AN IMPROVED CARTRIDGE FOR CHARGING TOBACCO PIPES.
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edward Payne, of Mark Lane, in the City of
London, Gentleman, and Frederick Cardinal Payne, of Amherst
Road, in the County of Middlesex, Gentleman, for the Invention of
AN IMPROVED CARTRIDGE FOR CHARGING TOBACCO PIPES.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edward Payne and
Frederick Cardinal Payne at the Office of the Commissioners of
Patents, with their Petition, on the 14th December 1875.
We, EDWARD PAYNE, of Mark Lane, in the City of London, Gentle-
man, and FREDERICK CARDINAL PAYNE, of Amherst Road, in the
County of Middlesex, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "AN IMPROVED CARTRIDGE FOR CHARGING TOBACCO PIPES,"
to be as follows:-
The object of our Invention is to form a cartridge (for the use of
smokers) containing a full charge of tobacco, and of sufficient solidity
that it may be carried loose in the pocket ready for use, thus dispensing

page_text: with the necessity of carrying a large tobacco pouch, and also obviating
the difficulty of charging a pipe from the pouch while travelling.
In carrying out our Invention we form the cartridge case from sheets
of book muslin or any other light open fabric, coated with a composition
consisting of pipe clay and ground mica or French chalk mixed with
gum or alum, or of any other suitable plastic material. This fabric
while still pliable is cut into pieces of the required size, which are then
formed into cases or tubes in any convenient manner; or we mould the
case in plaster of Paris, strengthening it by combining therewith the
book muslin or other suitable open fabric. One end of the case or tube
is closed with a piece of fine wire gauze, and a charge of tobacco is then
inserted in the case. Above the tobacco the case is fitted with a
perforated disc of tin, which serves to keep the tobacco in its place, and
also (when the tobacco. is lighted) to prevent sparks and ashes from
blowing about.
When the tobacco is burnt out the case may be thrown away, or it
may be kept for refilling.
It is proposed to make these cartridges of several sizes to suit the
various sizes of pipes.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Edward Payne and Frederick Cardinal Payne in
the Great Seal Patent Office on the 14th June 1876.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, EDWARD
PAYNE, of Mark Lane, in the City of London, Gentleman, and FREDERICK
CARDINAL PAYNE, of Amherst Road, in the County of Middlesex, Gen-
tleman, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Fourteenth day of December, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, in the
thirty-ninth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc-
cessors, give and grant unto us, the said Edward Payne and Frederick
Cardinal Payne, Her special licence that we, the said Edward Payne
and Frederick Cardinal Payne, our executors, administrators, and

page_text: assigns, or such others as we, the said Edward Payne and Frederick
Cardinal Payne, our executors, administrators, and assigns, should
at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at
all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and
lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle
of Man, an Invention for "AN IMPROVED CARTRIDGE FOR CHARGING TOBACCO
PIPES," upon the condition (amongst others) that we, the said Edward
Payne and Frederick Cardinal Payne, our executors or administrators, by
an instrument in writing under our, or their, or one of their hands and
seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and
cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six
calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Frederick Cardinal Payne, on
behalf of myself and of the said Edward Payne, do hereby declare the
nature of our said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, reference being had to the Drawing hereunto
annexed, and to the letters and figures marked thereon (that is to
say):
The object of our Invention is to form a cartridge (for the use of
smokers) containing a full charge of tobacco, and of sufficient solidity
that it may be carried loose in the pocket ready for use, thus dispensing
with the necessity of carrying a large tobacco pouch, and also obviating
the difficulty of charging a pipe from the pouch while travelling.
In carrying out our Invention we form the cartridge case from sheets
of book muslin or any other light open fabric coated with a composition
consisting of pipe clay and ground mica, or French chalk mixed-with
gum or alum, or of any other suitable plastic material. This fabric
while still pliable is cut into pieces of the required size, which are then
formed into cases or tubes in any convenient manner. When the cases
or tubes have been formed of the right shape they should be dried, either
by exposure to the air or to the action of fire heat.
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They are then
placed in an oven or kiln and gradually brought to a red heat, and kept
at that heat sufficiently long to produce the required hardness; or we
:

page_text: mould the case in plaster of Paris or other plastic material, strengthening
it by combining therewith the book muslin or other suitable open fabric
if desired. The cases or tubes are formed with a slight taper inside
towards the base to form a support or rest for a piece of fine wire gauze,
which forms a bottom to support the charge of tobacco, which is then
inserted in the case. Above the tobacco the case is fitted with a
perforated disc of mica, tin, or other suitable substance, which serves to
keep the tobacco in its place, and also (when the tobacco is lighted) to
prevent sparks and ashes from blowing about.
When the tobacco is burnt out the case may be thrown away, or it
may be kept for refilling.
These cartridges may be made of several sizes to suit the various sizes
of pipes, and in order that they should fit the interior of the bowl air
tight the lower end of the case or tube is provided with a ferrule or
band of cork, paper, or other elastic substance which will produce an
air-tight joint. The cartridge is not made to fit the bottom of the bowl
of the pipe, but when inserted in its place only extends about half-way
down, leaving a space between the lower end of the case or tube and
the bottom of the bowl. Into this place a pellet for absorbing the
nicotine liquid may be placed. This pellet, which is about the size of a
hazel nut, is formed of charcoal combined with asbestos, and is enclosed
within a covering of cotton or linen fabric, previously prepared by
steeping it in a solution of alum. When the asbestos pellet is charged
with the nicotine liquid it may be removed and thrown away, and a
new pellet introduced in its place.
In the accompanying Drawing Fig. 1 is a sectional view of a tobacco.
pipe, showing my improvements adapted thereto.
a is the cartridge case or tube, made in the manner above described
and charged with tobacco, which is kept from falling out at bottom by a
piece of wire gauze b. The tobacco is held in at top by means of the
thin disc c of mica, tin, or other suitable substance, as seen best in
Fig. 2, which is a plan view of the cartridge detached from the bowle of
the pipe.
In order to form an air-tight joint the lower edge of the tube or
case a is provided with a ferrule, ring, or washer d made of paper, cork,
or some other suitable elastic material.

page_text: Below the cartridge a is the pellet e, formed, as above explained, of
asbestos and pulverized charcoal enclosed in a linen or cotton envelope.
This pellet being porous will not interfere with the passage of the
smoke, which will pass freely through it when drawn in by the mouth
of the smoker, but it will absorb and keep back any liquid nicotine or
moisture that may be given off during the operation of smoking.
Having now described our Invention of "An Improved Cartridge for
Charging Tobacco Pipes," and having explained the manner of carrying
the same into effect, we claim as the Invention secured to us by Letters
Patent, as aforesaid, making up tobacco in the form of a cartridge by
enclosing it in a case or tube, which is capable of being fitted to the
bowl of a tobacco pipe, as and for the purpose herein set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Frederick Cardinal Payne, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, the 13th day of June, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
six.