IMPROVEMENTS IN TOBACCO PIPES
Year: 1878

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Robert Lake, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake,
& Co., Patent Agents, Southampton Buildings, London, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN TOBACCO PIPES." A communication from abroad by Georg
Friedrich Eich, of Erbach, Hesse, in the Empire of Germany.
ealed the 20th December 1878, and dated the 24th June 1878.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Robert Lake at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 24th June 1878.
WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake, & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, London. "IMPROVEMENTS IN TOBACCO PIPES." [A com-
munication from abroad by Georg Friedrich Eich, of Erbach, Hesse, in the Empire
of Germany.]
The present improvements relate to the manufacture of wooden tobacco pipes,
the smaller sorts of which have hitherto been made without any arrangement for
blowing out the juice which collects during smoking. Even the larger pipes of
this kind, such as the so-called Ulmer bowls," and the like, have been provided
with but imperfect arrangements for collecting the juice, and are not arranged for
an easy and thorough cleaning out.
Many wooden pipes have a separate water receiver, but the latter are too com-
plicated, both in the manufacture and for use.
In carrying my said Invention into practice I construct the bowl of the pipe and
a water receiver in one piece, and the latter forms only a continuation of the tube
of the pipe, which is drilled through in a straight or very nearly straight line. The
end of the tube is closed by a hollowed-out stopper, which is surrounded with cork
in order to maintain a tight fit. From the bowl a hole is bored in a slanting
direction downward into the tube of the pipe, through which the smoke passes;
while on its way it lets the juice drop, which then runs down into the said hollow
stopper, and is there collected.

page_text: This construction has the advantage that the manufacture is simplified; the hole
is bored straight through the tube, and thus allows of a thorough clearing out,
whereby it is made easy to keep the pipe clean.
This mode of construction has furthermore this advantage, namely, that it can
be applied to the smallest pipes as well as to the largest ones, and that a neat
shape and appearance is thereby attained. The said hollow stopper serves as a
water receiver, in which all the liquid matter, the so-called juice, is collected.
In order to clean the pipe it is only necessary to take the stopper out and empty
it, while in pipes of the ordinary kind the tube has to be turned upside down
when it is desired to empty the juice out. By so doing both juice and ashes come
into the tube, which by smoking gets a bad taste, which can never be entirely got
rid of again,

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by the
said William Robert Lake in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 24th
December 1878.
WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake, & Co., Patent Agents,
5 Southampton Buildings, London. "IMPROVEMENTS IN TOBACCO PIPES." A com-
munication from abroad by Georg Friedrich Eich, of Erbach, Hesse, in the Empire
of Germany.
The present improvements relate to the manufacture of wooden tobacco pipes,
the smaller sorts of which have hitherto been made without any arrangement for
blowing out the juice which collects therein during smoking. Even the larger
pipes of this kind, such as the so-called Uliner bowls, and the like, have had very
imperfect provision for collecting the juice, and are not arranged for an easy and
thorough cleaning out.
Many wooden pipes have a separate water receiver, but these are too complicated
in their manufacture and for convenient use.
In carrying my said Invention into practice I construct the bowl of the pipe and
the water receiver in one piece, and the receiver forms only a continuation of the
tube of the pipe, which tube is drilled through in a straight or very nearly straight
line, and projects slightly beyond the bowl. This end of the tube is closed by a
hollow stopper, which is surrounded with cork or other suitable material to ensure
its fitting tightly within the said end of the tube. From the bowl a hole is bored
in a slanting or inclined direction downward into the tube of the pipe; through
this hole the smoke passes, and during its passage the juice is condensed and flows
down into the said hollow stopper, wherein it is collected. The part in which the
stopper is fitted forms a drain."
This construction affords the following advantages, namely:-The manufacture
of the said pipes is simplified, and the hole being bored straight through the tube
allows of a thorough clearing out, whereby it is made very easy to keep the pipe
clean,
Moreover, this Invention can be applied to the smallest pipes as well as to the
largest ones, and a convenient shape and neat appearance are thereby attained.
In the accompanying Drawing I have shewn various forms of these improvod
pipes.
Figures 1 and 3 are two pipes of a large kind, while Figures 2, 4, and 6 represent
smaller kinds, such as pocket pipes; Figure 5 shews in detail the stopper arrange-
ment for these pipes.
a is the pipe bowl, from which the hole c extends in a slanting direction down-
wards into the tube d. The latter is closed by means of the hollow stopper b,
which is surrounded with cork, and which serves as a liquid receiver in which all
the liquid matter, that is to say, the so-called juice, is collected.
To clean the pipe it is only needed to take the stopper bout and empty it, while
in pipes of the ordinary kind the tube has to be turned upside down when it is
desired to empty the juice from the same. By so doing both juice and ashes enter
the tube, which by smoking gets a bad taste that can never be entirely got rid of
again.
From the above description it will be obvious that these improved pipes have
great advantages over those hitherto commonly used, and especially by reason of
the greater facility of manufacture and for keeping them clean.
Having thus fully described the said Invention as communicated to me by my
foreign correspondent, and the manner of performing the same, I wish it understood
that I claim,
First. Connecting the bowl of the pipe by a hole bored downwards in an inclined
or slanting direction with the straight bore of the tube, which extends through and
has at one end the mouth-piece, and at the other end the stopper, as above set
forth.

page_text: Second. Making the bowl, tube, and drain all in one piece, as above described.
Third. The means for closing the drain in such a manner that the juice which is
produced collects in the hollow stopper, so that by taking out the latter the juice
can be emptied out, and the pipe thoroughly cleaned and freed from whatever liquid
and other matter may have been collected therein, as above described.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Robert Lake, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-fourth day of Decembor, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight.
W. ROBT. LAKE. (L.S.)