A New or Improved Appliance for Use by Smokers of Tobacco and the like.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Feb., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 8th May, 1895-Accepted; 8th June. 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Appliance for Use by Smokers of Tobacco and
the like.
We, CHARLES WALTER HATHAWAY of No. 3 Irby Terrace, Foleshill Road,
Coventry in the County of Warwick, Engineer, and HENRY SMITH of No. 9
King Street, in the said City of Coventry, Engineer do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to an appliance for use by smokers of tobacco and the
like and consists principally of a ram or plunger for pressing down the tobacco in
the bowl of the pipe combined with a cleaner for clearing the aperture through the
stem of the pipe, the cleaner being provided with a case or sheath.
The cleaner preferably consists of a flat or round wire or the like, of steel or
other suitable material and of an elastic or springy nature. One end of the wire
may conveniently be somewhat pointed and to the other is soldered or otherwise
suitably secured a head or knob of suitable form and dimensions to form the above
mentioned ram. The sheath is preferably of tubular or like form and may be
made from a length of small brass tube or other suitable material curved into an
approximately circular or other suitable shape so that when the cleaner is thrust
thereinto its elasticity will retain it in position until withdrawn.
The apparatus or appliance may be made to resemble a bugle or other ornamental
article and may be provided with a roughened surface or the like for the ignition
of matches by friction.
Further, it may be combined with a match box, cigar-end cutter and other
appliances of suitable form.
A cleaner of the well known brush variety may be substituted for the wire or
the like herein before described.
Dated this 16th day of February 1895
W. B. MAXFIELD,
Applicants' Agent.
A New or Improved Appliance for Use by Smokers of Tobacco and
the like.
We, CHARLES WALTER HATHAWAY of No. 3 Irby Terrace, Foleshill Road,
Coventry in the County of Warwick, Engineer and HENRY SMITH of No. 9
King Street, in the said City of Coventry Engineer, 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 :—
Our invention relates to an appliance for use by smokers of tobacco and the
like and consists principally of a ram or plunger for pressing down the tobacco in
the bowl of the pipe, combined with a cleaner for clearing the aperture through the
stem of the pipe, the cleaner being provided with a case or sheath.
The cleaner preferably consists of a flat wire or the like of steel or other
suitable material of an elastic or springy nature.

page_text: One end of the wire may conveniently be somewhat reduced in thickness and
pointed (thus adapting it for use as a cigar piercer and holder) and to the other end
is soldered or otherwise suitably secured a head or knob of suitable form and
dimensions to form the above mentioned ram. The sheath is preferable of tubular
or like form and may be made from a length of small brass tube or other suitable
material curved into an approximately circular or other suitable shape so that
when the cleaner is thrust thereiuto its elasticity will retain it in position until
withdrawn. After thrusting the wire into the sheath there is sometimes a slight
reaction and to check the effects of this we prefer to make part of the head and
the mouth of the tube or the like slightly taper so that the latter may obtain a
firm hold on the former.
The apparatus or appliance may be made to resemble a bugle or other ornamental
article and may be provided with a roughened surface or the like for the ignition
of matches by friction. Further, it may be combined with a match-box, cigar-end
cutter and other appliances of suitable form. A cleaner of the well known brush
variety may be substituted for the wire or the like herein before described in which
case the tube or the like should be made of correspondingly larger bore.
And in order that our invention may be fully understood we append drawings
which illustrate several applications thereof, but we do not confine ourselves to the
forms shown as there may obviously be great diversity in design and detail without
departing from the nature of our invention.
Figure I is a view in side elevation of the appliance constructed according to
our invention.
Figure II. shows the wire and knoh apart from the sheath.
Figure III is a view in end elevation showing the appliance combined with a
match box.
Figure IV is a view in side elevation showing the appliance combined with a
cigar cutter.
Figure V is a view in elevation showing the sheath combined with a tobacco
box.
Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the drawings.
Referring to Figures I and II, the cleaner 2 consists of a flat steel wire of a
flexible and somewhat elastic or springy nature and of convenient dimensions
say 6" long, 05" wide and Oz" thick.
The end 3 is say 75" gradually reduced in thickness to 0125" and the extreme
end is rounded or pointed as shown. To the other end 4 is secured a knob 5 by
soft soldering, the knob being bored up to receive the said end 4; if the knob be
of a sintable material the end 4 may be slightly flattened out and the mouth of the
hole 6 be spun over so as to fix the knob to the wire. The knob 5 may conveniently
be nade of brass and of the form shown, the top measuring say '36" in diameter.
The sheath 8 is made of a suitable length of small brass tube curved into an
approximately circular form, as shown, and the ends are preferably soft soldered
together along a greater or lesser portion of the overlap 9. The tube is preferably
brought to an oval or flattened form in cross section so that the bore corresponds
in section somewhat to the rectangular section of the wire 2.
The seam (if any) in the tube is preferably arranged on the inner side of the
curve. To save cost the sheath may be made of strip metal folded to a tubular
form but with the edges of the strip not soldered or otherwise united. To the
outer end of the tube or the like 8 is soldered a short hollow cylinder 10 adapted
to the receive the plug 11 of the knob 5; the interior of the cylinder and the
plug are slightly and correspondingly tapered so that the former may obtain a good
hold on the latter. The outer end of the tube and the cylinder 10 are arranged at
a tangent to the curve of the remainder of the sheath.
The parts of the sheath at the overlap are roughened at the sides for the ignition
of matches. If desired a baud, with or without a roughened surface, may be fitted
round the overlap and soldered in place.
Referring to Figure III two plates 17, 18 are fitted to the sheath 8, one (17)

page_text: being fixed by soldering or other suitable means and the other (18) moveable; the
latter is provided with any suitable hinge 19 and catch 20, thus forming a suitable
receptacle for matches. Referring to Figure IV, two similar plates 12 are soldered
or otherwise fixed side by side at a suitable distance apart in the sheath and between
them is hinged a blade 13. Holes 16 of suitable diameter for the insertion of a
cigar end are provided in line in the plates 12 and the blade 13 is fitted with a
spring 14 to hold it normally in the position shown, and with a finger rest 15
whereby it may be depressed in cutting off the end of a cigar in the usual way.
Referring to Figure V, the tobacco box 21 may be made of metal and have a
channel sectioned strip 8 soldered thereto so as to form a tubular sheath for the
reception of the cleaner 2. In a similar manner the cleaner, ram and sheath may
be combined with other appliances of a suitable form.
In using the ram the wire is preferably withdrawn a short distance from the
sheath as shown in Figure IV so that the knob stands clear of the sheath. The
curve or curves in the sheath and the formation of the bore and the wire are
made such as to allow of the ready introduction of the wire into the sheath but
the friction between the wire and the sheath should be made sufficient to retain
the ram in its extended position when required. If the appliance be combined with
a comparatively cumbersome article, such as a tobacco box, it will usually be more
convenient to withdraw the wire entirely from the sheath before using the ram.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that we
claim is ;-
1. An appliance for use by smokers of tobacco and the like consisting of a ram
or plunger for pressing down the tobacco in the bowl of the pipe, a cleaner for
clearing the aperture through the stem of the pipe, and a case or sheath for the
cleaner, substantially as set forth.
2. In an appliance of the kind referred to in Claim 1, the combination of a
wire such as 2 with a knob such as 5, substantially as and for the purpose set
forth.
3. In an appliance of the kind referred to in Claim 1, the combination of a wire
such as 2 (with or without a knob such as 5) with a sheath such as 8, substantially
as and for the purpose set forth.
4. In an appliance of the kind referred to in Claim 1, making the sheath of
tube or strip metal brought to a tube-like form, such tube or the like being of
round, oval or flattened transverse section and curved longitudinally, substantially
as herein described.
5. The combination of an appliance of the kind referred to in Claims 2 and 3
with a match-box, cigar cutter or other appliance of suitable form, substantially
as herein described.
6. The provision of an appliance of the kind referred to in Claim 1 with a
roughened surface or the like for the ignition of matches by friction, substantially
as herein described.
7. The appliance for use by smokers of tobacco and the like, substantially as
herein described and as illustrated in Figures I and II of the accompanying
drawings.
8. The appliance for use by smokers of tobacco and the like combined with a
match box, substantially as herein described and as illustrated in Figure III of the
accompanying drawings.
9. The appliance for use by smokers of tobacco and the like combined with a
cigar cutter, substantially as herein described and as illustrated in Figure IV of
the accompanying drawings.
10. The appliance for use by smokers of tobacco and the like combined with a
tobacco box, substantially as herein described and as illustrated in Figure V of the
accompanying drawings.

page_text: 11. The new or improved construction and arrangement of parts constituting an
appliance for use by smokers of tobacco and the like, substantially as described
and as herein illustrated.
Dated this 6th day of May 1805
W. BESTWICK MAXFIELD,
Registered Patent Agent,
19, Bowling Green Street, Leicester, Applicants' Agent.