Improvements in Cigar and Cigarette Holders and Tobacco Pipes.
Year: 1899

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cigar and Cigarette Holders and Tobacco Pipes.
I, JOHN THOMAS DAWES, of Cefn Mawr, Mold, in the County of Flint, Civil
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows;-
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The object of this invention is to provide in cigar and cigarette holders and
tobacco pipes means whereby objectionable matters may be prevented from
passing to the mouth of the smoker, or saliva prevented from running into the
lower or outer part of the holder or pipe; and to provide means to allow of
readily cleaning or removing collected saliva or other matter from the interior
of the said holders or pipes.
For these purposes I form a chamber in the bore or stem of the holder or pipe
to collect nicotine &c. from the tobacco such chamber being closed at one end
by a diaphragm having a small opening or openings therethrough for the
passage of smoke. A projection or button is attached to the diaphragm in
front of the opening or openings to prevent anything being blown direct through
such opening. A mouthpiece is provided having a socket fitting on to the
stem of the holder or pipe and a chamber is formed in the mouthpiece to collect
saliva, the diaphragm preventing the saliva from running into the other portions
of the holder or pipe. The diaphragm or a portion thereof with its projection
or button is preferably made removable although for cigar or cigarette holders
it may be formed solid with such holder. The chamber in the bore or stem of a
cigar or cigarette holder may be cleaned or emptied through the outer opening,
but for pipes an opening may be made in the side of the chamber such opening
being covered by the socket of the mouthpiece which is removed when the
chamber requires emptying; or the diaphragm may be removed to allow of
emptying the chamber.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cigar and Cigarette Holders and Tobacco Pipes.
I, JOHN THOMAS DAWES, of Cefn Mawr, Mold, in the County of Flint, Civil
Engineer, 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, reference being had to the accompanying
drawings:-
The object of this invention is to provide in cigar and cigarette holders and

page_text: tobacco pipes means whereby objectionable matters may be prevented from
passing to the mouth of the smoker, or saliva prevented from running into the
lower or outer part of the holder or pipe; and to provide means to allow of
readily cleaning or removing collected saliva or other matter from the interior
of the said holders or pipes.
In the drawings Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section of a tobacco pipe constructed
according to my invention.
For the purposes of my invention I form a
chamber a in the stem 6 of the pipe and in communication with the bore c.
This chamber is closed at one end by the diaphragm d so that the nicotine from
the tobacco is collected in such chamber and cannot pass to the mouthpiece e.
f is a small opening through the diaphragm at the upper part to allow passage
of smoke. g is a projection or button attached to or formed with the diaphragm
and in front of the opening f and arranged so that it will deflect any liquid or
like matter and prevent it being blown direct through such opening. The
mouthpiece e is provided with a socket h fitting on to the stem of the holder or
pipe over the chamber a, and a chamber i is formed in the mouthpiece which
chamber serves to collect any saliva which may run down from the mouth of the
smoker, the diaphragm d preventing the saliva from running into the other
portions of the pipe. The diaphragm d is as shown separate from the chamber a
so that it can be removed for cleaning. Fig. 2 is an end view and Fig. 3 a
side elevation of the diaphragm alone. If desired a portion only of the diaphragm
together with the projection g may be made removable although so far I have
found it best to make the whole of the diaphragm removable. For emptying
the chamber a of nicotine either the diaphragm may be removed or an opening j
may be made through the side of the chamber such opening being covered by
the socket of the mouthpiece which is removed when the chamber requires
emptying.
The
Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section of a cigar or cigarette holder constructed
according to my invention. In this case the chamber a is formed similar to the
chamber a in Fig. 1. The diaphragm d and projection however instead of
being made removable are formed solid with the sides of the chamber a.
socket of the mouthpiece fits over the chamber a as described in Fig. 1. The
chamber a may be either cleaned or emptied through the outer opening & of
the holder, or an opening ; may be formed in the side of the chamber a as
described under Fig. 1. The operation of the parts is similar to that described
in connection with Fig. 1.
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:
First. In a tobacco pipe or cigar or cigarette holder the combination of a
chamber in the bore thereof, a removable diaphragm having an opening there-
through and provided with a projection or button in front of such opening and
a mouthpiece having a chamber therein and a socket fitting over the chamber
in the bore, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
Second. In a cigar or cigarette holder the combination of a chamber therein
either with or without an opening in the side a solid diaphragm closing the end
of the chamber, an opening through the diaphragm, a projection or button in
front of the opening, and a mouthpiece having a chamber therein and provided
with a socket fitting over the chamber in the holder, substantially as and for
the purposes set forth.
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