Improvements in and relating to Tobacco-pipes, Cigar-holders, and the like.
Year: 1890

page_text: Communicated from abroad by WILLIAM DEMUTH, of the City and State of New
York, United States of America.]
Improvements in and relating to Tobacco-pipes, Cigar-holders, and
the like.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine Lake & Co. Patent Agents,
45 Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex 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 :-
This invention has for its object to provide a pipe-stem or cigar-holder with novel
means whereby the smoke in its passage to the mouth is brought in contact with tar,
by which it obtains the healthful, invigorating, and aromatizing properties of tar
while smoking.
The said invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which
Figure 1 represents a longitudinal section.
Figure 2 is a transverse section in the plane a x Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a side elevation of the tar cartridge.
Figure 4 is a longitudinal section of the same.
Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.
A designates a stem which, in the example shown in the drawings, connects at one
end with a bowl B and at the opposite end with a mouth-piece C; but the end which
connects with the bowl may be left open and formed to receive a cigar. The stem A
is made in two sections, and on the main section is secured a coupling-piece a, which
is provided at its free end with an external screw-thread a', which engages an external
screw-thread b on the second section D. This section forms the receiver for the
cartridge E, and it is provided with a screw-nipple c, to engage the mouth-piece C.
The cartridge E is made of a suitable absorbent material, which is saturated with
tar and compressed to fit the receiver D, and it is provided with a central bore or
channel d, which forms a portion of the passage for the smoke.
When all the parts of the stem are connected, as shown in Figure 1, the smoke
in its course from the burning tobacco to the mouth-piece has to pass through the
tar-cartridge, and in its passage it takes up the balsamic qualities of the tar, and
the smoker can now inhale the same health-invigorating and delightful aroma which
enters his lungs when wandering through a pinery, and at the same time enjoy the
full flavour of his favorite brand of tobacco.
I am aware that pipe-stems have heretofore been provided with smoke-filters―
such as perforated felt discs arranged side by side, with the perforations out of
coincidence; or layers of cork or paper and blotting-paper having a central through
orifice; or sponge saturated with camphor; or cotton saturated with coffee or
other substance to neutralize the nicotine. These, however, do not constitute my
invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me
by my foreign correspondent I declare that what I claim is :-
First. A cylindrical cartridge for pipe-stems cigar-holders or the like, made of a
compressed absorbent material saturated with tar and having a smoke-passage

page_text: extending centrally through it from end to end, substantially as shown and
described.
Second. An improved pipe provided with an absorbent cartridge as above
described.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.