IMPROVEMENTS IN AND CONNECTED WITH PIPES USED FOR SMOKING
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Wilhelm Benjamin Haas, of the Firm Wetzlar and Haas,
of 8, Bull and Mouth Street, in the City of London, and of Paris, in the
Republic of France, Pipe Manufacturers, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
IN AND CONNECTED WITH PIPES USED FOR SMOKING."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Wilhelm Benjamin Haas at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 4th March 1880.
WILHELM BENJAMIN HAAS, of the Firm Wetzlar and Haas, of No. 8, Bull and
Mouth Street, in the City of London, and of Paris, in the Republic of France,
Pipe Manufacturers. "IMPROVEMENTS IN AND CONNECTED WITH PIPES USED FOR
SMOKING."
This Invention relates to improvements connected with pipes used for smoking,
whereby the cover or cap plate is attached in a loose manner by studs fitted to the
sides of the bowl that the cover may be slid or lifted upwards to free it from the top
edge, and be folded or turned over to the under portion of the bowl, where it may
form a support for the pipe upon a table without soiling the surface by heat or
dust, and also to facilitate the bowl being refilled if desired. The cover or cap
plate is provided with two depending legs slotted for a certain distance to limit the
movement of the cover. In some cases the cover or. cap plate has only one
depending leg, and then it may be fitted to turn upon the side stud to enable it to
be arranged under the bowl as a support, as before explained. The cover may be
jointed to the leg, slotted or not, and be provided with spring catch piece, which
would hold the cover in a vertical position for filling the bowl in the ordinary
manner, or in a horizontal position under the bowl as a support.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Wilhelm Benjamin Haas in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
3rd September 1880.
WILHELM BENJAMIN HAAS, of the Firm Wetzlar and Haas, of No. 8, Bull and
Mouth Street, in the City of London, and of Paris, in the Republic of France,
Pipe Manufacturers. "IMPROVEMENTS IN AND CONNECTED WITH PIPES USED FOR
SMOKING."
This Invention relates to improvements connected with pipes used for smoking,
whereby the cover or cap plate is attached in a loose manner by studs fitted to the
sides of the bowl that the cover may be slid or lifted upwards to free it from the
top edge, and be folded or turned to the under portion of the bowl, where it may
form a support for the pipe upon a table without soiling the surface by heat or
dust, and also to facilitate the bowl being refilled if desired. The cover or cap
plate is provided with two depending legs slotted for a certain distance to limit the
movement of the cover. In some cases the cover or cap plate has only one
depending leg, and then it may be fitted to turn upon the side stud to enable it to
be arranged under the bowl as a support, as before explained. The cover may be
jointed to the leg (slotted or not) and be provided with a spring catch piece, which
would hold the cover in a vertical position for filling the bowl in the ordinary
manner, or in a horizontal position under the bowl as a support.
In order that my cover may be identified I purpose calling it the "Columbus
cover."
My Invention will be clearly understood by the annexed Drawings, in which
Figure 1 represents the cover or cap a with two legs b, b, slotted for a portion of
their length at c for taking over the studs or pins d, d, attached to the bowl e of
the pipe, as in the perspective view, Figure 2, which shows a pipe with the cover
in position. The studs or pins d, d, serve as pivots on which the cover can be turned
(when raised a slight distance) to be brought under the bowl e to act as a foot or
support, as in Figure 3, to enable the pipe to stand upright upon a table or other
article when desired, the pipe by this means being prevented falling over on to its
side and discharging a portion of the tobacco dust, as is done by ordinary pipes.
The cover which acts as the foot or support also keeps the heated bowl e from
soiling or damaging delicate articles of furniture, or raising a heat blister upon
French polished or veneered goods, such as billiard tables and the like.
Figure 4 represents a cover a with only one leg b, and this may be slotted, as
indicated, or a hole only may be formed near its lower end, on which it can be
turned when pinned to the bowl, the cover being hinged at f that it may be turned
up to assume a vertical position before being folded under the bowl, and can then
be brought into a horizontal position to form a foot or support, the cover a being
retained in either position by a spring.
Figures 5, 6, and 7 show the cover or cap a, as before referred to, fitted to a
different shaped pipe as an example of its adaptability to pipes of other shapes
than that shown at Figures 2 and 3.
When the cover a is on the bowl e, as in Figures 2, 5, and 6, the dust of the
consumed tobacco is prevented being blown about, the holes in the cover permitting
passage of air to support combustion while the pipe is being smoked in a manner
well known.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, I declare that I claim,―
The improved cover a with one or two legs b, as at Figures 1 and 4, pivotted to

page_text: the sides of a pipe bowl, as at Figures 2, 5, and 6, to enable said cover to be turned
under the bowl to form a foot or support to the pipe, Figures 3 and 7, as described
and substantially as shown in the annexed Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Wilhelm Benjamin Haas, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this First day of September, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and eighty.
W. B. HAAS. (L.S.)