Improvements in Smoking Pipes, Cigar and Cigarette Holders.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Mar., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 1st May, 1889
Complete Specification Accepted, 1st June, 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Smoking Pipes, Cigar and Cigarette Holders.
1, HERBERT LEE of "Chatsworth," Westminster Road in the City of Birmingham
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The junction of the stem with the bowl of an ordinary pipe, is usually made at the
rear lower part thereof, and in a line with the inside bottom of the said bowl; so that
the condensed nicotine, and vapour accruing from the tobacco fumes generated, are
conveyed in a direct manner into the mouth of a smoker.
The object of my invention is to prevent the said liquid nicotine and condensed
vapour from passing down the stem, and this I effect by making the junction of the
stein with the bowl, at the top or mouth of the said bowl, instead of at the bottom.
In carrying out my invention, I will first describe it in connection with a pipe for
smoking.
The bowl, which may be of any desired shape or conformation, has its stem directed
from its rear top side in a plane, or nearly so, with the open mouth of the said bowl.
The bore of the stem is directed in a like manner as the stem itself, to the top part
of the rear wall of the bowl, and from thence down the said rear wall, into the inside
bottom; so that nicotine or vapour condensed within the bowl of the pipe, cannot
escape, from the fact of the bore of the stem being at a higher level than the inside
bottom of the bowl. Thus, in smoking, the tobacco fumes generated within the bowl
are first drawn through a slightly oblique passage or hole in the bottom of the pipe,
and from thence upwards through a vertical hole or passage into the stem bore.
To prevent the walls of the bowl being made too thick for the smoke passage, a rib
may be formed at the back. Or the inner end of the stem may be directed from the
top of the bowl to the bottom.
The smoke passage in the bowl, which is open at top and bottom, is closed by plugs
or stoppers, which when removed, admit of the passage or passages being cleansed.

page_text: The application of my invention to a cigar or cigarette holder, differs in no essential
respect to that of a tobacco pipe as herein set forth, other than that a holder is
substituted for that of a bowl.
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HERBERT LEE.
By Henry Skerrett,
Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Smoking Pipes, Cigar and Cigarette Holders.
I, HERBERT LEE. of "Chatsworth" Westminster Road, in the City of Birmingham,
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, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the
letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say :-
My invention relates to improvements in the construction of tobacco pipes, and
cigar and cigarette holders, but is more especially designed for pipes in order to pre-
vent nicotine and other solid and deleterious products of the tobacco entering the
mouth of the smoker, and to thus obtain what is known as a "cool smoke."
And in order that my invention may be readily understood, I proceed to describe
the same with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which :-
Fig. 1 is a side elevation, and Fig. 2 a longitudinal section, of a tobacco-pipe of my
improved construction.
For the purpose of my invention, I provide a passage a in the wall of the bowl A,
which wall, on the side adjacent to the stem B, is here made somewhat thicker than
usual, and said passage extends throughout the entire depth of the bowl, and either
parallel or at an angle thereto. At its lower end, this passage a communicates with
the interior of the bowl through a short passage b, and the bore c of the stem opens into
the said passage a near its upper end. The short passage b may be inclined as shewn
in the drawing, or it may be horizontal, but the inclined direction is preferable. In
this improved pipe the stem is formed at the upper part of the bowl and lies almost
in the same plane with the upper surface of said bowl, so as to keep the bore of the
stem as far away as possible from any nicotine or ashes which may have collected at
the bottom of the bowl. Thus it will at once be seen that it will be impossible for
nicotine, etc., to be drawn into the smoker's mouth.
Or the stem may be arranged mid-ways of the bowl, if desired.

page_text: Or the bowl may be formed with a web or swelling on its exterior, through which
the passage a may be drilled. Or I may provide an independent passage or tube, of
suitable material, leading from the short passage upwards to the stem at or near its
junction with the bowl.
The passage a, when the pipe is in use, is closed at top and at bottom, by screw
plugs d, d'. By removing these plugs the passage may be blown through; or any
suitable appliance may be passed through the same in order to clean the passage.
The plugs may be connected together by a short length of chain e, as shewn in fig. 1.
The improvements herein described and illustrated with reference to tobacco pipes
are likewise applicable to cigar and cigarette holders, when constructed in pipe form.
Having now particularly described my invention and in what manner the same may
be performed, I claim :-
1. The improved construction of tobacco pipe, and cigar and cigarette holder'
substantially as hereinbefore described and for the purposes set forth.
2. In a tobacco pipe (or in a cigar or cigarette holder, when in pipe form) the
passage a in the wall of the bowl, or in a swelling or web formed on the outside
thereof, and communicating at its lower end through the passage b with the interior of the
bowl, and near its upper end with the bore c of the stem, said passage being provided
with screw plugs for closing the passage a when the pipe is being smoked, substantially
as described and shewn with reference to the drawings.
3. The combination with the bowl and stem of a tobacco pipe, or of a cigar or
cigarette holder, of a tube or independent passage for connecting the bowl with the
bore of the stem, substantially as and for the purpose described.
4. In tobacco pipes, and cigar or cigarette holders, as above claimed, the arrange-
ment of the stem at the upper part of the bowl, substantially as described and shown,
and for the purposes set forth.