Improvements in or relating to Tobacco or other Pipe Cleaners.
Year: 1898

page_text: Improvements in or relating to Tobacco or other Pipe Cleaners.
I, CALEB JOSIAH ALLEN, of 9, Sturgeons Hill, Lichfield, in the County of Staf-
ford, Artizan, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an improved tobacco or other pipe cleaner, having
for its object the easy and effectual removal of nicotine or other foreign substances
from the stems and mouthpieces of the said pipes, at the same time preventing
the nicotine or other foreign substances from coming into contact with the hands.
In carrying my invention into effect I twist together two or more pieces of thin
copper, brass zinc or iron wire of requisite lengths to such a degree of firmness
as shall allow the same to readily pass through the said stems and mouthpieces,
leaving in the process of twisting a small loop at one end. Having obtained this,
I form of similar material in the same manner a second rope of wire, one or more
inches long, into which I insert portions of india rubber, wool, hemp, or the like,
which shall act as a small mop; at one end of the same I make a hook or other
form of attachment which has for its object the connecting of the two said ropes of
wire.
When using, the first mentioned is inserted into the stem of the pipe until
it shall protrude beyond the bowl; the second wire or rope is then connected by
means of the before mentioned attachments.
The cleaner being now complete, is drawn through the stem and the soiled mop
cast away.
Improvements in or relating to Tobacco or other Pipe Cleaners.
I, CALEB JOSIAH ALLEN, of 9, Sturgeons Hill, Lichfield, in the County of Staf-
ford, Artizan, 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 relates to an improved tobacco or other pipe cleaner having
for its object the easy and effectual removal of nicotine or other foreign substances
from the stems and mouth pieces of the said pipes, at the same time preventing
the nicotine or other foreign substances from coming into contact with the hands.
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page_text: In carrying my invention into effect I twist together two or more pieces of thin
copper, brass, zinc or iron wire (a) of requisite lengths to such a degree of firmness
as shall allow the same to readily pass through the said stems and mouthpieces,
leaving in the process of twisting a small loop at one end (b).
Having obtained this, I form of similar material in the same manner a second
rope of wire, one or more inches long (c) into which I insert portions of india-
rubber, wool, hemp or the like, which shall act as a small mop (d); at one end of
the same I make a hook (e) or other form of attachment which has for its object
the connecting of the two said ropes of wire (a and e).
When using, the first mentioned wire (a) is inserted into the stem of the pipe
until it shall protrude beyond the bowl; the second wire or rope (c) is then con-
nected by means of the before mentioned attachments (e, b). The cleaner being
now complete, is drawn through the stem and the soiled mop (d) cast away.
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:
A tobacco or other pipe cleaner, made of wire, in two parts, attachable the one
to the other; into one part of which I insert indiarubber, wool, hemp or any like
material which shall act as a mop or cleaner, effecting its purpose without soiling
the hands.
Datod this 16th day of August 1898.
CALEB JOSIAH ALLEN,
Sturgeons Hill, Lichfield.