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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7418785 | Compact dispensing tube opener A compact dispensing tube opener for accessing contents of a dispensing tube having a dispensing tip and an inner seal. The opener includes a housing with first and second passageways therein meeting at an angle at an intersection. A blade carriage is movable in the... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7409955 | Cigarette preserver-container 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 ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7137204 | Wire tool system and method The invention comprises a tool useful for the manipulation of a wire. The tool includes a first body portion, a second body portion substantially translationally coupled to the first body portion, and a wire engaging member. The wire engaging member has a first sect... | 11/21/2006 |
| 6907886 | Cigar tip plug cutter 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 upr... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6875013 | Lighter with dual cutter assemblies A combination lighter having dual cutting assemblies for severing the end of a cigar and punching a hole therein is disclosed. The device includes a lighter body which supports a lighter mechanism, a first cutting assembly, and a second cutting assembly. The first c... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6732741 | Lighter with cigar cutter The invention provides a lighter comprising a body and an end portion having a hinged connection with the body. The body includes a recess at its lower end. The end portion includes a cigar cutter, comprising an elongated generally tubular blade, extending from a su... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6705326 | Packaging for a cigar 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, prefe... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6572495 | Multi-purpose golfer's tool A multi-purpose golfer's tool including a retractable ball-mark repair blade and a cigar cutter, the housing for the tool having a central opening adapted to receive the end of a cigar. The ball-mark repair blade is actuated by a lever arm that is secured... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6386204 | Cigar holder with cutter 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... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6341610 | Multi-blade cigar cutting device A cigar cutting device includes a rod with a bottom disk on an end and a kick member on the other end of the rod. A first tube with a first tubular blade is movably mounted to the rod and an operation disk is connected to the first tube. The first tube ha... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6298856 | Lighter with cigar cutter The invention provides a lighter comprising a body and an end portion having a hinged connection with the body. The body includes a recess at its lower end. The end portion includes a cigar cutter, comprising an elongated generally tubular blade, extendin... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6295991 | Lighter holder and cigar nipper A cigar cutter and lighter storage device for cutting off an end of a cigar is disclosed. The device has a tubular body with a first end for receiving a disposable lighter and a collar which removably secures the lighter within the body. A cutter element ... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6196233 | Golf tee shaped cigar punch and cutter 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 p... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6164286 | Spring enhanced cigar cutter The invention relates to a cutter for cutting the tip off a cigar. The cutter has a flat housing with mutually aligned openings which are arranged on a wide side of the housing and form a through-opening for inserting the cigar. The cutter further include... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6161550 | Cigar holder with cutter 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 i... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6151781 | Method and apparatus for cutting a cigarette A hollow cutter body having an opening is adapted to slidably receive an end of a cigarette lighter. The opening is defined by a cutter body wall that has a slot extending from an end of the cutter body opposite to the opening, and at least partway along ... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6070593 | Method and apparatus for cutting an end of a cigar 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 w... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6062227 | Finger-operated refuse-retaining cigar head cutter A finger-operated refuse-retaining cigar head cutter comprising a body member, an opening in one side of the body member sized to permit insertion of a cigar head to be cut, and refuse-retention structure in the body member opposite said opening, a cuttin... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6049984 | Tower guillotine cigar cutter A tower guillotine cigar end cutter has spaced twin towers with an upper crossbeam on a base, with a moveable cutter block and blade that is raised vertically by a rope, between the towers. Upon release, the cutting blade and block falls on a lower block ... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6023845 | Electric cigar cutter An electric cigar cutter employs a motor-driven, rotatable cutting blade which functions to trim a cigar by cutting off the tip. The cutting blade pivots, and as it pivots, it passes through the cigar, thereby cutting the tip. The present invention incorp... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5992022 | Cigar cutter The cigar cutter object of the invention consists of a cutting blade (1) with an oblique cutting edge (2), this blade being able to move in an axial direction and in a guided form between two plates (3) and (3') which are duly fixed one to the other. The ... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5947280 | Cigarette container with cutting device A new cigarette container with cutting device for cutting off the lit end of a cigarette off so that the remainder of the cigarette may be stored in the container to be smoked later. The inventive device includes a base portion, a top, a bottom and a peri... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5911573 | Gas lighter with a cigar cutter A gas lighter which includes a gas lighter unit controlled by a press button switch to produce a flame at a flame nozzle thereof for burning, a sliding track at one side of the gas lighter unit, a slide box mounted in the sliding track and moved in and ou... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5862808 | Cigar punch An apparatus for cutting a plug from the end of a cigar comprises a housing having a hollow body portion with opposite first and second ends. The first end of the hollow body portion has a cutting edge for cutting a portion of a cigar wrapper at the end o... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5819753 | Device for severing a portion of a cigarette A cigarette severing device is provided including a housing with a slot and a circular aperture formed therein. A blade is slidably situated within the slot. Also included is a slider control mechanism for effecting the sliding of the blade within the slo... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5806532 | Self-ejecting cigar core cutter A self-ejecting cigar core or plug cutter having a cylindrical barrel, a slidable cylindrical cutting tube inside the barrel, and a solid cylindrical core member inside the cutting tube, the cutting tube extending rearwardly and being secured to a knob, a... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5791051 | Cigar cutter A cigar cutter comprising a housing having a cigar tip receiving aperture, a cigar tip cutoff blade having an inclined cutting edge, and a blade mounting slide telescopically fitted to the housing and adapted to be manually operated to move the blade to c... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5778896 | Smoking pipe and fastener manipulating tool A pipe for use in smoking tobacco including a hollow stem having a mouth end structured as a small tool socket for grasping nuts and bolt heads, and for holding a removable screw driver rod. A tobacco bowl at the opposite end of the stem includes a sidewa... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5765569 | Cigar cutter An improved cigar cutter capable of cutting a cylindrical plug from the end of a cigar is described. The cigar cutter includes a sharpened cylindrical blade slidably mounted on a cylindrical mandrel. The cylindrical blade has a radial orifice adjacent to ... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5759120 | Multi-function golfer's tool A multi-function golfer's cigar tool includes a body with a cigar cutter having a blade movably mounted therein, an arrangement for repairing a ball mark on a golf course associated with the body, a cigar support stand and a golf club support stand.... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5740816 | Smoking accessory A smoking accessory which functions as a cigar hole punch. The implement contains a hidden and detachable cigar hole punch and puncturing awl. The outward or exterior element of the device serves as a storage compartment for housing the puncturing awl and... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5643114 | Golf accessory A golf accessory which is a combined ball-mark repairer and cigar cutter and/or holder is disclosed. In a first embodiment the device includes a ball mark repairer at one end and a cigar cutter located at the other end. The device includes a sliding mecha... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5377696 | Cigarette reconditioning device A device which makes it possible to smoke the same cigarette several times by cutting and snuffing burning tobacco from the end of the cigarette, leaving a cigarette butt that can be smoked again. The devices uses a blade (24) and a snuffer (26), movable ... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5345952 | Portable cigarette cutter, extinguisher, and conveyance apparatus A portable cigarette cutter, extinguisher, and conveyance apparatus having a container with a cutting blade and sealing assembly mounted therein. A cigarette or article can be inserted through the container into a cigarette or article receiving member hav... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5303721 | Cigarette snipping device A planar elongate cigarette snipping device for removing the burnt end of a partially-smoked cigarette to expose fresh tobacco for relighting the cigarette, includes a pair of planar knife blades which are moved from a rest position to an operative positi... | 04/19/1994 |
| 4160318 | Apparatus for severing predetermined lengths from cigarettes or cigars An apparatus for severing predetermined lengths from a cigarette or cigar comprises a tubular passage which receives the cigarette or cigar to be cut, and a manually actuated blade positioned transverse to the longitudinal axis of the tubular passage and ... | 07/10/1979 |
