IMPROVEMENTS IN WATER TOBACCO PIPES' AND WATER 3 $ CIGAR TIPS
Year: 1878

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edwin Ambrose Bryd ges, of the Firmof Brydges & Co.,
Patent Agents, of the City of Berlin, in the Empire of Germany, for the
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN WATER TOBACCO PIPES' AND
WATER
3
$
CIGAR TIPS." A communication from Julius Riedel, of Berlin, in the Empire
of Germany.
Sealed the 25th March 1879, and dated the 3rd October 1878.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edwin Ambrose Brydges
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 3rd October 1878.
EDWIN AMBROSE BRYDGES, of the Firm of Brydges & Co., Patent Agents, of the
City of Berlin, in the Empire of Germany. "IMPROVEMENTS IN WATER TOBACCO
PIPES AND WATER CIGAR TIPS.'" A communication from Julius Riedel, of
Berlin, in the Empire of Germany.
This Invention has for its object providing means for rendering water tobacco
pipes and water cigar tips or tubes easy to handle, so that they may be brought in
any position whatsoever without the least of their watery contents coming into
the mouth, into the tobacco, or into the pocket.
For this purpose I form within the pipe a water reservoir by arranging therein
two rubber discs or diaphragms of other suitable material, in the centre of each of
which a small pipe is fixed. This said small pipe which is placed near to the
mouth-piece end is straight, and the small pipe placed nearest to the cigar or
tobacco end may be bent, or if straight should be provided with a flexible hose
carrying on its end a small heavy mouth-piece which causes the same to follow the
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page_text: movement of the water contained in the reservoir of the pipe. By this arrange-
ment this said small mouth-piece to the flexible hose will at every position of the
pipe be submerged or placed under water, whereas the orifice of the other small
pipe placed nearer to the mouth-piece of the pipe or tube will always be free from
water, so that the smoke is forced to pass through the water before getting into
the mouth of the smoker.
To prevent the water from passing through the small pipes into the mouth of
the smoker or into the tobacco room or tube, short pipes project from the mouth
end and from the tobacco or cigar end towards the aforesaid rubber discs or
diaphragms without touching the same.
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SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Edwin Ambrose Brydges in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
26th March 1879-
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EDWIN AMBROSE BRYDGES, of the Firm of Brydges and Co., Patent Agents, of the
City of Berlin, in the Empire of Germany. 'IMPROVEMENTS IN WATER TOBACCO
PIPES AND WATER CIGAR TIPS.' A communication by Julius Riedel, of Berlin,
in the Empire of Germany.
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The said Invention relates to improvements in water tobacco pipes and water
cigar tips or tubes, and has for its object the production of a handy easily trans-
portable pipe or tube, so arranged as to admit of the same being held in any
position, or carried in the pocket or case without the liability of the water
contained in the same coming in contact with the tobacco filling of the pipe or
with the cigar in the tube, or of the water being drawn into the mouth in sinoking
or spilt into the case or pocket, and further so arranged that the said pipe or tube
will continually act as water pipe or tube irrespective of the position in which it
may be held.
This object is effected by the employment of the means illustrated in the Sheet
of Drawings hereunto annexed and which I shall now proceed to describe.
Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, are sections of the improved water tobacco pipe and water
cigar tube.
a is the water reservoir. In the pipe, Figure 2, and tubes, Figures 1 and 4, this
reservoir is formed by inserting two india-rubber discs b and c in the tubular body
a, d. d is a small india-rubber tube or hose which serves to conduct the smoke
into the water in the said reservoir a, as shewn in Figures 1, 2, and 3. In Figure 4
the smoke conducting canal consists of a piece of bent tube of vulcanite, metal, or
other suitable material which is attached to the disc b.
In this case it is necessary that the pipe or tube should be held in a given
position, but according to the arrangements illustrated in Figures 1, 2, 3, and 5,
the lower part of the smoke conductor d consists of an india-rubber tube which is
provided with a mouth-piece; so that the tube follows the movement of the water

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in the reservoir. The tube d prevents the water in the reservoir from penetrating
the cigar, whilst the tube e prevents the water from being drawn into the mouth
or from escaping when the tube is placed on end. Should however by repeated
turning of the said pipe or cigar tube a few drops of water escape through the
tube e or d this water would be caught and held in the cavities for g, as the case
may be, the projecting tubes fl, g', preventing its escape, so that by reversing the
position of the said pipe or tube the water will be caused to return through the
tube e or d into the reservoir a.
The body of the improved tobacco pipes or cigar tubes may be made of vulcanite
or other suitable material, and the bowl h, i, or k, of the pipes and the tip of the
cigar tubes are of meerschaum, clay, or other suitable material.
The reservoir a can also be made of glass with metallic rings for protecting the
same. The parts m, n, (Figure 3), may be screwed into or otherwise attached to
the said rings and be made of wood, clay, meerschaum, or other suitable material.
The bowl of the pipe shewn in Figure 2 is not as usual attached to the tube at
its lower part; but it is joined to the tube in the centre of the bowl or head. In
this case the bowl is lined with metal or other suitable material which is perforated
at the lower part of the same, so as to ensure that the tobacco has the necessary
draught from below.
This pipe can also be used as a cigar tube by removing the bowl k. If the tube
d is found to be difficult to manufacture or liable to be easily damaged, or should
the use of the arrangements herein-before described be attended with the liability
of water being extracted from the reservoir under strong suction, and caused to
penetrate to the tip of the cigar tube or into the bowl of the pipe, the modifications
illustrated in Figures 6 to 10 may be adopted whereby such inconveniences will be
obviated.
Figure 6 represents a section of a modified arrangement of cigar tube with
inserted pipe bowl whereby the india-rubber tube or the bent tube, as shewn in
Figures 1 to 5, is omitted, and in lieu thereof two discs d¹, d³, are inserted. A
space is left between these two discs which are provided with the perforations or
openings a¹ a², one opening at the opposite side of each disc as shewn in Figure 6,
and in the transverse section Figure 7. It is obvious that when the proper
quantity of water is used one of the two openings a¹ or a² will necessarily be under
water, so that the smoke is forced to pass through the water. When more than
two discs are used with openings in different positions the tube or pipe can be held
in any desirable position and will still act as water pipe or tube; e¹, f¹, are two
small perforations to enable the water to flow from one side of the discs to the
other so as to equalize the bulk of water on each side of the said disc. Discs b, c,
with small tubes d, e, are employed in combination with this arrangement.
Figure 8 is a longitudinal section of a water reservoir for a cigar tube, illus-
trating a modification of the preceding construction, and Figure 9 is a transverse
section taken along the line g, h, Figure 8, and corresponding to that Figure.
According to this inodification which has the advantage that the tube acts as water
tube irrespective of the position in which the tube may be placed, a disc d³ of metal
or other suitable material is employed, the openings as in which are placed opposite
to the solid part of a smaller disc d'. In turning the cigar tube around, the small
disc turns through its own weight so as to constantly cover the upper openings as
in the larger disc, leaving the lower openings at in the said large disc free. The
small disc may either be held in position by bending the edges of the large disc up
or by projections i, k, l, m, which may be soldered on in suitable positions or
attached in any other convenient manner, so that the small disc is free to play in
front of the openings in the larger disc. Figure 10 illustrates another modification
in combination with a hanging pipe. The water reservoir is in this case of a
tubular form and is divided in two by the tongue or partition n which extends
below the surface of the water, so that the smoke is forced to pass through the
water in the reservoir as shewn by the arrows; the tubes corresponding to the
tubes d, e, are in Figure 10 marked 8, 2, respectively; o is a metallic tube or bowl,

page_text: the ends of which are bent or turned over, so that the same can be attached to a
second tube p which is slipped over the said tube o. In this manner an insulating
space is formed so as to prevent the outer tube from becoming unduly heated in
smoking. The nose or projection q for connecting the pipe to the cigar tube is a
metallic shell or case which is attached to the outer tube p. A flap or other cover
q may be attached to the upper part of the said tube p as shewn in Figures 6 and
10, or in any other suitale manner.
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of the said
Invention, and the manner in which the same is or may be used or carried into
effect, I would observe in conclusion that what I consider to be novel and original,
and therefore claim as the Invention secured to me by the herein-before in part
recited Letters Patent is,―
The combination with the water reservoir of a water tobacco pipe or water cigar
tip or tube, of discs, diaphragms, or partitions, and tubes arranged in connection
therewith or in relation thereto, substantially in the manner and for the purposes.
herein-before described, and as illustrated by the accompanying Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Edwin Ambrose Brydges, have to this my
Specification set my hand and seal, this Nineteenth day of March, One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine.
EDWIN AMBROSE BRYDGES. (L.S.)