IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF TOBACCO PIPES
Year: 1867

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Parker, of No. 7, Robinson's Terrace,
Stratford New Town, Essex, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
CONSTRUCTION OF TOBACCO PIPES."
Sealed the 9th August 1867, and dated the 8th June 1867.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Parker at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
8th June 1867.
I, HENRY PARKER, of No. 7, Robinson's Terrace, Stratford New Town,
Essex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF TOBACCO PIPES," to be as follows:-
The pipe is to be made of briar root, or of any material of which pipes are
usually made; the bowl is bored right through, being attached to the stem by.
means of a hinge.
The advantage of this mode of construction is, that when the tobacco is-
nearly smoked out the charge can be renewed without relighting by opening:
the pipe, charging again from the bottom, and pushing the lighted tobacco.
up to the top, which is secured by means of a cap to prevent the lighted

page_text: tobacco from falling out. The tobacco thus passing continually through the
pipe there is no settlement of oil and dirt at the bottom as in the ordinary
pipe, the stem is always clean, and the draught free.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Henry Parker in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
12th August 1867.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRY
PARKER, of No. 7, Robinson's Terrace, Stratford New Town, Esssex, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Eighth day of June, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, in the thirtieth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said Henry Parker, Her special licence that I, the said Henry Parker,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Henry
Parker, 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 of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CON-
STRUCTION OF TOBACCO PIPES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the
said Henry Parker, 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 Parker, 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:-.
The pipe is to be made of briar root, or of any material of which pipes are
usually made. The bowl A, which is bored right through, being attached
to the stem by means of a hinge B.
Fig. 1 shows the pipe when ready for smoking; Fig. 2 shows it open and
ready for charging.
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page_text: The advantage of this mode of construction is that when the tobacco is
nearly smoked out the charge can be renewed without relighting by opening
the pipe, as shewn in Fig. 2, charging again from the bottom, and pushing the
lighted tobacco up to the top, which is secured by means of a cap C to
prevent the lighted tobacco from falling out. The tobacco thus passing con-
tinually through the pipe there is no settlement of oil and dirt at the bottom
as in the ordinary pipe, the stem is always clean, and the draught free.
What I claim as new is the mode herein described and shewn of con-
structing the bowls of tobacco pipes in two separate parts, hinged together to
allow of the bowl being opened at pleasure to renew or refill the pipe from
the bottom.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Parker, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twelfth day of August, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.
HENRY PARKER.
(L.S.)