Improvements in and relating to Tobacco Pipes and Cigar and Cigarette Holders.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Oct., 1887
Complete Specification Left, 2nd July, 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 3rd Aug., 1888
Improvements in and relating to Tobacco Pipes and Cigar and
Cigarette Holders.
I, ROBERT RAMSAY RUSSELL, of 28 Warrender Park Terrace, in the city and
county of Edinburgh, Artist, do hereby declare the nature of my invention to be as
follows:
My invention has reference to improvements in the construction of the mouth pieces
of tobacco pipes, and in the construction of cigar and cigarette holders, and comprises
the placing of a reservoir or moisture "trap" in the mouthpiece of the pipe, or in the
cigar or cigarette holder preferably near the centre, with the object of preventing any
saliva or moisture from the mouth passing to the stem or reaching the pipe bowl, or
cigar or cigarette, and also to prevent any nicotine or other injurious matter from the
tobacco passing to the mouth; all in a novel and more perfect manner than has been
effected in pipes and cigar and cigarette holders as heretofore constructed.
The nature and novelty of my invention consist all as follows:-Under one
arrangement as applied to pipes, I form the mouthpiece in two parts, of vulcanite,
amber, or other non-porous substance usually employed. At the outer end of the
mouth part I form a hollow cylindrical réservoir or cavity, into which is screwed or
otherwise attached the other part which would form the coupling piece for securing it
to the stem of the pipe. A small tube would be formed through the centre of each
solid part of the mouth piece, to allow the smoke to pass through, and would project a
short distance into the reservoir at each end. With this improved mouthpiece,
any saliva or moisture passing from the mouth into the small smoke-tube, is
trapped in the reservoir and prevented from passing further to the pipe or returning
to the mouth; and the mouthpiece being made of a non-porous substance no moisture
can penetrate from the reservoir through it to the stem or pipe bowl, and thus the
smoke would be kept dry and no nicotine formed; but should any of the latter exist,
it would be effectually trapped in the reservoir and prevented from passing to the
mouth. The two parts of the mouthpiece can be disjointed at any time to remove any
moisture or nicotine that may have collected in it.

page_text: A further improvement consists in forming the outer end of the mouthpiece which
enters the mouth of a hollow slightly widening out trumpet shape internally, projecting
in a short short distance past the end of the central smoke tube which does not project
out to the end, so as to trap and prevent saliva from the mouth getting into the tube
or the close trapping chamber.
Under another arrangement of my improvements as applied to a cheaper class, of
pipe, the mouthpiece would be formed in four parts, namely the central reservoir, to
which would be screwed or coupled at one end the part nearest the stem of the pipe,
and at the other end the front mouthpiece, and this latter would have a small metal
smoke tube fitted into its trumpet shaped front reservoir end so as to save the expense
of drilling a smoke hole or tube through the vulcanite, amber or other mouthpiece.
These improved mouthpieces may be made of straight, bent or other shape, and the
back end of the coupling piece would be screwed or tapered to secure the mouthpiece
to the screwed or socket stem of the pipe.
When these improvements are applied to cigar and cigarette holders, the holders
would be made of a shape and size to suit the. Design and purpose for which they are
to be used, but they would be formed internally with the reservoirs and fittings the
same as the improved pipe mouthpieces.
In some cases, a small hollow indiarubber cap or teat would be fitted over the small
detachable smoke tube fitted within the trumpet reservoir which is placed within the
mouth, and the outer end of this cap by its own elasticity would close the hole in it
when the smoker was not sucking, but as soon as he began to smoke, the suction would
open this part and draw the smoke through the mouthpiece, while yet closing when
not in use, and so prevent moisture passing through the mouthpiece.
1000

page_text: Improvements in and relating to Tobacco Pipes and Cigar and
Cigarette Holders.
I, ROBERT RAMSAY RUSSELL, of 28 Warrender Park Terrace, in the City and
County of Edinburgh, Artist, do hereby declare the nature of my invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement in writing reference being had to
the accompanying Sheet of Drawings, and to the letters and figures marked thereon,
that is to say:—
My Invention has reference to improvements in the construction of the mouth-pieces
of tobacco pipes, and in the construction of cigar and cigarette holders, and comprises
the placing of a reservoir or moisture "trap "in the mouth-piece of the pipe, or in
the cigar or cigarette holder, preferably near the centre, and another reservoir at the
immediate mouth end, with the object of preventing any saliva or moisture from the
mouth passing to the stem or reaching the pipe bowl, or cigar or cigarette, and also to
prevent any nicotine or other injurious matter from the tobacco passing to the mouth;
all in a novel and more perfect manner than has been effected in pipes and cigar and
cigarette holders as heretofore constructed.
The nature and novelty of my invention and the mode of carrying my improvements
into practice consist all as follows:-Under one arrangement as applied to pipes,-and
shown in disconnected and connected positions in the sectional elevations in Figure 1
of the accompanying Drawings,- form the mouth-piece in two parts A, B, of vulcanite,
amber, or other non-porous substance usually employed. At the inner or socket end
of the mouth-piece AI form a hollow cylindrical reservoir or cavity C into which is
screwed or otherwise attached at the other part B which forms the coupling piece
for securing it to the stem S of the pipe St. A small tube or hole a is formed through
the centre of each solid part A, B, of the mouth-piece, to allow the smoke to pass
through, and projects at a', a short distance into the reservoir Cat each end. With
this improved mouth-piece, any saliva or moisture passing from the mouth into the
small smoke-tube a, is trapped in the reservoir C and prevented from passing further
to the pipe or returning to the mouth; and the mouth-piece being made of a non-
porous substance no moisture can penetrate from the reservoir C, through it to the
stem S or pipe bowl S, and thus the smoke would be kept dry and no nicotine
formed; but should any of the latter exist it would be effectually trapped in the
reservoir C, and prevented from passing to the mouth. The two parts A, B, of the
mouth-piece can be disjointed at (at any time to remove any moisture or nicotine
that may have collected in it.

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A further improvement consists in forming the outer end of the mouthpiece A
which enters the mouth, of a hollow slightly widening out trumpet shape internally
at A projecting in a short distance past the projecting end a² of the central smoke
tube a which does not project out to the end, so as to trap and prevent saliva from the
mouth getting into the tube a or the close trapping chamber C.
Under another arrangement of my improvements as applied to a cheaper class of
pipe and shown in disconnected and connected positions in the sectional elevations
in Figure 2 of the accompanying Drawings, the mouth-piece is formed in four
parts A, B, C, D, namely, the central reservoir piece ( formed of a thin metallic tube,
to which is screwed or coupled at one end C¹ the part B, nearest the stem S of the
pipe S', and at the other end C the front mouth-piece A, both preferably by a bayonet
slot and pin joint at c, and this latter part A has a small removable metal smoke
tube D fitted into its trumpet-shaped front reservoir end A¹, so as to save the expense
of drilling an annular hole round the smoke tube through the vulcanite, amber, or
other mouth-piece A, to form this tube as a² in Figure 1. These improved mouth-
pieces may be made of straight shape, as shown in Figures 1 and 2 or of a bent shape
as shown in Figure 3, and the back end B¹ of the coupling piece B is screwed or
tapered to secure the mouth-piece to a socket in the end of the stem S of the pipe S¹.
Figure 3A shows a sectional elevation of another modification of my improved
tobacco pipe and which is formed of three. removable parts A, B, S, the parts B, S,
being coupled together by a ferrule B², and the parts B and A are jointed together by
being screwed at to an inner screwed smoke tube a, a, al. A reservoir or nicotine or
moisture trap C, is thus formed in each part A, B. Any nicotine or juice passing from
the bowl S will be trapped in the reservoir C, of the part B, while the smoke will pass
'through the orifice a, a, in the internal central jointing tube a, a, a, but should any
nicotine pass through this orifice a it will be trapped in the next reservoir C formed in
the part A. A hole is or may be formed in the moisture trap A¹ of the front part
of the mouthpiece A, for the outlet or discharge of any saliva or moisture deposited
by the mouth.
When these improvements are applied to cigar and cigarette holders as shown
in Figures 4 and 5, respectively, the holders are made of a shape and size to suit the
design and purpose for which they are to be used with a hollow conical end 57 for
holding the cigar or cigarette, but they are formed internally with the reservoirs C
and A¹ and fittings substantially the same as the improved pipe mouth-pieces shown
in Figures 1, 2, and 3, and all the corresponding parts lettered accordingly so that
they need no further distinguishing description. In some cases a small hollow india-
rubber cap or teat d would be fitted over the outer end of the small detachable smoke
tube D fitted within the trumpet reservoir A' and shown detached in Figure 2, or the
fixed tube a², in the other modifications, which is placed within the month, and
the outer end of this cap d, which would have a hole or slit in it, for the emission of
the smoke to the month, and by its own elasticity would close the hole in it when the
smoker was not sucking, but as soon as he began to smoke, the suction would open
this slit part and draw the smoke through the mouth-piece, while yet closing when
not in use, and so prevent moisture passing from the mouth into the smoke tube a.
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 :-
First. In tobacco pipes, and cigar and cigarette holders, the forming of their
mouth-pieces with a central reservoir trap or traps C, and projecting tubes a¹ sub-
stantially as and for the purposes herein described, in reference to and shown in the
accompanying Drawings.
Second. In tobacco pipes, and cigar and cigarette holders, the forming of their
-mouth-pieces with a front trumpet-shaped reservoir A¹, and projecting tube a², sub-
stantially as and for the purposes herein described in reference to and shown in the
accompanying Drawings.

page_text: Third. In tobacco pipes and cigar and cigarette holders, the forming of their
mouth-pieces with a small removable metallic smoke tube D with or without the india-
rubber cap d in the trumpet-shaped reservoir A¹, substantially as and for the purposes
herein described in reference to and shown in the accompanying Drawings.
Fourth. In tobacco pipes and cigar and cigarette holders, the forming of their
mouth-pieces in four detachable parts A, B, C, D, substantially as and for the purposes
berein described in reference to and shown in the accompanying Drawings.