An Improvement in Plugs for Tobacco Pipes, to Absorb the Nicotine and Moisture which comes from Tobacco when being Smoked.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Mar., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 1st Dec., 1893-Accepted, 6th Jan., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Plugs for Tobacco Pipes, to Absorb the
Nicotine and Moisture which comes from Tobacco when
being Smoked.
FRANK PAGE 33 Heaton Road Peckham S.E. Ornamental Hair Worker do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
I make a plug to fit in the lower part of the bowl of a tobacco pipe, which plug
I can make in pipe clay, wood, bone, ivory or any such suitable substance.
The plug I make perfectly hollow, and I make a hole in the side of plug large
enough through which to fill or stuff, "also to refill or restuff" the plug with
cotton wool or any absorbing material. To allow the nicotine &c. to enter the
plug I have about five holes perforated in the top of plug.
And to allow a free draught for smoking, I make about three smaller holes in
the sides of plug near the top with a slot from holes running down the sides to the
bottom of plug, thus ensuring a free draught from the holes in top of plug to stem
of pipe.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Plugs for Tobacco Pipes, to Absorb the
Nicotine and Moisture which comes from Tobacco when
being Smoked.
I, FRANK PAGE, of 33 Heaton Road, Peckham, London S.E. Ornamental Hair
Worker, 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 a device which can be applied to any form of tobacco
pipe, for the purpose of preventing the nicotine or moisture from the tobacco
reaching the smoker's mouth.
The device consists of a small plug which is inserted in the bottom of the bowl
leaving a passage or cavity at the bottom to allow of the smoke passing through
the passage to the mouthpiece. The plug is hollow and is perforated at the top
and sides, the tobacco resting on the top. In this plug is inserted some cotton
wool or like absorbent material through which the smoke must pass thereby drying
it effectually. The smoke passes through the perforations in the top, thence
through the cotton wool and out to the passage through the perforations in the
sides.
In order that my invention may be moore clearly understood reference is had
to the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which
Fig. 1 is a section of a pipe with one form of my improved plug applied,
Fig. 2. is a plan of the plug,
Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the same, and
Fig. 4. is a section of a slightly different construction.
The plug as shown is of approxinately semicircular form, the top A fitting
closely the sides of the bowl B and the lower cup part C. allowing a small cavity
or space b to be formed between it and the bottom of the bowl for passage of the

page_text: smoke to the bore b'. The top is formed with a small ledge for this purpose. The
top A is preferably slightly hollowed out to allow of the tobacco resting on it and
is formed with perforations a.
This allows the smoke from the burning tobacco to enter into the interior of the
plug which is filled with the cotton wool or other absorbent material D. The cup
part C is also perforated at c which allows the smoke to pass freely through the
plug and absorbent material to the mouth piece freeing it on the way from
impurities.
In the arrangement shown in Figs. 1 & 3 the plug is made preferably from sheet
metal, the top and cup being made seperate. The edge of the cup is slightly turned
outwards and the small-lugs a' on the top are bent over securing the parts together.
In Fig. 4 the plug is made in one piece, but I prefer to employ the arrangement
shown in Figs. 1 and 3.
The cup may also be slit downwards from the holes if required to ensure freer
passage for the smoke. The device can be made of metal, clay, ivory or any other
suitable material, metal being preferable for convenience and cheapness of
manufacture.
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.) An improved device for absorbing moisture in tobacco pipes, consisting of
a small hollow plug inserted in the bottom of the bowl and filled with absorbent
material and perforated at top and bottom or sides, substantially as described and
for the purposes specified.
(2.) The improved device for tobacco pipes for preventing nicotine and moisture
passing from the tobacco to the smoker's mouth, constructed and operating
substantially in the manner described and shown in the accompanying drawings
and for the purposes specified.
Dated this 31st day of November 1893.
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.