Year: 1888

page_text: I, BARTHOLOMEW HIGGINS, of 377 Camden Road, Holloway, London, N.,
Mechanical Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be an
follows:-
My invention combines in one article of a size to be conveniently carried in the
pocket a tobacco stopper, a picker for raising the tobacco, and a brush for cleaning
the pipe.
I take a tube of metal or other suitable material about two inches in length and
one-third of an inch in width and cap it at each end. This serves as the tobacco
stopper. Near one end of the tube and within it is placed a wheel with its axis set
transversely to the long axis of the tube and passing through one or both of the sides
of the tube. A milled head or other contrivance for turning the wheel is attached to
or made in one piece with one end of the axis outside the tube. The end of a flexible
handle of a cleaning brush is secured to the wheel and by turning the milled head the
flexible handle can be coiled round the wheel and the brush withdrawn into the tube.
The picker is loosely fitted on to the axis of the wheel outside the tube, in preference
between the milled head and the tube. When not in use it conveniently lies along
the tube.

page_text: I, BARTHOLOMEW HIGGINS, of 377 Camden Road, Holloway, London, N.,
Mechanical 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 :-
My invention combines in one article of a size to be conveniently carried in the
pocket, a tobacco stopper, a picker for raising tobacco, and a brush for cleaning the
pipe.
I take a tube of metal or other suitable material about two inches in length and
one-third or one-half of an inch in breadth, and cap it at each end. This capped tube
serves as a tobacco stopper. Near one end of the tube is an axle set transversely to
the long axis of the tube, and passing through one or both sides of the tube. A milled
head or other contrivance for turning this axle is attached to or made in one piece
with one end of this axle outside the tube.
The end of a flexible handle of a cleaning brush is secured to the axle inside
the tube and by turning the axle the flexible handle is coiled round the axle and the
brush withdrawn into the tube. The picker is loosely fitted on the axle outside the
tube between the head of the axle and the tube.
To show more clearly how my invention is carried out I furnish drawings in which
similar letters represent corresponding parts.
Fig. 1 is an exterior view of the tube B with cap A at each end and picker H
attached to axle F and lying along the tube with its other end resting in a notch D
in the cap A. The end of the pipe cleaner E is shown projecting out of a slit C at
one end of the tube.
Fig. 2. is a view of the article with the picker H turned in the opposite direction.
The cap A pushes the picker outwards and the spring action of the picker keeps it
sufficiently firmly in this position.
Fig. 3 shows the cap A off, and the pipe cleaner E extended out of the tube B.
A portion of the tube is cut away to show the attachment of pipe cleaner to axle F.
G is a milled head to turn the axle F.
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 combined tobacco stopper, picker, and pipe cleaner substantially as described in
the foregoing description.
Dated this 16th day of April 1888.