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Class 131/255 - Punch


Subclass of Class 131 - Tobacco
Definition: Devices wherein the perforator comprises a punch which removes
No. of patents: 26
Last issue date: 04/17/2012


NumberTitleIssue Date
8156943Method for opening a smoke passage in a cigar and tool therefor
A method for opening a smoke passage in a cigar includes using a tool which has a tube which is connected to an air supply. The tube has an air exit aperture(s) which exhausts air delivered by the air supply. The tube is inserted into a cigar and the air supply is o...
04/17/2012
7322361Method for supplying a flowable medium to the tobacco of a smoking product
The invention relates to a method for supplying a flowable medium to the tobacco rod of a smoking product, wherein the medium is introduced on a drum (1) of a cigarette machine, after the tobacco rod is formed. ...
01/29/2008
7308897Cigar 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
7299807Machine 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
6907886Cigar 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
6732742Method 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
6732741Lighter 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
6705326Packaging 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
6386204Cigar 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
6298856Lighter 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
6196233Golf 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
6161550Cigar 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
6102047Combination cigar punch, stand and holder
A cigar punch, stand and holder appliance comprised of a tube body 10 having a match stop 12 divider therein making a match holding compartment 28. A knurled cap 20 threaded to fasten securely to the top of the appliance with the top of the knurled cap ha...
08/15/2000
6070593Method 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
6055991Cigar 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
6032679Cigar punching device
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 wher...
03/07/2000
6026574Cigar plug cutting apparatus
The cigar plug cutter apparatus of the present invention overcomes the disadvantages of the known devices to provide a more accurate and safe cut of the cigar tip. The apparatus of the present invention for cutting and removing a plug-like portion from th...
02/22/2000
5862808Cigar 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
5836318Piercing 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
5806532Self-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
5799662Cigar punch and tobacco ejector
A cigar punch and tobacco ejector apparatus comprising a housing having a cylindrical hollow body attached to a base and having an open circular end, and a cutter having a barrel removably connected to a handle and a slot formed on the barrel adjacent to ...
09/01/1998
5771581Cigar cap-cutting and ejection tool
Presented is a cigar cap-cutting and ejection tool provided with a very sharp circular cutting edge susceptible of being pressed into the cap-end of a cigar to thereby define the configuration of the central cigar cap-end portion to be cut from and withdr...
06/30/1998
5678574Cigarette punching device
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 seco...
10/21/1997
5535763Cigar punch and tobacco ejector
A cigar punch and tobacco ejector apparatus comprising a housing having a cylindrical hollow body attached to a base and having an open circular end, and a cutter having a barrel connected to a handle and a slot formed on the barrel adjacent to the handle...
07/16/1996
4733674Cigar 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
4711254Cigar holder
A cigar holder is provided and consists of a thin cylindrical-shaped tube that can be inserted within a mouth of a smoker. The tube has a hollow punch extending centrally inwardly to pierce butt end of a cigar for allowing free drawing of smoke. The thin ...
12/08/1987
 
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