An Improved Tobacco Pipe Cleaner.
Year: 1898

page_text: An Improved Tobacco Pipe Cleaner.
I, JOSEPH KAUFMANN, of 41, Hind Street, Poplar, E., in the County of London,
Mechanical Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention is a pipe cleaner consisting in a pin about 3 inches long and
at its basis where it is soldered on the bottom of a capsule about 16th inch in
diameter, but tapering off at the other end to become about half that thickness
and ending in a hook sufficiently bent to be able to seize the wire of a pipe brush
when, as is frequently the case this wire does not get through the hole of a
curved pipe, but sticks fast half way. To prevent this pin from becoming rusty
it is best made of brass. The capsule on which the cleaner is soldered may be
about half an inch long, a quarter of an inch in diameter and with a nice rim at
the open end, which will be made to fit on a cylinder into which the pin is pushed
when it is not used. This cylinder is best made of aluminium or nickelated tin
and its closed head or capital may be variously ornamented. The smoker by this
cleaner will be enabled to clean his pipe wherever he happens to be and if he has
no time or convenience to wipe the cleaner, this can be put back in the cylinder
without soiling the hands or the clothes with the unpleasant smelling nicotine
juice from the pipe, which can be washed or wiped off later on.
JOSEPH KAUFMANN.
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An Improved Tobacco Pipe Cleaner.
I, JOSEPH KAUFMANN, of 41, Hind Street, Poplar, E., in the County of London,
Mechanical 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:-
My invention is a tobacco pipe cleaner consisting in a pin about three inches
long and at its basis, where it is soldered on the bottom of a capsule about one
sixteenth of an inch in diameter, but tapering off at the other end to become about
half that thickness and ending in a small hook sufficiently bent to be able to
seize the wire of a pipe brush, when as is frequently the case this wire does not
get through the hole of a curved tobacco pipe, but sticks fast half way.
To prevent this pin from becoming rusty it is best made of brass.
The capsule on which the cleaner is soldered may be about half an inch long,

page_text: a quarter of an inch in diameter and may be, though not necessarily provided
with a nice rim at the open end, which will be made to fit on a cylinder into
which the pin is pushed when it is not used. This cylinder is best made of alumi-
nium or nickelated tin and its closed head or capital may be variously orna-
mented. The most practical shape will however be that of a capital protruding
slightly all round over the cylinder and with a flat top. The smoker by means of
this cleaner will be enabled to clean his pipe wherever he happens to be and if he
has no time or convenience to wipe the cleaner, it can be put back in the cylinder
without soiling the hands or the clothes with the unpleasant smelling nicotine
juice from the pipe and it may be washed or otherwise cleaned later on.
same pin will be found very useful to give air to the pipe if the tobacco is put
into it too tight or in a too moist condition, while the flat end of the cylinder will
be handy to press the tobacco into the pipe when too loose.
The
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is;
A tobacco pipe cleaner consisting of a metal, (preferably brass) pin about
three inches long and of convenient thickness soldered to the bottom of a capsule,
tapering off towards the extremity and ending in a hook fit to seize the wire of
a pipe brush when stuck fast in a pipe, the pin serving also to clean the pipe and
to give it air, while the flat top of the cylinder serving as a case for the pin may
be used to press the tobacco into the pipe when too loose.
Dated this Eighth day of March 1898