AN IMPROVED PIPE STEM OR TUBE
Year: 1858

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Edwards, of Dalston, in the County of Mid-
dlesex, Gentleman, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED PIPE STEM OR
TUBE,"
Sealed the 30th November 1858, and dated the 3rd June 1858.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Edwards at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 3rd
June 1858.
I, HENRY EDWARDS, of Dalston, in the County of Middlesex, Gentleman, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED PIPE STEM
OR TUBE," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in forming pipe stems or tubes (for the reception of
a meerschaum, clay, or other bowl) in the form of a cornucopia, with the
end intended to be placed in the mouth flattened or fashioned into the form
of a duck's bill, or made into any other shape convenient for the mouth and
lips. I close the broad or opposite end of the cornucopian tube, except to a
small aperture which is intended for the reception of the bowl. Or, I reverse
the position of the bowl and mouthpiece, and then fix the bowl in the narrow
or tapering end of the tube, and form a convenient mouthpiece at or on the
opposite or broad end of the tube.

page_text: WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Third day of June, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, in the twenty-first year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Henry Edwards, Her special licence that I, the said Henry Edwards, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Henry
Edwards, my 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 PIPE
STEM OR TUBE," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Henry
Edwards, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under
my, 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 Henry Edwards, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per.
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement thereof, reference being had to the Drawings hereunto annexed,
that is to say:-
My Invention consists in forming a pipe stem or tube (for the reception
of a meerschaum, clay, or other bowl for smoking), in the form of a cornu-
copia, or of a curved and cone-like form, with the end intended to be placed
in the mouth flattened or fashioned into the form of a duck's bill, or made into
any other shape convenient for the mouth and lips. I close the broad or
opposite end of the cornucopianor curved cone-like tube, except to an aperture
which is intended for the reception of the bowl. Or I reverse the position of
the bowl and mouthpiece, and then fix the bowl in the narrow or tapering
end of the tube, and form a convenient mouthpiece at or on the opposite or
broad end of the tube. A separate mouthpiece may be used with my
improved pipe stem or tube, if desired. My improved pipe stem or tube
may be formed of glass, porcelain, metal, or any other suitable material.
In the Drawings hereunto annexed, I have illustrated several forms of my
improved pipe stem or tube. Figure 1 is a side elevation, showing the form first
described, with the end a,intended to be placed in the mouth,flattened as before
mentioned, and with a clay, meerschaum, or other bowl b,inserted in an aper-

page_text: ture in the large end c, and made tight by a cork or other plug d; Figure 2 is.
a like view of a similar stem or tube with a conical or funnel-shaped partition
or diaphragm e, indicated by dotted lines. The object of this partition or
diaphragm is to prevent the possibility of the essential oil or other deposit,
which will be produced during the smoking within the tube or stem, running
into the mouth, should the smoker inadvertently elevate the pipe improperly
while smoking. This provision, however, is not ordinarily necessary, but may
be adopted when deemed desirable; Figure 3 is a side elevation of one of the
forms which my pipe stem or tube takes when the position of the bowl is the
reverse of that in the former case, the bowl 6 being inserted in the small
end c', and the mouthpiece a¹ being formed at the opposite or broad end. In
Figure 4, I have shown another form in which the general features of Figure 3
are preserved. In this Figure (Figure 4), I have also illustrated the manner
in which a separate, flexible, or other tube f, and a mouthpiece g, may be
combined with my improved stem or tube. The Figures are so drawn as to
represent the general positions in which the stems or tubes are held during
smoking.
The Drawings before described illustrate several forms which my improved
pipe stem or tube may have given to it, but I by no means confine myself
to them, as they may be variously modified, without departing from the
characteristic features of my improved pipe stem or tube.
And having now described the nature of my said Invention, and in what
manner the same may be performed, I declare that I claim,-
The construction and employment of a pipe stem or tube (for the recep-
tion of a meerschaum, clay, or other bowl for smoking) in the form of a
cornucopia, or of a curved cone-like form, with a mouthpiece formed at or
attached to either the large or the small end, and a bowl inserted in or
attached in any way to the other end.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Edwards, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Third day of December, One thousand eight
hundred and fifty-eight.
HENRY EDWARDS. (L.B.)