Cigar-moistener and price and brand ticket.

(Application filed Apr. 18, 1801.) (No Model.)

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ATTORNEYS

THE NORRIS PETERS CO.. PHOTO-LITHft. WASHINGTON. 0. C.

United States Patent Office»

SIGISMUND STRAUSS, OF NEW YORK N. Y.

Cl G AR-M OISTEN ER AND PRICE AND BRAND TICKET.

SPECIFICATION forming· part of Letters Patent No. 696,512, dated April 1, 1902.

Application file! April 19, 1901, Serial Ho. 56,581. (Ho model.)

To all whom it may concern:

. Be it known that I, Sigismund Strauss a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Cigar-Moistener and Price and Brand Ticket,'of which the following is- a full, clear, and exact description.

ro The purpose of this invention is to provide a moistener adapted for attachment to a cigarbox and which when in position on a box will be held over the cigars in said box, yet out of contact with the cigars.

^r5 .A further purpose of the in vention is to provide a clamp-support for the moistener upon which the moistener is pivoted, enabling a person desiring free access .to all parts of a box of cigars over which the moistener is held so to quickly and conveniently move the moistener out of the way and restore it to its normal position.

Another purpose of the invention is to so construct the moistener that its upper face ²5 may be utilized as a label or ticket indicating the name, character, and price of the cigars in the box to which the device is applied.

. The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as 30 will be hereinafterfully setforth, and pointed out in the claims.

. Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference 35 indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

. Figure 1 is a perspective view of a box of cigars and a perspective view of the device applied to the said box, the moistener being in position over the cigars and a part of the 40 moistener being broken away; and Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the device, illustrating a slight difference in its construction and illustrating the moistener as raised from over the cigars in the box to which the moistener is 45 applied.

A represents a cigar-box of the usual type, and B the cigars in said box.

The moistener C is shown as of circular shape in the drawings; but it may be given 50 any desired shape—as, for example, it may be made of lozenge shape, or it may be rectangular or polygonal. The moistener 0 consists of a top plate 10. Upon this plate the name of the cigar contained in the box may be produced. The character of the cigar may 55 likewise be indicated on the said plate, together with its price. The said, moistener further consists of a body-section 11, which is attached to the marginal portion of the plate 10, the said body portion being of reticu- 60 lated or perforated material, having an upwardly-extending marginal flange 12, likewise reticulated or perforated, which is secured in any suitable or approved manner to the upper plate 10. .

In the space between the upper plate 10 of the moistener and the reticulated bottom or bodj- portion thereof an absorbent material 13 is located, such as felt, and this absorbent material may occupy a portion of or the en- 70 tire space mentioned. When the moistener is in use, the absorbent material 13 is saturated with as much water as it will hold without dripping.

In connection with the moistener C a clamp- 75 holder D is employed. This clamp-holder is made of a spring-wire of a suitable gage, the wire being bent upon itself to form an outer downwardly-extending yoke or U-shaped member 14 and inner twin legs 15, located 80 opposite the side members of the voke member 14, and the said legs likewise’ extend in a downward direction, together with a horizontal yoke 15^a, which is a continuation of the upper portion of the inner strands or 85 members of the said legs 15. In Fig. 1 arms 16, consisting of pieces of wire of suitable length, are pivotally connected with the outer or bow section 14 of the holder, the outer ends of said arms 16 being shown as provided 90 with eyes 17, which have sliding and pivotal engagement with the side members of the outer yoke 14 of the holder, and the inner or free ends of these arms 16 are passed into the moistener C through convenient apertures or 95 openings in the flange of its bottom portion, as is shown in both of the figures.

In Fig. 2 I have illustrated a slight deviation in the construction of the holder, which deviation consists in dispensing with the eyes 100 17 and connecting the arms 16 by a cross-bar 18, which cross-bar is made to enter the space between the yoke 14 and the opposing members of the legs 15.

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In Operation the clamp - support D is attached to the body of the cigar-box by causing the yoke member 14 to pass along the outer face of the box and the legs 15 to be 5 located at the inner face of the box, whereupon the horizontal yoke 15^a is located within the box at a slight distance above the contents of said box, and when the moistener C is carried down to the horizontal position io (shown in Fig. 1) the arms 16, directly supporting the said moistener, rest upon the inner yoke 15^a, as is also shown in Fig. 1. The moistener will now be held over the cigars in the box, yet out of contact therewith, and 15 upon the upper plain face of the moistener the name, character, and price of the cigar may be plainly read by the prospective purchaser.

Should the moistener be in the way when 20 a cigar is to be removed from the box, said moistener may be carried out from the box and made to incline outwardly from the section of the box to which the clamp-support is secured, as shown in Fig. 2, and when the 25 moistener is in this position the entire contents of the box are accessible. The selection having been made, the moistener maybe dropped down to its normal position.

It will be observed that the moistener serves 30 a dual purpose—namely, it keeps the cigars in a proper condition for use and also serves as a label for the contents of the box.