An Improved Smokers' Appliance.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application. 14th June, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 11th July, 1893-Accepted, 2nd June, 1894
An Improved Smokers' Appliance.
I JOHANNES FRYDENDAHL HOFFGAARD of 64 Lancaster Avenue, Fennel
Street Manchester in the County of Lancaster, Merchant do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in an appliance to assist smokers' of pipes
to push down or stuff down the tobacco, particularly when the pipe is partly-
smoked, to scrape out the cake which forms itself inside the pipe and to clean out
or bore out the holes in the plug or the bottom of the pipe.
The improved appliance consists of a flat perforated piece of metal which is cut
round and is of a suitable size so that it can easily be pushed inside a pipe-bowl by
means of a handle fixed on the middle of one side. This handle which is of metal
is for choice flat and ends in a lance-formed point.
The object of the lance-shape being to give an edge convenient to scrape off the
cake of tobacco-charcoal which forms itself and adheres to the inside of the bowl
of the pipe, whilst the end is sufficiently pointed to be convenient for cleaning out
the holes in the plug when they have got stopped up.
Dated this Thirteenth day of June 1893
JOH. F. HOFFGAARD.
An Improved Smokers' Appliance.
1 JOHANNES FRYDENDAHIL HOFFGAARD of 64 Lancaster Avenue Fennel
Street Manchester in the County of Lancaster, Merchant 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 appliances to assist smokers of pipes,
1) to push down, or stuff down, the tobacco particularly, when the pipe is partly
smoked; 2) to scrape out the cake which forms itself inside the bowl of the pipe;
and 3) to clean or bore out the holes in the plug or bottom of the pipe.
The improved appliance can best be understood from the accompanying drawing
and although-as can be seen-the appliance can be cast in one piece, I consider
it a facility in the manufacture, if it is made in two pieces resp. A & B in the
drawing, which two pieces are cut or stamped out of a plate of metal and rivetted
or in any other way fastened together forming the complete appliance as shown
in Fig. C and D, respective side & front view.
Presuming this manner of manufacture is carried out, the way of making it
would be as follows: A perforated round piece of metal (like Fig. A) is cut out of
a plate of metal, this piece will in the Specification be alluded to as "the base."
The manner or pattern of perforation, need not be, as in the drawing; any other
pattern will do, providing, that, in making it, it is borne in mind, that the object of
the perforation, is to prevent the light in the pipe from being put out when pushing
the appliance down into the pipe & which generally is the result when other
similar appliances are used, as these have a solid base.
The other part of the appliance (which I call the handle) is shown by Fig. B.
It is cut or stamped out of a plate of metal and ends in a lance-formed point. The

page_text: object of the lance-shape is to give an edge convenient to scrape out the tobacco or
the cake of tobacco-charcoal which forms itself and adheres to the inside of the
bowl of the pipe, whilst the other end, is sufficiently pointed to be convenient for
cleaning out the holes in the plug, when they have got stopped up.
Having now particularly described, and ascertained, the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner, the saine is performed, I declare that what I
claim is :
No. 1. A combination in one single piece of three distinct appliances:
1, for cleaning holes in plug or bowl of pipe
2, for removing tobacco or cake of charcoal-tobacco in bowl of pipe and
3, for pushing down the tobacco in partly smoked pipe.
No. 2. The perforated plate forming the base of the appliance and which gives a
distinct advantage over all former appliances of a similar nature. These have all
a solid base and when pressing the tobacco down in a partly smoked pipe, with one
of these the ashes generally put out the light. In my invention this is prevented by
the perforation of the base, which enables the appliance, to pass through the ashes,
and leaves the pipe burning.
Dated this 10th day of July 1893.
JOHS. F. HOFFGAARD.