Improvements in Tobacco Pipes.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Mar., 1890-Accepted, 12th Apr., 1890
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Tobacco Pipes.
I, CHARLES DAVIS WELDON of 344, East 6th Street, Mica, in the County of
Spokane, and State of Washington, United States of America, Inventor, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to bo
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:—
My Invention relates to improvements in tobacco pipes, and will be described with
reference to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification in which
figure 1 is a perspective view of my new tobacco pipe, the parts thereof being shewn
separated from each other. Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of the
pipe shewing the preferred construction. Figure 3 is a similar view shewing a
modification. Figure 4 is a similar view showing the stem made in threo sections,
and figure 5 is a side view of a curved stem having my invention applied thereto.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.
A is the bowl of the pipe formed with, or provided with, the stem section B,
and C is the mouthpiece or tip connected, in figures 12 and 3, to the steni B by
the ferrule D. In figures 1 and 2, the lower part of the stem B and bowl are bored
to form the small passage or socket a to receive the point of a cleaning device E,
while in figures 3 and 4 only the lower part of the bowl portion is so bored. The
cleaner E is of metal and secured to the ring which fits on the stem against one
end of the ferrule 1), as shewn clearly in the drawing. The passage or bore b through
the stem is comparatively large and is contracted where it opens into the bowl by an
apertured filling piece c of clay, glass, or material which will not swell under the
influence of moisture. This prevents too free draught and, to a large extent, the
drawing of nicotine into the stem. Owing to the large bore the stem may be
readily cleaned by the cleaner E with a swab or cloth applied thereto and forced in
and out through the bore. The filling piece c is removable, for the
purpose of
cleaning, and its end next the bowl is cupped or concaved, as shewn at c. The
stem may be made up of three or more sections, as in figure 4, and the stem may
be straight or curved as desired and the outer end of the mouth piece may be
contracted as shown at i to prevent nicotine from being drawn into the mouth.
By this construction, the pipe may be readily cleaned and the cleaner is always
at hand, and, applied as described, it in no way disfigures the appearance of the
pipe.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is ;-
1. A tobacco pipe whose stem is formed with a large bore b combined with an
apertured filling piece placed in the bore, substantfally as described.
2. A tobacco pipe whose stem is formed with a large bore b combined with a
tip or mouth piece having a contraction at the outer end, substantially as described.
3. A tobacco pipe having combined with the stem thereof a cleaner, a socket
being formed in the stem or bowl piece to retain the cleaner, substantially as
described.
4. A tobacco pipe having combined with the stem thereof a cleaner attached to
a ring, a socket being formed in the stem or bowl piece to retain the cleaner,
substantially as described.
5. A tobacco pipe having its stem made in sections and formed with a recess or

page_text: socket a in combination with a cleaner provided with a ring fat right angles to its
body and fitted to the joint between the sections of the stem, the parts being
combined in the manner set forth.
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C. D. WELDON.
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Patent Agents.