Improvements in Tobacco Pipes.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Mar., 1898-Accepted, 11th June, 1898
Improvements in Tobacco Pipes.
I, WILLIAM TURNER, of 36, Homesdale Road, Bromley, in the County of Kent,
Gentleman, 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 improvements in tobacco pipes and has for its object to
construct a pipe on hygienic principles that is to say in such a manner as to prevent
the nicotine and other deleterious juices from the tobacco entering the stem of the
pipe thus producing a clean and cool smoke.
In tobacco pipes as usually constructed the smoke hole or passage from the bowl
leads directly into the bore of the stem and to the mouth-piece thus permitting the
nicotine to pass into the mouth and the saliva to come into contact with the tobacco
and the object of my invention is to obviate these imperfections.
For this purpose I form my improved pipe with a cavity or small chamber under-
neath the bowl so that the smoke hole from the latter leads directly into the said
cavity or chamber underneath away from and clear of the bore or smoke passage
of the pipe.
.
The inner end of the bore curves downwards towards and opens into the top of
the cavity or chamber in front of the smoke hole the bore being thus separate from
and at a higher level than the smoke hole.
The nicotine dust and juices from the tobacco thus pass directly from the bowl
into the cavity or chamber the latter being fitted with a plug or stopper which
may be easily removed for cleaning purposes and clearing the cavity or chamber
of the deposited matter.
In the annexed sheet of drawings Fig. 1 is a vertical section of the bowl end of a
pipe according to my invention and Fig. 2 is a section at right-angles to Fig. 1 on
the line the plug or stopper being removed.
a is the cavity or chamber formed underneath the bowl b directly below the smoke
hole or passage c.
d is the plug or stopper fitted or screwed into the chamber a
for closing the latter and holding the nicotine or dust from the tobacco therein.
The end of the bore or smoke passage e curves downwards into the top of the
chamber a and as shown is quite distinct and separate from the smoke hole c.
By this means the nicotine and other deleterious matters pass directly into the
chamber a from which they may be easily removed the smoke alone passing through
the stem to the mouthpiece and the saliva passing down the stem is prevented from
entering the bowl.
I thus provide a pipe constructed on thoroughly hygienic principles and affording
a cool and pleasant smoke.
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) The improved tobacco pipe comprising a cavity or chamber formed under-

page_text: neath the smoke hole of the bowl and fitted with a plug or stopper the bore of the
pipe entering the top of the said cavity or chamber at a point separate or away
from the smoke hole of the bowl substantially as described and for the purposes
specified.
(2) In an improved hygienic tobacco pipe the combination with the bowl b of
the cavity or chamber a smoke hole c plug or stopper d and downwardly curved
bore e substantially as described and for the purposes specified.
J. B. FLEURET,
5, Hatton Garden, Holborn Circus, London, E.C..
Agent for the Applicant.