Improvements in or relating to Tobacco Pipes.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 12th July, 1898
Complete Specification Left, 25th Mar., 1899-Accepted, 6th May, 1899
Saint Claude (Jura), France, Manufacturer.]
Improvements in or relating to Tobacco Pipes.
I, SINA OPPENHEIMER, of the Firm of Sina Oppenheimer, Seckel, and Com-
pany, of 6, New Zealand Avenue, in the County of London, Merchants, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to tobacco pipes, and it has reference more particularly
to the mounts or bands which are fitted on the ends of the stems.
Heretofore, these mounts or bands have been of considerable width, and made
from a single length of tubing, the width depending on the kind of pipe to which
they have been applied. Such mounts or bands are therefore very rigid and do
not allow the end of the pipe stem sufficient "give" or elasticity to expand and
contract freely.
Now, the object of the present invention is to overcome this disadvantage, and
to this end, instead of using a single wide tubular mount or band, such as above
referred to, I employ a series of comparatively narrow bands or rings and fit them
around the end of the stem at short distances apart, thus forming, as it were, a
multiple mount, and so allowing perfect freedom for expansion and contraction.
There may be two or more of these bands or rings, and they may be all of the
same width, or they may be of different widths, as may be desirable.
The improved mounts need not occupy any more space on the pipe stem than
does an ordinary band, and they may be plain or engraved, so adding very con-
siderably to the neatness and finish of the pipe.
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ERNEST DE PASS,
Chartered Patent Agent,
78, Fleet Street, London, and 5A, Market Street, Nottingham,
Agent for the Applicant.
I, SINA OPPENHEIMER, of the Firm of Sina Oppenheimer, Seckel, and Com-
pany, of 6, New Zealand Avenue, in the County of London, Merchants, do hereby
Jeclare 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
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page_text: statement, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters
and figures marked thereon, that is to say:
This invention relates to tobacco pipes, and it has reference more particularly
to the mounts or bands which are fitted on the ends of the stems.
Heretofore, these mounts or bands have been of considerable width, and made
from a single length of tubing, the width depending on the kind of pipe to which
they have been applied. Such mounts or bands are therefore very rigid and do
not allow the end of the pipe stem sufficient "give" or elasticity to expand and
contract freely,
Now, the object of the present invention is to overcome this disadvantage, and
to this end, instead of using a single wide tubular mount, or band, such as above
referred to, I employ a series of comparatively narrow bands or rings and fit them
around the end of the stem at short distances apart, thus forming, as it were, a
multiple mount, and so allowing perfect freedom for expansion and contraction.
There may be two or more of these bands or rings, and they may be all of the
same width, or they may be of different widths, as may be desirable.
And in order that the invention may be clearly understood and readily carried
into effect, I will proceed to describe the same by aid of the accompanying
drawings, in which:
Fig. 1 is a side view of a pipe having a bent stem and provided with three of
the said bands or rings.
Fig. 2 is a similar view of a pipe with a straight stem, but having only two
bands or rings which are of different widths.
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Referring to Fig. 1, is the mouth piece and 6 the stem of the pipe, whilst
c, d, and e are respectively the three bands or rings forming the multiple mount,
and occupying the same position as the single wide band or mount would do in
an ordinary pipe.
The said bands or rings, which may consist of silver, or other ornamental
metal, are fitted on the end of the stem in any suitable manner, with narrow
spaces between them. The appearance of the pipe is thus improved, in addition
to the other advantages above referred to.
The improved multiple mount does not involve any alteration as regards the
mode of connecting together the mouth piece a and the stem b, which may be
effected for instance by a push joint, or by a screw, as may be convenient.
In the arrangement shown in Fig. 2, a and b are as before the mouth-piece and
stem of the pipe, whilst e and d are the two bands or rings forming the multiple
mount. Of these bands or rings, the one nearer the pipe bowl, vize, may
advantageously be made of say double the width of the other. Obviously, however,
this arrangement might be reversed if desired, in which case the band or ring d
would be the wider.
It will be readily understood that although the pipe shown in Fig. 1 with the
three rings or bands has a curved stem, yet this is in no way an essential feature,
since the same arrangement of bands might be applied to a pipe with a straight
stem:
Moreover, the arrangement of bands shown in Fig. 2, might equally well be
applied to a curved stem. In fact, the invention may be carried out in a variety
of ways without departing from the essential feature thereof, the two arrangements
shown in the drawings being merely given as illustrative examples.
The improved mounts need not occupy any more space on the pipe stem than
does an ordinary mount or hand, and they may be plain or engraved, so adding very
considerably to the neatness and finish of the pipe.
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
A tobacco pipe having its stem provided with a multiple mount formed of two

page_text: or more bands or rings of the same or of different widths, substantially as and for
the purposes set forth.
Dated this 25th day of March 1899.
ERNEST DE PASS,
Chartered Patent Agent,
78, Fleet Street, London, and 5A, Market Street, Nottingham,
Agent for the Applicant.