Improvements in Tobacco Pipe Cleaners.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Jan., 1897-Accepted, 27th Mar.,
1897
. Improvements in Tobacco Pipe Cleaners.
I, JOHN J. SNYDER, of 4610 Evans Avenue, in the City of Chicago, County of
Cook and State of Illinois in the United States of America, Manufacturer 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 pipe cleaners and the novelty
and advantages will be understood from the following description and claims when
taken in connection with the annexed drawing, in which :
Fig. 1, is a prospective view illustrating my improved cleaner as attached to a
pipe bowl.
Fig. 2, is a vertical section of the same.
Fig. 3, is a plan view of a piece of leather which is placed on the pipe to prevent
the attaching string from slipping, and-
Fig. 4, is a detail perspective view of the gasket or plug which is designed to
effect a water-tight connection between the pump cylinder and the pipe bowl.
In said drawings, A, indicates a tobacco pipe with bowl a, and stem b, and B, the
pump of my improved cleaner, which has a cylinder c, with a removable cap d, at
one end, and the piston e, has a rod f, extending through an aperture g, in said cap
and is provided with a suitable handle h. Said cylinder is provided at its lower
end with a plate C, which has a central depending nipple or tube i, which connects
the interior of the pipe bowl with the pump cylinder, and assists in holding the.
annular gasket, or plug, D, against casual movement or displacement. The gasket,
which is preferably made of rubber, and is connected to the plate C, tapers toward
its lower end so as to fit tightly in the mouth of the pipe howl, and effect a water-
tight connection between the same and the pump cylinder.
The plate C, has an eye, as indicated at j, and attached thereto is a cord E; there
being a projection k, on said plate at a diametrical point to receive the cord as
shown. On the upper side of the plate C, and at the base of the cylinder is a
resilient clamp F, which is designed to hold the cord or string between the same
and the pump cylinder after said cord has been passed under or around the base of
the pipe bowl and leather, and around the projection k, on the plate.
G, indicates a leather which has an aperture p to receive the pipe stem, and is
also provided with a recess r, to receive the corner of the stem where it merges
in to the bowl. This leather will prevent the string from slipping when passed
under the bowl and leather; that is to say on the outside of the leather as shown.
In operation, when the pump has been secured to the pipe by means of the cord
as described, the pipe may be cleaned by immersing the stem in water or other
cleaning solution and the piston reciprocated; the solution being drawn through
the stem and into the bowl on one movement of the piston, and forced outwardly
through the bowl and stem on the opposite movement.
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:
A tobacco pipe cleaner comprising a pump having a cylinder and a gasket at
one end of the cylinder adapted to effect a water-tight connection between the

page_text: cylinder and a pipe bowl, and also having a plate provided with the projection k,
and with a clamp arranged adjacent to the cylinder, and a string connected with the
plate at a point opposite to the projection thereof and adapted to be past round a
pipe bowl, wrapped around the projection of the plate and interposed between the
clamp and the pump cylinder, substantially as specified.
Dated this 12th day of January 1897.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.