AN IMPROVED PLUG FOR SMOKING PIPES
Year: 1860

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joseph Schloss, of Cannon Street, in the City of
London, Manufacturer, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED PLUG FOR
SMOKING PIPES."
Sealed the 27th September 1860, and dated the 3rd April 1860.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph Schloss at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
3rd April 1860.
I, JOSEPH SCHLOSS, of Cannon Street, in the City of London, Manufac-.
turer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED
PLUG FOR SMOKING PIPES," to be as follows:-
I construct my plug, by preference, of meerschaum or other suitable clay
in the form of an inverted cone, or in the form to correspond with the inside
of the bottom of the bowl of the pipe. The top of the plug, that is to say,
that part which is uppermost when in the bowl, is flat, and is perforated from
top downwards with one or more holes or apertures. The bottom of the plug
is hollow or concave, the plug resting at bottom on the edges only. A lateral
hole or holes is or are bored or formed through the lower part of the plug,
which, when the plug is in the bowl, correspond or come in a line with the
passage leading to the mouth of the smoker. Sometimes I place a piece
of sponge, or animal or vegetable charcoal in the hollow at the bottom of the
plug.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Joseph Schloss in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
3rd October 1860.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOSEPH
SCHLOSS, of Cannon Strect, in the City of London, Manufacturer, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Third day of April, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty, in the twenty-third year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Joseph Schloss, IIer special licence, that I, the said Joseph Schloss,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
Joseph Schloss, my 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 Man, an Invention for "AN IMPROVED
PLUG FOR SMOKING PIPES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the
said Joseph Schloss, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in
writing under my, 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 Joseph Schloss, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement thereof, reference being had to the Drawings hereunto
annexed, that is to say:-
I construct my plug by preference of meerschaum or other suitable clay
in the form of an inverted cone, or in the form to correspond with the inside
of the bottom of the bowl of the pipe. The top of the plug, that is to say,
that part which is uppermost when in the bowl is flat, and is perforated from
top downwards with one or more holes or apertures. The bottom of the plug
is hollow or concave, the plug resting at bottom on the edges only. A lateral
hole or holes is or are bored or formed through the lower part of the plug,
which, when the plug is in the bowl, correspond or come in a line with the
passage leading to the mouth of the smoker. Sometimes I place a piece

page_text: of sponge, or animal or vegetable charcoal in the hollow at the bottom of
the plug.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawings is a plan, and Figure 2 a side
view, of a plug for smoking pipes, made according to my Invention; Figure 3
is a section through the line x, y, of Figure 2; and Figure 4 is a plan of the
under side of the plug. a is a hole or perforation made through the centre
of the plug b, and opening at its lower part into a hollow or concave recess c;
e is a lateral hole or perforation. To use the plug, place it in a pipe, as shown
at Figure 5; the hole e corresponds with the passage leading to the mouth
of the smoker. The cup or recess c sometimes contains sponge or other
suitable material, as shown at Figure 5, for absorbing the essential oil.
Figure 6 shows in plan, and Figure 7 in side view, a plug for smoking
pipes made in a somewhat modified way; Figure 8 is a section, through the
line v, w, of Figure 7, and Figure 9 is a plan of the under side of the plug.
f is a flange at the upper part of the plug; 9 is a washer or ring of cork, or
other suitable non-conducting material, held under the flange f. The plug is
perforated, as before.
In some cases I form the plugs as shown in Figures 10 and 11, which are
side view and section of the plug respectively. his the top of the plug formed
of meerschaum, and k is the lower part of cork or other suitable material.
I do not limit myself to the precise mode herein-before described for making
the plugs, as, for instance, they may be perforated in many places, and be
made of any size and shape to correspond with the bottom of the bowl of
pipes.
And having now described the nature of my said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I claim the improved
plug for smoking pipes, together with the modifications thereof, herein-before
described and illustrated in the accompanying Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Joseph Schloss, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Second day of October, One thousand eight
hundred and sixty.
JOSEPH SCHLOSS. (L.S.)