US1865679A - Mouthpiece for cigarettes - Google Patents

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MOUTHfIECE FOR CIGARETTES Filed Nov. 16 1929 Patented July 5, 1932 NT OFFICE LORNE H. cone, or SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA MOUTHPIECE FOR CIGARETTE-S Application filed November 16, 1929. Serial No. 407,640.

' The invention forming the subject matter of this application relates to mouthpieces, and more particularly to a mouthpiece adapted for attachment to the end of a cigarette.

An object of the invention is to provide. a mouthpiece for cigarettes which when attached to one endof the cigarette will prevent particles of tobacco from entering the mouth of the smoker and wherein the said mouthpiece is arranged on the end of the cigarette in such a manner as to hold the said end in a relatively flattened tapered position.

Another object of the invention is to provide a cigarette mouthpiece of the character described, which can be readily made of paper or sheet cork stampings, and which at the same time is light and strong.

Another object of the invention'is to provide a cigarette mouthpiece which ishi hly useful and simple in construction. onvenience of arrangement, lightness and comparative inexpense of manufacture are further objects which have been borne in mind in the production and development of the invention. 7

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will be made manifest in the following detailed description and specifically pointed out in the appended claims, reference is had to the accompanying drawing for'the illustrative embodiment of the invention,

wherein:

Fig. 1 is a side view of the mouthpiece shown attached to a cigarette and wherein the mouthpiece and a. portion of the cigarette are shown in section;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the mouthpiece as attached to the end of a cigarette;

Fig. 3 is an end view of the mouthpiece and cigarette shown on an enlarged'scale.

Fig. t is a plan view of the cigarette mouthpiece prior to its attachment to a cigarette.

Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on the line 55 of Fig. 4.

Referring to the accompanying drawing wherein similar reference characters designate similar parts throu hout, the various figures described above a equately illustrate my invention, and the following detailed description is commensurate with the above mentioned drawing in enabling an artisan to construct and assemble the constituent parts of the same.

In carrying out my invention, I make use of a cigarette mouthpiece designated as an entirety by thereference numeral 5. In its preferred form themouthpiece 5 consists of a thin flat strip of material 6 such as aper, sheet cork, or any other material whic may be adapted for the purpose. As shown in i Fig. 4, the mouthpiecev strip 6 is elliptical in form, and is provided with a plurality of rel- I actively small equally spaced apartopenings 7 which extend transversely across the center of said strip." I

In order to prepare the strip 6 for attachment to the end of a cigarette indicated by the numeral 11, the said strip is adapted to I be folded along the dotted lines 8 shown on each side of theopenings 7 in Fig. 4. When the strip 6 is folded in this manner it will consist of a substantially rectangular center portion 9 having twosimilar flaps 10 extending from the opposite longitudinal edges of said center portion as is clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2. For the purpose of securing themouthpiece 5 to the end of a cigarette indicated by the numeral 11, it is preferable that the inside surfaces of both of theflaps 10 be coated with an adhesive substance which when moistened will adhere to paper covering 12 of the cigarette 11.

It will be noted that the width of the cen- .ter portion 9 of themouthpiece 5 is substantially smaller than the diameter of the cigarette 11, therefore in attaching the Imouthpiece 5 to the end of said cigarette it will first be necessary to flatten the cigarette end to conform to the width of said center portion. When'the end of the cigarette 11 has been flattened sufiiciently, themouthpiece 5 is fitted over said end so that theflaps 10 overlie the body of the cigarette at diametrically opposite oints thereon, as shown in Fig. 1. The ad esive substance on the inside surfaces of saidflaps 10 is then moistened and the flaps are pressed against the body of the cigarette so as to adhere to the paper covering 12 thereof. It will now be seen that themouthpiece 5 provides a flattened tapered end to the cigarette which is extremely comfortable in the mouth of the 5 smoker. The end portion 9 of the mouthpiece prevents particles of tobacco from entering the smokers mouth, while theopenings 7 in said end allow the smoke to pass unimpeded through said end. It is important of course 10 that said openings be of such small size as to prevent any tobacco from passing therethrough.

From the foregoing, it is thought that the construction, use and many advantages of the herein described cigarette mouthpiece will be readily understood without further description, and it will also be understood that chan es in the form, proportion, and minor detai s of construction may be resorted to 2Q without departing from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

What I claim is 1. A mouthpiece for cigarettes comprising a substantially rectangular end portion of less width than the diameter of a cigarette and having a plurality of openings therein through which smoke may pass, and an in tegral flap extending from each of the opso posite longitudinal sides of said end portion so as to overlie one end of a cigarette. 2. A mouthpiece for cigarettes comprising a thin strip of flexible material elliptical in form, and folded transversely so as to form 85 a'substantially rectangular central end portion having fiaps extending from the opposite longitudinal edges thereof which flaps are adapted to overlie one end oi a cigarette, said substantially rectangular end portion 40 being of less width than the diameter of a cigarette and having a plurality of openings therein through which smoke may pass.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature.

Y LORNE COLPE.

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