Improvements in Tobacco Pipes.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Apr., 1891-Accepted, 13th June, 1891
QUALI LEID
Improvements in Tobacco Pipes.
I THOMAS HARMAN KEBLE, of Margate, in the County of Kent, Justice of the
Peace, 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 improvements in tobacco pipes, and has for its object to
construct such pipes so that the nicotine, instead of entering the mouth of the
smoker with the smoke, is separated therefrom, and also at the same time all
injurious and nauseous moisture is prevented from entering the mouth of the
smoker.
And in order that my said invention may more readily be understood, reference
is made to the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which
Fig. 1 is a section of my improved form of pipe, and
Fig. 2 a view of the stem with my invention attached.
Like letters of reference indicate like parts of the drawings.
A indicates the bowl of the pipe, with smoke passage a leading therefrom.
A stem B screws or otherwise fastens on to the continuation of the bowl. It is
shown in the drawing with a screw-thread b.
Into that part of the stem B, which fits into the continuation of the bowl, I insert
a flat shaped pin C, of any suitable metal or other substance, having on its upper
surface, an abutting shoulder c and a second abutting piece or bridge c', the latter
being slotted on its upper surface, to arrest such particles of tobacco dust or ash or
the like, as may be suspended in the smoke passing over and through such slotted
bridge c¹.
The lower portion of the pin C at its extremity, is shaped as shown, in the form
of a chisel-shaped scooper or pricker c
The air-passage a¹ communicates with the air-passage a at the point a
It will be observed that the entrance to the air-passage a' is brought down very
near to the floor of the well or chamber D for the purpose of preventing the
nicotine and nauseous moisture from entering the said air-passage, as it otherwise
would.
A movable plug or stud E of the form shown, fits into the air passage at the end
of the mouth-piece of the pipe. The air-passage is widened as shown at a for the
double purpose of receiving the plug or stud E, and also for forming a well into
which collects any nauseous moisture or nicotine that may have escaped along the
air-passage a'.
The arrangement of the plug or stud E, effectually prevents any of the aforesaid
obnoxious elements from coming into contact with the tongue of the smoker.
It will be seen that when the smoke leaves the bowl A, it immediately comes
into actual contact with the pin C, and its projecting parts c and c, and by
condensation, the nicotine is deposited on the aforesaid pin, and its projecting
parts.
By the use of the chisel-shaped scooper or pricker c³, no moisture is allowed to
collect in the bowl of the pipe, thus preserving the natural fragrance of the tobacco
until the whole is consumed.
The pipe can always be made to draw freely by giving the stem B a slight rotary
movement from one side to the other, whereby the same movement is imparted to
the scooper or pricker c³, which in turn will loosen and raise the tobacco at the
bottom of the bowl, and so free the smoke.
By the action of withdrawing the pin C for cleaning purposes, the stem and the
bottom of the bowl, will be automatically cleared from all obstruction.

page_text: 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. In pipes for smoking tobacco, the arrangement of the pin, and its projecting
parts, and the chisel-shaped scooper or pricker, operating substantiaily as described
and shown, and for the purpose set forth.
2. In pipes for smoking tobacco, the arrangement of the plug or stud in the air-
passage at the end of the mouth-piece, substantially as described and shown, and for
the purpose set forth.
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HUGHES, SON & Co.,
38, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.