Cigar cutting and snuffing tool

Abstract

A cigar cutting and snuffing tool comprising a cutter sub-assembly having a tubular cutter and a pusher element slidingly mounted therewithin, together with a snuffer barrel tightly mounted on the outside of the cutter member. A cigar can be placed into the barrel and brought into contact with the tubular cutter, which can then have a plug of tobacco cut from its cap end. The plug of tobacco is held within the tubular cutter until expelled from the cutter by moving the pusher element within the cutter. The snuffer barrel is sized to receive cigars of a series of ring sizes. When a lit cigar is desired to be extinguished, the cigar is inserted and seated within the barrel, with the lit end brought up against and impaled upon the cutter assembly. The tight mounting of the snuffer barrel on the tubular cutter creates an air tight compartment when the cigar is seated within the snuffer barrel. The tool will then prevent air from reaching the burning tobacco so that it quickly becomes extinguished and the entire device mounted on the cigar can then be placed in the smoker's pocket for subsequent smoking.

What I claim is:  
     
         1 - A cigar cutting and snuffing tool comprising, in combination: 
 means for cutting a portion of the cap end of a cigar, said means including a first cylindrical member containing a cutter; and    means for extinguishing a lit cigar, said means including a second cylindrical member sized to accommodate cigars of several ring sizes in a central bore, said second cylindrical member being mounted upon said first cylindrical member in a tight fitting relationship.    
     
     
         2 - The cigar cutting and snuffing tool of  claim 1  wherein when a lit cigar is inserted into the second cylindrical member and is seated within the central bore thereof a closed substantially air-tight chamber is created between the cutting means and the extinguishing means which enables rapid extinction of the lit portion of the cigar.  
     
     
         3 - The cigar cutting and snuffing tool of  claim 2  wherein upon assembly of the cutting means and cigar extinguishing means, the cutter on said cutting means will be located within the central bore of the second cylindrical member, and any ash carried by the lit cigar will become at least partially impaled upon said cutter.  
     
     
         4 - The cigar cutting and snuffing tool of  claim 2  wherein the central bore of said second cylindrical member contains at least a first tapered section providing a larger and a smaller cross-section within said central bore, said first tapered section being arranged with its larger cross-section opening at one end of the said second cylindrical member.  
     
     
         5 - The cigar cutting and snuffing tool of  claim 4  wherein the central bore of said second cylindrical member contains a second tapered section of a flatter angle than said first tapered section, said second tapered section being arranged inwards in the central bore following the first tapered section.  
     
     
         6 - The cigar cutting and snuffing tool of  claim 5  wherein when the cutting means is assembled into the cigar extinguishing means the cutter will be located within the central bore approximately at the location of the joinder of the first and second tapered section of the central bore.  
     
     
         7 - The cigar cutting and snuffing tool of  claim 5  wherein upon assembly of the cutting means and cigar extinguishing means, the cutter on said cutting means will be located within the central bore of the second cylindrical member, and any ash carried by the lit cigar will become at least partially impaled upon said cutter, and wherein the second cylindrical member at the location of the second tapered section of said central bore will serve to partially crush any portion of the lit cigar entering therewithin.  
     
     
         8 - The cigar cutting and snuffing tool of  claim 3  wherein the central bore of said second cylindrical member contains at least a first tapered section providing a larger and a smaller cross-section within said central bore, said first tapered section being arranged with its larger cross-section opening at one end of the said second cylindrical member.  
     
     
         9 - The cigar cutting and snuffing tool of  claim 8  wherein the central bore of said second cylindrical member contains a second tapered section of a flatter angle than said first tapered section, said second tapered section being arranged inwards in the central bore following the first tapered section.  
     
     
         10 - The cigar cutting and snuffing tool of  claim 9  wherein when the cutting means is assembled into the cigar extinguishing means the cutter will be located within the central bore approximately at the location of the joinder of the first and second tapered section of the central bore.  
     
     
         11 - The cigar cutting and snuffing tool of  claim 9  wherein upon assembly of the cutting means and cigar extinguishing means, the cutter on said cutting means will be located within the central bore of the second cylindrical member, and any ash carried by the lit cigar will become at least partially impaled upon said cutter, and wherein the second cylindrical member at the location of the second tapered section of said central bore will serve to partially crush any portion of the lit cigar entering therewithin.  
     
     
         12 - A cigar cutting and snuffing tool comprising, in combination: 
 means for cutting a portion of the cap end of a cigar, said means including a first cylindrical member containing a cutter;    a cylindrical pusher member slidingly mounted within the first cylindrical member, said pusher member and said first cylindrical member being provided with means to limit the movement of the pusher member between a first position where the pusher member is withdrawn within the cutting means away from said cutter, and a second position where the pusher member is aligned with said cutter, and    means for extinguishing a lit cigar, said means including a second cylindrical member sized to accommodate cigars of several ring sizes in a central bore, said second cylindrical member being mounted upon said first cylindrical member in a tight fitting relationship.    
     
     
         13 - The cigar cutting and snuffing tool of  claim 12  wherein the pusher member is provided with a groove within its outer cylindrical surface, and means for limiting the relative motion of the pusher member within the first cylindrical member comprising a set screw mounted upon said first cylindrical member and extending within the groove in the outer cylindrical surface of the pusher member, whereby upon mounting of the set screw the pusher member and first cylindrical member cannot become separated.  
     
     
         14 - The cigar cutting and snuffing tool of  claim 13  wherein when a lit cigar is inserted into the second cylindrical member and is seated within the central bore thereof a closed substantially air-tight chamber is created between the cutting means and the extinguishing means which enables rapid extinction of the lit portion of the cigar.  
     
     
         15 - The cigar cutting and snuffing tool of  claim 14  wherein upon assembly of the cutting means and cigar extinguishing means, the cutter on said cutting means will be located within the central bore of the second cylindrical member, and any ash carried by the lit cigar will become at least partially impaled upon said cutter.  
     
     
         16 - The cigar cutting and snuffing tool of  claim 14  wherein the central bore of said second cylindrical member contains at least a first tapered section providing a larger and a smaller cross-section within said central bore, said first tapered section being arranged with its larger cross-section opening at one end of the said second cylindrical member.  
     
     
         17 - The cigar cutting and snuffing tool of  claim 16  wherein the central bore of said second cylindrical member contains a second tapered section of a flatter angle than said first tapered section, said second tapered section being arranged inwards in the central bore following the first tapered section.  
     
     
         18 - The cigar cutting and snuffing tool of  claim 17  wherein when the cutting means is assembled into the cigar extinguishing means the cutter will be located within the central bore approximately at the location of the joinder of the first and second tapered section of the central bore.  
     
     
         19 - The cigar cutting and snuffing tool of  claim 17  wherein upon assembly of the cutting means and cigar extinguishing means, the cutter on said cutting means will be located within the central bore of the second cylindrical member, and any ash carried by the lit cigar will become at least partially impaled upon said cutter, and wherein the second cylindrical member at the location of the second tapered section of said central bore will serve to partially crush any portion of the lit cigar entering therewithin.  
     
     
         20 - A cigar cutting and snuffing tool comprising, in combination: 
 a cutter member in the form of a cylinder, the outer surface thereof having an enlarged head at one end and a sharp cutter extending within the cylinder at the other end, a portion of the outer surface of the cylinder having a diameter that is increased slightly to a larger diameter to provide a ramped area adjacent the enlarged head, and another portion of the outer surface of the cylinder having a threaded hole extending through the cylinder rearward of the cutter;    a pusher member in the form of a second cylinder having a solid planar end mounted within the first mentioned cylinder and having a sliding fit therebetween, the outer surface of the second cylinder having a groove therein, the assembly of the pusher member within the cutter member serving to position the groove in the second cylinder in alignment with the threaded hole in the first mentioned cylinder, whereby the pusher member is freely axially movable within the cutter member between two positions determined by the width of the groove in the second cylinder, said parts being so arranged that one of said positions of the pusher member will align its planar end with the cutter on the cutter member and the second position will position the said planar end within the cutter member withdrawn from the cutter member; and    a cigar snuffer member in the form of a third cylinder having a central bore, the outer surface of such snuffer cylinder having an enlarged flange adjacent one end thereof, the inner end portion of said snuffer cylinder next adjacent said flange being seated upon the ramped area on said cutter member cylinder, the central bore of said snuffer cylinder being provided with a first tapered section with its largest diameter being located at the opposite end of said snuffer cylinder from said enlarged flange, and a second tapered section in said cylinder leading from the smaller cross-section of said first tapered section, said second tapered section being at a flatter angle than said first tapered section,    whereby upon assembly of the cutter member, the pusher member and cigar snuffer member, the cutter on said cutter member will be located within the central bore of the snuffer member, and when a lit cigar is inserted into the second cylindrical member and is seated within the central bore thereof a closed substantially air-tight chamber will be created within the tool, said tool then serving to impale on the cutter any ash carried by the lit cigar and to extinguish the lit end of the cigar.