Year: 1898

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ROBERT WILLIAM MARTIN, Tornographer, St. Leonard's House, Newton Abbot,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:--
A pipe for smoking tobacco or any other herb, which smokes cooler & more
dry, does not foul so easily as & is more easily cleaned than any other make at
present on the market.
I take a piece of briar wood or any other suitable material & fashion therefrom
a bowl & stem of any suitable shape or size. I then bore a hole right through
the middle of the stem throughout its entire length & into the bowl, the hole
being parallel and as large as the stem will admit consistantly with strength,
absorbing capacity etc. I then fit a round spindle into the hole in the stem the
spindle being an easy fit in the hole right through its entire length. This spindle
is made of ivory, bone, horn, or any other non-absorbent material. A small
portion of the spindle is then turned down & screwed and on to the screwed part
a piece of clay, woad, or any other suitable material is fitted.
By doing this the end of the spindle is prevented from being burned.
The small piece is detachable & renewable, & is continuous with & of the
same size as the rest of the spindle.
The other end of the spindle projects beyond the end of the stem for a short
distance & is screwed. The spindle & the detachable tip are then shaped to within
a small distance of the end of the hole in the stem, so that the transverse section
would be a square, or any other figure. The sides of the shaped part of the spindle
would be slightly concave. The spindle would still fit the hole on the edges of the
shaped part. The small portion left round would fit the hole all over its circum-
ference.
Small holes are then drilled right through the spindle diagonally across just
where the shaped part meets the round and a larger hole is then drilled from the
end of the spindle to meet the small holes at right-angles.
The mouthpiece is of ivory, amber, or any other material & is in two parts.
The part nearest the bowl is bored out parallel & one end is tapped out to
receive the screwed part of the spindle whilst in the upper end of the hole the other
part of the mouthpiece fits on a pin & buts against the lower part.
The hole in the lower part of the mouth piece being longer that the pin of the
upper part, & the screwed part of the spindle there is of necessity a space bewteen
the hole in the spindle & the hole in the higher mouthpiece.
This arrangement prevents the saliva from flowing down into the stem &
prevents all juice from entering the mouth.
To clean the stem of pipe you simply withdraw spindle & wipe off.

page_text: I, ROBERT WILLIAM MARTIN, St. Leonard's House, Newton Abbot, Devonshire,
(calling) Tornographer, 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:-
An improved tobacco pipe. The drawings of this pipe will be sufficient to
explain its construction. Diagram A shows the pipe complete in longitudinal
section. It will be seen that a hole is bored right through the stem of the bowl
into the cavity which contains the tobacco. To this hole is fitted a square spindle
or a spindle having more than four sides. The spindle in the drawings is shown
as a square-spindle C. This spindle fits the hole finger-tight on the four edges.
The spaces enclosed between the sides or faces of the spindle & the corresponding
portions of the circumference of the hole in the stem of the bowl, form four flues or
smoke-ways. Diagram C shows a cross section through the stem of the bowl, the
spindle being in position. The four flues or smoke-ways are shown. The
spindle C is firmly fixed into the mouth-piece b. The spindle C & the mouth-
piece are shown in perspective in diagram B.
Therefore when the mouthpiece is withdrawn the square spindle C is with-
drawn with it. Or if the mouthpiece bo turned round the square spindle turns
round also. The square spindle in turning round scrapes the hole in the stem of
the bowl & removes anything which may choke the draught. If the mouthpiece
be removed with a rotary action, all the tobacco-juice, nicotine & other objection-
able matter are scraped off from the interior of the hole in the stem of bowl by
the square spindle. The square spindle may then be wiped off & returned. The
smoke enters the mouthpiece through the transverse hole as shown in diagram A.
No patent however is claimed for this arrangement.
Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, & in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. By means of a square or other shaped spindle attached to the mouthpiece
of a tobacco-pipe & fitting the hole in the stem of the said tobacco pipe, as herein
set forth, the said tobacco pipe may be thoroughly cleaned on withdrawing the
mouthpiece with a rotary motion.
2. By the arrangement herein described & set forth the tobacco pipe may be
freed from any obstructions which choke the draught by simply giving the mouth-
piece of the said tobacco-pipe a turn round.
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ROBT. 'WM. MARTIN.