Improvements in Tobacco Pipes and Cigar Holders.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 10th June, 1892-Accepted, 23rd July, 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Tobacco Pipes and Cigar Holders.
We, ARTHUR HARRISON, of Caledonia Terrace, Cambuslang, Engineer, and
JAMES Fox, of 8 Mossend Terrace, Mossend, Lanarkshire, Mechanic, 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 tobacco pipes and cigar holders and it has mainly for
its object to so construct the pipe or cigar holder, that a cool, dry smoke can be
obtained, and that the parts can be easily cleaned.
And in order that our said invention may be properly understood, we have
hereunto appended an explanatory sheet of drawings, showing our invention as
applied to a tobacco pipe.
Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section of our. improved pipe.
Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the pipe.
The pipe bowl a is bored with an inclined channel b, leading from the bottom or
nearly from the bottom of the bowl to a cut out part c, which is closed on top by
a removable vulcanite or other plug e. A channel d leads from the cut out part c
down to the underside of the pipe. f is a small cross channel, communicating
between the vertical channel d and the space g in the shank. is a small inclined
channel leading from the space g to the underside of the bowl. is a ball valve
placed in the space y. This ball is preferably made of ivory although it may be
made of any suitable composition. jis a hollow plug, preferably of metal, which
is screwed into the underside of the bowl. Any moisture from the space y
channel, collects in said plug j. When the plug is screwed home, it closes the
lower end of the channel d, as shown, thereby allowing communication to take
place through the ball valve only. is the mouth-piece, which may have, or not,
as desired, a seat for the ball valve at its inner end.
and
The plug e is for the purpose of enabling the channels and d to be easily
cleaned.
The action of the pipe is as follows:-When the smoker draws in his breath, the
small ball valve & rolls away from the passage f, so that the smoke can be drawn
from the interior of the bowl through the passages, b, c, d and f, into the space y
and from thence through the mouth-piece. When the puff or blow is given, the
ball is driven back and closes the passage, thus preventing the return of smoke
or air through bowl of pipe, and causing any unnecessary burning of tobacco.
With this construction of pipe, the smoke kept cool and dry, tobacco is
saved and little or no moisture is carried along the mouth piece.
Cigar holders can be made in a similar manner.
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
1. A tobacco pipe or cigar holder, made substantially as hereinbefore described
with reference to the drawings annexed.
2. In a tobacco pipe or cigar holder, the application and use of a ball valve,
substantially as and for the advantages set forth.
Dated this 9th day of June 1892.
H. D. FITZPATRICK,
70, Wellington Street, Glasgow, Agent.