Year: 1896

page_text: I, WILLIAM HENRY JOSEPH LANCE, of Pinner, Middlesex, late Colonel in Her
Majesty's Army, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to obviate the necessity for the present paper
covering for cigarettes and in carrying it into effect I proceed in or in about the
following manner. I provide a tube of suitable dimensions and made of any
appropriate material or materials. The tube is divided along its length into two
parts, which are hinged together so that when shut down on one another they will
form a complete tube. In use the two half tubes are opened out and one of them.
filled with tobacco, the other half is then shut over it and may be held by any
suitable contrivance such as by a spring or other catch, or by a ring slipped over
the tube and attached to one of the half tubes by a chain, or by any other means.
The appliance can be used with or without a mouthpiece. For cheapness in
construction, the hinge might be dispensed with and a ring slipped over at each
end, or one end may be held by a ring, and the other by putting on the mouthpiece.
The mouthpiece when employed may either be simply slipped over or screwed or
otherwise attached.
Dated this 15th day of September 1846
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23, Coleman Street, London, E.C., Agents for Applicant.
I, WILLIAM HENRY JOSEPH LANCE, of Pinner, Middlesex, late Colonel in Her
Majesty's Army, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what mauuer
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement:-
The object of my invention is to provide an improved and permanent covering
or case for holding and retaining the tobacco which is to be smoked in cigarette
form, thus obviating the use of the various paper envelopes now in use for this
purpose.
In carrying my invention into practice, I employ a tube or tubes of any
appropriate material or combination of materials, such as wood, metal, clay.
asbestos, compressed pulp, or the like, or a combination of any or all of them.
The tube or tubes may if desired be rendered fire-proof by any suitable method,
as by immersion in chemical solution or by painting, enamelling, plating or

page_text: otherwise. Referring to Fig. 1, of the accompanying drawing, which represents
a part sectional side view of one form of the invention where only one tube a is
used, the tube is split longitudinally into two parts b and c which are hinged together
at d. Assuming them to be opened on the hinge and the tobacco laid on, b may he
shut over e and the two held together by any suitable means such as a spring catch
or by a ring e slipped over them, the ring e being attached to the tube by a chain
or equivalent f. One end of a may if desired he inserted or screwed into a
mouthpiece g. For cheapness, the hinge might be dispensed with and a ring slipped
over each end of the tube, or a ring may be used at one end and the other end put
in a mouthpiece. I prefer however to use two tubes of the same or different
materials. Referring to Fig. 2, of the accompanying drawing which also. repre-
sents a part sectional side view is one of the tubes of sufficient diameter to pass
through and turn accurately within a shorter tube i, one end of h being flanged
to prevent slipping off in that direction. Each tube has a slot or opening in
it. When the tubes are so turned that one slot lies over the other, it is obvious that
the necessary tobacco can be put in, and the apparatus can then be effectually
closed by giving a slight rotary movement to i. In the upper end of h may be
two' discs of wire gauze, hetween which is a piece of asbestos dipped if desired in
any scent or solution to filter or perfume the smoke.
I do not restrict myself to the precise form or relative proportions shewn in the
drawing, as any or all of them may be considerably varied without departing from
the spirit of the invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invent-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
CLAIMS.
1. An improved appliance for the use of smokers, the said appliance consisting
essentially of a tube split longitudinally from end to end, so as to form two parts
which may or may not be hinged together, the said two parts when shut over each
other so as to form a practically complete tube, being retained in position by a
ring or by rings passed over them, one end of the said appliance being or not
inserted in a suitable mouth piece, the whole substantially as described in the above
specification and exemplified by Fig. 1, of the accompanying drawing:
2. The improved appliance for the use of smokers, the said appliance consisting
essentially of two tubes, the longer of which is free to rotate within the shorter of
them, each tube being provided with an opening for the insertion of the tobacco
which can be retained therein by partly rotating the tubes round one another so
that the respective openings may no longer be immediately over one another, a
flange provided at one end of the inner tube preventing the outer tube from slipping
over that end, the whole substantially as dscribed in the above specification and
exemplified by Fig. 2, of the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 14th day of Tuna 1907
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23, Coleman Street, London, E.C., Agents for Applicant."