IMPROVEMENTS IN PIPES FOR. SMOKING TOBACCO
Year: 1869

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to David Posener and Adolph Posener, both of
Mansell Street, Goodman's Fields, in the County of Middlesex, Pipe
Manufacturers, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN PIPES FOR.
SMOKING TOBACCO
"
Sealed the 2nd November 1869, and dated the 7th May 1869.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said David Posener and
Adolph Posener at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with their Petition, on the 7th May 1809.
We, DAVID POSENER and ADOLPH POSENER, both of Mansell Street,
Goodman's Fields, in the County of Middlesex, Pipe Manufacturers,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN PIPES FOR SMOKING TOBACCO," to be as follows:―
Our Invention of improvements in pipes for smoking tobacco has
for its object to prevent the nicotine or oil from the tobacco from passing
from the bowl into the pipe, stem, or tube which the smoker holds in his
mouth. To this end we place at the bottom part of the bowl a plug

page_text: of peculiar construction, so that the oil or nicotine from the burning
tobacco may be absorbed or taken up by the porous part of the plug,
and thus be prevented from entering the pipe stem or tube.
In carrying out our Invention we construct the lower part of the
plug or disc of any hard wood or other suitable substance, which is made
to fit the lower part of the bowl but leaving a space below. A hole is
made through this plug, and a short pipe or hollow stem is fixed in it so as
to form a passage clean through the plug to the space below. The hollow
stem is surrounded by a washer of felt or other suitable material which
rests on the plug and is capable of absorbing or taking up the moisture
which is given off from the tobacco while the latter is being consumed.
Two or more notches are made in the top of the hollow stem, and on it
is placed a perforated earthenware or other plug or disc, which will resist
the action of the fire of the ignited tobacco.
One of the principal advantages of this form of plug is that it can be
adapted to any ordinary pipe, and its use therefore does not necessarily
involve any alteration in the construction or manufacture of the pipe.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said David Posener and Adolph Posener in the Great
Seal Patent Office on the 6th November 1869.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, DAVID
POSENER and ADOLPH POSENER, both of Mansell Street, Goodman's
Fields, in the County of Middlesex, Pipe Manufacturers, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Seventh day of May, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, in the thirty-second
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and
grant unto us, the said David Posener and Adolph Posener, Her
special licence that we, the said David Posener and Adolph Posener,
our executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as we, the said
David Posener and Adolph Posener, our 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

page_text: Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN PIPES FOR SMOKING TOBACCO,'
upon the condition (amongst others) that we, the said David Posener
and Adolph Posener, our executors or administrators, by an instrument
in writing under our, 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 David Posener, on behalf of myself
and of the said Adolph Posener, do hereby declare the nature of our
said 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 Drawing hereunto annexed, and to the letters
and figures marked thereon (that is to say) :-
--
Our Invention of "Improvements in Pipes for Smoking Tobacco" has
for its object to prevent the moisture or oil from the tobacco from
passing from the bowl into the pipe stem or tube which the smoker holds
in his mouth. To this end we place at the bottom part of the bowl a
plug of pecular construction, so that the oil or moisture from the
burning tobacco may be absorbed or taken up by the porous part of the
plug, and thus be prevented from entering the pipe stem or tube.
The manner of carrying out our Invention will be best understood by re-
ferring to the Figure in the accompanying Drawing, which is a longitudinal
section of one of our improved pipes. a is the bowl of the pipe, in the lower
part of which there is a plug or disc 6 of any hard wood or other suitable
substance, which is made to fit the bowl but leaving a space c below. A
hole is made through this plug, and a short pipe or hollow stem ¹ is
fixed in it so as to form a passage clear through the plug 6 to the space
c below. The hollow stem is surrounded by a washer of felt or other
suitable material, which rests on the plug and is capable of absorbing or
taking up the moisture which is given off from the tobacco while the
latter is being consumed. Two or more notches are made in the top of
the hollow stem b', and on it is placed a perforated piece of meerschaum,
earthenware, or other plug or disc d which will resist the action of the
fire of the ignited tobacco. Three or more holes are made through this
earthen plug d to allow the smoke from the ignited tobacco to pass
into the space below, and from thence down the hollow stem b' into the
space c which communicates with the stem e of the pipe.

page_text: One of the principal advantages of this Invention and of the form and
arrangement of the plugs is that it can be adapted to any ordinary pipe,
and its use therefore does not necessarily involve any alteration in the
construction or manufacture of the pipe.
As a modification of the pipe shewn in the Drawing the plug b may be
dispensed with, and a short stem, such as that shown at 6', may be fixed
in the bottom of the bowl, and surrounded by a pad of felt, wool, sponge,
or any other absorbent material, or the perforated stem may be turned
out of the substance of which the bowl is composed so that it will
project up into the bowl, but we prefer the arrangement shewn and above
described. The inner end of the mouth piece f is provided with a cork
or other elastic stopper, which is inserted into the end of the pipe stem
which is hollowed out in the way shown in the Drawing so as to form a
chamber or space to catch any saliva and prevent it from being sucked
back into the mouth of the smoker. In the Drawing the pipe and pipe
stem are shown as made of wood and the plug d of meerschaum, but we
wish it to be understood that we do not intend to limit ourselves to these
materials as other substances may be used if preferred for the several parts.
We would also remark that the washer or pad on the top of the plug b
may be made of any suitable absorbent material. It will be evident also
that if desired the plug or disc d, the plug b, and the perforated stem 6'
may be made in one piece, so that the whole device may be at once
dropped into its place at the bottom of the bowl, but it will be found
more convenient to make them separate, as shown and described.
Having now described our Invention of "Improvements in Pipes for
Smoking Tobacco" and having explained the manner of carrying the
same into effect, we claim as the Invention secured to us by Letters
Patent as aforesaid, adapting to pipes the internal fittings above shown
and described for the purposes herein set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said David Posener, have hereunto set
my hand and scal, the Fifth day of November in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.
DAVID POSENER. (L.s.)