Improvements in Tobacco Pipes.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Nov., 1895-Accepted, 14th Mar., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Tobacco Pipes.
We, AUGUSTE MARECHAL, and GILBERT JEAN BAPTISTE FERDINAND
RUCHON, trading under the style of A. Maréchal, Ruchon & Cic., of 38 Rue de la
Verreree, Paris, France, Pipe Manufacturers, 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 :-
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This invention relates to means for connecting the mouthpiece portions of
tobacco-pipes to their bowl-portions in such a manner as to enable the mouth-
pieces to be instantly detached from the bowls so as thereby to render the pipes
more convenient to carry than is usual with such pipes or to allow of their being
more easily cleaned.
The accompanying drawings represent, by way of example, an ordinary tobacco
pipe provided with means of attachment according to this invention.
Fig. 1 being a part longitudinal vertical section and a part side elevation of the
complete pipe,
Fig. 2 a longitudinal section of the bowl portion only,
Fig. 3 an elevation of the mouth-piece portion only, and
Fig. 4 a side elevation of the pipe complete.
As shewn in the drawings, the mouthpiece-portion a of the pipe is provided with
a metal mount or connecting piece b which is formed with an elongated screw
thread c. This screw-thread is adapted to engage with an internal projection or
stud d formed on a metal mount or ferrule e which is fixed on the end of the tube
or extension f of the pipe bowl, which it fits both inside and outside. This
arrangement enables the two portions of the pipe to be disconnected and reconnected
by simply giving the mouthpiece-portion about a quarter of a turn.
The mount or connecting piece b may be fixed on the mouthpiece-portion a in
any suitable manner, it may be by means of a ferrule.
The ferrule e on the tube f may be of any desired kind suitable for the pipe
with which it is to be used.
Although in the example described and shown the screw thread is on the mouth-
piece-portion and the projection on the bowl-portion, it is obvious that, without
departing from the nature of our invention, this arrangement may be reversed, the
screw-thread c being in the tube f of the bowl-portion and the projection d on the
mouthpiece-portion.
This invention is applicable to all kinds of tobacco pipes, whatever may be the
material of which they are composed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
A tobacco pipe the bowl and mouthpiece-portions of which are connected
together by two mounts b,e one of which fits within the other, the two mounts
engaging together by means of an elongated screw-thread c, formed on the one
and a projection d formed on the other, whereby the two parts can be quickly
connected or disconnected by a partial rotation of the one relatively to the other,

page_text: substantially as hereinbefore described and shown in the accompanying illustrative
drawings.
Dated this 22nd day of November 1895.
For the Applicants,
W. LLOYD WISE,
46 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Chartered Patent Agent.