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US 5,934,894 AGranted
Apparatus for storage and use of rolled tobacco products
OwnerKenneth L. Ciglerinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus is described which preferably includes a rolled tobacco products cavity for storage of rolled tobacco products, a lighter cavity for receiving a lighter, and a clipping aperture having a cutting door movable thereover to cuts the lengths of rolled tobacco products inserted therein. A refuse cavity may be included in the apparatus adjacent the clipping aperture to store clippings from the rolled tobacco products.
Claims22
An apparatus comprising:
- a. a lighter extending lengthwise between a lighter base and an opposing lighter tip, wherein the lighter may be actuated to emit flame from the lighter tip;
- b. a housing including walls defining:
- (1) a refuse cavity adjacent the lighter base, the refuse cavity having a clipping aperture defined therein, the clipping aperture being at least partially bounded by a sharp edge,
- (2) an elongated lighter cavity wherein the lighter base is removably inserted,
- c. a cutting door movably attached to the housing, the cutting door being constrained to move over the clipping aperture, thereby opening and closing the clipping aperture,
- whereby closing the cutting door on a rolled tobacco product inserted within the open clipping aperture forces the rolled tobacco product against the sharp edge, thereby cutting the rolled tobacco product with a portion of the rolled tobacco product being received within the refuse cavity.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a. a housing including an elongated lighter cavity, an elongated rolled tobacco products cavity, and a refuse cavity defined therein, wherein the lighter cavity and rolled tobacco products cavity are generally parallel and the refuse cavity is situated along a lengthwise axis of the lighter cavity, and
- b. a cutting door opening onto the refuse cavity to define a clipping aperture, the clipping aperture being at least partially bounded by a sharp edge, whereby closing the cutting door on a rolled tobacco product inserted within the open clipping aperture forces the rolled tobacco product against the sharp edge, thereby cutting the rolled tobacco product;
- c. an access door movably attached to the housing and opening onto the refuse cavity, the access door being spaced from the cutting door.
An apparatus comprising:
- a. a housing including an elongated lighter cavity, an elongated rolled tobacco products cavity, and a refuse cavity defined therein, wherein the lighter cavity and rolled tobacco products cavity are generally parallel and the refuse cavity is situated along a lengthwise axis of the lighter cavity, and
- b. a cutting door opening onto the refuse cavity to define a clipping aperture, the clipping aperture being at least partially bounded by a sharp edge, the cutting door being slidably mounted to slide between the lighter cavity and the rolled tobacco products cavity and generally parallel to their lengths, whereby closing the cutting door on a rolled tobacco product inserted within the open clipping aperture forces the rolled tobacco product against the sharp edge, thereby cutting the rolled tobacco product.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.