Improvements in connection with Pipes and the like for the Use of Smokers.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Mar.. 1896-Accepted, 25th Apr., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in connection with Pipes and the like for the Use
of Smokers.
I, FREDERICK JOHN WHATTON, of 2 Sedgley Road, Wolverhampton,
Engineer, 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:-
The object of my invention is to provide a ready and handy means for cleaning
the bores of pipes or the like. Although in this Specification I shall speak of my
invention as applied to pipes, nevertheless, I desire it to be understood that I do
not confine myself to its application to that purpose only but may use it in
connection with cigar holders and the like. In carrying out my invention I proceed
in or in about the following manner that is to say, parallel or thereabouts to the
ordinary hore of the pipe I form another and supplementary bore of sufficient size
to take a wire rod or the like having at one end a knob by which it can be held
when inserting or withdrawing it from the bore and having at the other end a hook,
spike, clip, claw or the like for holding a piece of sponge or other material when
used for cleaning the pipe bore. In those pipes which separate at the mouthpiece,
the length of wire would of course have to be rather more than that of the stem.
In the case however of those pipes made of one piece of material, such as clay for
instance, the length of wire would be longer than could be inserted in a supple-
mentary bore of the greatest length permissible under the circumstances.
I therefore make the wire in two pieces, and flatten out one end of each and hinge
them together by putting a small pin through the flattened out ends. This enables
the two pieces to be folded into about half the length that would otherwise
be required.
In order that my invention may be more readily understood I make reference to
the accompanying sheet of drawings in which
Fig. 1 shows a longitudinal section of a pipe constructed in accordance with my
invention; Fig. 2 a cross section through A B Fig. 1;
Fig. 3 is a view of a cleaner withdrawn ;
Fig. 4 is a side view of the pipe with the cleaner inserted out of use;
Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section of a pipe in one piece,
Fig. 6 a view of the hinged cleaners for pipes as shown in Fig. 5.
Similar letters refer to the same parts in each figure.
a the bowl; the stem; c the ordinary bore; d the supplementary bore to
carry the cleaner e; knob at the end of e for facilitating the insertion and
withdrawal of the cleaner e; g the hook or like at end of e for carrying a piece of
sponge or the like; h mouthpiece; j the flattened ends, & pin forming a hinge for
the cleaner.
Any other kind of cleaner than that shown at e may be used and the bore for its
reception may either be in the pipe stem itself as already described or it may be in
form of a separate tube attached to the pipe. The pipe or the like may be made
of any suitable material.
I do not confine myself to the precise details, shapes, relative proportions
or disposition of parts as shown in the drawings as any or all of them may be
considerably varied without departing from the spirit of the invention.

page_text: 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. In pipes or the like for smokers constructing them with a supplementary bore
or tube forming part of or attached to the ordinary pipe or the like and constituting
a receptacle for any convenient cleaning appliance as a wire carrying a piece
of sponge or the like, the whole substantially as described in the above Specification
and exemplified in the accompanying drawings.
2. In pipes or the like for smokers, combining with them a cleaning appliance,
substantially as described in the above Specification and exemplified in the
accompanying drawings.
3. The hinged cleaner for use with pipes or the like substantially as described
in the above Specification and exemplified in Figure 6 of the accompanying
drawings.
4. The combination of parts together forming and operating as improvements in
connection with pipes and the like for the use of smokers, substantially as described
in the above Specification and exemplified in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 11th day of March 1906
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23, Coleman Street, London, E.C., Agents for Applicant.
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23, Coleman Street, London, E.C., Agents for Applicant.