US125005A - Improvement in cigar-molds - Google Patents

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JOHN BAXTERQ improvement in, Cigar Molds N0.125,005. PatentedMarch26,-187 2.

NITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

J OHN BAXTER, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND THOMAS ADAMS, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN ClGAR-M OLDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 125,005, dated March 26, 1872.

To whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN BAXTER, of Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cigar-Molds; and I do declare that the following is a true and accurate description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked thereon and being a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is an elevation of a pair of moldplates, showing the open ends of the molds; and Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the upper mold-plate inverted.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts in the several figures.

The nature of this invention relates to an improved construction of molds used for pressing and giving a symmetrical shape to roughly-rolled cigar-bunches, and for shaping finished cigars; and it consists in forming the dies of the molds of metal at the edges to give and retain a sharp edge, thereby avoiding the unsightly ridges on the sides of the cigar where wooden dies are used, the remainder of the die being of wood to facilitate the drying of the bunch.

In the drawing, A represents the matrixplate, and A the matrices formed thereon, all of wood, and not new, being in general use in the trade. B is the die-plate, on which are matrices A.

'al, the bodies of these dies are cut away as much as possible consistent with safety, and the cavity so made, filled with wood, as at a, and then the die is formed to give shape to the upper half of the bunch in its matrix. The wood filling of the die allows the bunch to dry and set by absorbing the moisture in it from the casing process, while, if of metal, it would require a much longer time, and necessitate the employment of a correspondingly-greater number of molds and presses.

In the employment of wooden dies the edges of the same soon chip or split away, or become rounded off by wear, resulting in unsightly ridges on the sides of the finished cigars, causing them to draw unevenly, as well as betraying the secret of their manufacture, which is fully overcome or avoided by the sharp metallic edges of my dies.

The wooden filling should extend as near to the edges of the dies as possible. Any convenient means for pressing the dies into their matrices may be employed.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In cigar-molds, the metallic dies B, provid ed with a wooden filling or body, a, construct ed and arranged substantially as described and shown.

J OHN BAXTER.

Witnesses:

H. F. EBERTS, MYRON H. CHURCH.

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