Improvements applicable to Tobacco-pipes and Cigar and Cigarette Tubes.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Jan., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 15th Oct., 1890-Accepted, 6th Dec., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements applicable to Tobacco-pipes and Cigar and Cigarette
Tubes.
I, WILLIAM COOPER, of High Beach, St. Matthew's Drive, St. Leonards, in the
County of Sussex, Architect, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates, firstly, to providing the mouth-pieces of pipes for smoking
tobacco and cigar and cigarette tubes with a protector adapted to be easily placed
over the end of the mouth-piece and removed therefrom and secondly to providing
tobacco pipes, cigar and cigarette tubes with a friction surface as hereinafter
described.
In carrying out the first part of my invention I find it advantageous to form my
protector of suitable elastic material such as vulcanized india-rubber and in the form
of a cap so that the open part thereof can be sprung over the end of the mouth-piece
when the pipe or tube is not in use and thereby protect the same against entrance of
dust and the like. When the pipe or tube is to be used the protector is removed.
The protector can be attached to the pipe in any suitable manner such as by a chain
or cord.
In carrying out the second part of my invention I apply preferably to the under-
side of the stem of the pipe or tube a suitable frictional surface such for example
as a piece of serrated or roughened metal. This frictional or roughened surface pro-
vides simple means for striking a match when it is required to make use of the pipe
or tube.
Dated the 15th day of January 1890
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements applicable to Tobacco-pipes and Cigar and Cigarette
Tubes.
I, WILLIAM COOPER, of High Beach, St. Matthew's Drive, St. Leonards, in the
County of Sussex, 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 :-
My invention relates to tobacco pipes and cigar or cigarette tubes, and it consists,
firstly, in the use of a cap for preventing dust and the like from entering the bore of
the pipe or tube when not in use; and, secondly, in the application of a friction
surface for enabling a match to be lighted.
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe the same with
reference to the accompanying drawing in which :-
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Figure 1 is an elevation of a pipe having a cap and a friction surface applied thereto
according to my invention:
Figure 2 is a plan of the mouth-piece and cap; and,
Figure 3 is a section on the linea a Figure 1:
Figures 4 and 5 are a side view and plan of the cap detached; and,
Figures 6 and 7 are a face and edge view of the friction surface detached:
Figure 8 is a view of a pipe having a friction surface applied to the bowl; and, .
Figure 9 is a view of the device detached:

page_text: Figures 10 and 11 are views shewing a modified arrangement for connecting the
friction surface to the pipe:
Figures 12, 13 and 14 are a front view, edge view and section respectively of a friction
surface similar to that shewn in Figures 6 and 7, except that it is made detachable :
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.
a indicates a tobacco pipe of ordinary construction, 6 the cap constructed according
to my invention, and c the friction surface.
The cap 6 is made of elastic material such as vulcanized india-rubber so that the
open part thereof can be sprung over the mouth-piece, as shown in Figures 1 and 2,
and removed when the pipe is required for use. In order to prevent the cap from
being lost it is advantageously attached to the mouth-piece by means of a chain d or
its equivalent.
The friction surface is preferably composed of a piece of sheet-metal, which is
serrated, punctured or otherwise roughened to allow of a match or vesuvian being
ignited thereon by friction, and adapted to be secured to the pipe.
As shewn in Figures 6 and 7, the friction surface is provided with two straps or
belts e, e
adapted to encircle the stem of the pipe, the free ends being passed
through slots or openings f, fon the opposite side of the friction surface to that
upon which the bands are formed, and then bent or clenched, as shewn most clearly
in Figures 1 and 3.
As shewn in Figure 8 the friction surface instead of being applied to the stem of
the pipe is applied to the bowl, a single band e extending from one end of the friction
surface, as shewn in Figure 9, and being secured in a slot in the other end.
The friction surface may be attached to a spring-clip g, as shewn in Figure 10, so
that it can be clipped upon the bowl of a pipe, as shewn in Figure 11.
I sometimes render the friction surface removable, in which case I provide a frame
adapted to be connected to the pipe as hereinbefore described, the said frame being
designed to receive the frictional material and to hold it therein by overlapping
tongues or projections h, h as shewn in Figures 12, 13 and 14. This arrangement is
especially applicable where a piece of material on which to strike what are known as
safety matches is to be used.
In some cases I find it advantageous to dispense with the use of a detachable
igniter and to form a recess in the bowl or stem of the pipe or tube into which the
piece of roughened material or of suitable match-striking composition is introduced
and secured by glue or by any other suitable means. Or in lieu of this latter
arrangement a portion of the external surface of the pipe or tube may be suitably
roughened.
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 combination with a tobacco pipe or a cigar or cigarette-tube, of a cap or
protector constructed of flexible material so as to close the end of the mouth-piece,
substantially as described.
2. A tobacco pipe or a cigar or cigarette-tube provided with a roughened or
other friction surface for enabling a match, vesuvian or the like to be ignited,
substantially as described.
3. A tobacco pipe or a cigar or cigarette-tube provided with a mouth-piece cap or
protector and a friction surface, substantially as hereinbefore described.
Dated the 15th day of October 1890
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.