IMPROVEMENTS IN TOBACCO PIPES
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Aug., 1886.
Complete Left, 19th May, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 21st June, 1887.
HENRY CULLABINE Tobacconist 55 Snig Hill Sheffield Yorkshire England do hereby
declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN TOBACCO PIPES to be as
follows:-
By making the pipe with stem continued a little past head, said stem to be bored
through from end to end with a hole say quarter of an inch in diameter, thus
converting the stem into a barrell, I then make a cap or plug to fit projecting end,
and through this I affix a small tube the length of the barrell, to the other end of this
tube 1 affix a flange, and about three eighths of an inch from this flange I affix a
collar, the space betwixt Collar and Flange I wrap in solid, with twine or cotton, until
it fits tightly the pipe stem or Barrell-I by this arrangement convert the stem of the
pipe into a syringe.
To work this I insert the mouth piece into a bowl of warm water, mixed with,
"say" a little dry soap, I then hold the cap that connects plunger, working it up and
down the Barrell sharply, thus drawing in the cleansing fluid, and by this means, I
remove all objectionable properties from the pipe that usually accumulates after long
The needle is held in plunger tube.
use.
A-Represents Needle.

page_text: Improvements in Tobacco Pipes.
I, HENRY CULLABINE, of 55 Snig Hill Sheffield, in the County of York, Tobacconist,
do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN TOBACCO
PIPES "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 improvements in tobacco pipes, made after the manner and
similar in shape to the ordinary tobacco pipe in use, with the stem projecting a little
beyond the bowl or head of the said pipe at which end the said stem is left open to
admit a hollow tube made of brass or other suitable metal, with a cap or plug attached
thereto, to fit onto or into the end of the said stem through the said cap or plug I
place a small pin passing down the whole length of the tube, the said pin being bent
at or about the centre forming a spring to prevent its dropping out when not required
for use.
The reverse end of the tube is constructed with a flange and collar the space between
which is filled up with twine or cotton until it fits tightly in the pipe stem thus
.forming a syringe by which all objectional properties which usually accumulate after
use may be easily expelled by inserting the mouth piece of the pipe into a little warm
water mixed with a little dry soap or other cleanser and working the tube from the
cap or plug sharply up and down the barrel.
The pin which is placed in the plunger tube is for the purpose of releasing the
bowl or head of the pipe when stopped up.
To allow the smoke free passage down the stem of the pipe a small channel is made
in the said stem over the plunger at the end of the tube.
This invention may be adapted to pipes made of any kind of wood, asbestos, or
the like.
The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention. The same letters of reference
apply to the different views.
Fig. 1, is a side view in elevation.
Fig. 2, is a section of the pipe shewing the plunger A, needle B, and the smoke
passage over the plunger, C.
Fig. 3, is a plan of the plunger.
Fig. 4, represents the needle or pin.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is :-
Improvements in tobacco pipes by forming a stem into a syringe by fitting therein
a tube having thereon a plunger so as to easily expel the nicotine or other objectionable
matter in combination wherewith is a pin for releasing the head or bowl of tho pipe
when it becomes made up as herein before specified, described and as illustrated by
the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 18th day of May 1887.