Improvements in or relating to Tobacco Pipes, Cigar or Cigarette Holders.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 20th May, 1898
Complete Specification Left, 20th Feb., 1899-Accepted, 15th Apr., 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Tobacco Pipes, Cigar or Cigarette
Holders.
I, WILLIAM HUMPHREY TRIMBLE, of 34, Butler Street, Chorlton on Medlock,
Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Mechanician, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to improvements in tobacco pipes, cigar or cigar-
ette holders, and has for its object to provide, in a simple and efficient manner,
an arrangement that will cool and eliminate much of the deleterious and objection-
able substances or qualities from the smoke before it enters the mouth, by means
of a plug or cylinder, placed loosely in a condensing chamber which forms part
of the stem and through which the smoke passes. The arrangement also offers
better facilities for cleaning than is usual in pipes or the like.
In carrying out this object I provide, in connection with the bowl or holder, a
short stem to which is fastened a cylinder of metal,, or other suitable material,
to the other end of which the mouthpiece is detachably fixed. A cylinder, of
somewhat smaller diameter than that of the inside of the chamber, having one
or more small studs or projections at each of its ends, to prevent its stoping the
passage of the smoke, is inserted into the chamber.
The action of the arrangement is such that the smoke, on its way to the mouth,
is cooled by being drawn between the outer surface of the cylinder and the inner
surface of the chamber, which, by radiating away the heat from its outer surface,
cools the smoke and thus acts as a condenser of some of the products of combus-
tion of the tobacco which are thereby partly absorbed by the plug and partly
deposited on the inner walls of the chamber, and the smoke, thus deprived of sonic
of the said products, is rendered sweeter and less deleterious.
The cylindrical plug is preferably made of any suitable carbonaceous material,
such as charcoal, which should be powdered, and to which flour and powdered
gums or resins may be added, then moistened with a solution of sugar or treacle,
and, after being moulded, charred in any suitable manner.
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WILLIAM HUMPHREY TRIMBLE.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Tobacco Pipes, Cigar or Cigarette
Holders.
1. WILLIAM HUMPHREY TRIMBLE. late of 34, Butler Street, Chorlton-on-
Medlock, Manchester, now of 5, Barlow Street, Grosvenor Street, Manchester, in
the County of Lancaster, Mechanician, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention has sofarones" to improvements in tobacco nines cigar or civar-

page_text: ette holders and to plugs or cores to be placed in a chamber attached to or hollowed
out of the stem of same and has for its object to provide a pipe cigar or cigarette
holder that with the addition of the said plug or core made as hereinafter described
and placed in the said chamber will cool the smoke and eliminate from it much
of the deleterious substances or qualities that in pipes of ordinary construction
are drawn into the mouth.
The invention will be fully described with reference to the accompanying draw-
ings in which,
Fig. 1 is a partial longitudinal section of a pipe with my invention applied.
Fig. 2 a cross section through Fig. 1 at a, b,
Fig. 3 a similar view of a modified form and,
Fig. 4 a view similar to Fig. 1 of a cigar or cigarette holder.
In the drawings like parts are indicated by similar letters of reference, A being
the bowl of the pipe and B the stem or mouthpiece. The part of the pipe C
between the bowl and stem in Fig. is provided with a chamber D preferably
parallel in the direction of its length and also preferably circular in cross section,
though it will be obvious from what follows that the shape may be varied, the
form referred to however, being considered the best. A passage d runs from the
bowl into the chamber D whilst at the other end the latter is stopped up by the
end of the mouthpiece B which may be screwed into chamber D or merely pushed
into it. In Fig. 3 the chamber D is composed of a suitable metallic or like tube E
which may be connected by screwing or the like means both to the bowl A and
stem or mouthpiece B. A similar arrangement to Fig. 1 is adopted in the cigar
or cigarette holder shown in Fig. 4, though the chamber may be formed as in
Fig. 3. In either case the walls of the chamber are preferably as thin as possible
consistent with the strength required, so that the products of combustion in pass-
ing therethrough are more or less condensed owing to the heat readily escaping
through the walls.
The most important feature of my invention however, consists in the provision
of a loose plug or core F of such a form and character that whilst allowing the
smoke to readily pass from the bowl A to the mouth of the smoker between its
outer surface and the inner surface of the chamber D will nevertheless absorb
the condensed products, have a slight chemical action upon them, which is advan-
tageous to the smoker, and prevent their emission from the stem B. The plug is
preferably made in the form of a cylinder with projections f at the ends to pre-
vent the closing of the passage in the bowl and stem of the pipe or holder, the
groove between the projections allowing the smoke to pass when the plug is close
up to either the bowl or stem. It will be obvious that the cross section of the
plug and the shape of the projections may be varied. For instance the section
may be polygonal or cruciform and longitudinally the plug may be grooved. As
will be seen from the cross section in Fig. 2 the internal diameter of the chamber D
is greater than that of the core F, the latter resting in the bottom of the former
and leaving a crescent shaped opening or passage for the smoke to pass through
Thus no smoke passes through the core but only along the outer wall of it.
The core or plug is made of any suitable carbonaceous substance such as pow-
dered bone or animal charcoal or of a mixture of these and vegetable charcoal,
such as that obtained from wood, peat or grain, to which are added a preferably
hot solution of treacle or sugar and borax. I preferably mix the above named
materials together in about the following proportions by weight viz:
5 parts of powdered wood charcoal,
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animal charcoal,
(preferably) black treacle,
part of powdered borax

page_text: that it can be readily moulded and subjected to pressure in suitable apparatus to
the forms described. After moulding the plugs are dried on trays and charred
out of contact with the air. I sometimes add to the materials described about
five parts (by weight) of flour which enables them to be even more readily
mouided to form and to present a plug of smoother appearance. Such a plug is
also stronger whilst its absorbent properties are not lessened. Plugs made of the
materials described possess very high absorbent properties, are cheap, so that
they may be easily renewed as desired, whilst they possess sufficient strength to
prevent them being readily broken. It will be obvious that other materials
which would give the same or similar effect to those already referred to may
be mixed to the charcoal without departing from the essential features of my
invention.
The action of the arrangement is such that the smoke on its way to the mouth
is cooled by being drawn between the outer surface of the cylinder and the inner
surface of the chamber which by radiating away the heat from its outer surface
cools the smoke and thus acts as a condenser of some of the products of combus-
tion of the tobacco which are thereby partly absorbed by the plug and partly
deposited in the inner wall of the chamber and the smoke thus deprived of some
of the said products is rendered sweeter and less deleterious to the smoker. In
addition to these advantages the arrangement is an economical one inasmuch as
the whole of the tobacco in the bowl of the pipe may be consumed. The draught
of the pipe is, owing to the improved construction and the non-liability of the
bore to choke up, a very easy one.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
1. An absorbent plug or core for tobacco pipes, cigar and cigarette holders
consisting of a mixture of vegetable or (and) animal charcoal treacle or sugar
and powdered borax in about the proportions stated, with or without the addi-
tion of flour, the whole moulded and pressed to form, substantially as described.
2. An absorbent plug or core for tobacco pipes, cigar or cigarette holders made
up of a cylindrical, polygonal or cruciform body and having projections such as f
at the ends substantially as and for the purposes described.
3. The combination with a tobacco pipe, cigar or cigarette holder provided
with a chamber such as D of a loose absorbent plug constructed of the materials
stated substantially as described.
4. The improvements in tobacco pipes, cigar and cigarette holders constructed,
arranged and operating substantially in the manner described and as shown in
the accompanying drawings and for the purpose specified.
Dated this 18th day of February 1899
WILLIAM H. TAYLOR,
Swan Chambers. 69, Market Street. Manchester.
Agent for the Applicant.