Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Mar., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 12th Dec., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 15th Jan., 1889
We, JOSEPH MOSELEY, India rubber Manufacturer and BENJAMIN Blundstone,
Manager, both of the Chapelfield Works, Manchester, in the County of Lancaster
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Smokers not infrequently put tobacco pipes away or into their pockets without
previously removing from the bowls any ashes or ignited tobacco which may remain
therein thus incurring risk from fire and producing dirt.
The object of this Invention is to provide a means whereby the risk of fire and
production of dirt may be obviated.
.
The means we employ is an indiarubber cap or a cap consisting partly of india-
rubber and partly of an incombustible substance such as a disc or plate of steatite,
asbestos or metal.
The cap is so constructed that it may be stretched or slipped over the open end of
the bowl and thereby close it. The retractile force of the indiarubber will cause the
cap to adhere to the bowl of the pipo sufficiently to prevent its accidental removal.
Dated this 10th day of March AD 1888.
WILLIAM E. HEYS,
Agent for the Applicants.

page_text: We, JOSEPH MOSELEY, Indiarubber Manufacturer, and BENJAMIN BLUNDSTONE,
Manager, both of the Chapelfield Works, Manchester in the County of Lancaster,
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 :-
Smokers not infrequently put tobacco pipes away or into their pockets without
previously removing from the bowls any ashes or ignited tobacco which may remain
therein thus incurring risk from fire and producing dirt.
The object of this Invention is to provide a means whereby the risk of fire and
production of dirt from this source may be obviated.
The means we employ is an indiarubber cap or a cap consisting partly of india-
rubber and partly of an incombustible substance such as a disc or plate of steatite,
asbestos, or metal.
The cap is so constructed that it may be stretched or slipped over the open end of
the bowl and thereby close it. The retractile force of the indiarubber will cause the
cap to adhere to the bowl of the pipe sufficiently to prevent its accidental removal.
The accompanying drawings will enable our Invention to be better understood
and carried into effect.
Fig. 1 is a view of a tobacco pipe with the cap in position; Fig. 2 is a plan, and
Fig. 3 is a section of the cap removed from the pipe.
We do not limit ourselves to any precise form or to any particular material or
combination of materials in the construction of the cap except that the part or some
part of the cap which surrounds and fits upon the bowl must be of indiarubber, india-
rubber compound, or other similar elastic material or construction so as to be capable
of gripping the bowl of the pipe. We prefer to construct the cap entirely of india-
rubber compound, moulded to the form indicated in the drawings and vulcanized. If
the cap is constructed to fit tightly upon the bowl so as to form a practically air
tight cover, as represented in Fig. 1, any ignited tobacco which may be in the pipe
when the cover is placed thereon will be extinguished in a few seconds. The natural
adhesion between the cap and the bowl of the pipe is quite sufficient to prevent its
accidental removal in the pocket.
When it is thought desirable to employ an incombustible substance to preserve the
material of the cap, this substance may consist of a disc of metal, asbestos, or steatite,
in addition to or in substitution for the flat part of the cover as represented in the
drawings. This disc is however quite unnecessary so far as risk of fire is concerned,

page_text: when the whole of the cap is constructed of impervious indiarubber, as the exclusion
of the air supply extinguishes the incandescent tobacco almost instantly.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said Inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is —
A cap or protector for the bowls of tobacco pipes constructed substantially as
and for the purpose hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying
drawings.
Dated this 8th day of December A.D. 1888.
WILLIAM E. HEYS,
Agent for the Applicants.
WILLIAM E. HEYS,
Agent for the Applicants.