# US 9,873,125 B1 · Cigar cutter and smokable substance grinder

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- Number: US 9,873,125 B1
- Document ID: US9873125B1
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B1
- Application number: 14/732,725
- Filed: 2015-06-06
- Granted: 2018-01-23
- Earliest claimed: 2014-06-06
- Applicants: Michael George LaGuardia, Jr.
- Inventors: Michael George LaGuardia, Jr.
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9873125B1

## CPC

- B02C 18/08: within vertical containers {(B02C18/062, B02C18/065 take precedence)}
- A24F 13/00: Appliances for smoking cigars or cigarettes
- A24F 13/24: Cigar cutters, slitters, or perforators, e.g. combined with lighters
- A47J 42/24: hand driven
- A47J 42/34: hand driven
- B02C: CRUSHING, PULVERISING, OR DISINTEGRATING IN GENERAL; MILLING GRAIN ({household tools and machines for pulverising foodstuffs, e.g. coffee and spice mills A47J42/00; pharmaceutical mortars A61J3/02; mechanical processing of refuse and garbage B03B9/06; dressing mould materials by grinding B22C5/04}; obtaining metallic powder by crushing, grinding or milling B22F9/04; {recovery of plastics by disintegrating B29B17/00; crushing raw materials in starch making C08B30/02; beaters for papermaking D21D1/02; crushing devices specially for transport in mines E21F13/002; slag crushing devices F23J1/00; fuel milling devices in combustion apparatus F23K1/00; household devices for crushing coal F24B15/02; ice disintegrating devices F25C5/02})
- A24F: SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES (inhaling appliances for medical purposes, shaped like cigars, cigarettes or pipes A61M15/06)
- A47J: KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES

## Abstract

A cigar cutter and smokable substance grinder has a lid section having grinding surface features. A bottom section is connected to the lid section and has grinding surface features and a blade. A passageway penetrates the entire cutter and grinder and is aligned with both sections such that the sections can be rotated around the passageway without obstructing it. The lid section and bottom section combine to form an interior cavity within the cutter and grinder, for grinding a smokable substance.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A cigar cutter and smokable substance grinder, comprising:
a lid section comprising grinding surface features;
a bottom section connected to the lid section, comprising:
grinding surface features;
a blade; and
an alignment mechanism on both the lid section and the bottom section for interfacing with one another to align the sections together in a constant axial spatial relationship;
wherein the lid section comprises a side wall and a ceiling which anchors the grinding surface features of the lid section and the ceiling faces the grinding surface features of the bottom section;
wherein the alignment mechanism comprises a cylinder on the lid section and a cylinder on the bottom section;
wherein the cylinders of both sections are configured so that each cylinder is sized to receive the other cylinder and permit rotation when the cylinders attach to one another, while the attached cylinders prevents displacement of the two sections in a direction radial to an axis of the cylinders; and
an opening on the lid section and the bottom section that leads to a passageway penetrating the cigar cutter and smokable substance grinder centrally through an axis of the cylinders of both sections.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The cutter and grinder of claim 1, wherein the grinding surface features of both sections comprise spikes.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The cutter and grinder of claim 1, wherein a cutting edge of the blade extends into an interior of the passageway.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The cutter and grinder of claim 3, wherein spikes are disposed on a floor of the bottom section;
wherein the cutter and grinder further comprise a slot in an interior member of the bottom section, extending below a floor and configured to hold the blade in a fixed position, and wherein the blade is inside the slot.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The cutter and grinder of claim 4, wherein the blade comprises:
a surface containing a cutting edge disposed inside the interior member of the bottom section; and
a surface turned at an angle to the surface containing the cutting edge;
wherein the surface turned at an angle abuts a cylinder and prevents the blade from extending into the passageway beyond a predetermined point.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The cutter and grinder of claim 5, wherein the lid section and bottom section combine to form an interior cavity within the cutter and grinder, for grinding a smokable sub stance.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The cutter and grinder of claim 6, further comprising a bottom cover connected to and sealing a side of the bottom section;
wherein the bottom cover opposes a side of the bottom section that faces the lid section;
wherein the bottom cover comprises an opening that leads to the passageway and encloses a side of the bottom section; and
wherein the bottom cover prevents removal of the blade.

### Claim 8

A cigar cutter and smokable substance grinder, comprising:
a lid section comprising grinding surface features;
a bottom section connected to the lid section, comprising:
grinding surface features;
a blade; and
a passageway penetrating the cigar cutter and smokable substance grinder centrally through both sections such that the sections can be rotated around the passageway without obstructing the passageway; and
wherein the lid section and bottom section combine to form an interior cavity within the cigar cutter and smokable substance grinder, for grinding a smokable sub stance.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The cutter and grinder of claim 8, further comprising an alignment mechanism on both the lid section and the bottom section for interfacing with one another to align the sections together in a constant coaxial spatial relationship.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The cutter and grinder of claim 9, wherein the alignment mechanism comprises a cylinder on the lid section and a cylinder on the bottom section.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The cutter and grinder of claim 10, wherein:
the lid section comprises a side wall and a ceiling which anchors grinding surface features of the lid section and the ceiling faces grinding surface features of the bottom section;
grinding surface features of both sections comprise spikes;
the cylinders of both lid and bottom sections are configured so that each cylinder is sized to receive the other cylinder and permit rotation when the cylinders attach to one another, while the attached cylinders prevent displacement of the two sections in a direction radial to an axis of the cylinders; and
the cigar cutter and smokable substance grinder comprises an opening on the lid section and bottom section that leads to a passageway penetrating the cigar cutter and smokable substance grinder centrally through an axis of the cylinders of both sections.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The cutter and grinder of claim 11, wherein a cutting edge of the blade extends into an interior of the passageway.

### Claim 13

A cigar cutter and smokable substance grinder, comprising:
a lid section comprising spikes;
a bottom section connected to the lid section, comprising:
spikes;
a blade; and
an alignment mechanism on both the lid section and the bottom section for interfacing with one another to align the sections together in a constant coaxial spatial relationship, the alignment mechanism comprising a cylinder on the lid section and a cylinder on the bottom section, wherein each cylinder is configured so that each cylinder is sized to receive the other cylinder and permit rotation when the cylinders attach to one another, while the attached cylinders prevent displacement of the two sections in a direction radial to an axis of the cylinders;
a passageway penetrating the cigar cutter and smokable substance grinder centrally through both sections such that the sections can be rotated around the passageway without obstructing the passageway;
wherein the lid section comprises a side wall and a ceiling which anchors spikes of the lid section and the ceiling faces the spikes of the bottom section;
wherein the lid section and bottom section combine to form an interior cavity within the cigar cutter and smokable substance grinder, for grinding a smokable substance;
the cigar cutter and smokable substance grinder comprises an opening on the lid section and bottom section that leads to a passageway penetrating the cigar cutter and smokable substance grinder directly through an axis of the cylinders of both sections;
wherein a slot is disposed in an interior member of the bottom section, the slot is configured to hold the blade in a fixed position, and wherein the blade is inside the slot and a cutting edge of the blade extends into an interior of the passageway;
wherein the blade comprises:
a surface containing the cutting edge disposed inside the slot in the interior member of the bottom section; and
a surface turned at an angle to the surface containing the cutting edge;
wherein the surface turned at an angle abuts the cylinder and prevents the blade from extending into the passageway beyond a predetermined point.