Improvements in Tobacco Pipes.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 25th June, 1898
Complete Specification Left, 20th Mar., 1899-Accepted, 10th June, 1899
Date of Application, 25th June, 1898
Complete Specification Left, 20th Mar., 1899-Accepted, 10th June, 1899
[Communicated from abroad by GASTON GRANDCLÉMENT, of 1, Place de la Halle,
Saint Claude (Jura), France, Manufacturer.]
Improvements in Tobacco Pipes.
I, SINA OPPENHEIMER, of the Firm of Sina Oppenheimer, Seckel and Company,
of 6, New Zealand Avenue, in the County of London, Merchants, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in tobacco pipes and has reference more
particularly to a construction of pipe having a hinged or jointed mouth piece, which
can be turned or folded so as to be against the stem of the pipe.
An important feature of this invention is that the hinged mouth piece can be
bent or set to different angles relatively to the stem thus obtaining the advan-
tages of a curved stem and moreover enabling the curvature or the amount of
bending to be varied to suit the fancy of the smoker.
One form of pipe according to this invention has its mouth piece in two parts
connected by a transverse tubular pivot pin working in a hollow cylindrical block
or projection, forming a kind of knuckle joint. The said pivot pin and the hollo'y
projection in which it fits are both in communication with the bore of the mouth
piece so that the smoke can pass freely along the pivot pin, the latter being cut
away opposite the place where the bore opens into the hollow projection.
The said pivot pin is carried by a flange or lug which when the parts are put
together forins as it were a cap on the end of the projection and gives a finished
appearance to the joint, the outer edges of the cap and projection being flush with
the lateral edges of the mouth piece.
The hollow projection lies on the lower side of that part of the mouth-piece on
which it is formed, and the said part is rounded or curved towards the projection.
The stem of the pipe is preferably inclined, and the mouth piece is secured to it
in any convenient manner.

page_text: 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, refer-
ence being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters and figures markel
thereon, that is to say:-
This invention relates to tobacco pipes, and has reference more particularly to
a construction of pipe having a hinged or jointed mouth-piece which can be turned
or folded so as to lie against the steun and will thus take up very little room when
not in use.
An important feature is that the hinged mouth-piece can be bent or set to
different angles relatively to the stem, thus obtaining the advantages of a curved
stem, and moreover enabling the curvature, or the amount of bending to be varied
to suit the fancy of the smoker.
According to the said invention, the mouth-piece of the pipe is formed in two
parts connected by a transverse tubular pivot pin working in a hollow cylindrical
block or projection forming a kind of knuckle joint through which the smoke can
pass freely.
In order that the invention may be clearly understood, and readily carried into
effect, I will proceed to describe the same by aid of the accompanying draw-
ngs in which
Figure 1 shows the parts of the pipe separated from each other at the joint of
the mouthpiece.
Figure 2 is a plan of my improved tobacco pipe.
Figure 3 is a side view thereof showing various positions into which the mouth-
piece can be turned.
Figure 4 is a plan of the jointed portion of the mouthpiece detached, and
Figure 5 is a side view showing the same turned over relatively to Figure 3.
a and are the two portions of the mouthpiece, c is the transverse tubular pivot
pin which serves to connect them, and d is the hollow cylindrical block or pro-
jection in which the said pin works.
This pivot pin, and the hollow projection in which it fits, are both in communi-
cation with the bore e of the respective portions a and b of the mouthpiece, and
the portion a is secured to the stem of the pipe by a push-joint, or otherwise, as
may be convenient, so that the bore f of the stem is in communication with that
of the mouthpiece.
g is a projection or lug by which the tubular pivot pin c is carried and which,
when the parts are put together, fits against the hollow block or projection d to
which it corresponds in shape, and thus gives a neat and finished appearance to
the joint, the outer sides or faces h of the said lug and block being in line with
the lateral edges of the pipe.
By this means, the portion of the mouthpiece can be set to various angles, as
indicated in dotted lines Figure 2, thus giving the smoker the option of a pipe
having a straight or a bent stem.
In the example shown, the hollow block or projection d of the joint lies toward
the lower side of the portion a of the mouth piece, and thus enables the portion 5
to fold very close under the stem of the pipe. Obviously however, if the mouth-
piece be required to fold over on to the upper side, this could easily be provided
for by arranging the projection d towards the said side.
Moreover, instead of the stem of the pipe being inclined to the bowl, it might
be arranged "straight" or at right angles thereto, and the mouth-piece might be
made to fold on the top, and also on the under side, so as to take up little room
in the pocket.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
1. A tobacco pipe having a joint of the kind referred to, to enable its mouth-

page_text: piece to be bent to different angles when being smoked, and to be folded against
the stem so as to take up very little room when not in use, substantially as described.
2. My improved tobacco pipe with hinged or jointed mouth piece, constructed
substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying
drawings.
|Dated this 20th day of March 1899.
ERNEST DE PASS,
Chartered Patent Agent,
78, Fleet Street, London, & 5A, Market Street, Nottingham,
Agent for the Applicant.