Improvements in Tobacco-pipes and Cigar or Cigarette Holders or Tubes.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Nov., 1890-Accepted, 20th Dec., 1890
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Tobacco-pipes and Cigar or Cigarette Holders or
Tubes.
1. ADOLPH POSENER, of 6.1 Mansell Street, Goodmans Fields, in the County of
Middlesex, Pipe 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, that is to say
:-
My invention has for its object the manufacture or construction of tobacco pipes,
and cigar or cigarette holders or tubes in such a manner that they shall readily absorb
the nicotine and other deleterious juices or products of the tobacco, and thereby
prevent them entering the mouth of the smoker.
For this purpose, and when applying my invention to a tobacco pipe, I provide the
bowl thereof with a lining, or with an inner bowl, of pumice stone, the said lining.
being a fixture within the bowl, while, when an inner bowl is employed, it is so
arranged as to be removable from the outer bowl at pleasure. The pumice stone, being
of an absorbent nature, will readily absorb all the juices of the tobacco and so prevent
them passing along the stem and entering the mouth of the smoker; the lining or
the inner bowl will likewise always be found to be dry after smoking.
Or I may manufacture the entire pipe, or holder, of pumice stone.
may further provide the stem of the pipe with a cylindrical rod or stick, or other
contrivance, of pumice stone, and groove, flute or channel the exterior of this rod so as
to allow free passage for the smoke to the mouth of the smoker; or 1 may drill a hole
longitudinally, or otherwise, through the rod. This rod or stick of pumice stone may
simply be introduced into the stem of the pipe, or it may be carried by the mouth-
piece, so as to render it capable of being readily withdrawn from the stem, when
desired. In order to clean this rod or stick, it is only necessary to subject the same
to the flame of a fire, gas jet, etc. thereby burning out the absorbed juices of the
tobacco, and permitting of the said rod or stick being used repeatedly.
may also line the stem of the pipe, and the bore of the mouth-piece, with pumice
stone.
When applying my invention to a cigar or cigarette holder I provide the body
thereof (or the bowl and stem, should the holder have them) with either a fixed, or a
removable, lining of pumice stone, in like manner to that above described with
reference to tobacco pipes. I may also line the mouthpiece of these holders with
pumice stone.
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 1
claim is :-
:-
1. The employment or use of pumice stone in the manufacture or construction of
tobacco pipes, and cigar and cigarette holders or tubes (either as a whole pipe, or part
of a pipe, or a lining) whereby the nicotine or other deleterious juices of the tobacco
are absorbed and thus prevented from entering the mouth of the smoker.
2. A tobacco pipe, or a cigar or cigarette holder, in which the bowl, or the body,
is provided with a fixed lining of pumice stone, as described.
3. A tobacco pipe, or a cigar or cigarette holder, in which the bowl, or the body, is
provided with an inner and detachable bowl, or lining, of pumice stone, as described.
Dated this 4th day of November 1890.
ERNEST DE PASS,
78, Fleet Street, London, and 6, Victoria Street, Nottingham,
Agent for the Applicant.