Improved 'Means for Keeping Continually Clean, Tobacco and other Pipes, Tubes, and the like.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Oct., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 18th June, 1897-Accepted, 24th July, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved 'Means for Keeping Continually Clean, Tobacco and other
Pipes, Tubes, and the like.
I, HENRY WILLIAMSON, care of Messrs. Eisdell and Thompson, 88 Jermyn Street,
St. James's, S.W., (Student of Medicine) do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improved means whereby tobacco-pipes can be kept
continually clean and wholesome with a minimum of trouble and expense.
A modification of the above may also be applied to other pipes, tubes, and the
like for similar purposes.
In order to put my invention into operation I employ any suitable absorbent
material of any suitable length, strength, colour, texture, or thickness, which
material for purposes of description, I will name "cord."
To one or both ends of the "cord" wire may be suitably attached to facilitate the
passage of the cord through the pipe.
I will here limit the description of my invention to its application to tobacco-
pipes, which pipes, for purposes of description, I will suppose to consist of bowl,
stem, and mouth-piece, although I do not limit myself to any precise pattern or
construction of pipe, or mode of application of the cord to it.
The pipe may have one or more additional channels, grooves, or bores, or other
arrangement, in, or upon, or super-added to, the whole or part of its length for
guiding and concealing the cord, as it passes to or from the smoke-channel.
One or more additional orifices may be made to facilitate the entrance of the
cord to, and its exit from the smoke-channel, which orifices may have plugs.
The cord coming from a reel, ball, or other source passes through an orifice at
any convenient part, and enters the smoke-channel preferably at or near the end
of the mouth-piece, either directly, or indirectly through an additional channel
above described.
From thence it may be traced along the smoke-channel till it re-appears through
an additional orifice preferably at or near the bowl.
The cord may enter by means of an orifice at the howl end of the pipe, and pass
along the smoke-channel to the mouth-piece, and, after passing round a pulley or
other device, may return again by the same channel to escape at the same, or a
separate orifice.
One or more cords may be used, and the cord or cords may be made to travel up,
and down the pipe i.e., may turn and return one or more times before finally
escaping.
The cords may be in reels, or balls, or otherwise, which reels or balls may be
attached to, or attachable, or fixable to, or suitably contained in, any part of the
pipe. Or, the reels or balls, or other source of supply may be contained in any
suitable receptacle, which receptacle may be free, or may be combined in any
suitable way with tobacco, pipe, match, or other case or box.
In use, the part of the cord lying in the smoke-channel becomes saturated with
the deleterous matter, and at any moment this foul part of cord may be with-

page_text: drawn, by simply laying hold of, and drawing forward the portion of the cord that
presents at the orifice of escape. Another portion of clean cord then taking its
place.
The foul portion may then be severed by means of a cutting-edge connected with
or apart from the pipe.
Where used for pipes, tubes, and the like, for other materials than tobacco, it is
obvious that a modification of the above method may be adapted for like purposes.
Dated this 19th day of October, 1896.
Improved Means for Keeping Continually Clean, Tobacco and other
Pipes, Tubes, and the like.
I, HENRY WILLIAMSON, care of Messrs. Eisdell and Thompson, 88 Jermyn Street,
St. James's, S.W., in the County of London, (Student of Medicine) do hereby
declare the nature of this invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained, in and by the following
statement:-
This invention relates to improved means whereby tobacco-pipes can be kept
continually clean and wholesome with a minimum of trouble and expense.
A modification of the invention may also be applied to other pipes, tubes, and the
like for similar purposes.
According to my invention I employ in combination with the pipe or tube a
wound reel, ball, or coil, or a loosely woven fabric or other conveniently packed
store of a suitable flexible absorbent filamental material of any convenient length,
strength, texture and thickness. Such material may be worsted, woollen cord,
string or the like and it may be of the same or of varying thickness and is in the
nature of an absorber; or it may be a wire or filament with knots or interrupted
tufts of absorbing material or occasional brushes fixed to it. Such cleaning and
absorbing material for convenience of description, I hereinafter call "cord." I
will herein limit the description of my invention to its application to tobacco-pipes,
which I will suppose to consist of bowl, stem and mouth piece, although I do not
limit myself to any precise pattern or construction of pipe, or mode of application
to it of my improved means for cleaning same. The store of "cord" is so arranged
upon or within or in connection with the pipe or tube as to be isolated from the
smoke channel, and so kept clean a length of it is led from the store and always
lies in the smoke channel, its free end being led thereout of in such manner that
when required to clean the pipe or tube the whole of the fouled and impregnated
length can be easily drawn out severed and thrown away, leaving a clean length
in its place.
One or more additional orifices may be made in the pipe to facilitate the
entrance of the cord to, and its exit from the smoke-channel, which orifices pre-
ferably have plugs to render them air-tight. The cord may enter by means of an
orifice at the bowl end of the pipe, and pass along the smoke-channel to the mouth-
piece, and, after passing round a pulley or other device, may return again by the
same channel and issue from the same, or from a separate orifice, as may be found
convenient or advantageous.
One or more cords may be used, and it or they may be made to travel up and
down the pipe, i.e., may turn and return one or more times before finally issuing.
Where used for pipes, tubes, and the like, for other materials than tobacco, a

page_text: modification at the above method may be adopted for like purposes. There are
several ways in which the store of cord may be combined with the pipe or tube
and I will now describe in reference to the drawings two preferred arrangements,
but it is to be understood that I lay claim to the broad combination hereinafter
specified.
Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation of a tobacco pipe made in three parts shown
sej arated. Fig. 2 is a section of a cigar holder alternative to the tobacco bowl.
Fig. 3 is a sectional plan of Fig. 1 at smoke channel level. Fig. 4 is a sectional
elevation of same pipe put together, the cigar holder being shown dotted. Fig. 5
is an elevation of the store reel partly wound with cord, and Fig. 6 is an end view
thereof. Fig. 7 is an inverted plan of a simpler form of pipe with modified storage
arrangement in section. Similar letters refer to similar parts in all the figures.
The pipe shown in Figs. 1 to 6 is in three parts, the howl 1 or alternatively the
cigar holder 1, the stem or body 2, and the month piece 3. The smoke channel of
the bowl or holder is enlarged at a to receive the reduced end b of the stem 2, which
consists of a hollow cylinder or body of wood vulcanite or the like closed at its.
front end and having a central open-ended smoke tube B which projects for a
suitable distance at 6. The mouth piece 3 has the usual smoke channel
in part alapted to receive the said projecting end 6, and its exterior meeting-end
circumference fits into the open end of the stem-cylinder 2. The mouth piece has
also another passage I bored or formed longitudinally through the solid material
and isolated from the smoke channel B and at the mouth end a curved recess d
is formed between the passages D and B. R is the store reel consisting of a hollow
cylinder or cone of vulcanite or the like provided with end flanges of suitable
diameter, and adapted to fit loosely so as to rotate upon the smoke tube B inside
the stem 2; upon the reel the cord C is wound and the free end passes over its
smaller reel flange r, thence it is led through the isolated passage D' and around d
and following the arrows along the smoke channel B, B' from which it may leave
the pine between a and b whereat a knife edged cutting device of any suitable kind
may be applied or not as desired: or, in a pipe the cord C may be continued along
the smoke channel and leave the bowl at a hole a', fitted with a plug a² as shown
dotted in Figs. 1 and 3, in which case the pipe may with equal convenience be
in one two or more parts.
By the constructions above described a length of the absorbent cord C constantly
lies in the smoke channel 13 B1 and takes up all moisture and impurities and when
it has become foul or saturated it is only necessary to separate the parts 1 and 2 or
remove the plug a2 as the case may be, take the cord C by its clean extremity,
draw same forward thereby unwinding clean cord from the reel It until all the foul
portion is withdrawn, then break off same; or if a cutter is used between a bit
will he automatically severed on the putting together of the parts 1 and 2. A
shallow groove may if desired be provided in the wall of the cavity or in the
circumference of the part b as shown in Fig. 4 for the end portion of the cord to
lie in, or for the same purpose a separate return hole may be made in the part
and provided or not with a plug stopper so that the cord may he withdrawn at any
time without separating the parts 1 and 2.
In the simpler form illustrated in Fig. 7 the pipe is made in two parts 1 and 3
and the cord C is led from the store ball or coil R along passage D and back
hrough the channel B leaving the pipe either between the parts a and b or at a
lugged hole such as is above described in reference to a ; in the illustration
he store is a ball or coil R shown as enclosed in a receptacle It' formed externally
pon and out of the material of the bowl heneath same, and provided with a lid
such as illustrated or with a screw cover; the cord issues from a small holer and
asses preferably through a channel or groove formed in or upon the part 1 so
s to guide and conceal same, to the open end d of the passage D; or alternatively
he cord may be wound on a reel externally mounted upon a round stem and
nclosed by a suitable casing if desired, or it may be otherwise combined with the
ppliance, but I prefer the arrangements above described.

page_text: 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 :-
1. The improved means for keeping continually clean tobacco pipes and tubes
which consists in the provision and arrangement in combination with a tobacco
pipe or tube of a reel, ball, coil or other store of flexible continuous "cord" (as
herein above defined) isolated from the smoke-channel and having a length thereof
conducted to and always lying in the smoke-channel so as to absorb moisture
and impurities therein and capable of being at any time withdrawn and removed
leaving a fresh and clean length of cord in its place substantially as and for the
purposes herein described.
2. The adaptation to pipes and tubes of the herein described improved means for
keeping same continuously clean substantially as described.
3. The several arrangements and adaptations to Tobacco pipes and cigar tubes
of my improved means for keeping same clean substantially as above described in
reference to and shown respectively in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 18th day of June, 1897.
Dated this 18th day of June, 1897.
For the Applicant,
J. C. CHAPMAN,
Chartered Patent Agent. 70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.