Improvement connected with Tobacco ripes.
Year: 1899

page_text: Improvement connected with Tobacco ripes.
We, ARTHUR JOSEPHI ABBEY, of 132, Gray's Inn Road, London, Tobacconist,
and ARTHUR CHURCHILL FISHER, of 45, Liverpool Street, King's Cross, London,
Joiner, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an improvement connected with tobacco pipes and
consists in boring the hole clean through the stem, mouthpiece and all or partially
through the bowl to allow of the insertion of a spirally wound strip or wire of
metal or other material the strip or wire being passed into the stem from the
mouthpiece or bowl end of the stem.
The hole in the stem mouthpiece and bowl is preferably of the same diameter
throughout but one portion may be larger than the other."
The spiral or twisted wire or strip is of a size and shape that the outer edges
just fit the hole and one end is provided with a plug or capping to secure the
wire or strip in place and if inserted from the mouthpiece, such end may form part
of the mouthpiece.
The spiral or twisted wire or strip thus acts as a cleaner and by reason of its
outer edges engaging the wall of the tube the smoke is caused to travel spirally
to the mouthpiece and when the spiral wire or strip is removed, it effectually
carries with it all the nicotine and other impurities, leaving the tube perfectly
clean and after cleaning the strip it can be returned to the pipe thus providing
a permanent means of cleaning.
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Improvement connected with Tobacco ripes.
We, ARTHUR JOSEPH ABBEY, of 132, Gray's Inn Road, London, Tobacconist,
and ARTHUR CHURCHILL FISHER, of 45, Liverpool Street, King's Cross, London,
Joiner, 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:—
This invention relates to an improvement connected with tobacco pipes and
consists in boring the hole clean through the stem, mouthpiece and bowl to

page_text: allow of the insertion, of a spirally wound strip of metal or other material the
strip being passed into the stem from the bowl end.
The spiral or twisted strip is of a size and shape that the outer edges just fit
the hole and one end is provided with a plug or capping to secure the strip in
place when inserted through the bowl.
The spiral or twisted strip thus acts as a cleaner and by reason of its outer
edges engaging the wall of the tube the smoke is caused to travel spirally to the
mouthpiece and when the spiral strip is removed it effectually carries with it
all the nicotine and other impurities, leaving the tube perfectly clean, and after
cleaning the strip it can be returned to the pipe. thus providing a permanent
means of cleaning.
The invention is shown on the annexed drawings.
Figure 1 section of a pipe A used for smoking with the twisted strip of metal B
passed from outside the bowl C to within the mouthpiece 1) the outer end E of
the twisted strip B being of plain tapered shape to be forced tightly into the bowl
to prevent passage of air or escape of smoke.
The twisted strip of metal B shown detached at Figure 2 is from a flat strip
twisted in the direction of its length fits the hole throughout the length of the
stem and the mouthpiece so that the smoke from the tobacco has to travel along
a helical groove before it reaches the mouth of the smoker, this having a cooling
action on the smoke without interfering with its flavour.
A portion of the twisted strip is within the bowl C and in the event of a
"hard draw" from the plugging of the tobacco a turn round action on the
end E will clear the plug of the stoppage.
Placing the twisted strip through the pipe from the bowl end enables the clean-
ing of the pipe to be rapidly effected by removing and wiping it on a piece of
waste paper the drawing out of the strip also scraping the passage in the stem
and mouthpiece and leaving them clean without necessitating the removal of the
'mouthpiece as with most pipes of the present time.
We are aware that two wires twisted upon themselves and spirally grooved
bone stems have been inserted into the stems of pipes and these have been inserted
either into and through the mouth piece or placed within the stem from the mouth-
piece end but never of flat metal strip bent into helical shape in the direction
of its length. Neither has any combined provision been made for passing an
appliance such as B through from the bowl end as with this invention for loosen-
ing a fixed or hard plug and also for stem and mouthpiece cleansing purposes.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is: -
The employment of a flat strip of metal twisted in the direction of its length
and having a plain cone shaped end E for application to a pipe in the manner
shown for the purposes described.
Dated this 27th day of November 1899.
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166. Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said A. J. Abbey, and A. C. Fisher.