Improvements in and connected with Pipes and similar Articles for the Use of Smokers.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Sept., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 10th Mar., 1897-Accepted. 10th Anc.
Improvements in and connected with Pipes and similar Articles
for the Use of Smokers.
I, GEORGE HUGHES of 23, Coleman Street, London, E.C., in the County of
Middlesex, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (a com-
munication to me from abroad by Henry Hunt and Henry Hunt, Junior, both of
318 N. Main Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., United States of America) to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to pipes and the like for the use of smokers and has for its
object to cheapen the manufacture and increase the durability of the above articles
and render them capable of being more easily and effectually cleaned than those
of ordinary construction.
In carrying my invention into effect I proceed in or in about the following manner..
I form the pipe bowl of any suitable form and (preferably) integral therewith
I provide a stem. This stem has a shoulder near the bowl end and from thence the
diameter is reduced and tapered towards the mouth end of the stem. Fitting snugly
over the reduced part of the stem is an outer tubular stem, provided with a suitable
mouth piece at one end. The other and bowl end of this tubular stem is of the
same outside diameter as the part of the stem issuing immediately from the bowl
and the two parts are connected by a ferrule, one end of which is attached to the
bowl end of the tubular stem and the other end slipped over the bowl end of the
inner stem. In the under part of the reduced and taper part of the inner stem is.
a groove extending from the mouth end nearly to the bowl end of the reduced part..
In the upper part of the inner stem is another groove extending from the mouth.
end to the extremity of the bowl end of it, at which point it enters the larger end
of a conical hole bored through the stem, the smaller end of the hole entering the
bowl, a short distance above the bottom of it. In arranging the length of the inner
(grooved) and outer (tubular) stems I make the former sufficiently short that the
ends of the grooves will always be open. When all the parts are assembled and
snugly fitted together the conical hole and the space between the tubular stem and
groove in the inner stem will form a smoke passage from the bowl to the smoker's
mouth and the space between the tubular stem and the groove in the under part
will form a receptacle for receiving and retaining moisture as it gradually accumulates.
luring the act of smoking the pipe or like.
Dated this 9th day of September 1806
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23, Coleman Street, London, E.C., Agents.

page_text: CODI DEIE DIDIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Pipes and similar Articles
for the Use of Smokers.
I, GEORGE HUGHES, of 23, Coleman Street, London, in the County of Middlesex,
Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, (a communication
from Henry Hunt and Henry Hunt Junior, both of 318, N. Main Street, Wilkes-
Barre, Pa., United States of America), and in what manner the same is to be
performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
My invention relates to pipes for smoking tobacco and the like, and has for its
objects to provide a novel, simple and convenient device of the indicated character
which will be very cheap to manufacture, be more durable and easier cleaned than
pipes of ordinary construction, be devoid of screw-cut connections, and that will
afford a receptacle for moisture and a smoke passage which become open channels
when the stem is removed from the bowl of the pipe and thus adapt the device for
easy and thorough cleaning.
The invention essentially consists in providing a pipe-bowl with a short integral
stem, a solid tapering tongue projecting from said stem, a tapering tubular mouth-
piece elongated to incase the tongue-piece, the latter having two longitudinal grooves
oppositely formed in it, the upper groove affording a smoke-passage which intersects
a conical short passage formed in the integral stem, the other groove being a
receptacle for moisture below the smoke-passage, and a ferrule which is secured
upon the mouth-piece at the end which is adjacent to the short integral stem of the
pipe bowl, thus affording means to frictionally connect the stem aud mouth-piece in
an air-tight manner.
The invention further consists in the peculiar construction and combination of
parts as is hereinafter described.
Reference is made to the accompanying sheet of drawings, forming a part of this
specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts
in all the figures.
Fig. 1. is an exterior side view of the improved pipe.
Fig. 2. is a longitudinal sectional view of the pipe, showing the improvements.
Fig. 3. is a longitudinal sectional view of the pipe with the outer stem or
cover No. 13. detached and before the grooves (c and d) are cut into it.
Fig. 4. is a longitudinal sectional view of the outer stem or cover detached.
Fig. 5. is a transverse sectional view on the line 3-3 in Figs. 1 and 2.
Fig. 6. is a view of the tip of the pipe looking endways at it showing the
perforations.
The pipe-bowl 10 is formed of wood or other suitable material, and from its
lower portion is laterally projected a short stem 11, the stem and bowl being
preferably made integral, and said stem slightly tapering to give it a coniform
shape on the exterior. From the stem 11 a tongue piece 12, of less diameter,
integrally projects, which piece is made of a suitable length for effective service
and rendered coniform. The tongue-piece 12 is slightly flattened on the upper
side, thus producing a shoulder a, from which extends the longitudinal smoke-
passage b through the stem 11 into the lower end of the cavity in the bowl 10, and
said passage is preferably tapered from the outer end inwardly, so as to facilitate
the cleansing of this short conduit. There are two opposite grooves c d longi-
tudinally formed in the tongue-piece 12, the upper groove c intersecting the larger
end of the smoke-passage b. Preferably the longitudinal groove d, (which like
the groove c extends from the smaller tapered end of the tongue-piece 12) is
located below and diametrically opposite said groove c, as shewn in Figs. 2 and 5.

page_text: The mouth-piece 13, which in effect provides a stem proper for the pipe, is in-
the form of a tapering shell, made of wood or other available material, and is.
closed by a perforated end 14, instead of by the ordinary bead and hole, a bead!
edge is however given it as usual to enable the smoker to hold the pipe between.
his teeth.
The object of the perforated tip 14, is to prevent the smoke burning the smoker's.
tongue (as is the case when there is only one hole through the tip), by distributing
the smoke around the mouth.
Such a relative diameter is given to the tapered hore of the mouth-piece 13, as.
will adapt it to receive and closely embrace the tongue-piece 12, when these parts
are assembled.
On the end portion of the mouth-piece 13, which is nearest the short stem 11,.
a tapered ferrule 15 is affixed by small nails e or other means, a sufficient portion
of said ferrule projecting from the mouth-piece to engage with the tapered body
of the stem 11, whereon this part of the ferrule is closely fitted. It will be seen
that when the ferrule 15 is pressed upon the stem 11, if the latter is clean, an air-
tight joint will be produced between these engaged parts, and it is essential for
the efficient operation of the pipe that the wall of the bore of the mouth-piece 13,
he in close contact with the body of the tongue-piece 12 when the ferrule 15 comes.
in contact in a like manner with the stem 11.
18, is a short metal band which is fastened on the short integral stem 11. The
object of this band is to cover the short space (which is left to allow of taking up.
any wear or shrinkage that may occur) between the shoulder on the short stem 11
and the end of the outer stem indicated at a. This band provides a thoroughly
air-tight joint.
19, is a short hole or passage connecting the grooves c and d, the object of this
hole or passage being to lead the moisture which comes from the bowl of the pipe
(and which is caught in the hollow or recess 20), to the moisture receptacle d.
21, is a recess formed by shouldering back the end of the outer stem. It will
be seen that when the ferrule 15 is in place, that it (21) becomes a groove adapted
to receive the end of the inner band 18. A short space is left between the end of
the band and the bottom of the groove, to allow also of taking up wear or shrinkage,
thus always keeping the outer stem a snug fit.
I wish it understood that I do not limit myself to the precise shapes or sizes of
the various parts as shewn in the drawings, but reserve the right to adopt any
size and shapes, and to make any other modifications which do not cause material
departure from the principle and spirit of the invention. The invention is
applicable to cigar holders as well as pipes.
The parts of the pipe being assembled, it is evident that the groove cand
passage b together form a smoke-passage from the bowl of the pipe to the tip f
and that the groove d will be adapted to receive and hold moisture as it gradually
accumulates during the act of smoking the pipe.
It will be seen that to clean the stem of the pipe, it is only necessary to slightly
pull on the piece 13, which will remove said part and thus expose the grooves cd
which may be washed or simply wiped clean; and as the short smoke-passage b
is of a form that enables its easy cleaning the renovation of the improved pipe is a
matter of easy accomplishment.
Wherever any parts are described in this specification as being integral with
one another, I reserve the right to make such parts separate from one another & to
join them together in any suitable manner.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
CLAIMS.

page_text: a tapering tongue piece having two preferably diametrically opposite_grooves
extending from end to end along the outer surface of the tongue piece. The said
tongue piece being enclosed in a snugly fitting outer and tubular mouth piece
which is connected to the short conically bored stem by a suitable ferrule or by
suitable bands, the upper groove terminating at the bowl end in a hollow or recess
from the bottom of which a hole leads to the second groove, the end of the tongue
piece being not quite in touch with the end of the covering mouth piece which
itself it provided with a closed end perforated with holes, the whole substantially
as described in the above specification and exemplified in the accompanying
drawings.
2. An improved pipe or the like for smokers, constructed and operating
substantially as described in the above specification and exemplified in the accom-
panying drawings.
Dated this 8th day of March 1897
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23, Coleman Street, London, E.C., Agents for Applicant.