Improvements in Mouth-pieces for Tobacco Pipes and Cigar-holders.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Mouth-pieces for Tobacco Pipes and Cigar-holders.
I, SAMUEL BARNARD of the Theatre Royal, Woolwich in the County of Kent,
Lessee, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
In pipes of the ordinary kind, there is a tendency for the moisture from the
smoker's mouth to find its way through the central smoke passage of the mouth-
piece into the stem, and thence into the bottom of the bowl. There is the same
tendency in the case of cigar & cigarette holders, and, as a result, the inside of the
stem or tube becomes charged with a disagreeable mixture of nicotine and saliva,
which is liable at any moment to be drawn into the mouth of the sinoker..
In order to remove or reduce the above tendency, I avoid boring the mouthpiece
completely through from end to end, for I find that where the hole of the mouth-
piece is directly opposite to the tongue of the smoker, much saliva is conveyed by
the latter into the stem or tube.
Instead, therefore, of boring the mouthpiece centrally completely through from
end to end, I stop short of the inner or mouth end, and I bring the bore, or smoke
passage, in a lateral or sideway direction to both sides of the mouthpiece; thus,
while giving thereby free draught for the smoke into the mouth, the closed end of
the mouthpiece presents no means of entrance for the moisture, which, moreover,
does not readily find its way to the lateral openings of the smoke passage, and thus
a dry pipe or cigar holder is ensured for a longer period than is usually the case.
Dated this 26th day of February 1897.
NEWTON & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in Mouth-pieces for Tobacco Pipes and Cigar-holders.
I SAMUEL BARNARD of the Theatre Royal, Woolwich, in the County of Kent,
Lessee, 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 :-
In pipes of the ordinary kind, there is a tendency for the moisture from the
smoker's mouth, to find its way through the central smoke passage of the mouth-
piece into the stem, and thence into the bottom of the bowl. There is the same
tendency in the case of cigar and cigarette holders, and, as a result, the inside of
the stem or tube becomes charged with a disagreeable mixture of nicotine and
saliva, which saturates and wastes the tobacco, and, moreover, is liable at any
moment to be drawn into the mouth of the smoker.
According to my invention, I prevent, as far as possible, the saliva from finding
its way into the stem or tube, and in the accompanying drawing I have shown the
means which I propose to employ to this end.
Fig. 1 shows, in side elevation, a pipe complete; and
Fig. 2 is a section of the mouthpiece only, on the line X-X of Fig. 1.

page_text: On referring to these figures, it will be observed that the mouthpiece A is bored
centrally for part of its length, to form a smoke passage a. Instead, however, of
extending through from end to end in the ordinary way, the smoke passage a, as
it approaches the end nearest the mouth, is branched, or diverted sideway. Two
branches, a' and a², which issue on either side of the mouthpiece, are shewn in the
drawing.
I have found that, with this arrangement, the saliva from the smoker's mouth
does not so easily find its way into the hole a of the mouth-piece, as with the usual
central bore, presumably because the tongue, in touching, as it constantly does, the.
end of the mouthpiece, meets a closed end, through which no moisture can be
.conveyed.
It will be understood that it is not necessary to divide the smoke passage or
Thore a into two, as shown in the drawing; one of the branches a¹ or a² may, if
preferred, be dispensed with, but in either case the passage issues at the side of
the mouthpiece, so that the latter presents a closed end to the tongue, while at the
same time a clear draught or passage for the smoke is secured.
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:-
A mouthpiece for tobacco pipes and cigar and cigarette tubes having its smoke
passage issuing at the side near the mouth end, in the manner explained, and for
the purpose set forth.
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NEWTON & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.