Cigarette holder with screen and replaceable core

Claim 1

A CIGARETTE HOLDER COMPRISING AN ELONGATED TUBULAR SHELL HAVING A CYLINDRICAL BORE EXTENDING THERETHROUGH, A MOUTHPIECE MOUNTED AT ONE END OF THE SHELL AND FORMING A CLOSURE FOR THE BORE, SAID MOUTHPIECE HAVING A LONGITUDINAL PASSAGE EXTENDING THERETHROUGH COMMUNICATING WITH THE BORE THROUGH THE SHELL, A CYLINDRICAL CORE OF ABSORBEND MATERIAL DISPOSED IN SAID BORE AND HAVING AN EXTERIOR SURFACE CLOSELY ADJACENT THE INTERIOR SURFACE OF THE BORE, THE INTERIOR SURFACE OF SAID BORE HAVING A SPIRAL GROOVE EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY THROUGHOUT THE LENGTH THEREOF, A CYLINDRICAL SCREEN INTERPOSED BETWEEN THE MOUTHPIECE AND THE CORE AND COMMUNICATING WITH THE GROOVE FOR TRANSMITTING SMOKE FROM THE GROOVE TO THE PASSAGE THROUGH THE MOUTHPIECE, A SLEEVE MOVABLY MOUNTED ON SAID SHELL REMOTE FROM THE MOUTHPIECE, SAID SLEEVE TELESCOPING EXTERIORLY OF THE SHELL, A CYLINDRICAL SOCKET ATTACHED TO SAID SLEEVE AND TELESCOPING INTO THE BORE IN THE SHELL, SAID SOCKET HAVING OPENINGS IN THE INNER END THEREOF FOR PASSAGE OF SMOKE FROM THE CIGARETTE INTO THE BORE IN THE SHELL, AND MEANS INTERCONNECTING THE SLEEVE AND SHELL TO LIMIT RELATIVE LONGITUDINAL AND ROTATIONAL MOVEMENT OF THE SLEEVE AND SOCKET IN RELATION TO THE SHELL, SAID SOCKET BEING LONGITUDINALLY SPLIT AND CONSTRUCTED OF RESILIENT MATERIAL FOR RADIAL EXPANSION AND CONTRACTION FOR FRICTIONALLY GRIPPING AND RELEASING THE END OF A CIGARETTE.