AN IMPROVED TOBACCO-PIPE RACK
Year: 1879

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John James Telfer, of the Firm of John Telfer and Sons,
Tobacco Manufacturers, of the Town and County of Newcastle upon Tyne, for
the Invention of "AN IMPROVED TOBACCO-PIPE RACK."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John James Telfer at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 4th April 1879.
JOHN JAMES TELFER, of the Firm of John Telfer and Sons, Tobacco Manufac-
turers, of the Town and County of Newcastle upon Tyne. "AN IMPROVED TOBACCO-
PIPE RACK."
My Invention may be carried out by constructing an open frame of wire work of
any suitable design, ornamental or otherwise. In the interior of the same is a
counterpart or duplicate, a space being left between the outer and inner frames.
The stem of the tobacco-pipes are introduced into the meshes or reticulations of
the wire-work of the frames; the bowl of the pipe is therefore supported by the
outer wire work, while the mouth of the said pipe is supported by the inner wire
work. A number of pipes can thus be supported.
When my improved tobacco-pipe rack is constructed of a circular or polygonal
form, it may be made to rotate by the judicious application of clockwork or other
suitable machinery.
The object of my Invention might in a measure be attained by substituting per-
forated material in lieu of wire-work.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said John James Telfer in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 3rd October
1879.
JOHN JAMES TELFER, of the Firm of John Telfer and Sons, Tobacco Manufac-
turers, of the Town and County of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. "AN IMPROVED TOBACCO-
PIPE RACK,"
My Invention relates more portionlaulu to these

page_text: the trade of which I am a member for showing to advantage tobacco-pipes offered
for sale.
It is advantageous to make pipe racks not only eminently suitable for the purpose
intended, but also attractive, and adapted to take an outline that may at the time
of manufacture represent some object of public interest, opinion, or custom.
To carry out my Invention I construct an open frame of wire-work of any suitable
In the interior of the same is a counterpart or
design, ornamental or otherwise.
duplicate, a space being left between the inner and the outer frame.
The stem of the tobacco-pipes to be exhibited are introduced into the meshes or
reticulations of the wire work of the frames; the bowl of the pipe is therefore
supported by the outer wire work, while the mouth of the said pipe is sustained by
the inner wire work. A great number of pipes can thus be supported and built up
to take the outline of some object of public attraction, as, for instance, the outline
of Cleopatria's needle or of the Egyptian pyramids.
In Figure 2 of the accompanying Drawing I have shown one of my improved
pipe racks as representing the outline of Cleopatria's needle. The skeleton frame a, a,
is of stout wire, and, as will be seen, bent or fashioned to the required ontline. Over
this framework is woven or otherwise interlaced an open mesh work of wire b, b,
Within the interior of the said
which supports the bowl end of the pipe stem.
rack is a counterpart (see Fig. 1) to sustain the mouth end of the pipe.. It is
similarly constructed to the former, but necessarily smaller, so that when the latter
is secured to the base board c (Fig. 2) an intervening space, say, of some inches,
Bhall exist between the inner and the outer design.
When my improved tobacco pipe-rack-is-constructed-of-a-circular_or_polygonal_
form, as in Figure 3, it may be made to revolve by the judicious application of
clock work or other suitable machinery enclosed within the base d. The employ-
ment of such mechanical power to produce a revolution of the goods exhibited to
public view is so well known and understood as to require no further explanation
of working details.
In Figure 4 I have shown a simple modification of my tobacco-pipe rack, illus-
trative of the wide range of my Invention. Here the design is neither ornamental
nor suggestive, but is simply a square or rectangular inclined frame covered, as
shewn, with wire work. It is employed in a manner similar to the foregoing, but
in this design the second frame or counterpart may be dispensed with.
The object of my Invention may in a measure be attained by substituting per-
forated material in lieu of wire work, but I prefer to employ the latter.
Having now fully described the nature and object of my Invention, together with
the mode of carrying the same into effect, I wish it to be understood that I claim
as my Invention secured to me by the above in part recited Letters Patent, im-
provements in tobacco pipe racks, substantially as above described and illustrated
on the accompanying Drawing, or any mere modification thereof.
In witness whereof, I, the said John James Telfer, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Second day of October, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy nine.