IMPROVEMENTS IN PIPES. FOR SMOKING ". TOBACCO
Year: 1870

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William George Robinson Penley, of 60, Isledon.
Road, Hornsey Road, Holloway, in the County of Middlesex,
Gentleman, for the Invention of " IMPROVEMENTS IN PIPES. FOR SMOKING
".
TOBACCO."
Sealed the 21st June 1870, and dated the 26th January 1870.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William George
"
Robinson Penley at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with his Petition, on the 26th January 1870.
I, WILLIAM GEORGE ROBINSON PENLEY, of 60, Isledon Road,
Hornsey Road, Holloway, in the County of Middlesex, Gentleman, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
PIPES FOR SMOKING TOBACCO," to be as follows, viz. :-
"
A pipe having two compartments or chambers, viz., an upper one
which contains the tobacco, terminating above but as near as possible to
the hole of the stem or tube by and through which the smoke is drawn

page_text: into the mouth, and a lower one funnel shaped, which is carried as
far as possible below the said hole of the stem or tube. These com-
partments or chambers may be made either by the insertion of a
removable perforated plug, or by a fixed perforated plate attached to
and forming the bottom of the upper compartment or chamber.
Descending from the lower compartment or chamber to the bottom of
the pipe is a channel or passage, in the lower end of which is inserted
a removable plug.
To enable the moisture from the tobacco to flow freely from the
interior of the pipe the top of the plug, viz., that part which is inserted 1
into the channel or passage, is cut slantwise, and the side of the plug at
the lower end of the slope, or so much of it as enters the channel or
passage, is slightly filed or cut away. The other end of the plug is
made in the shape of a cup to receive the moisture as it flows from the
pipe.
The action of the pipe is as follows:-The moisture from the tobacco
being drawn from the upper into the lower compartment or chamber
condenses, flows into the channel or passage, and forces itself into the
cup at the bottom of the plug, from which it is emptied whenever the
ashes of the tobacco are thrown from the pipe. The greatest effect of
this arrangement is obtained when the lower compartment or chamber
and the channel or passage are made of non-porous materials, such as
glass, china, silver, and gold.
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SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said William George Robinson Penley in the Great 25
Seal Patent Office on the 20th July 1870.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
GEORGE ROBINSON PENLEY, of 60, Isledon Road, Hornsey Road,
Holloway, in the County of Middlesex, Gentleman, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her 30
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-sixth day of January, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy, in the thirty-
third year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said William George Robinson Penley,

page_text: Her special licence that I, the said William George Robinson Penley,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
William George Robinson Penley, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to
time and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed,
should and lawfully might make use, exercise, and vend, within the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands,
and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN PIPES FOR SMOKING
TOBACCO," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said William
George Robinson Penley, my executors or administrators, by an instru-
ment in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said In-
vention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and
cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within
six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said
Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William George Robinson Penley,
do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
This Invention consists of a pipe having two compartments or
chambers, viz., an upper one which contains the tobacco, terminating
above, but as near as possible to the hole of the stem or tube by and
through which the smoke is drawn into the mouth, and a lower one
funnel shaped, which is carried as far as possible below the said hole of
the stem or tube. These compartments or chambers may be made
either by the insertion of a removable perforated plug or by a fixed
perforated plate attached to and forming the bottom of the upper com-
partment or chamber. Descending from the lower compartment or
chamber to the bottom of the pipe is a channel or passage, in the lower
end of which is inserted a removable plug.
To enable the moisture from the tobacco while being smoked to
flow freely from the interior of the pipe the top of the plug, viz., that
part which is inserted in the channel or passage, is cut slantwise, and
the side of the plug at the lower end of the slope, or so much of it as
enters the channel or passage; is slightly filed or cut away. The other
end of the plug is made in the shape of a cup or saucer to receive the

page_text: moisture as it flows from the interior of the pipe. The object of
the channel or passage is to prevent the draught from the bottom of
the pipe through the aperture occasioned by the plug being filed or.
cut away on one side interfering with or preventing the free draught
from the top, which would be the effect were there no such channel or 5
passage.
The above explanation will be clearly understood by reference to the
Sheet of Drawings accompanying this Specification, in which Fig. 1
represents a vertical section of a pipe in which the upper compartment
or chamber A is separated from the lower compartment or chamber B 1
by means of a removable perforated plug C, placed immediately above
the hole of stem D. At the bottom of and forming part of lower
compartment or chamber is the channel or passage E, into which is
inserted a removable plug F, the other end of which is made in the
shape of a cup or saucer G for the purpose of collecting the moisture 1
as it flows from the pipe. Fig. 2 is an enlarged section of the plug with
the cup or saucer.
The action of the pipe is as follows:-The moisture from the tobacco
being drawn while smoking from the upper into the lower compartment
or chamber, it there condenses, and flowing into the channel or passage 2
forces itself into the cup or saucer at the bottom of the plug. Tho
greatest effect of this arrangement is obtained when the lower com-
partment or chamber is made of non-porous materials, such as glass,
porcelain, silver, gold.
I would therefore have it understood that I do not confine or limit 2
myself to any particular shape, size, or material of the pipe or any
part thereof although proferring that the lower compartment or
chamber should be funnel shaped as above mentioned, or to any
particular shape, size, or material of the plug with cup or saucer, which
is inserted in the channel or passage, for the same are susceptible of
various modifications without departing from the distinguishing features
of my Invention, with reference to which I claim the construction
and arrangement of tobacco pipes in such a manner as that the oil or
moisture emanating from the tobacco while smoking is carried by
its own action into the open air, by which the several parts of the
pipe are kept clean, and the smoke to be inhaled is rendered more pure
and wholesome.

page_text: I claim also the plug with cup or saucer into which the oil or
moisture from the pipe flows.
In witness whereof, I, the said William George Robinson Penley,
have hercunto set my hand and seal, this Twentieth day of
July, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and
seventy.
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