IMPROVEMENTS IN TOBACCO PIPES, CIGAR AND CIGARETTE ; HOLDERS
Year: 1877

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edward Burstow, of Horsham, in the County of Sussex,
and 91, Queen Street, Cheapside, in the City of London, Architect, for the
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN TOBACCO PIPES, CIGAR AND CIGARETTE ;
HOLDERS."
Sealed the 26th June 1877, and dated the 1st January 1877.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edward Burstow at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 1st January 1877.
"
EDWARD BURSTOW, of Horsham, in the County of Sussex, and 91, Queen Street,
Cheapside, in the City of London, Architect. IMPROVEMENTS IN TOBACCO PIPES,
CIGAR AND CIGARETTE HOLDERS."
My Invention consists of a tube or cylinder for the reception of the article to be
smoked, and a tubular plunger or a piston, and rod working thereon, one end of
which forms the mouth-piece.. I construct the cylinder, which may be either
straight or curved, of appropriate diameter, according as it is intended for the
reception of tobacco, a cigar, or a cigarette, and insert therein a plunger or a piston
and piston rod terminating at its outer end in a mouth-piece, and having a tubular.
opening throughout its entire length opening into the cylinder.
When carried in the pocket it is intended that the piston should be pushed in
so as to render the whole short and compact, and when about to be be used, the
piston is to be drawn out until so much of the cylinder is vacated as will hold the
quantity of tobacco the user may wish to consume. This space having been filled,
the piston may be withdrawn to the end of the cylinder so as to leave a space
between it and the tobacco, in passing through which the smoke becomes cooled
before reaching the mouth-piece, and in which any dust that may escape from the
tobacco falls and is retained. On ceasing to smoke, the user should push the piston
back, whereby any unconsumed tobacco and ashes are ejected, and the pipe kept
comparatively clean and sweet, enabling it to be used with comfort for a long
time. With cigars and cigarettes it is to be used in the same manner as with
tobacco.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Edward Burstow in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 29th June
1877.
EDWARD BURSTOW, of Horsham, in the County of Sussex, and 91, Queen Street,
Cheapside, in the City of London, Architect. "IMPROVEMENTS IN TOBACCO PIPES,
CIGAR AND CIGARETTE HOLDERS."
My Invention consists of a tube or cylinder for the reception of the article to be
smoked, and a tubular piston and rod working therein, to one end of which is
attached a mouth-piece.
Fig. 1 in the accompanying Sheet of Drawings represents a pipe according to my
Invention, with the piston drawn about half way out; Fig. 2 is a section of the
same; and Fig 3 shows the various parts separately in section.
The same letters are used to indicate the same parts in the several Figures.
A indicates the tube or cylinder; B, the piston; C, the piston rod; D, the mouth-
piece, and E, a ring of cork serving to check the too easy passage of the air round
the piston rod into the back of the cylinder, and to cause the piston to slide
smoothly and evenly. I construct the cylinder A of appropriate diameter according
as it is intended for the reception of tobacco, a cigar, or cigarette, and insert therein
a piston B fitting the cylinder quite loosely, and a piston rod C having a tubular
opening throughout its entire length, opening at one end through the centre of the
piston into the cylinder, and at the other end into a mouth-piece D screwed on the
end of the piston rod. The inner end of the cylinder is slightly enlarged, so that
when the cork ring E, fitting the cylinder tightly, is pushed down into its place, its
elasticity causes it to fill the cavity, and thus retains it in its place when the
piston rod is moved.
When carried in the pocket it is intended that the piston should be pushed in, so
as to render the whole short and compact, and when about to be used the piston is
to be drawn out until so much of the cylinder is vacated as will hold the quantity
of tobacco the user may wish to consume. This space having been filled, the piston
may be withdrawn to the end of the cylinder, so as to leave a space between it and
the tobacco, in passing through which the smoke becomes cooled before reaching
the mouth-piece, and in which any dust, that may escape from the tobacco falls and is
rétained. For cigars and cigarettes it is to be used in the same manner as for tobacco.
On ceasing to smoke, the user should push the piston back, whereby any uncon-
sumed tobacco and ashes are ejected, and the pipe kept comparatively clean and
sweet, so that it may be used with comfort for a long time.
Having now fully described and set forth the nature and object of my said In-
vention, and in what manner the same is to be carried into practical effect, I would
observe that what I claim as the Invention secured to me by the herein-before in
part recited Letters Patent is, constructing a pipe, cigar, or cigarette holder with a
tubular piston, the rod of which is made to work closely through the end of the
cylinder either by cork packing or other equivalent, and is arranged to produce,
behind the tobacco, a vacant space in which the smoke may cool before entering
the mouth-piece, substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein-before
described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Edward Burstow, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Twenty-ninth day of June, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and savanty coven.