IMPROVE- MENTS IN THE MEANS OF COLORING TOBACCO PIPES AND OTHER ARTICLES OF MEERSCHAUM AND MASSA
Year: 1867

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Smith Brooks, of Cambridge Villas, Hackney,
in the County of Middlesex, Gentleman, for the Invention of "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE MEANS OF COLORING TOBACCO PIPES AND OTHER ARTICLES OF
MEERSCHAUM AND MASSA."
Sealed the 4th October 1867, and dated the 17th April 1867.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Sunith Brooks
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
17th April 1867.
1, JAMES SMITH BROOKS, of Cambridge Villas, Hackney, in the County
of Middlesex, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MEANS OF COLORING TOBACCO PIPES AND OTHER ARTICLES.
OF MEERSCHAUM AND MASSA," to be as follows:-
My improvements in the means of coloring meerschaum pipes and other
articles formed of that material, or compositions thereof, consist in subjecting
the pipe or other article to the heat of a flame, whereby the wax or oleaginous
matter in the material is dissipated.
In carrying out my Invention I prefer to use the flame of gas, but the
flame of a lamp or candle may be used. To color the pipe I smear or
immerse it in wax or oleaginous material, and then subject it to the action of
the flame for a sufficient length of time, repeating the operation again and
again until a sufficiently black color has been arrived at or lighter shades of
color may be obtained. If it is desired to leave a part of the bowl of a pipe
white I cover up that part and do not subject it to the action of the flame,

page_text: neither do I apply wax to such white or light colored part. I blacken
or color other articles in like manner, as for instance, ornaments in imitation
of jet or otherwise.
Smoking pipes are not only enhanced in appearance by this means but are
also improved for smoking purposes, the disagreeable taste and results con-
sequent on smoking new meerschaum pipes being obviated. I further color
pipes and articles of meerschaum or compositions thereof by immersing them
in aniline or coloring matter during the operation of treating with the flame;
the pipes are subjected to the action of the flame inside and out.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said James Smith Brooks in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 14th October 1867.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
SMITH BROOKS, of Cambridge Villas, Hackney; in the County of Middlesex,
Gentleman, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Seventeenth day of April, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight bundred and sixty-seven, in the thirtieth year of Her
reign did, for Herself, Her heirs, and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said James Smith Brooks, Her special licence that I, the said James
Smith Brooks, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as
1, the said James Smith Brooks, 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
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MEANS OF COLORING TOBACCO PIPES AND OTHER ARTICLES
OF MEERSCHAUM AND MASSA," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the
said James Smith Brooks, my executors or administrators, by an instrument
in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should par-
ticularly 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 James Smith Brooks, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same

page_text: is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, that is to say:-
My improvements in the means of coloring meerschaum pipes and other
articles formed of that material, or compositions thereof, consist in subjecting
the pipe or other article to the heat of a flame, whereby the wax or oleaginous
matter in the material is dissipated.
In carrying out my Invention I prefer to use the flame of gas, but the
flame of a lamp or candle may be used. To color the pipe I smear or
immerse it in wax or oleaginous material, and then subject it to the action of
the flame for a sufficient length of time, repeating the operation again and
again until a sufficiently black color has been arrived. at or lighter shades of
color may be obtained. If it is desired to leave a part of the bowl of a pipe
white I cover up that part and do not subject it to the action of the flame,
neither do I apply wax to such light or white colored part.
I blacken or color other articles in like manner, as, for instance, ornaments
in imitation of jet or otherwise.
Smoking pipes are not only enhanced in appearance by this means, but are
also improved for smoking purposes, the disagreeable taste and results con-
sequent on smoking new meerschaum pipes being obviated. I further color
pipes and articles of meerschaum or compositions thereof by immersing them
in aniline or coloring matter. During the operation of treating with the
flame the pipes are subjected to the action of the flame inside and out.
Having described the nature of my Invention, and the manner of per-
forming the same, I declare that what I claim as my Invention to be
protected by the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent is, the subjection
of smoking pipes and other articles of meerschaum or compositions thereof to
the action of flame and the application of wax or oleaginous matters as and
for the purposes herein-before described; I also claim the application of
aniline or coloring matter during the process for imparting different colors to
the articles operated upon.
In witness whereof I, the said James Smith Brooks, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Fourteenth day of October, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.
JAMES SMITH BROOKS. (L.S.)