Improvements in Combined Tobacco Pipes and Whistles.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Combined Tobacco Pipes and Whistles.
We, JAMES ARGYLE and WILLIAM ARGYLE, both of Sleet Moor Lane, Alfreton,
Derbyshire, Engineers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
Between the bowl and mouthpiece of each pipe a tube connects them together,
one end of the tube receives the end of the pipe stem provided with a valve hinged
to it, the tube nearest the mouthpiece has a chamber on the top projecting at a
right angle, said chamber receives a ball valve, the ball being prevented from
falling out by a pin above it, the pin being secured in the sides of the chamber.
Or the ball valve chamber may project from the lower end of the mouthpiece and
be connected to the pipe stem carrying the hinged valve without employing a
connecting tube. The top of the ball valve chamber is closed by a short tube
from which an alarm or whistle projects either vertical, angular, or parallel to
the pipe stem. The aların or whistle is constructed so that it can be disconnected
from the pipe when not required.
The combination acts as follows.
When used by a cycle rider, the smoke when drawn through it raises the hinged
valve to allow a free passage, the valve closing air tight when the mouthpiece is
blown through to sound the alarm or whistle.
H. W. GOUGH, C.E.,
Agent.
Improvements in Combined Tobacco Pipes and Whistles.
We, JAMES ARGYLE and WILLIAM ARGYLE, both of Sleet Moor Lane, Alfreton,
Derbyshire, Engineers, 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:―
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 shows a longitudinal sectional view of a tobacco pipe and whistle
O combined, and Figure 2 a plan of the same. The corresponding parts in each
figure are numbered alike where necessary. Between the bowl and mouth piece
of each pipe a tube 1 connects them together, one end of the tube receives the end
of the pipe stem provided with a plate valve 2 hinged to it. The tube nearest
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page_text: the mouth piece 3 receives a chamber projecting from the lower end of the mouth
piece containing a ball valve 4 the ball being prevented from falling out of the
chamber when the mouth piece is withdrawn from the tube by a pin 5 above it,
the pin being secured in the side of the chamber.
Above the ball valve chamber is a short tube 6 from which an alarm or whistle 7.
projects which may be removed from the tube 6 when the pipe is not required.
The whistle consists of a metal tube 7 divided interiorly by a central plate 8
and stopped at each end by a plug to form as shown by dotted lines at Figure 2
two cavities of varying length to produce two notes when blown down; portion
of the tube in each cavity being cut away at 9 and the plug nearest them made
flat on each side at 10 to allow air to pass when the whistle is blown.
The combined tobacco pipe and whistle may have the pipe bowl and stemmed
mouth piece made of wood, porcelain, ebonite, vulcanite or other suitable material,
and the outer tube and whistle may be of metal, and the ball valves may be made
of steel, bone, ivory or other hard substance.
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The combined pipe and whistle acts as follows. When used, the smoke when
drawn through it raises the hinged valve 2 to allow a free passage the ball valve 4
closing the entrance to the whistle or alarm, when the mouth piece is blown
through to sound the whistle 7 the ball rises and the hinged valve 4 closes the
entrance to the pipe bowl.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is:
The combined tobacco pipe and whistle or alarm substantially as described and
illustrated in the drawings annexed.
Dated this Twenty-first day of September 1898.
H. W. GOUGH, C.E.,
Agent.