Support or relating to smoking ripes пaving Amber or other Mouth-pieces.
Year: 1885

page_text: Support or relating to smoking ripes пaving Amber
or other Mouth-pieces.
I, MAX EHREGOTT WITTENBERG of 21 School Lane, Liverpool, in the County of
Lancaster, Meerschaum and briar pipe manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object a system of joining pipes to their mouth-picces
which will accommodate any kind of pipe, and which can be undone at a moment's
notice, and the joint again made tight without delay. I will describe my experi-
mental pipe by way of illustration.
The mouth piece is of amber. In this is screwed a wooden pipe with enlarged
flange about of an inch thick, and the same width as the mouth-piece, at this
point the wooden pipe projects as a thin tube into the ferrule next to be described.
On the mouth piece and wooden flange is cemented a metallic ferrule extending
beyond the wooden pipe end and over the end of this is soldered a second ferrule
slightly conical outward. On the pipe a ferrule is cemented, and a second ferrule
inside that projecting from it. The two ferrules of the pipe are sized to just fit
into the two ferrules of the mouth-piece (or vice versa) and all are made slightly
conical so as to make a couple of perfect fits. The chamber is filled with a plug of
pumice, sponge or other absorbent. The use of the little wooden pipe inside the
mouthpiece is to leave a space for the nicotine to settle instead of going into the
mouth piece, it also by swelling, still further tightens the ferrule. The double and
slightly conical joint gives firmness and rigidity without excessive fastness, so that
a perfect joint can be made and yet one that will not be fast against a moderate
pull. The joint can thus be immediately undone, the filling renewed or cleaned
and re-inserted, and the difficult, bulky and easily injured screws of ordinary pipe
mouthpieces are done away with. The chamber is thus too, of larger diameter
and more open without increased bulk than would be practicable if it had to be
screwed.
WP. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, and
323, High Holborn, London,
Patent Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in or relating to Smoking Pipes having Amber
or other Mouth Pieces.
I, MAX EHREGOTT WITTENBERG of 21 School Lane, Liverpool, in the county of
Lancaster, Meerschaum and briar pipe manufacturer 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 a system of joining pipes to their mouth-pieces
which will accommodate any kind of pipe, and which can be undone at a moment's
notice, and the joint again made tight without delay. I will describe my experi
mental pipe by way of illustration, reference being had to the accompanying
drawings in which Figure 1 is a side view of pipe partly in section. Figure 2
enlarged view of joint showing it more distinctly.
In these A is the mouth piece made of any suitable material, such as amber,
vulcanite, horn etcetera. Into this is screwed a plug B preferably of ivory with
enlarged flange C about one fourth of an inch thick, and the same width as the
mouth. piece, at this point the plug B projects as a thin tube D into the ferrule E
next to be described. On the mouth piece A and flange C of plug B is cemented a
metallic ferrule E extending beyond the tube D and over the end of this ferrule E
is soldered a second ferrule F slightly conical outward. On the pipe stem a
ferrule G is cemented and a second ferrule H is soldered inside that projecting
from it. The two ferrules of the pipe are sized to just fit into the two ferrules of
the mouth piece (or vice versa), and all are made slightly conical so as to make a
couple of tightly fitting joints; together they form a chamber or enlargement I of
the pipe bore. This chamber being enclosed by the metal ferrules the smoke is
cooled therein more readily than when a chamber is formed of vulcanite or other
non-conductor of heat. This chamber may be filled with a plug of pumice, sponge,
or other absorbent not shown in the drawings. The use of the projecting tube D
inside the chamber is to leave a space for the nicotine, to settle instead of passing.
into the mouth piece. The double and slightly conical joint gives firmness and
igidity without excessive fastness, so that a perfect joint can be made, and yet one
that will not be fast against a moderate pull. The joint can thus be immediately
undone, the chamber cleaned, or the filling renewed or cleaned and re-inserted, and
the difficult bulky and easily injured screws of ordinary pipe mouth-pieces are
done away with. The chamber is thus too of larger diameter without increased
bulk than would be practicable, if it had to be screwed.
It will be obvious that though I have only shown my invention as adapted to a
round pipe, it can be applied to a square one, or to other forms of pipe, and can be
varied in design materially, while remaining the same in principle. Also that the
ornamentation can be varied ad libitum. In practice however I prefer to form the
ferrules that are cemented onto the pipe and mouth-piece smooth and polished on
the outside, but the central exterior ferrule ornamented so as to resemble a buckle
or other device or chased engraved or otherwise shaped to an artistic design.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I wish it to be under-
stood that I do not claim broadly the making of smoking pipes with a chamber in
the stem for collecting moisture or nicotine in an absorbent material as I am aware
that numerous devices have been employed, but all more or less clumsy and
unsightly owing to screw or other bulky connections between the chamber and the
pipe stem and mouth-piece, I declare that what I claim is
1st. The push joint for smoking pipes substantially as herein described formed of
two or more slightly conical socket joints made and broken simultaneously by the
same push.
2nd. In a smoking pipe a chamber formed in the stem by means of a double
push joint consisting of two ferrules fitting inside or over two similar ferrules
substantially as shown and described.
Dated this 14th day of October 1885..
WM P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, and
323, High Holborn, London,
Patent Agents for the Applicant.