Improvements in Apparatus for Cleaning Tobacco Pipes and Cigar and Cigarette Holders.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Aug., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 17th Mar., 1899-Accepted, 27th May, 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Cleaning Tobacco Pipes and Cigar
and Cigarette Holders.
We, JOHN HODGE, of Glencairn, Powderham Crescent, Exeter, in the County
of Devon, Traveller, and FRANCIS WILLIAM ACKLAND HODGE, of 149, Tottenham
Court Road, in the County of London, Accountant, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows;-
This invention has for its object to produce apparatus whereby tobacco pipes
and cigar and cigarette holders can be rapidly and effectively cleaned so as to
remove the nicotine or other deleterious matter therefrom.
The apparatus comprises a steam boiler heated by gas or other suitable means
so as to produce steam of sufficient pressure. To the steam chest is connected a
pipe having a valve or cock therein and terminating in a tapered nozzle around
which is a conical block of india rubber or other elastic material. On this
conical block the bowl of the pipe is placed and held thereon so as to be steam-
tight by an elastic covered screw operated gripping device, or other suitable
gripping means may be adopted for the purpose of holding pipe bowls of different
sizes steam-tightly on to the conical block.
The stem of the pipe is inserted in a conical ended metal or other suitable.cap
having a flap or other valve and attached to a rubber or other elastic tube con-
nected to a metal tube dipping below the surface of a liquid in a suitable con-
densing chamber. A tube is fixed in the upper part of the condenser and is
connected to the boiler or other flue, to lead off the fumes or vapours from the
condenser.
For cleaning a cigar holder or a cigarette holder, or the stem of the pipe
separately from the bowl, an adjustable piece is provided and gripped on the
conical block around the upper tapered nozzle of the steam pipe. This adjustable
piece has a steam passage way therethrough and is provided with a rubber, or
other elastic covered, face against which the end of the cigar or cigarette holder
or pipe stem is held by rubber or other elastic blocks carried by adjustable gripping
devices so as to hold same steam-tightly in position.
When the article to be cleaned has been fixed steam-tightly in position the
valve is operated and steam blown through the tobacco pipe or holder for a
sufficient time to carry the nicotine or other deleterious matter from the pipe
through the apparatus to the condenser, when steam is turned off, the pipe or
holder wiped, and the operation is completed.
The flap valve attached to the metal or other suitable cap will prevent the
fumes from the condenser from passing out of the elastic tube.
And day of August 1898
(F. W. GOLBY,
36, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Patent Agent for the Applicants.

page_text: Improvements in Apparatus for Cleaning Tobacco Pipes and Cigar
and Cigarette Holders.
We, Jonx HODGE, of Glencairn, Powderham Crescent, Exeter, in the County
of Devon, Traveller, and FRANCIS WILLIAM ACKLAND HODGE, of 149, Tottenham
Court Road, in the County of London, Salesman do hereby declare the nature of
this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention has for its object to produce apparatus whereby tobacco pipes
and cigar and cigarette holders can be rapidly and effectively cleaned so as to
remove the nicotine or other deleterious matter therefrom.
In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the complete
apparatus with a tobacco pipe fitted therein to be cleaned, and Fig. 2 is a section
on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Figs. 3 to 7 are enlarged views showing details, Fig. 3
is a plan of the cap A shown in Fig. 2 and Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4-4
of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a sectional side elevation, Fig. 6 a front elevation and Fig. 7
a part plan of a modification, showing the holding device for cigar and cigarette
holder. The same letters of reference where they occur are used to denote the
same or corresponding parts in all the figures.
The apparatus comprises a steam boiler B heated by gas or other suitable means
so as to produce steam of sufficient pressure. The boiler is provided with a steam
chest preferably arranged so that the products of combustion from the furnace
pass around it as shown in Fig. 2, so as to superheat and dry the steam. The
fire gases from the boiler B pass through the flue to the chamber C outside the
steam chest C₁ and thence pass away to the boiler chimney. The steam from
the boiler passes through the pipes to the steam chest C thence through the
pipe D, having a valve d therein, operated by a suitable handle d', said pipe D
terminating in a tapered nozzle ², around which is secured a conical block E of
india rubber or other elastic material. On this conical block E the bowl f of
the pipe is placed and held thereon so as to be steam-tight, by an elastic covered
clamping device G, carried on the screw threaded rod g on the upper end of which
is a wheel or other suitable means for rotating same in the screwed aperture h
of the frame H. The clamping device G is furnished with flanges (see Fig. 1)
which engage on guide rods h¹ fixed to or forming part of the frame II.
arrangement of the clamping device shown in the drawings is adapted for holding
pipe Bowls of different sizes steam-tightly in position on the conical block E,
but any other suitable gripping or clamping device adapted to the purpose may
be used.
The
The stem of the pipe is inserted in a conical ended metal or other suitable
cap A, shown separately in Figs. 3 and 4. This cap is furnished with a pivotted
flap or cover a which is opened as shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 4 to admit the pipe
stem f, but which is closed when the apparatus is not in use so as to prevent the
fumes from the condenser from passing out into the room or other place where the
apparatus may be fitted. Across the interior of the cap A is fitted a membrane al
made of some suitable elastic material and having a central oval-shaped
aperture therein to receive the end of the pipe stem. The object of this elastic
membrane is, first, to prevent as far as possible any escape of steam. backwards
whilst the tobacco pipe is inserted, and, secondly, to keep the stem of the tobacco
pipe as near as possible in the centre of the cap A. The metal or other cap A
is attached to a rubber or other elastic tube J connected to a metal tube J¹ dipping
below the surface of a liquid in a suitable condensing chamber L. If desired a

page_text: tube may be connected to the condenser and to the boiler or other flue, to lead
off the fumes or vapours from the condenser. j is a tube leading from a gutter
or channel e around the block E so as to carry off any liquid and other matter
which may condense on or about the block E and lead same into the condensing
chamber.
For cleaning a cigar holder or a cigarette holder, or the stem of a pipe separately
from the bowl, an adjustable piece K, such as is shown in Figs. 5, 6 and 7, is
provided and gripped or clamped on or to the conical block E around the upper
tapered nozzle 2 of the steam pipe D. This adjustable piece has a steam passage
way therethrough and is provided with a rubber or other elastic covered face
against which the end of the cigar or cigarette holder or pipe stem is held by
rubber or other elastic blocks carried by adjustable gripping or clamping
devices so as to hold same steam-tightly in position. The screw nut
the longitudinal adjustment and the nuts the transverse adjustment of the
clamping blocks .
effects
When the article to be cleaned has been fixed steam-tightly in position the
valve is operated and steam blown through the tobacco pipe or holder for a
sufficient time to carry the nicotine or other deleterious matter from the pipe
through the apparatus to the condenser, when steam is turned off, the pipe or
holder wiped, and the operation is completed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:-
1. Apparatus for cleaning tobacco pipes comprising a boiler having a steam
chest, a steam pipe leading from said chest and terminating in a tapered nozzle,
an elastic block surrounding said nozzle, a gripping or clamping device to hold the
bowl of the pipe steam-tightly to the steam nozzle and a cap to receive the pipe
stem attached to an elastic tube connected to a metal tube dipping into a condenser
substantially as described.
2. Apparatus for cleaning cigar and cigarette holders or tobacco-pipe stems
comprising a boiler having a steam chest, a steam pipe leading from said chest
and terminating in a tapered nozzle, an elastic block surrounding said nozzle,
an adjustable piece having a steam way therethrough and an elastic covered face.
and elastic blocks adjustable transversely, a gripping or clamping device for
holding said adjustable piece steam-tightly to the steam nozzle, and a cap to
receive the pipe or holder stem, attached to an elastic tube connected to a metal
tube dipping into a condenser substantially as described.
1
1000
F. W. GOLBY,
36, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Patent Agent for the Applicants.