Improvements in or connected with Tobacco Pipes.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Nov., 1898-Accepted, 23rd Dec., 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Tobacco Pipes.
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I, WILLIAM EDMUND SHARMAN, of 67, City Road, in the County of London,
Pipe Mounter, 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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My invention relates to tobacco pipes of the kind having hinged covers.
The covers of such pipes have heretofore been arranged, when closed down, to
lie closely upon the top of the pipe bowl, the result being that the draught is
frequently impaired and that the hinge of the cover is also frequently broken or
injured owing to pieces of tobacco lying upon the top of the bowl.
The object of my invention is to overcome these difficulties and to this end I
make the mount so that when the cover is closed down on to the bowl, spaces are
left between the underside of the cover and the top of the bowl.
In carrying out my invention I advantageously form upon the rim to which
the cover is usually hinged two projections to one of which the hinge is attached
whilst the other is adjacent to the usual catch or fastening. Or, the projections
may be upon the lid or cover or partly upon the cover and partly upon the bowl
and more than two projections may be used if desired.
To enable the invention to be fully understood I will describe it by reference
to the accompanying drawing in which:-
Figure 1 is a side elevation of a tobacco pipe having my improvements fitted
thereto, the cover being shewn in its closed position;
Figure 2 is a plan of the pipe, the cover being shewn turned back; and,
Figures 3 and 4 are vertical sections of the bowl of the pipe shewing the cover
respectively in its closed and open position.
a is the pipe bowl which is of ordinary construction, and b is the rim or mount
which is fitted to the upper end of the said bowl in the ordinary way; c, c¹ are
the two projections formed upon the upper part of the said mount or rim b and d
is the usual cover which is hinged to the said projection cas clearly shewn in
the drawing, the catch or fastening e for the said cover d being formed upon the
projection c¹.
With this arrangement it will be obvious that when the cover is closed as
indicated in Figures 1 and 3 air spaces f, f are left between the top of the pipe
bowl a and the cover d, thereby allowing sufficient air to enter the pipe bowl.
As above mentioned it will be obvious that the projections may be upon the
cover or lid d or partly upon the cover and partly upon the pipe bowl and that
more than two projections can be used if desired.
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:
1. In tobacco pipes of the kind described, providing the upper part of the
usual mount with a number of projections to one of which the cover is hinged
so as to leave a space or spaces between the underside of the cover and the top

page_text: of the pipe bowl when the said cover is closed down, substantially as, and for
the purpose, herein before described.
2. The manufacture and use of tobacco pipes, constructed substantially as
herein before described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated the 3rd day of November 1898.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agents for the Applicant.