Improvements in connection with Cleaners for Tobacco Pipes, Cigar and Cigarette-holders, and other Small Tubes or Tubing.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Apr., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 7th Jan., 1899--Accepted, 7th Apr., 1899
Improvements in connection with Cleaners for Tobacco Pipes, Cigar
and Cigarette-holders, and other Small Tubes or Tubing.
I, WILFRID CAMPBELL LATHAM, of 88, Corbyn Street Finsbury Park London,
Manufacturer, and MARY ROSENNA LATHAM, Married Woman, of the same address,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The present invention more particularly has reference to cleaners for tobacco
pipes, and cigar and cigarette-holders, the object being to provide a simple
and cheap cleaner which is not liable to break off or become jamed in the tube.
According to the present invention we attach a small feather or part of a
feather to a thin piece of wire or rod of metal or other suitable material, the
mode of attaching the feather to the rod being for preference to whip it on to
one end of the rod with waxed silk or fine thread.--To clean a pipe or any other
small bore tube, the best way would be to insert the "feather"-end of the cleaner
in the tube and while holding the wire in one hand and the pipe or tube as the
case may be in the other hand, keep working the cleaner backwards and forwards
in the tube, until any dirt or other accumulated matter had been removed. It
will be obvious that a cleaner of this kind would be suitable to clean the tubing
of infants' feeding-bottles and the like, since there would be no fear of any
bristles becoming detached as in the case of the small brushes which are used
for the purpose at present, and the cleaner being inexpensive a new one could be
used every time without the expense being very material.
WILFRID CAMPBELL LATHAM,
MARY ROSENNA LATHAM,
Improvements in connection with Cleaners for Tobacco Pipes, Cigar
and Cigarette-holders, and other Small Tubes or Tubing.
I, WILFRID CAMPBELL LATHAM, of Wothorpe, Leicester Road, New Barnet,
Manufacturer, and MARY ROSENNA LATHAM, Married Woman, of the same address,
late of 88, Corbyn Street, Stroud Green, London, N., do hereby declare the nature
of this invention and in what manner the same is to he performed, to be parti-
cularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
The present invention more particularly has reference to cleaners for tobacco
pipes and cigar and cigarette-holders, the object being to provide a simple
and cheap cleaner which is not liable to break off or become jamed in the tube.

page_text: According to the present invention we attach a small feather or part of a
feather, about three inches of the tip for preference, to a thin piece of wire or
rod of metal or other suitable material, the feather being secured to the wire by
any suitable preparation, such as cement, or it may be doubly secured first by
cementing, and then whipping with strong cotton or silk.
A cleaner of this discription has a decided advantage over the ordinary brush
used at present for to clean by means of the brush it is necessary that it be
passed right through the tube, which in the case of a bent tube or tobacco pipe
having a bent stem, it is always difficult and at times impossible to get the brush
through, and an ordinary feather is too short for most pipes, whereas a cleaner
constructed according to my invention can readily be driven through the tube,
feather end first, and then drawn backwards, & pushed forward again, and so on
until the tube or pipe is clean, and the rod of the cleaner can be made of any
suitable length.
In the accompanying drawing, I have shewn a cleaner constructed according to
According to the present invention we attach a small feather or part of a
feather, about three inches of the tip for preference, to a thin piece of wire or
rod of metal or other suitable material, the feather being secured to the wire by
any suitable preparation, such as cement, or it may be doubly secured first by
cementing, and then whipping with strong cotton or silk.
A cleaner of this discription has a decided advantage over the ordinary brush
used at present for to clean by means of the brush it is necessary that it be
passed right through the tube, which in the case of a bent tube or tobacco pipe
having a bent stem, it is always difficult and at times impossible to get the brush
through, and an ordinary feather is too short for most pipes, whereas a cleaner
constructed according to my invention can readily be driven through the tube,
feather end first, and then drawn backwards, & pushed forward again, and so on
until the tube or pipe is clean, and the rod of the cleaner can be made of any
suitable length.
In the accompanying drawing, I have shewn a cleaner constructed according to
my invention.
Fig. 1 shows the feather ready for attaching to the rod.
Fig. 2 is the rod.
Fig. 3 is the cleaner completed.
:
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:-
,
A new article of manufacture, the hereinbefore described pipe or tube cleaner,
which is a feather or part of a feather attached to the end of a rod or wire.
Dated this Savanth day of Tonuary 1800
WILFRID CAMPBELL LATHAM.
MARY ROSENNA LATHAM.