Year: 1898

page_text: I JOHN ECKERSLEY, of 434, Market Street, Manchester, Estate Agent, do hereby
declare the nature of my said invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to tobacco pipes and has for its object to provide means
whereby the oily or liquid matter in the tobacco may fall below the level of the
opening leading to the pipe stem, or beneath the level of the tobacco, to that the
smoke as it is drawn from the tobacco shall not have to pass through such matter.
A further object is to effect such separation of the oily matter from the smoke
and tobacco in a way which does not materially (if at all) increase the cost of the
pipe, and which does not involve screwed parts or tedious manipulation and can be
as readily applied to a common clay pipe as to an expensive wooden pipe.
In accordance with my invention I form the bowl of the pipe either slightly
longer or deeper than heretofore, or I provide the lower part of the ordinary bowl
with a special extension or supplementary smaller bowl, similar in size and form
to a child's thimble. Within this extension or supplementary bowl which is, by
preference, in one piece with the bowl proper I place a small quantity of asbestos,
either in one or more pieces, and sufficient to loosely fill or nearly fill the said bowl
and lie flush with bottom of tobacco howl. With this smaller bowl so filled and
the pipe charged with tobacco which lies directly on top of the asbestos, the oily
or liquid matter given off by the tobacco will flow into the supplementary bow!
amongst the asbestos, which on the one hand serves to keep the tobacco out of
such bowl and on the other allows the said oily matter to flow into the bowl, and
thus be separated from the tobacco and lie out of the path of the smoke, which is
drawn out of the main bowl at a point above the supplementary bowl.
The asbestos may be held or arranged and made up in any suitable way, but I
prefer it to be in shredded or thread form.
Whilst serving as aforesaid to separate the oily matter from the tobacco, my
invention lends itself to other useful purposes, inasmuch as the asbestos may very
readily be charged with medicinal or anti-septic preparations, such as ascetic-acid
which destroys the poisonous element of the nicotine, or eucalyptus, camphor or
the like for sanitary or health purposes.

page_text: formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
My invention relates to tobacco pipes and has for its object to provide means
whereby the oily or liquid matter in the tobacco may fall below the level of the
opening leading to the pipe stem, or beneath the level of the tobacco, so that the
smoke as it is drawn from the tobacco shall not have to pass through such matter.
A further object is to effect such separation of the oily matter from the smoke
& tobacco in a way which does not materially (if at all) increase the cost of the
pipe and which does not involve screwed parts or tedious manipulation and can be
as readily applied to a common clay pipe as to an expensive wooden one.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood I have appended hereunto
a sheet of drawings upon which:
Figure 1 is a side view and Figure 2 a transverse section of a clay pipe with my
invention applied thereto.
Figure 3 is a transverse section of a wooden pipe with my invention applied
thereto.
Figures 4 illustrate a detail.
In accordance with my invention I form the bowl of the pipe (A) slightly
deeper than heretofore, or I provide the lower part of the ordinary bowl (B) with a
special extension or supplementary smaller bowl (C). Within this extension or
supplementary bowl (C) which is by preference in one piece with the bowl (B) as
illustrated I place a small quantity of asbestos (D) either in one or more pieces, and
sufficient to loosely fill or nearly fill the said bowl (C) and lie flush with bottom
of tobacco bowl (B). With this smaller bowl (C) so filled and the pipe charged
with tobacco which lies directly on top of the asbestos, the oily or liquid matter
given off by the tobacco will flow into the supplementary bowl amongst the asbestos,
which on the one hand serves to keep the tobacco out of such bowl and on the other
allows the said oily matter to flow into the bowl (C) and thus be separated from
the tobacco and lie out of the path of the smoke, which is drawn out of the main
bowl (B) at a point above the supplementary bowl (C) and above the asbestos (D).
The asbestos may be held or arranged & made up in any suitable way, but I
prefer it to be in shredded or thread form. It may for example be in the shape of
a disc (E) having openings (F) to allow the oil to pass into the bowl C.
Whilst serving as aforesaid to separate the oily matter from the tobacco, my
invention lends itself to other useful purposes in-as-much as the asbestos may very
readily be charged with medicinal or anti-septic preparations, such as acetic-acid
(which destroys the poisonous element of the tobacco), of eucalytus, camphor or
the like for sanitary or health purposes.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:
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A tobacco pipe formed with a supplementary bowl below the ordinary bowl and
pipe stem, and said supplementary bowl containing asbestos, as and for the purposes
set forth.