Improvements in Tobacco Pipes, Cigar and Cigarette Holders, and Cigarette Papers or Wrappers.
Year: 1893

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Tobacco Pipes, Cigar and Cigarette Holders, and
Cigarette Papers or Wrappers.
I HARVEY ALLCOCK of Francis Road Edgbaston Birmingham in the County of
Warwick 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 :-
My invention has for its object improvements in tobacco pipes cigar cigarette
holders & cigarette papers or wrappers whereby the great objection now raised to
smoking is overcome and instead of any obnoxious effects which have hitherto
been experienced by smokers through foul pipes a splendid cool &c. sweet smoke is
inhaled besides which no verdigris can possibly accumulate in pipes having metal
mounts and where no mount is used a most perfect airtight joint is effected whether
it be a screw joint or a push joint & this has always been a great difficulty & has
never been overcome.
This invention is applicable to clay pipes as well as other pipes & can be used in
conjunction with my previous Patents No. 14487 A.D. 1887 & 2545 A.D. 1891.
I will proceed to describe my invention with the aid of the accompanying sheet of
drawings.
Figure 1 is a pipe partly in section of what is known as a screw joint.
Figure 2. is a pipe partly in section of what is known as a push joint.
Figure 3 is a view of a clay pipe also partly in section.
Figure 4 is a view of a clay pipe with a metal ferrule & a bone mouth piece which
may be treated in the same manner as the other kind of pipes shown.
Figure 5 shows a cigarette which is treated in a manner to be described.
The main feature of my present invention is to line the stem & bowl or either
separately in the manner to be described and the treatment or lining is applicable to
the stems of cigar & cigarette holders.
First as regards pipes:-I take a rimer for wooden pipes & either a rimer or piece
of wire knotted for clay pipes & either rimer the stem through to clear away any
projections or foreign matter there may be in the stem either of a wooden or clay
pipe; this process prepares the way for the next. Which consists in lining the
pipes cigar or cigarette holders or coating cigarette papers or wrappers with a
cement formed of the following ingredients. I form acetic acid by mixing charcoal
and best vinegar and let this stand in closed jars for say, 12 months, I then place,
say, 1 lb. of fishes bladder in a jar and pour onto it about an equal quantity of the
liquid acetic acid leaving the charcoal sediment behind. This mixture should stand
in closed jars for say a further 12 months when it will be fit to use.
To coat the pipes with this cement I draw the knotted wire through the stem of
the pipe and thus deposit the cement on the inside; I then take another piece of
thread or other material and this is dipped into prepared charcoal which is prepared
by sifting from one sieve to another and this is drawn through the stem of the pipe,
the cement already deposited collects the charcoal from the thread and this makes
the lining when dry which gives such a sweet flavor to the smoker, of course the
bowl of the pipe can be easily coated either with a brush or any other such article
which is found most convenient. As will be seen at Figures 1 and 2 the pipes may
simply be coated with the coating at the parts marked Ä and A' that is in Figure 1
round the screw part which makes a very effective airtight joint as will be obvious.
I can of course use one of my specially prepared coils B with these pipes at Figure 2
the parts A A' are coated in the same manner but in this case it is what is known
as a push joint of course the stems & bowls may be lined in the same manner.
Figures 3 and 4 show two kinds of clay pipes which can be lined with this lining
& indeed these kind of pipes are most applicable to this treatment.

page_text: Figure 5 illustrates a cigarette which has had the end of its paper or wrapper
dipped in the special composition & this has the effect of preventing any poisonous
or obnoxious matter from entering the smokers mouth.
Having now particularly described the nature of my said invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed what I claim is: :-
1st. The coating or lining of pipes cigar & cigarette holders substantially as and
for this purpose herein set forth.
2nd. The coating of the ends of cigarette papers or wrappers as and for the
purpose herein set forth.
Dated this 20th day of January 1893.
HARVEY ALLCOCK.