Year: 1888

page_text: We, HARRY COWARD WORTH EMERY, Brewery Collector, of "Lynn Regis,"
Lausanne Road, Harringay Park, and EDMUND CHRISTIAN, Brewery Cashier, of
160 St. John Street, Clerkenwell, both in the County of Middlesex, 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, and
accompanying drawing (that is to say) :-
Our invention relates to pipes ordinarily used for smoking tobacco, and it is
applicable to such pipes whether they are made of wood, clay, meerschaum, or other
material.
In the accompanying drawing, figure 1 shows a pipe made according to our inven-
tion. Figure 2 is a longitudinal section through the same, and figure 3 is a view
from above with the mouthpiece removed.
The object of our improvement is to prevent or reduce the waste of tobacco caused
in ordinary pipes by the accumulation of moisture and nicotine, to protect the ignited
tobacco from rain and wind, to enable the pipe to be replenished with tobacco without
re-lighting, and to prevent the entry into the tube and mouthpiece of the pipe of
nicotine or other injurious moisture.
In the drawing a is the bowl of the pipe provided with a tube band mouthpiece of
any of the ordinary well known kinds.
The passage through the tube b does not pass into the bowl a but communicates with
the lower end of a channel or passage c in the side of the bowl, the upper end of which
passage communicates with the upper end of the bowl through the lateral opening c¹.
The ends of the vertical passage care closed. A plug or cover d is fitted into the
upper end of the bowl a into which it may be screwed or otherwise fixed, so as to
make preferably as airtight a joint as possible, and the lower end of the bowl is open,
but is preferably provided with a moveable perforated cover e.
In order to use the improved pipe, the plug or cover d is removed and the bowl a
is filled with tobacco and the plug d is replaced. A light is then applied to the lower
open end of the bowl and the smoke is drawn by the smoker through the tobacco and
through the opening c¹ into the passage c and thence to the mouthpiece. When the

page_text: tobacco is exhausted or nearly so, the plug dis again removed and a fresh supply of
tobacco introduced at the top and pressed down, the ashes being discharged at the
bottom and the fresh tobacco being ignited by that remaining in the bowl, if any.
ff represent bars or pins fixed across the bowl a near the bottom, to support the
tobacco when the latter is pressed into the bowl, without interfering with the discharge
of the ashes or the cleaning of the pipe.
The lower moveable cover e may be of perforated metal or other material, and it
may be screwed in or arranged to turn upon a pivot as shewn, or it may be made to
slide transversely. It may be made with grooves or openings for the admission of
air upon its edges (as illustrated in figure 4) so as to prevent the falling of sparks
or ashes.
The arrangement and relative proportions of the several parts may be varied more
or less according to the character and material of the pipe to which our invention
is to be applied.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said Inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. The combination of the bowl a open above and below, passage c, c', and moveable
cover d substantially as described and shewn.
2. In combination with the bowl a open below, the pins or bars ff.
3. In combination with the bowl a, and passage c, c¹ the moveable lower cover e
having perforations or openings.
Dated this 6th day of September 1888
EDWARDS & Co.,
35, Southampton Buildings, London,
Agents for the Inventors.