An Improvement in or relating to Pipes for Smoking.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Dec., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Aug.. 1895-4ccepted. 28th Sept., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in or relating to Pipes for Smoking.
I WILLIAM ROSAMBERT of St. Claude (Jura) France Pipe Manufacturer do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
In the majority of briar wood, meerschaum, composition and like pipes used for
smoking a plug of wet tobacco becomes jambed and fills up the passage at the
bottom of the bowl leading to the stem and mouthpiece. This causes great
annoyance to a smoker and often necessitates the use of a knife or other appliance
for scraping away the plug. Another disadvantage is, the freedom to draw even
with a recharged pipe is interfered with and requires a piercing to create or form a
clear draught.
By my invention a pipe can be always cleared of obstructions or impediments at
bottom of the bowl and this I effect by a kind of lance or blade projecting from
the inner end of the stem, the mouthpiece, or of the mount the tip or end of said
blade or lance being within the hole at the bottom of the bowl so that said blade
by a turning action say an unscrewing and a rescrewing will sufficiently disturb the
plug and give play for the smoke to pass.
The blade or lance of any desired material is flattish along its length in order
that it will not interfere with the passage of smoke, in addition to that it will be
of service for scraping the stem of the often accumulated nicotine and powder
with which the stems are fouled.
Dated thin 10th dove of December 1901
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166 Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said W. Rosambert.
An Improvement in or relating to Pipes for Smoking.
I WILLIAM ROSAMBERT of St. Claude (Jura) France, Pipe Manufacturer, 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 the majority of briar wood, meerschaum, composition and like pipes used for
smoking a plug of wet tobacco becomes jambed and fills up the passage at the
bottom of the bowl leading to the stem and mouthpiece. This causes great
annoyance to a smoker and often necessitates the use of a knife or other appliance
for scraping away the plug. Another disadvantage is, the freedom to draw even
with a recharged pipe is interfered with and requires a piercing to create or form a
clear draught.
By my invention a pipe can be always cleared of obstruction or impediments at
bottom of the bowl and this I effect by a kind of lance or blade A, Figure 1,
projecting from the inner end of the stem B, the mouthpiece C or of the mount, if
one be fitted, the tip or end of said blade or lance A being within the hole D at
the bottom of the bowl E Figure 2 so that said blade by a turning action, say, an

page_text: unscrewing, and a rescrewing will sufficiently disturb the plug and give play for
the smoke to pass.
The blade or lance A of any desired material is flattish along its length in order
that it will not interfere with the passage of smoke in addition to that it will be of
service for scraping the stem of the often accumulated nicotine and powder with
which the stems become fouled.
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 :
Fitting or providing a blade or lance A to the stem, the mouthpiece, or to the
mount of a pipe used for smoking, as an appliance for disturbing bottom plugs, for
cleansing the stem and generally for keeping clear the smoke passage between the
bowl and the mouthpiece as described and substantially as represented in the
-annexed drawings.
The word day of August 1895.
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166 Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said W. Rosambert.