Year: 1897

page_text: I WILLIAM HENRY TAPP of Frome Somerset Master of the Workhouse do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The drawing herewith is a section of the stem of the tobacco pipe.
The object of the invention is to intercept the nicotine by means of a filter A
wherein the nicotine collects, the smoke passing through an aperture in the
top B covered with muslin or some such fabric; the filter is closed at one end C
the other end slides or screws onto a projection D which enters the filter in such
a manner as to prevent the nicotine from returning to the bowl of the pipe. The
filter will contain a small quantity of cotton wool or other absorbent material.
The mouthpiece has a continuation of the bore overlapping the filter which
continuation will either be separately made and fitted or screwed into the
mouthpiece or be constructed in one with the mouthpiece.
The pipe will be in three sections; i.e. the bowl the mouthpiece and a cylinder
enclosing the filter and continuation of the mouthpiece.
The sections screw or slide together.
A Tobacco Pipe, Constructed so as to intercept the Nicotine.
1, WILLIAM HENRY TAPP of Frome Union, Frome, Somerset, 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:-
This invention relates to an improvement in connection with tobacco pipes and
has for its object to provide a pipe which will prevent moisture and other
objectionable matter from entering the mouth and will also smoke cool and
agreeably.
In carrying out my invention I propose to form the stem of the pipe with a
recess or chamber into the end of which the extremity of the mouth piece fits. At
the bowl end of the stem a small tubular projection is screwed or otherwise fitted,
the bore of which extends into the bottom of the bowl.
On this projection a small filter is secured consisting of a glass or other tube
closed at its end but provided with an opening or hole at the top. Over this hole
a small strip of muslin or other suitable material is secured, this material serving
as a filter allowing smoke to pass freely through but at the same time preventing
any moisture, particles of tobacco or other substance passing to the mouth piece.
The end of the mouth piece is provided with a tubular extension at its upper
side which projects into the chamber formed in the stem, this extension being
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page_text: placed at the side of the filter above described. The smoke after passing through
the filter is drawn through the chamber passing into the bore of the mouth piece
at the other end, so that any moisture which may still be carried with it may be
deposited in the chamber.
The stem of the pipe may consist of a separate piece having a large bore fitted
on the lower end of the bowl which is formed with an extension or the bowl and
stem may be made in one piece.
Any moisture that may pass from the mouth into the mouth piece will also be
prevented from reaching the tobacco as it will simply be deposited in the chamber.
The whole of the tobacco in the pipe can thus be smoked and the tobacco will not
deteriorate.
The pipe can be easily cleaned by removing the filter and inserting a fresh
one in its place.
In order that the invention may be more clearly understood reference is had to
the accompanying drawing which shows a section of a pipe constructed according
to my invention.
The stem A of the pipe is formed with a large bore or chamber a, this stem
being fitted on the end 6 of the bowl B. In the end of the part b the tubular
extension C is screwed or otherwise fixed, the bore e extending through from this
tube to the bowl.
On the extension C the filter D is secured stopped at its end with the plug d
and provided at the top with the opening d¹. The opening of the filter which as
above described is formed from glass or the like, is covered with a small strip d² of
muslin or other suitable material.
The mouth piece E is provided with the tubular extension e at its end, this tube
projecting into the chamber and over-lapping the filter so that smoke is drawn
through the filter into the chamber and then into the mouth piece.
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:-
(1.) An improved tobacco pipe formed with a chamber in the stem a tubular
filter placed in the said chamber through which the smoke must pass and an
extension on the mouth piece projecting into the said chamber substantially as
described and for the purposes specified.
(2.) In an improved tobacco pipe the combination with a chamber in the stem
and a tubular extension in the said chamber through which the smoke passes, of a
filter secured on the said extension formed from a tube having an opening covering
with filtering material and an extension on the end of the mouth piece projecting
into the chamber substantially as and for the purposes specified.
(3) The improved tobacco pipe provided with a chamber in the stem, extensions
on the mouth piece and bowl and a filter fitted in the chamber constructed
substantially as described and shown in the accompanying drawing and for the
purposes specified.
Dated this 15th day of March 1897.
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicant.