Improvements connected with Tobacco Pipes and Tobacco Pipe - Cleaners.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Jan., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 11th Oct., 1893-Accepted, 11th Nov., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements connected with Tobacco Pipes and Tobacco Pipe -
Cleaners.
HENRY CARTER, 2 Nelson Street, Horwich, Lancashire, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention consists in providing a specially made steel or other wire straight
or slightly, twisted fork, one end, for use in cleaning stem of tobacco pipe, the
opposite end flattened out and slightly rounded to fit side of pipe bowl & for
scraping and cleaning the same, the steel or other wire can be inserted by my
invention, to conceal it in the stem of the pipe, I bore oue hole in the stem of pipe,
bowl end, to run parallel with pipe smoke bore, and an inverted circle hole in stem
of pipe mouthpiece end or vice versa the stem and bowl of pipe being one section
and mouth peice end second section the two could be joined by a screw or other-
wise to enclose the steel or other wire. Another way I would bore a hole in
stem of tobacco pipe the length I might find sufficient and insert a wire steel or
otherwise which should be jointed to double up half the size when inserted in
pipe stem or I would affix bands of suitable material round stem of pipe to hold
wire in position. The tobacco pipe should be made of wood, composition,
meersham, clay, or other suitable material.
D
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HENRY
CARTER,
2, Nelson Street, Horwich, Lancashire, Grocer and Draper.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements connected with Tobacco Pipes and Tobacco Pipe
Cleaners.
I HENRY CARTER of 2 Nelson Street, Horwich, near Bolton, in the County of
Lancaster, Grocer and Draper, do hereby declare the nature of this inventiou
and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement and accompanying drawings:
:-
My said invention relates to improvements connected with tobacco pipes and
relates more especially to a mode of fitting a pipe with a cleaner, the said cleaner
consisting of a metallic or other spatula which is sheathed in the stem or mouth
piece of the pipe.
The invention is particularly applicable to those pipes having separable stems to
which a mouthpiece is connected or screwed. The sheath to contain the said
cleaner is formed by boring a hole in the stem or mouth piece parallel with the
smoke bore.
The head of the cleaner when sheathed projects a little from the stem or mouth
piece and when the separable parts are connected, a small annular chamber in the
connected part whether stem or mouth piece, receives and houses the head of the
cleaner. When the stem is disconnected the head of the cleaner can be readily
laid hold of and the cleaner drawn out, after which it can be used to clean out or
to remove obstructions from the smoke bore of the stem or mouthpiece. When
the cleaner is sheathed and the mouthpiece screwed or connected to the stem, the
pipe presents no sign of the presence of the cleaner.
The accompanying drawing illustrates my invention.
Fig. 1 is a sectional view of a pipe fitted with a cleaner according to my
invention.

page_text: The pipe A is of an ordinary construction. The stem A' has a mouthpiece B
connected to it by a screwed projection in the usual manner as clearly shown in the
drawing. In the pipe stem A¹. I bore a hole parallel with the central smoke bore,
the said hole being made to contain a cleaner C. The cleaner C is of any suitable
metal or material and is of such length and proportion as will enable it to be used
to clean out the smoke bore of the stem A¹ and mouthpiece B. The cleaner is
made with a head C¹ which projects from the stem when the cleaner has been
sheathed.
The screwed end of the mouthpiece B is formed with an annular recess B¹
which receives and houses the head of the cleaner when the mouthpiece is screwed
to the stem.
When put together as in the drawing no outward sign of the cleaner appears.
When the mouthpiece is unscrewed the cleaner can be seized by its head, drawn
out and used.
It will be evident that instead of sheathing the cleaner in the stem it might be
inserted into a similar hole in the mouthpiece. In that case the annular recess B¹
would be formed in the end of the stem. Should the cleaner be applied to a pipe
having a curved stem and mouthpiece, I make it of tempered steel or of other
material sufficiently elastic to enter the curved stem or mouthpiece, but springing
out straight when withdrawn. The formation of the cleaner is immaterial.
It might be flat or square, or spirally twisted or of any other suitable shape.
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. As an adjunct to a tobacco pipe, the cleaner C capable of being sheathed or
stowed away in the stem or mouthpiece of the pipe substantially as hereinbefore
described and shown.
2. A tobacco pipe formed with á hole or sheath in the stem or in the mouth-
piece to receive a cleaner, the stem or mouthpiece having an annular recess to
contain the head of the cleaner substantially as described and shown.
.
3. In a tobacco pipe the combination of the stem A' formed with a hole or sheath;
the cleaner C adapted to be stowed in the said hole or sheath, and the mouth piece B
having an annular recess to receive the head of the cleaner substantially as described
and shown.
Dated this 10th day of October 1893.
E. K. DUTTON & Co.,
5, John Dalton Street, Manchester, Agents.