Red indicates additions made after the paper edition was published in 2005.

Patents copied by Don Thornton of Egg Beater fame. Annotated and compiled by Tony Hyman.  NOT a complete list of all cigar patents. All patents are listed together chronologically, but in the NCM Library itself box patents are filed separately in binders

GENERAL INFO ABOUT PATENTS

Gordon, John Steele. “Cigars and Broadway,” AMERICAN HERITAGE (November 1997), p18-20. Xerox copy of Oscar Hammerstein story.

Irizar, Dr. Mario Diaz. COMENTARIOS A LOS LEYES DE MARCAS Y PATEN-TES.. Official edition. Havana: Government of Cuba, 1917.  Hardcover 248 pp commentary on the laws affecting brand names and trade marks written in Spanish. Excellent condition with a few spectacular (and valuable) illustrations. Very rare.

Jung, S. Paul, Jr.  19TH CENTURY PATENTS, DESIGNS AND TRADEMARKS FOR TOBACCO PIPES AND RELATED MATERIAL ISSUED BY THE U.S. PATENT OFFICE 1858-1899.  Bel Air, MD: by the author, 1987.  Copy 188 of 250.  1250pp, 2 vol. profusely illus paperback. Herculean compilation performed as a one-man labor of love. Covers pipes, pipe stems, mouth-pieces, trademarks, lighters, cleaners, holders, smoking tubes, cigar pipes, pipe stems and more.  As new.

PATENTS FOR INVENTIONS. ABRIDGMENTS OR SPECIFICATIONS RELATING TO THE PREPARATION  AND USE OF TOBACCO A.D. 1721-1866.  London: Office of The Commissioners of Patents for inventions, 1870. approx 200 pp, many uncut. Paper covered, trade paperback. Excellent except spine and rear cover have been tape reinforced.

PATENTS FOR INVENTIONS: CLASS 130 TOBACCO 1897-1915. London: Courier Press for His Majesty’s Stationary Office, published annually, here compiled and bound together. Hardcover. Profusely illustrated. Very fine condition for set.

PATENTS FOR INVENTIONS: CLASS 130 TOBACCO 1916-’30.  London: Courier Press, for His Majesty’s Stationary Office, published annually, compiled and bound.

Rehr, Darryl. “About Patent Models,” ETCetera #27 (June, 1994), p5. Original mag.

US Patent Office. UNITED STATES STATUTES CONCERNING THE REGIS-TRATION OF PRINTS AND LABELS WITH THE RULES OF THE PATENT OFFICE RELATING THERETO, Edition of July 1, 1902. Washington, DC: GPO, 1902. 6"x9" paper covered 19pp document, folded in half, eles very fine.

PATENTS ISSUED

All are listed together chronologically, but in the NCM Library box patents are filed separately in binders.

1850's

William Palmer Surgey of Hackney, county of Middlesex England assignor to Charles Henry Stanley of New York City. PATENT NO 16,200 for IMPROVEMENT IN CIGARS. Granted December 9, 1856. Built-in friction lighter.

Thomas Blanchard of Boston, Mass. PATENT NO. 19,746 for IMPROVEMENT IN CIGARS. Granted March 30, 1858. Inset a tube made of tobacco down the heart of cigars and cigarettes to make them draw better. First hole-in-head.

1860's

Thomas Thorp of New York City. PATENT NO. 27,484 for CIGAR-HEADING SOCKET. Granted March 13, 1860. Attachment to belt type cigar machine for finishing the head of a cigar.

Isaac Lindsley of Providence, Rhode Island. PATENT NO. 29,436 for IMPROVE-MENT IN CIGARS. Granted July 31, 1860. A 'hydrolicized" cigar stamped in molds by hydraulic presses with central tube in various shapes.

Michael Johnston of South Boston, Mass. PATENT NO. 31,808 for IMPROVE-MENT IN CIGAR-HOLDERS. Granted March  26, 1861. Basically, a portable hookah to water cool the smoke.

William C. Kneeland of Brooklyn, New York. PATENT NO. 33,889 for IMPROVE-MENT IN CIGARS. Granted December 10, 1861. Using silk diagonal wrapped pre-binder to make cigars from scraps.

S. Davis of Montreal, Canada. PATENT NO. 44,695 for IMPROVED CIGAR. Granted October 11, 1864. Drawing missing. Adding Belladonna to cigars for its healing effect. S.Davis a very important Canadian mfr.

Louis Auguste of New York City. PATENT NO. 45,215 for IMPROVED CIGAR-HOLDER. Granted November 29, 1864. Smoking tube with removable cleanable sponge can be embellished w flavoring.

Charles William Roesling of Cleveland, Ohio. PATENT NO. 47,335 for IMPROVED POWDER FOR LIGHTING CIGARS, &C. Granted April 18, 1865. Potash, alum, charcoal and rye-flour mixed so as to  make a cigar which ignites when breathed upon. No drawing. Sounds dangerous to me.

Chauncey Walton of Washington, DC. PATENT NO. 48,119 for CIGAR. Granted June 6, 1865. Mouthpieces and pins for hole in head. Only partially legible.

Darius Davison of New York City. PATENT NO. 48,527 for IMPROVEMENT IN CIGARS. Granted July 4, 1865. Hollow tube cigars, stuffed with tobacco.

Charles Perry of Elkhorn, Wisc. PATENT NO. 51,080 for CIGAR-CASE. Granted November 21, 1865. Disposal cigar case, complete with matches.

Henry Reimann of Brooklyn, New York. PATENT NO. 53,678 for BOXES FOR CIGAR-FUSES. Granted April 3, 1866. Sliding lid match box for holding lit and unlit matches.

Charles Gschwind and John Grether of Union Hill, New Jersey. PATENT NO. 57,126 for CIGAR-HOLDER AND HAT-HOOK. Granted August 14, 1866. One device  hold your cigar or hang your hat on the wall.

Charles Van Dyeck of Nashville, Tenn. PATENT NO. 59,485 for CIGAR. Granted November 6, 1866. Purpose is the cheapen the cost of cigars by using waste and to add a mouthpiece and absorbent by wrapping it in paper or silk and adding a filter.

Charles Apel of Hoboken, New Jersey. PATENT NO. 64,826 for DEVICE FOR HOLDING CIGARS . Granted May 21, 1867. Device for holding cigar stumps and for cutting ends. A burning cigar can be put into your pocket harmlessly.

Frederick W. Hoffmann of Morrisania, New York. PATENT NO. 68,441 for IMPROVEMENT IN MA-CHINE FOR CUTTING OFF THE ENDS OF CIGARS. Granted September 3, 1867. Guillotine type tuck cutter.

Henry Peterson of Chicago, Illinois. PATENT NO. 68,785 for IMPROVEMENT IN CIGAR-GAUGE AND BUT-CUTTER. Granted September 10, 1867. Another design for a tuck cutter.

William K. Vanderslice Jr. of San Francisco, Calif. PATENT NO. 73,477 for CIGAR-HOLDER. Granted January 21, 1868. Combination holder and piercer, with point remaining in cigar to aid draw.

Charles Quartley of Baltimore, Maryland. PATENT NO. 74,246 for CIGAR. Granted February 11, 1868. Making self lighting friction cigars and cigarettes.

George Moebs of Detroit, Michigan. PATENT NO. 78,312 for IMPROVED CIGAR-HEADER. Granted May 26, 1868. Early device for applying wrapper to head of a cigar "instead of doing this work by hand in the ordinary manner." Faster, neater. "designed to be used with machine made cigars."

Frederic Lewis Hilbright of Newark, New Jersey, assignor to himself and Charles Woodman of Boston, Mass. PATENT NO. 80,284 for IMPROVEMENT IN CIGARS. Granted July 28, 1868. Cap with fine holes on lit end makes it easier to light, and provides a place for trademark.

Martin V.B. Young of New York City. PATENT NO. 80527 for CIGAR-HOLDER. Granted July 22, 1868. Meerschaum like holder that is neat elegant cheap and reduces nicotine, oils and other nasties in cigar smoke.

Selden Risley of Brooklyn, New York. PATENT NO. 84,906 for CIGAR-CASE. Granted December 15, 1868. Foldover disposable 3-cigar holder. Good idea but more complex than the style ultimately adopted.

S.R. Wilmot of Bridgeport, Conn. PATENT NO. 87,314 for IMPROVEMENT IN CASES FOR HOLDING CIGARS. Granted February 23, 1869.  Stamped coregated metal cigar case. Looks like standard case.

Oliver Valladnigham of St. Louis, Missouri. PATENT NO. 88,237 for IMPROVE-MENT IN CIGAR-DRIERS. Granted March 23, 1869. A gas drier for factories to dry already boxed green cigars.

1870's

Ralph Jennings of New York City. PATENT NO. 99,204 for IMPROVED PERFOR-ATED CIGAR-BOX. Granted January 25, 1870. Using a thin veneer of cedar over perforated cardboard.

Chauncey Jerome of New Haven, Conn. PATENT NO. 100,296 for IMPROVED CIGAR BOX. Granted March 1, 1870. Use of thin veneer over any common wood. Good description. Important patent?

Mathew Richardson of Brooklyn, New York. PATENT  NO. 101,381 for IMPROVED CIGAR-BOX. Granted March 29, 1870. Use of veneer over material with ends of box made of cedar. "...but it does not serve well for cigar boxes." Drawing missing. Have LIGHTENING box.

Eugen Henkel of North Scituate, Rhode Island. PATENT NO. 105681 for IMPROVEMENT IN CIGAR-BOXES. Granted July 26, 1870. Full drop front box w/ metal clasps and complex fragile unnecessary corner latches.

William Edward Newton of Middlesex, England. PATENT NO. 2492 for IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BUNCHES OR FILLERS FOR CIGARS, AND IN THE PREPARATION OF TOBACCO THEREFOR. Granted 15th September, 1870 in England.  Original document, not photocopy. Includes life size drawings of machine, repaired on crease lines. ex libris.

Samuel B. Jerome assigned to Samuel Peck & Co., both of New Haven, Conn. PATENT NO. 107,266 for IMPROVEMENT IN MOLDS FOR DRYING CIGAR FILLINGS. Granted September 13, 1870. Designed to receive and hold cigar filler absorbing moisture until the wrapper is put on.

Judson Thomson of Syracuse, NewYork. PATENT NO. 116,373 for IMPROVE-MENT IN WATER-PROOF CIGAR-BOXES. Granted June 27, 1871. Cardboard boxes varnished.

Thomas Wiley of Lancaster, Penn. PATENT NO. 116782 for IMPROVEMENT IN CIGAR-BOXES. Granted July 4, 1871. Method of constructing box so revenue stamp can be applied but the contents can be seen.

Nicholas Buhle of New York City. PATENT NO. 120,240 for IMPROVEMENT IN CIGAR-CLAMPS. Granted October 24, 1871. Dumb cigar holder.

William Rhoades of Auburn, New York. PATENT NO. 122,854 for IMPROVE-MENT IN CIGAR-BOXES. Granted January 16, 1872. Wrap around design with wooden ends and top.

John Chase of New York City. PATENT NO. 124,545 for IMPROVEMENT IN CIGAR-HOLDERS. Granted March 12, 1872.  Holder made of paraffin, cardboard and lots of wire. Enables you to "talk more and spit less" while smoking.

Henry Schmeer of Syracuse, New York. PATENT NO. 125,910 for IMPROVEMENT IN CIGAR-BOXES.  Granted April 23, 1872. Complicated cardboard monstrosity able to be opened top or bottom for packing. Why is not explained.

Philip Greenwald of Syracuse, New York. PATENT NO. 127,597 for IMPROVE-MENT IN CIGAR-BOXES. Granted June 4, 1872. Another hard to build lunacy.

Robert J. Sheehy of Boston, Mass. PATENT NO. 127,649 for IMPROVEMENT IN CIGAR HOLDERS AND PERFORATORS. Granted June 4, 1872. Home desk type cigar holder and piercer.

Marshall Turley and Jane Mary Innes of Council Bluffs, Iowa. PATENT NO. 127,930 for IMPROVEMENT IN CIGARS. Granted June 11, 1872. Mouthpiece covers end of cigar with corn stalk to absorb nicotine.

Frederick Funke of Detroit, Mich. PATENT NO. 128,481 for IMPROVEMENT IN CIGAR-CUTTERS. Granted July 2, 1872. Important patent for tuck cutter.

William B. Hale Jr. of Milford, Mass. PATENT NO. 130,713 for IMPROVEMENT IN CIGAR-BOXES. Granted August 20, 1872. The octagonal cigar box. Actually used. Searching for one.

James Olney of Providence, Rhode Island. PATENT NO. 132,685 for IMPROVE-MENT IN CIGAR-HOLDERS. Granted October 29, 1872. Another goofy way to denicotinize cigar smoke.

James Brady of Brooklyn, New York. PATENT NO. 134,030 for IMPROVEMENT IN COMBINED CIGAR CUTTERS AND HOLDERS. Granted December 17, 1872. Small scissors like device for cutting cigars. The holder attachment wasn't as good.

William Brewer of Charlestown, Mass. PATENT NO. 135,031 for IMPROVEMENT IN RETAINERS FOR PRESSED AND MOLDED CIGAR-BUNCHES. Granted January 21, 1873. Complex addition to molds.

Jacques Levy, Theodore Levy and Armand Levy of New York City. PATENT NO. 137850 for IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINES FOR CUTTING AND PERFOR-ATING CIGARS. Filed March 8, 1873: granted April 15, 1873. Hole-in-the-head machine simultaneously cutting the tuck.

Edward B. Mead of Pittsfield, Mass. PATENT NO. 140,153 for IMPROVEMENT IN CIGARS. Filed  May 21, 1873; granted June 24, 1873. Glass inset mouth piece for cigars. Externally shaped like modern.

T. John Lewis of Chicago, Illinois. PATENT NO. 138,032 for IMPROVEMENT IN CIGAR-HOLDERS. Filed December 16, 1872; granted April 22, 1873. Wire device making it possible to keep your cigar holder in your mouth while talking, etc. Goofy.

Newton W. Palmer of New York City. PATENT NO. 139,517 for IMPROVEMENT IN CIGAR-DRYING MOLDS. Granted June 3, 1873. Single cigar shaped mold made of metal designed to shape and dry a cigar. Have one.

Socrates Scholfield of Providence, Rhode Island. PATENT NO. 140,850 for IMPROVEMENT IN APPARATUS FOR ARRANGING CIGAR-FILLERS. Machine providing a complicated method of bunch making.

Elias Patterson of Rochester, New York. PATENT NO. 144129 for IMPROVEMENT IN CIGAR BOXES. Filed October 23, 1873; granted October 28, 1873. Way to let customers see the cigars without breaking the revenue stamp by means of a sliding device. Impractical solution to a real problem.

Henry Fowler of Detroit, Mich. PATENT NO. 145,290 for IMPROVEMENT IN CIGAR-BOXES. Filed January 21, 1873; granted December 9, 1873. Combination wood and cardboard box.

Charles Hooper of San Francisco, Calif. PATENT NO. 145, 735 for IMPROVE-MENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CIGAR-BOXES FROM REDWOOD. Filed November 15, 1873; granted December 23, 1873. Boil or steam the wood and it makes great boxes. File marked  "This Patent  is defective."

1876

Thomas Davis of Scranton, Penn. PATENT NO. 177,696 for IMPROVEMENT IN COMBINED IMPLEMENTS. Filed April 28, 1876: granted May 23, 1876. That's Fast! Pocket knife like cigar and cigar box tool.

Adolph Pearl of Brooklyn, New York.  PATENT NO. 186,157 for IMPROVEMENT IN CIGARETTES. Filed November, 1876; granted January 9, 1877.  Patent granted for idea of cutting plug tobacco with the grain of the leaf for cigar and cigarette filler, thereby making a better smoke. Have Pearl's VERY RARE box touting this patent.

Frederick Braymer Jr. of Chicago, Illinois, assignor of one-half his rights to Orlin A. Peck. PATENT NO. 186,792 for IMPROVEMENT IN CIGAR SHOW-BOXES. Filed June 2, 1876; granted January 30, 1877. Compartmentalized cigar box. Also design for unusual hinge similar to one later adopted by cardboard BN makers.

Joseph Gross of Akron, Ohio. PATENT NO. 186,834 for IMPROVEMENT IN MOUTH-PIECES FOR CIGARS. Filed July 7, 1876; granted January 30, 1877. Wooden tip held in place with a spring inside the cigar! Good golly miss Molly!

Charles Fletcher of Williamsburg, New York. PATENT NO. 187,115 for IMPROVE-MENT IN CIGAR-BOXES. Filed July 29, 1876; granted February 6, 1877. Cheap wood box covered with cedar veneer, with beveled corners (so it can be glued instead of nailed, a generally bad idea). Beveling sets the lid inside so it's protected from being accidentally brushed and broken off. May have later example in H.Upmann

Ferdinand Hasselbach and Ernst Hasselbach of Brooklyn, New York. PATENT NO. 187,530 for IMPROVEMENT IN CIGAR-BOXES. Filed January 13, 1877; granted February 20, 1877. Fast! Early drop front, w/ metal clasps at the top. Have example.

Alexander Ebert of Knoxville, Tenn. PATENT NO. 191,038 for IMPROVEMENT IN CIGAR-BOXES. Filed April 2, 1877; granted May 22, 1877. Cigar box with built in cigar cutter.

James Preater of Brooklyn, New York, assignor to Himself, Anna Gillies and Martin Simons of New York City. PATENT NO. 191,466 for IMPROVE-MENT IN CIGAR-BOXES. Filed February 5, 1877; granted May 29, 1877. Method of removing the objectionable appearance of the common sheet tin cigar boxes "and for furnishing boxes that can be used for other purposes after the cigars have ben consumed."  Flanges and cardboard inserts for labels and to keep cigars from touching tin.

Benjamin Ash of New York City. PATENT NO. 192,047 for IMPROVEMENT IN CIGAR-BOXES. Filed march 8, 1877; granted June 19, 1877. Design to "hold the cigars in place even if two, three or four sides of the box are open." Another silly.

Gustav Fuchs of New York City. DESIGN PATENT NO. 10,275 for DESIGN FOR CIGAR-BOX. Filed September 24, 1877; granted October 16, 1877. Missing drawing. Don't understand his description.

Henry Meyers of New York City. PATENT NO. 196,920 for IMPROVEMENT IN CIGAR-BOXES. Filed September 22, 1877; granted November 6, 1877. Bottle shaped cigar box with cigars stacked in pyramid inside by risers. Have.

Martin Pen of Washington, DC; PATENT NO. 197, 051 for IMPROVEMENT IN CIGAR-BOXES. Filed May 14, 1877; granted November 13, 1877. Intended to stop fraud by  elaborate system of layers and bands... impossibly impractical.

Leopold Kaufmann of New York City. PATENT NO. 199,719 for IMPROVEMENT IN CIGAR-BOXES. Filed December 4, 1877; granted January 29, 1878. Missing drawing. Complex double lids, self supporting.

John G. McCarter of Milford, Mass. PATENT NO. 201,031 for IMPROVEMENT IN CIGAR-PIPES. Filed April 28, 1877; granted March 5, 1878. A cartridge loaded pipe with the outward appearance of a cigar. Didn't want to look behind the times!

Spencer H. Hewlett of St. Louis, Missouri. PATENT NO. 204,040 for IMPROVE-MENT IN CIGAR-BOXES. Filed February 16, 1878; granted May 21, 1878. Unfolding cigar case (box) under a spring, more applicable to match boxes, or cigarettes.

Frederick A. Titcomb of Chicago, Illinois. PATENT NO. 204,634 for IMPROVE-MENT IN CIGAR-BOXES. Filed April 5, 1878; granted June 4, 1878. Internal moving partition to keep cigars from rattling around. Designed for cigar salesmen sample boxes.

Mathew Stockhausen and Walter Becklind of New York City. DESIGN PATENT NO. 10,730 for DESIGN FOR CIGAR-BOX. Filed May 29, 1878; granted June 18, 1878. Elaborate confusing description; missing drawing.

Isidor Popper of New York City. PATENT NO. 206,824 for IMPROVEMENT IN CIGAR-BOXES. Filed June 25, 1878; granted August 6, 1878. Drop front box to examine goods laying flat in a box without disturbing them. Have similar with glass front box.

Gustav Jacoby of New York City. DESIGN PATENT NO. 10,828 for DESIGN FOR CIGAR-BOX. Filed August 17, 1878; granted September 10, 1878. Missing drawing. Tin box with the sides "bulged outward, as shown, thus forming a box of peculiar and striking appearance." “Corners slightly raised from the surface.”

Moritz Jonas of New York City. PATENT NO. 208,604 for IMPROVEMENT IN CIGAR-BOXES. Filed June 27, 1878; granted October 1, 1878. Hexagonal box with two glass fronts, hinged in middle making clever display. Love to find one of these!

Sigmund Belmont of New Orleans, Louisiana. DESIGN PATENT NO. 10,854 for DESIGN FOR CIGAR-BOXES. Filed August 27, 1878; granted October 1, 1878. "...box in two parts which form a line at their junction. The part a is made cylindrical while the part b is made cylindrical at the bottom, but hemispherical at the top." Got it? Drawing missing. Alas.

Sigmund Belmont of New Orleans, Louisiana. DESIGN PATENT NO. 10,855 for DESIGN FOR CIGAR-BOXES. Filed August 27, 1878; granted October 1, 1878. "...truncated conical form...ornamented by a tip, a spiral stripe and a fancy scroll as shown." Alas. Missing drawing.

Adolph Moonelis of New York City. DESIGN PATENT NO. 10,863 for DESIGN FOR CIGAR-BOX. Filed September 23, 1878; granted October 8, 1878. Trunk-shaped box made of wood or leather. No drawing as sounds interesting. May have.

Michael Weller and George Repetti of Washington, DC. DESIGN PATENT NO. 10,871 for DESIGN FOR CIGAR-BOXES. "...forming, by partitions, interior subdivisions or smaller boxes, (the partitions may be left out) which are made to correspond in size to the cigars or other article convenient to be packed therein." Drawing missing.

Marcus Schwarz and John Spohr of New York City assignors to Julius Blankenstein of New York City. PATENT NO. 211,189 for IMPROVEMENT IN CIGAR-BOXES. Filed September 23, 1878; granted January 7, 1879. Spring clip for holding box lid open when on display.

Eugene Tollner of Brooklyn assignor to Hall Blair of Brooklyn, New York. PATENT NO. 211,644 for IMPROVEMENT IN CIGAR-BOXES. Filed November 4, 1878; granted January 28, 1879. Reversible 100 box split into 50's with no bottom (similar to Elephant). Has "greater facilities for displaying the goods" presumably because 50's aren't as deep..

Leopold Simons of New York City. DESIGN PATENT NO. 10,968 for DESIGN FOR CIGAR-BOXES. Filed December 2, 1878; granted December 17, 1878. Missing photograph. Giant cigar shaped box. Have box.

Charles Heylmann of Chicago, Illinois. PATENT NO. 216,737 for IMPROVEMENT IN CIGAR-BOXES. Filed September 3, 1878; granted June 24, 1879. Device to flip up a full back flap as a sort of billboard (thus covering the top label and  requiring costlier boxes). Another bad idea.

Frank Knowlton of West Acton, Mass. PATENT NO. 219,819 for IMPROVEMENT IN CIGAR-BOXES. Filed May 13, 1878; granted September 23, 1879. Very complicated multi-tiered box with slanted glass lid and humidifier in the base under the risers. Egad. Cheap, too, he says.

Jeremiah Casey of Allentown, Penn. PATENT NO. 220,575 for IMPROVEMENT IN CIGAR-BOXES. Filed August 30, 1879; granted October 14, 1879. Springs and screws and scattered cigars all over the place if you used his device to make a cigar box always look full. Do the benefits outweigh the grief? Another bad solution to what isn't really a problem.

Ludwig F. Mergott of Newark, New Jersey. PATENT NO. 221,177 for IMPROVE-MENT IN LOCKS FOR CIGAR-BOXES. Filed February 21, 1979; granted November 4, 1879. Interesting Clasp for NWHC type box. Did not become a standard clasp. Hinges pictured on dwg ARE the standard used on NWH boxes.

William Fredericks of New York City. PATENT NO. 222,778 for IMPROVEMENT IN CIGAR-BOXES. Filed July 15, 1879; granted December 23, 1879. Strange complicated double drop front for examining the whole box of cigars. Response to the 13 nice ones on top phenomenon.

1880's

Philip McAleer of Washington, DC. PATENT NO. 225848 for CIGAR-BOX FOR PREVENTING REVENUE FRAUDS. Filed February 10, 1880; granted March 23, 1880. Little metal tongues and strips which "pass through the wood of the box and enter the large ends of the cigars" doesn't sound like a good idea to me.

Frank Sigourney of Bristol, Conn. DESIGN PATENT NO. 11,819 for DESIGN FOR CIGR-BOX. Filed March 5, 1880; granted June 8, 1880. Round cigar box with inserts making it rectangular inside. Photographs (missing) accompanied the filing. No drawing, unfortunately.

Pedro Kurczyn of New York City. DESIGN PATENT 11,877 for DESIGN FOR CIGAR AND CIGARETTE HOLDER. Filed May 27, 1880; granted July 20, 1880. Bending wire to make a holder that contains initials for advertising or personalizing. Missing drawing.

James M. Roberts of Augusta, Georgia. PATENT NO. 236,089 for CIGAR BOX. Filed November 13, 1878; granted December 28, 1880. Air vents at the top and bottom of the back to allow proper curing of green cigars after they are boxed. Response to great demand.

Oscar Hammerstein of New York City. PATENT NO. 238,500 for CIGAR MACHINE. Filed June 30, 1880: granted March 8, 1881. A new and improved machine for making cigars.

Oscar Hammerstein of New York City. PATENT NO. 241,540 for CIGAR-MACHINE. Filed September 27, 1880: granted May 17, 1881. Improvement on above machine which prevents tobacco from becoming packed together and clogging the devicce.

Jesse Smith of Westminster, Maryland. PATENT NO. 242,065 for CIGAR-BOX. Filed March 10, 1881; granted May 24, 1881. Five interlocking bundles packed into a box in a method that guarantees either damage or waste space. Bad idea.

Oscar Hammerstein of New York City. PATENT NO. 244,453 for CIGAR-MACHINE. Filed April 28, 1881: granted July 19, 1881. Improvement in making bunches and applying binder.

Oscar Hammerstein of New York City. PATENT NO. 244,748 for CIGAR-MACHINE. Filed November 11, 1880: granted July 26, 1881. Device attach to previous machine to feed binder leaf.

Solomon Dobriner of New York City. PATENT NO. 250,427 for CIGAR-BOX. Filed November 3, 1881; granted December 6, 1881. TriColor unfolding cigar box. Have.

Oscar Hammerstein of New York City. PATENT NO. 261,849 for CIGAR-MACHINE. Filed December 7, 1881: granted August 1, 1882. Method of using suction to hold wrappers of cigars and cigarettes in place on a table before being wrapped around the cigar or cigarette. Important patent.

Oscar Hammerstein of New York City. PATENT NO. 272,958 for CIGAR-MACHINE. Filed November 28, 1882: granted February 27, 1883. Improvement in suction table.

Oscar Hammerstein of New York City. PATENT NO. 293,732 for MACHINE FOR MANIPULATING CIGAR-WRAPPERS. Filed May 24, 1881: granted February 19, 1884. A procedure for laying tobacco leaves one upon the other to prepare them for the cutting wrapper.

Oscar Hammerstein of New York City. PATENT NO. 293,733 for MACHINE FOR CUTTING AND PILING CIGAR-WRAPPERS. Filed August 24, 1881: granted February 19, 1884. New machine for cutting out cigar wrappers, binders, or the like from leaves of tobacco and for collecting them in piles after they have been cut.

Oscar Hammerstein of New York City. PATENT NO. 315,408 for MACHINE FOR CUTTING CIGAR-WRAPPERS. Filed July7 10, 1883: granted April 7, 1885. More of the suction table.

Oscar Hammerstein of New York City. PATENT NO. 316,540 for MACHINE FOR STRIPPING LEAF-TOBACCO. Filed Ocober 26, 1883: granted April 28, 1885.

George S. Yingling of Tiffin, Ohio. PATENT NO. 332,176 for COMPOUND FOR TREATING TOBACCO. Filed September 22, 1885: Granted December 8, 1885. Compound for neutralizing nicotine in cigars.

George Fowler of Brooklyn, New York assignor of one-half to Andrew Peck and Eashington Snyder both of New York. PATENT NO. 344,095 for HAND-GRIP TESTER. Filed March 6, 1886; granted June 22, 1886. Device to promote cigars by encouraging customers to test their grip. Have GRIP CIGAR box pictuing device.

Oscar Hammerstein of New York City. PATENT NO. 348,206 for CIGAR ROLLING MACHINE. Granted August 31, 1886. Improvement in putting on wrappers.

Oscar Hammerstein of New York City. PATENT NO. 363,065 for CIGAR ROLLING MACHINE. Granted May 17, 1887. Improves the thimble in which the point of the cigar is formed so that any excess of wrapper beyond the point proper of the cigar may be avoided.

Oscar Hammerstein of New York City. PATENT NO. 367,906 for ART OF FORMING LONG FILLINGS FOR CIGARS. Granted August 9, 1887. Illegible copy unfortunately. Drawing shows version of mold and individual hand mold.

Oscar Hammerstein of New York City. assignor to Gustav Falk and Arnold Falk of New York and the Universal Cigar Rolling Machine Company of Jersey City, New Jersey. PATENT NO. 390,167 for MACHINE FOR CUTTING CIGAR-WRAPPERS. Filed February 25 [18??]; granted September 25, 1888. Apparently the cigar folks liked this one.

Oscar Hammerstein of New York City assignor to the Universal Cigar Rolling Machine Company of Jersey City, New Jersey. PATENT NO. 395,227 for CIGAR ROLLING MACHINE. Filed August 17, 1888; granted December 25, 1888. Illegible copy.

1890's

Oscar Hammerstein of New York City. PATENT NO. 428,208 for APPARATUS FOR CUTTING FILLERS FOR LONG FILLER CIGAR BUNCHES. Filed September 12, 1888; granted May 20, 1890. Improved way for forming fillers for long fillers for long filler cigar-bunches.

Oscar Hammerstein of New York City. PATENT NO. 430,644 for CIGAR-BUNCHING MACHINE. Granted June 24, 1890. illegible copy.

[issued to?]. PATENT NO 552,317 for circular cigar mould. Granted December 31, 1895. HAVE ONE.

George Heidenreich of Lockport, New York. PATENT NO. 616,324 for CIGAR-VENDING MACHINE. Granted December 20, 1898. In addition to xerox of text and drawings have blueprint drawing and correspondence from patent attorney and his interpretation of patent’s viability for other products.

1900's

Oscar Hammerstein of New York City. PATENT NO. 675,441 for PROCESS OF CUTTING AND STORING CIGAR-WRAPPERS UNDER TENSION. Filed February 15, 1901; Granted June 4, 1901. Produces cigar wrappers as the cigar wrappers are cut out and transferred to a storage device, maintaining all the wile the proper tension upon the said wrapper. Great drawings.

Oscar Hammerstein of New York City. PATENT NO.  675,442 for APPARATUS FOR MANIPULATING CIGAR-WRAPPERS. Filed March 5, 1901; granted June 4, 1901. Apparatus for manipulating cigar wrappers wherein the main feature of the apparatus is a storage device for the leaves or wrappers which may be combined with a wrapper cutter or a rolling table of suction device.

Oscar Hammerstein of New York City. PATENT NO. 765,776 for DEVICE FOR HEADING CIGARS. Filed January 27, 1903; granted July 26, 1904. Simple and readily operated device for giving the cigar wrapper a strong and neat finish at the pointed end of a cigar, for use by unskilled workmen.

Oscar Hammerstein of New York City. PATENT NO. 826,028 for APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING CIGAR-BUNCH STRUCTURES. Filed July 15, 1903: granted July 17, 1906. Way of moving bunches through the machine.

Oscar Hammerstein of New York City. PATENT NO. 861,834 for CUTTING APPARATUS. Filed Junauary 18, 1902: granted July 30, 1907. modification to wrapper cutting on suction table.

Oscar Hammerstein of New York City. PATENT NO. 872,125 for CIGAR-BUNCH-ROLLING MACHINE. Filed June 25, 1904: granted November 26, 1907. Bunch maker modifications.

Oscar Hammerstein of New York City. PATENT NO. 872,177 for CIGAR-BUNCH-FORMING APPARATUS. Filed June 25, 1904: granted November 26, 1907. Table insert bunch maker.

G.W. Meredith of Wabash, Indiana PATENT NO. [unknown] for CIGAR VENDING MACHINE, granted in 1906 in three patents. Feeds directly from the box to the customer.

Oscar Hammerstein of New York City. PATENT NO. 875,071 for METHOD OF PRODUCING CIGAR-BUNCH STRUCTURES. Filed October 29, 1902: granted December 31, 1907. Using suction to produce multiple bunches simultaneously.

Oscar Hammerstein of New York City.  PATENT NO. 953,419 for MOUTHPIECE AND LIP-PROTECTOR FOR CIGARS. Filed March 21, 1908: granted March 29, 1910. A slip-on rubber to keep lips off cigars.

1910's

Oscar Hammerstein of New York City. PATENT NO. 967,187 for CIGAR-MAKING MACHINE. Filed March 13, 1902: granted August 16, 1910. “Simple machine that imitates hand labor.”

Oscar Hammerstein of New York City. PATENT NO. 969,274 for CIGAR-ROLLING MACHINE. Filed June 5, 1901: granted September 6, 1910. Putting the wrapper on a bunch with tension.

Oscar Hammerstein of New York City. PATENT NO. 972,185 for CIGAR-BANDING MACHINE. Filed August 31, 1908: granted October 11, 1910. Long 14pp detailed dwgs of banding machine.

Benjamin Cohen of New York City. PATENT NO. 1,045,372 for ADVERTISING DEVICE. Filed May 6, 1912; granted November 26, 1912. Miniature rug representations of full size rugs, which may be given away as advertisements.

Oscar Hammerstein of New York City. PATENT NO. 1,116,419 for APPARATUS FOR APPLYING ELASTIC LIP-PROTECTORS TO CIGARS OR THE LIKE. Filed December 20, 1912: granted November 10, 1914. Rubbers for cigars.

Oscar Hammerstein of New York City. PATENT NO. 1,122,747 for TREATMENT OF TOBACCO. Filed November 13, 1912: granted December 19, 1914. Treatment for using stems to make cigars, either with or without removing from the leaf.

Oscar Hammerstein of New York City. PATENT NO. 1,133,799 for MACHINE FOR STRIPPING AND BOOKING TOBACCO-LEAF. Filed November 21, 1913: granted March 30, 1915. Method of continual feed for stripping and booking tobacco.

Oscar Hammerstein of New York City. PATENT NO. 1,137,206 for TOBACCO-MACHINE. Filed November 21, 1913: granted April 27, 1915. Makes the stems combustible and avail-able for use in cigar making and booking tobacco.

Oscar Hammerstein of New York City. PATENT NO. 1,137,207 for TOBACCO-LEAF MACHINE. Filed December 15, 1913: granted April 27, 1915. Machine for booking leaf after stripping it.

Oscar Hammerstein of New York City. PATENT NO. 1,142,164 for CIGAR-BUNCH AND PROCESS OF MAKING SAME. Filed March 3, 1913: granted June 8, 1915. Making a bunch without stripping midrib or using a binder.

Oscar Hammerstein of New York City. PATENT 1,269,600 for APPARATUS FOR APPLYING PROTECTIVE WRAPPERS TO CIGARS. Filed December 7, 1916: granted June 18, 1918. Method of mechanically applying wrapper leaf.

Oscar Hammerstein of New York City. PATENT NO. 1,285,137 for CIGAR-MAKERS APPARATUS. Filed July 28, 1916; granted November 19, 1918. Improved suction table.

Oscar Hammerstein of New York City. PATENT NO. 1,338,768 for PROCESS OF AND APPARATUS FOR STRIPPING TOBACCO-LEAF. Filed March 19, 1919: granted May 4, 1920. New way to remove mid stem.

1920's

Nathan M. Stone of Chicago. PATENT NO. 1,574,314 for RECEPTACLE. Filed November 7, 1924; granted February 23, 1926. Design for metal framed hinged cigar boxes popular in 1930's. Xerox copy. Illus.

1930's

Mortimer T. Harvey of East Orange, New Jersey. PATENT NO. 1,874,989 for METHOD AND COMPOSITION FOR CONTROLLING MOISTURE. Filed May 9, 1930; granted August 30, 1932. Formula and design for removing water from tobacco, candy, foodstuffs, celluloid, rubber, etc.

Charles G. Stone and Jerry G. Stone of New Cumberland, Penn. PATENT NO. 1,995,655 for BOX. Filed April 23, 1931; granted March 26, 1935. Design for cigar box made of combination of wood and cardboard to make it lighter and cheaper. A portent of things to come, but a very impractical design. Xerox copy. Illus.

REMINDER

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