Improvements in Mouthpieces for Smoking Pipes and Cigar and Cigarette Holders,
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Sept., 1895-Accepted, 26th Oct., 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Mouthpieces for Smoking Pipes and Cigar and
Cigarette Holders,
I FREDERICK WILLIAM SCHROEDER, of Newtown near Sydney in the Colony
of New South Wales, Engineer 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 relates to improvements in mouthpieces for smoking pipes and
cigar and cigarette holders and it has been specially devised to constitute a preventive
to the leakage of saliva from the mouth into the internal passage or port of a pipe
or holder and at the same time to compel the smoke to enter the mouth more or
less in the form of a spray and thereby prevent it burning or biting the tongue
by reason of its heat.
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These improvements in mouthpieces for smoking pipes and cigar and cigarette
holders consist essentially of a plug or stopper inserted in the mouth end of the
internal passage or port of the pipe or holder and having connection or communi-
cation with anid internal passage or port in such a manner that the smoke passing
through will be more or less split up or spread before escaping through or under
the head of said plug or stopper.
But in order that this invention may be clearly understood reference will now be
made to the drawings herewith in which
Figures 1, 2 and 3 are respectively views of part of a pipe stem, a cigar holder
and a cigarette holder having this present improvement incorporated therewith.
Figures 4 and 5 are respectively a longitudinal and a cross section of the end of
a mouthpiece constructed according to one method of carrying this invention into
effect while
Figures 6 and 7 are perspective views of the plugs or stoppers used.
The mouthpiece A of the pipe or holder is slightly countersunk as at A' and is
then tapped or screwed at A' while the plug or stopper has a head B' and a screwed
stem B this latter having therein flutings or ports or ways B say two or three or
more. The head B' has a nick B or a squared or flat nipple B so that by means
of a knife or the like or the teeth or by other means, the position of the plug or
stopper in the female thread A may be adjusted or regulated so that the distance
of the inside face of the head B' from the taper A' is made more or less as the case
may be and the amount of opening or space available for the passage of the smoke
may be thus increased or decreased as desired.
Figures 8 and 9 are longitudinal and cross sections of a modified construction of
mouthpiece in which there are grooves or flutings A³ in the mouthpiece A as well
as in the stem B so as to provide a large communicating orifice.
Figure 10 shows elevation and face view of the plug or stopper when its inner
face is serrated so that it cannot be screwed up and prevent communication.
Figure 11 shows a mouthpiece in which there are grooves or flutings at the
sides.
Figure 12 shows a mouthpiece in which there is one groove or fluting B and a
spreading or communicating chamber B* in the inner face of the plug or stopper.
Figure 13 shows the plug or stopper fitting in the mouthpiece without a screw
and having grooves or flutings in its sides and a spreading chamber B in its face
with grooves or flutings A* across the face of the mouthpiece.
Figure 14 shows the plug or stopper with a through passage or pipe B³ and a

page_text: bifurcated connection B with the grooves or flutings A³ in the mouthpiece and in
this case the smoke is not sprayed or distributed into the mouth as also with the
mouthpiece shown in Figure 15 wherein the passage B' communicates by a side
hole with a closed chamber B connected by side passage A* with the main pipe or
passage.
Figure 16 shows a fitting or screwed plug with a receiving chamber B* and
orifices B' therefrom into the mouth.
Figure 17 shows a plug or stopper on the inner end of which is a rod C³ with a
piston C for cleaning the main pipe or passage when it is withdrawn.
Figure 18 shows section of a plug having a perforated head B' the perforations
communicating with a central pipe B of the plug or stopper having connection B*
as in Figure 14.
The smoking pipe or holder with any of these mouthpieces on is used as ordinarily
and it will be found that the saliva will not find its way against the plug or stopper
through the tapered end into the internal passage or port A* while, except in the
two cases mentioned, the smoke will enter the mouth in a cloud or spray and thus
the burning or biting" of the tongue by means of heat will be avoided.
Though herein is described the best methods now known of carrying this inven-
tion into effect it is to be understood that the details of the improvement may be varied
within considerable limits without departing from the nature and essence of same.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
:-
First. The improvement in mouthpieces for smoking pipes and cigar and
cigarette holders consisting of a plug or stopper in the end of said piece having
communication from the internal passage or port of the pipe or holder to a port or
ports or a passage or passages in said plug or stopper terminating in more or less
spray forming vent or vents in through or under the bead of same substantially as
herein described and explained.
Second. A mouthpiece for smoking pipes and cigar and cigarette holders having
a countersunk end such as A¹ a screwed part such as A' and having a stopper or
plug having a head such as B₁ with a nick such as B or a nipple such as B* a
screwed stem such as B2 and ports or flutings such as B substantially as herein
described and explained and as illustrated in the drawings.
Third. The modified constructions of mouthpieces for smoking pipes and cigar
and cigarette holders substantially as herein described and explained and as
illustrated respectively in Figures 8 and 9 in Figure 10 in Figure 11 in Figure 12
in Figure 13 in Figure 14 in Figure 15 in Figure 16 in Figure 17 and in Figure 18
of the drawings.
Dated this Tenth day of August One thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.
Witness-
FRED WALSH, J.P.
FREDERICK WILLIAM SCHROEDER.
Abel & Imray.