in shape and is removable, allowing the invention to be adapted to various sizes of smoking devices. The cigar splitter apparatus of the invention is adapted to receive smoking devices of various diameters which include all common diameters of smoking devices currently in use. The improved size adaptable cigar splitter apparatus of the invention may further comprise a lanyard tang adapted to receive a necklace, lanyard, or similar structure to facilitate ease of carrying.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Inventor: George Spurling
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Publication number: 20150000681Abstract: Disclosed and claimed is a glow in the dark, size adaptable cigar splitting apparatus comprising an outer body and an inner size adapting sleeve adapted to be slidingly engaged therewith and further comprising a cutting blade for splitting the wrapper and, if present, packaging, of a cigar, cigarillo or other smoking device. In a preferred embodiment, the inner size adapting sleeve may be cylindrical in shape and is removable, allowing the invention to be adapted to various sizes of smoking devices. The improved size adaptable cigar splitter apparatus of the invention may further comprise a lanyard tang adapted to receive a necklace, lanyard, or similar structure to facilitate ease of carrying. Also claimed is a glow in the dark covering for cigar tools such as splitters, cutters and punches. Also claimed is a glow in the dark inlay for cigar tools such as splitters, cutters and punches.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2014Publication date: January 1, 2015Inventor: George A. Spurling, III
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Patent number: 8720449Abstract: A cigar punch with retractable plunger that includes a housing that has a cutting edge and an end-to-end passage having two sub-passages with different cross-sectional area. The cigar punch further includes a plunger extending through the housing and protruding from the cutting edge of the housing. The plunger includes at least one locking pin and a knob. The cigar punch further includes a biasing means to bias the plunger head for movement towards the cutting end when the plunger is in retracted position. To cut the cigar plug, the plunger is retracted and locked using locking means, thereby compressing biasing means and exposing the cutting edge to cut and hold a cigar plug. The plunger is unlocked by twisting the knob. The biasing means effects movement of the plunger head towards the cutting end, thereby automatically ejecting plug from within the cigar punch.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2010Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Cigar Punches, LLCInventor: Frank B Dipple
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Publication number: 20130199549Abstract: An improved size adaptable cigar splitting apparatus comprising and outer body and an inner size adapting sleeve adapted to be slidingly engaged therewith and further comprising a cutting blade for splitting the wrapper and, if present, packaging of a cigar, cigarillo or other smoking device. In a preferred embodiment, the inner size adapting sleeve may be cylindrical in shape and is removable, allowing the invention to be adapted to various sizes of smoking devices. The cigar splitter apparatus of the invention is adapted to receive smoking devices of various diameters which include all common diameters of smoking devices currently in use. The improved size adaptable cigar splitter apparatus of the invention may further comprise a lanyard tang adapted to receive a necklace, lanyard, or similar structure to facilitate ease of carrying.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: August 8, 2013Inventor: George Spurling
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Patent number: 8459270Abstract: A device to process cigarette butts has top and bottoms sections, one pivotably mounted on the other for rocking movement between open and closed positions. The bottom section has two access holes which are opened and closed by the rocking movement. When the holes are open, a user can insert a butt into one access hole and then can rock the top section, thus cutting the butt into a filter tip, and tobacco and paper materials. The tobacco and paper materials fall through a passage from the one access hole to the ground but do not cause a litter problem since they quickly biodegrade. The filter tips can be inserted into the second access hole into a storage space for later treatment and disposal. The bottom section has a thinned rear portion which allows increased rocking amplitude while minimizing the device thickness.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2010Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Inventors: Malcolm Coven, Gregory Matthew Crossley, Kevin Mako
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Publication number: 20120247493Abstract: A cigar cutter for perforating the head of a cigar having an outer housing, generally preferably cylindrical in form, with one closed end and one open end. A plurality of equally spaced flexible blades are attached to the interior of the housing and angled inward to the center of the closed end of the cylinder such as to engage the head of a cigar when inserted into the open end of the housing. The cigar, traveling the full length of the housing, will engage the blades causing them to slice into the shoulder of the cigar head creating razor thin openings. The housing is also fitted with a cap to cover the open end and protect both the cutting blades and the user when the cutter is being stored between uses.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2011Publication date: October 4, 2012Inventor: Christopher Jones
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Publication number: 20120240949Abstract: A multi-purpose lighter apparatus comprising a lighter and at least a cigar splitter. The lighter may comprise a lighter body and a lighter cap for emitting a flame. In a preferred embodiment, the cigar splitter may be incorporated into the lighter body. In an alternate embodiment, the cigar splitter may be incorporated into a frame, wherein the frame may be attached to or secured about at least a portion of a conventional lighter body in the form an aftermarket accessory for both disposable and non-disposable lighters. The cigar splitter may comprise two or more nested, removable, concentric housings wherein each housing has its own blade for splitting cigars of differing diameters. The functionality of the multi-purpose lighter may be further enhanced by the incorporation of one or more tools including but not limited to a clip, a light, a can opener, a bottle opener, and the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2011Publication date: September 27, 2012Inventor: George Almond Spurling, III
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Patent number: 8171940Abstract: A rotary cutter assembly for a lighter comprises a lighter body which is defined with a receiving groove in an outer periphery thereof. A rotary plate is pivoted to the receiving groove in such a manner that the rotary plate can be rotated within the receiving groove. In the receiving groove is disposed a push pole, and on the rotary plate is provided an annular cutter. When the rotary plate is closed, the push pole is inserted in the annular cutter.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2009Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Inventor: Chin-Chung Chuan
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Patent number: 8015979Abstract: A novel cigar is provided with an elongated cigar puller device which extends into the interior of the cigar. By removing the cigar puller from the device, the tobacco fill material of the cigar is disrupted so as to improve the draw of the cigar. Some of the cigar puller devices can be used to infuse flavorants into the cigar to alter the taste and/or aroma of the cigar.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2007Date of Patent: September 13, 2011Inventor: Jack B. Cooper
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Patent number: 7861727Abstract: The cigar splitter apparatus provides a smoker of cigars with a compact, precise tool for splitting a cigar along its axis. The apparatus can be selectively latched in a closed position for safety. Further, the cutter does not extend beyond the boundary of the apparatus so that use is also safe.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2008Date of Patent: January 4, 2011Inventor: Willie E. Jones
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Publication number: 20100065074Abstract: A cigar splitter comprises: a housing having two open ends, an inside wall and outside surface, and a long axis, wherein the open ends are in line with each other permitting a cigar to be inserted through one end and out the other. A blade is attached to the inside of the housing, the blade oriented for cutting an outer sheath of the cigar as the cigar is inserted through one end of the splitter housing and out the other end. An apparatus for lighting and splitting a cigar comprising a cigar splitter as described above and can maintain active and inactive configurations of the splitter for safety of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2008Publication date: March 18, 2010Inventors: Young Jin Lee, Young Min Lee
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Patent number: 7409955Abstract: A combined cigarette cutter and container includes a cigarette cutter illustratively engaged to an upper inside surface of a lid of a container which holds preferably a single cigarette (or cigar). The user may partially smoke it, cut off the used portion using the cutter, insert the unused portion in the container, and close the lid. This provides a convenient carrying mechanism to permit later consumption of the cigarette or cigar. In other embodiments, the case has curved major surfaces with a fixedly-fastened cutter adjacent to one of the end walls. The cutter can be omitted to provide a case.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2004Date of Patent: August 12, 2008Assignee: Origin-8, LLCInventors: Beau Austin Mauldin, Richard Garret Mauldiin
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Patent number: 7308897Abstract: A cigar opener assembly (10) includes a cover (12) and blade housing (14) having a blade (16) therein. The cover (12) and blade housing (14) rotate relative to each other so that openings (22, 24) through the cover (12) align with a channel (38) within the blade housing (14). After use, the cover (12) may be rotated relative to the blade housing (14) so that the blade is no longer accessible.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2004Date of Patent: December 18, 2007Inventors: Orlando Willie Russell, II, Randy Gray, II
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Patent number: 7299807Abstract: Cigars are released from a feed station onto first and second conveyor belts and directed along a predetermined feed path, part of which coinciding with a wheel interposed between the two belts and equipped with a set of needles serving to pierce the cigars by engaging at least one respective end portion; the wheel is also equipped with a set of clamp elements, each able to restrain a single cigar and caused to revolve in stable alignment with a relative needle. The single needle is fashioned from a resistive metal and connected to an electrical power source in such a way that it can be heated by applying a current and inducing the Joule effect.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2003Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Assignee: G.D. S.p.A.Inventors: Mario Spatafora, Bruno Tommasini
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Patent number: 6907886Abstract: A cigar tip plug cutter uses a cylindrical cutting blade to cut a round plug from the sealed end of a cigar. The cylindrical blade has a beveled upper edge tapering from the outer diameter to the inner diameter to better retain the cut plug. The blade is secured upright to a support platform and a cigar plug ejector rod projects upwardly through the blade. The ejector rod is secured to a base portion, as are at least two supports that attach to the underside of a cigar tip receiving plate. The plate has a central orifice to permit passage of the blade. The receiving plate is urged away from the support platform by compression springs that also cause the ejector rod to project into the blade. A platform cover fits slidably over the receiving plate and includes spring-loaded balls that maintain the receiving plate in upper and lower positions.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2003Date of Patent: June 21, 2005Assignee: Belasco Jacobs & Townsley, LLPInventor: Gary K. Kemanjian
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Publication number: 20040168693Abstract: A cigar tip plug cutter uses a cylindrical cutting blade to cut a round plug from the sealed end of a cigar. The cylindrical blade has a beveled upper edge tapering from the outer diameter to the inner diameter to better retain the cut plug. The blade is secured upright to a support platform and a cigar plug ejector rod projects upwardly through the blade. The ejector rod is secured to a base portion, as are at least two supports that attach to the underside of a cigar tip receiving plate. The plate has a central orifice to permit passage of the blade. The receiving plate is urged away from the support platform by compression springs that also cause the ejector rod to project into the blade. A platform cover fits slidably over the receiving plate and includes spring-loaded balls that maintain the receiving plate in upper and lower positions.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2003Publication date: September 2, 2004Inventor: Gary K. Kemanjian
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Patent number: 6732742Abstract: In a cigar-making machine, the cigars advance continuously in orderly succession occupying a plurality of respective pockets transported by a conveyor along a predetermined feed path toward a piercing station where they are engaged by a plurality of needles fitted to respective movable heads; the heads are caused to advance parallel to the predetermined feed path followed by the cigars, proceeding continuously and synchronously with the pockets in such a manner that each of the single cigars can be pierced by a corresponding needle with a relative hole, aligned substantially on a longitudinal axis of the cigar.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2002Date of Patent: May 11, 2004Assignee: G. D S.p.A.Inventors: Mario Spatafora, Luca Borderi, Gianluca Parisini
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Patent number: 6708409Abstract: A cigar cutting device includes a body with an aperture for an insertion of an end of a cigar, and two blades are movably inserted in two open ends of the body. A first end of each of the blades is located in the aperture and a base is connected to a second end of each of the blades. A holding ring is rotatably connected to each of the two bases.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2002Date of Patent: March 23, 2004Inventor: Chin-Tung Yu
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Patent number: 6705326Abstract: A packaging for a cigar comprised of a hull, in whose inner space the cigar is taken up, whereby the hull can be closed off with a sealing cover. According to the invention, a cigar cutter is arranged on the sealing cover, which is joined to the sealing cover, preferably by being fashioned of the same material in one piece.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2001Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Inventor: Peter Rosler
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Publication number: 20040031154Abstract: A cigar cutter has a housing, a receiving well provided in the housing for receiving one end of a cigar, a motor retained inside the housing, and a cutter carried on the motor and extending into the receiving well. The cutter has a lower portion and a conical upper tip, with three cutting surfaces provided on the conical upper tip.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2002Publication date: February 19, 2004Inventors: Ferenc Lenart, Steven L. Thorpe
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Publication number: 20030183238Abstract: A vertical cigarette air hole puncher composed of a cage (2) and cutting tooth bracket (8). The cage (2) contains a through hole (6) and push button cutout (4).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2002Publication date: October 2, 2003Inventor: Clarence Leon Zimmermon
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Publication number: 20030079754Abstract: A packaging for a cigar comprised of a hull, in whose inner space the cigar is taken up, whereby the hull can be closed off with a sealing cover. According to the invention, a cigar cutter is arranged on the sealing cover, which is joined to the sealing cover, preferably by being fashioned of the same material in one piece.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2001Publication date: May 1, 2003Inventor: Peter Rosler
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Patent number: 6386204Abstract: A cigar holder with a cutter comprising a hollow cigar-shaped body having a closed bottom and an open top, a hollow cap threadably engageable with the top of the body, the cap having a pair of substantially opposing slots therethrough, and a pair of cigar tip cutting members, each cigar tip cutting member having a cutting portion having a cutting edge thereon. Each of the cigar cutting members is slidably positioned in one of the slots such that the cutting edges are positioned substantially opposite one another in the hollow cap. A handle portion is preferably hinged to the cutting portion of each of the cigar tip cutting members, with each handle portion being positioned outside of the cap. The handle portions are preferably provided with a gripping tip for facilitating manual movement of the cigar tip cutting member in relation to the cap. The cap preferably has a pair of recesses formed in an outer wall thereof.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2000Date of Patent: May 14, 2002Inventor: George Vlasios Kontos
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Patent number: 6314645Abstract: An apparatus for perforating a cigarette comprises a torus-shaped body having an aperture therethrough and a pair of spring-loaded reciprocating pins disposed within respective bores oriented in linearly opposing relationship along a common diameter of the aperture. The reciprocating pins are pointed at their inward ends and are held in retracted positions with their respective bores until an external pressure, applied by the user's fingers, for example, is exerted on the distal ends of the reciprocating pins, causing them to move inward toward each other and to pierce the outer covering of a cigarette inserted within the aperture. The reciprocating pins may be operated together to simultaneously perforate opposite sides of the cigarette which is inserted within the aperture of the cigarette perforator.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2000Date of Patent: November 13, 2001Inventor: Joseph N. Wahl
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Patent number: 6196233Abstract: A golf tee shaped punch and cutter having a plurality of different shaped chambers formed within a tapered body portion with a cutter assembly placed therein. The tapered body portion forms a narrow punch end and a wide cutter end having a cap removably placed thereon. A circular cutter blade is exposed upon removing the cap. Coaxially positioned within the circular cutter blade is a spring biased rod that helps to remove a plug of tobacco once cut. A duel taper helps to measure or guage the depth the punch is inserted into the end of the cigar. The present invention conveniently permits punching and cutting the end of a cigar with a single, easily utilized, and commercially attractive golf tee shaped device.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 1998Date of Patent: March 6, 2001Inventor: Thomas R. Anastasio
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Patent number: 6161550Abstract: The invention relates to a cigar holder provided with a detachable tip-cutting knife and a plug-removing member inside a cap of the holder. The knife has an inwardly extending portion and exterior portion hinged together and secured within a slot formed in the cap. The exterior portion lies flat in the recess formed in the cap, while the interior portion extends perpendicularly to the exterior portion, transversely to the cap opening. The plug-removing member is fixedly attached to the interior of the cap. It is adapted to pierce through the end of the cigar and remove a small portion of the cigar thereby forming a distinct channel for penetration of the tobacco smoke to the end of the cigar.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 1999Date of Patent: December 19, 2000Inventor: George Vlasios Kontos
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Patent number: 6070593Abstract: The apparatus of the invention broadly comprises a generally cylindrically shaped, hollow handle having an inner diameter and an outer diameter and also having a first end and a second end, a generally cylindrically shaped cutting member fixedly secured within the first end of the handle, and, a cap member comprising a hollow cylinder having a longitudinal axis and a disk-like endplate secured at one end thereof, the cap member having an inner diameter which is larger than the outer diameter of at least one portion of the handle, the cap member also comprising a clip extending from the cylinder generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of the cylinder. The invention also comprises various modifications and alternative embodiments of the apparatus, as well as a method of cutting an end of a cigar using the various embodiments.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 1998Date of Patent: June 6, 2000Inventor: Gene Chase
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Patent number: 6055991Abstract: A cigar draw tool that holds a cigar in alignment with a needle-like punch. The punch is pushed through the length of the longitudinal axis of the cigar to create an open air channel that increases the capacity of the cigar to draw. Multiple alignment apertures are provided to allow the punch to create multiple parallel air channels in the cigar such that the user can increase the drawing capacity as desired. In addition, the multiple alignment apertures are arranged to accommodate cigars of varying sizes such that cigars of any width can be punched in the central portion of the cigar by moving the punch to an alternate alignment aperture. A removable lid is used to hold the cigar in alignment with the punch during the punch operation. An alternate embodiment uses an automatically retracting lid that is spring loaded hold the cigar in alignment. Another alternative embodiment uses a hinged lid that flips open to allow a cigar to be inserted or removed.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 1998Date of Patent: May 2, 2000Inventors: Danny Benjoseph, Joel Meisner, David Schmall
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Patent number: 6032679Abstract: A cigar punching device is provided. A cigar punching device includes a cap with a first closed end and a second end. The second end includes an opening. The device further includes a ram having a head portion and an externally threaded shank portion whereby a distal end of the shank portion is secured within the opening of the second end of the cap. A cutting member includes a central bore and is disposed about the ram. The cutting member includes an internally threaded proximal end portion, an intermediate portion, and a tubular cutting distal end portion.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 1998Date of Patent: March 7, 2000Inventor: Michael McGlauflin
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Patent number: 5836318Abstract: A cigar piercing device which includes an outer housing and a moveable top receiving and indexing station for positioning the tip of a cigar. The indexing station is adapted to automatically activate a rotating piercing tool in response to the downward movement of the indexing station by downward pressure being placed against the station by the tip of the cigar.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 1998Date of Patent: November 17, 1998Inventor: James C. Adams
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Patent number: 5678574Abstract: A cigarette punching device comprises a first housing member, a second housing member fitted into the first housing member, a punching device, a receiving cylinder, and an elastic element. The first housing member is provided with a through hole. The second housing member is provided with a front receiving compartment, a rear receiving compartment, and a partition located between the from and the rear receiving compartments. The punching device is received in the rear receiving compartment of the second housing member such that the punching needle of the punching device is located in the front receiving compartment. The receiving cylinder is located in the first housing member via the through hole of the first housing member for holding a cigarette to be punched. The elastic element is located between the first and the second housing members to provide the second housing member with an elastic force enabling the second housing member to bounce back to its original position.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 1996Date of Patent: October 21, 1997Inventors: Min-Tsung Huang, Chih-Chen Chang
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Patent number: 5169481Abstract: An apparatus for laminating at least two strips of strip material and forming the laminate into lightweight, thin-walled tubular members that may be used in the construction of non-combustion smoking articles.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 1990Date of Patent: December 8, 1992Assignee: Philip Morris IncorporatedInventors: Mike Braunshteyn, James E. Hall, Reginald W. Newsome, Jack C. Wheless, Kathleen S. Whittle
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Patent number: 4600022Abstract: A composite smoker's kit for preparing a pipe or a cigar for smoking. The kit is readily adaptable to the body portion of a lighter mechanism to enable easy transfer from a spent lighter mechanism to a fresh lighter mechanism and thereby enjoy a long lifetime of use. The kit features smoker's tools which are compactly mounted on a spring clip of the kit. The tools are detented on the lighter body when not in use but can be conveniently pivoted to operational position when desire is to use the tools.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 1985Date of Patent: July 15, 1986Inventor: Howard E. Pierce, Jr.
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Patent number: 4231378Abstract: A device for perforating packaged cigarettes comprising first and second housing members, one of which is movably received within the other, one of the housing members having a plurality of spaced pins or needles which are movable to perforate or pierce the cigarettes contained within a package. The device includes means for selectively raising and lowering the package of cigarettes so as to create perforations at different points along the lengths of the cigarettes. Optionally provided is a locking mechanism for preventing relative movement of the housing portions to prevent the needles from inadvertently protruding from a nested position, thereby increasing the safety of the device.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 1978Date of Patent: November 4, 1980Inventor: Pierre M. Stevens
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Patent number: 4148324Abstract: A cigar, cigarette or similar smoking product is perforated immediately prior to wrapping by a set of needles mounted in a block arranged to be moved onto the cigar or cigarette to be perforated. The needles are guided and protected by an apertured stripper plate which is mounted on the block for movement in the direction of the needles. The stripper plate is provided with spring loading between itself and the block so as to urge the stripper plate away from the block.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 1977Date of Patent: April 10, 1979Assignee: Imperial Group LimitedInventors: Ernst Muller, Klaus F. A. Pietruska
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Patent number: 4046152Abstract: A device no larger in circumference than a silver dollar, and no thicker than three-tenths of an inch (when designed for perforating a normally dimensioned cigarette), having a hole in its center used to receive the item to be perforated.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 1976Date of Patent: September 6, 1977Inventor: Jac Eduard Purdon