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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7503329 | Cigar cutter 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 ... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7308897 | Cigar opener 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 ( | 12/18/2007 |
| 7299807 | Machine for conditioning cigars 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 engag... | 11/27/2007 |
| 6732742 | Method of conditioning cigars 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 t... | 05/11/2004 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6055991 | Cigar draw blockage tool 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 ape... | 05/02/2000 |
| 5862809 | Cigar holder with snuffer A portable cigar holder for rapidly extinguishing a lighted cigar and for saving the extinguished cigar for later consumption is provided. The cigar holder comprises a hollow cylindrical tube having a closed end portion and an open end opposed to said clo... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5836318 | Piercing device for cigars 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 mo... | 11/17/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5169481 | Apparatus making thin laminate structures and forming the structures into lightweight, thin-walled tubes 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.... | 12/08/1992 |
| 4907604 | Device for extinguishing and saving cigars The present invention relates to a device for rapidly extinguishing a lighted cigar and for saving the extinguished cigar for later consumption. The device comprises a hollow cylindrical tube having a closed end portion and an open end opposed to said clo... | 03/13/1990 |
| 4733674 | Cigar ventilating device A cigar ventilating device as provided which includes a projectile having a forward end formed by a conical end portion and a cylindrical portion there behind with a definite but low angle of flare adapted to enter a cigar and form a hole therein when pos... | 03/29/1988 |
| 4263923 | Perforator for a single cigarette A perforator for a single cigarette is disclosed. The perforator includes a support-base having a projection extending from one of its sides. The projection has a notch adapted to freely receive a cigarette adjacent to the support-base. A pin projects fro... | 04/28/1981 |
| 4250899 | Cigarette puncher A cigarette puncher comprising a body member having a clip portion and a punch support portion, an elongated guide slot in the body member has a width permitting the snug insertion of the end of a cigarette therein and an elongated punch member is mounted... | 02/17/1981 |
| 4246912 | Apparatus for perforating cigarettes Apparatus for perforating cigarettes disposed in rows in a pack comprising first and second relatively movable members defining an opening for receiving one end of a pack of cigarettes. At least the first member carries a plurality of needles for perforat... | 01/27/1981 |
| 4140137 | Adjustable aperture cigarette perforating apparatus A cigarette perforating mechanism which operates to perforate a cigarette after the filter final assembly in a cigarette making machine. Perforating points of V design are mounted adjustably so that the points may be set to different heights to make perfo... | 02/20/1979 |
| 3985144 | Apparatus for forming cigarette filters This invention relates to an apparatus for forming cigarette filters, including a drum for receiving and holding a plurality of filters and a heated probe which can be moved into contact with the filters to form the filters into a desired configuration.... | 10/12/1976 |
| 3958498 | Method and apparatus for forming cigarette filters This invention relates to a method and apparatus for forming cigarette filters, including a means for receiving and holding a plurality of filters and a heated probe which can be moved into contact with the filters to form the filters into a desired confi... | 05/25/1976 |
