Improvements in Tobacco Pipes and Cigar Holders.
Year: 1893

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Tobacco Pipes and Cigar Holders.
I, ERNST FRIEDRICH LUDWIG LAHMEYER, of 14 Stein Strasse, Schwerin,.
near Mecklenburg, in the Empire of Germany, Architect, 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, reference-
being had to the accompanying drawings and to the figures and letters marked
thereon:-
The present invention has for its object improvements in pipes for smoking
loose tobacco and in cigar holders, and consists in the provision of two separate
channels, one of which serves exclusively as a passage for the smoke and the
other as a passage for the nicotine. By this arrangement, in connection with.
an elongation of the passage for the smoke, the great advantage is obtained of
keeping the latter entirely, or almost entirely, free from nicotine, while at the-
same time the smoke kept dry and is cooled.
Through a convenient arrangement of dismounting the various parts of the
pipe or cigar holder, especially of the stem or tube, in addition to affording
facility for thoroughly cleaning the same, provision is made for introducing:
materials for the purpose of filtering and drying the smoke.
In the accompanying drawings, which show various forms of pipes,
Figure 1 represents a capped or covered pipe in section ;
Figure 1 is a horizontal section through the cup on line 1. 1 of Figure 1.
Figure 2 is an exterior view of Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a longitudinal section through a short pipe.
Figure 4 is an exterior view of Figure 3.
Figure 5 is a cross section through the tube at 2, 2, of Figure 3.
Figure 6 is an exterior view of the locking or clamping device for the two parts.
of the tube.
Figure 7 represents a long pipe in section.
Figure 8 is a cross section drawn on the line 3, 3 of Figure 7 and
Figure 9 is a cross section drawn on the line 4, 4, of Figure 7.
In the pipe represented in Figures 1, 1 and 2, the passage or channel e for the
smoke is made in the form of a zig-zag line, and is situated between the bowl a and
the mouth-piece, whilst the channel or passage c for the nicotine is below the smoke
passage or channel and terminates at the lower extremity of the bowl a together
with the passage or channel for the smoke, at c¹ and e¹ respectively. A up ƒ
cup
having a partition wall b is provided to enclose the openings of the passages,
forms the two chambers 9 g.
and it.
The upper end of the smoke passage e is turned downward into the nicotine
passage or channel so as to prevent any liquid coming from e to rise.
In order to obtain a large area for the smoke passages, they are made, as.
represented at Figure 5, of oval form instead of being circular.
To afford facility for cleansing the smoke passage or channel e, the latter is
made in two parts, which are kept hermetically closed by means of a suitable
packing material and a spring clip which is hinged at i.
Figures 3 to 6 represent a somewhat similar construction of passages or channels
for the smoke and nicotine as applied to short pipes. In this arrangement the
smoke and nicotine passages or channels run longitudinally of the stem and end in
the cup, which latter is provided with a partition b. The neck of the bowl a is
made to pass through holes formed in the outer and in the partition walls of the
cup, and is rendered air-tight by means of india-rubber or other suitable packing
rings k. Two holes are formed transversely through the neck of the bowl a to

page_text: allow the smoke to ascend into the passage or channel e of the stem and the
nicotine juice to drip directly into the chamber e¹ of the cup f
Figure 5 represents a cross section of the rectangular stem and also the clamp h
for locking the two parts of the stem together. At Figure 4 this clamp is
represented in side elevation and at Figure 6 is shown an end view of the same.
In long pipes, as represented at Figures 7 to 9, two concentric tubes d d' are
coupled together at the upper extremity by a plug o, whilst their lower ends fit
into corresponding openings in the cup. The inner tube d¹ serves as a passage or
channel for the nicotine juice and the smoke rises through openings n in the plug m
arranged between the inner and outer tubes and at the upper end of the stem it
passes through holes q formed in a rounded guard piece p and in the tube d' and it
leaves the latter at its upper extremity. The cup is in other respects like the cup
of short pipes.
I would here remark that 1 have not thought it necessary to represent the
application of my invention to cigar tubes, as such will be readily understood
from the description above given of my invention as applied to tobacco pipes,
the shape and proportions of the parts being readily modified as desired or as
may be found necessary.
CO
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A tobacco pipe or a cigar holder provided with a lengthened smoke
passage for keeping the smoke cool and dry, and a second passage for nicotine
juice separated from the smoke passage and terminating at its lower end in a
cup, substantially as herein shown and described.
2. In tobacco pipes and cigar holders, the combination with the bowl and mouth
piece, of a lengthened passage for the smoke, a passage for the nicotine juice
separated from the smoke passage, and a nicotine receiving cup at the lower
ends of the smoke and nicotine passages, substantially as herein shown and
described.
3. In tobacco pipes provided with lengthened smoke and nicotine passages, the
method of facilitating the cleansing of such passages by dividing them longi-
tudinally into two parts which are held together with capability of ready
detachment from each other by a clamping device, substantially as herein shown
and described.
Dated this 21st dor of March 1902
ERNST FRIEDRICH LUDWIG LAHMEYER,
By Harris & Mills,
23, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C, Agents..