Improvements in Tobacco Pipes.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Feb., 1891-Accepted, 25th Apr., 1891
Improvements in Tobacco Pipes.
JOHN BARAGWANATH KING, of 91, Durnford Street, Stonehouse, in the County
of Devon, Engineer, and WILLIAM KING, of 91, Durnford Street, Stonehouse, in
the County of Devon, 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 :-
Our invention relates to improvements in tobacco pipes by means of which the
foul accumulations of nicotine or tobacco juices which lodge in the stem and bowls
of tobacco pipes may be readily and thoroughly removed.
For the purpose of carrying out our invention we construct a novel form of
tobacco pipe the essential features of which lies in its being constructed in separate
parts or sections being split in the direction of their length and the combination of
these said sections forming the tobacco pipe. Each separate section contains an
approximately equal amount of groove or recess which forms when the sections are
combined the hole through the stem and the recess in the bowl.
It will be very
evident that two is the most satisfactory numbers of sections to use and combine to
form the tobacco pipe.
We propose two methods or arrangements for keeping the sections rigidly
together when the tobacco pipe is in use.
In the first arrangement the joint formed by the meeting of the two faces of the
sections is a dovetailed grooving, the two faces of each section being at liberty to
slide on each other in the direction of their length.
A tapered screw is cut on the extremity of the combined sections for the purpose
of supporting a suitable mouthpiece this mouthpiece when screwed on the stem
locks the two sections rigidly together.
In the second arrangement, the joint of meeting of the two sections is not
dovetailed as the foregoing but is perfectly plane. A swinging hinge is provided
at the back of the bowl of the said tobacco pipe, and a screwed ferruled mouthpiece,
fitting at the extremity of the stem, keeps the two sections locked together with
the essential necessary tight joint.
The accompanying drawings will clearly explain our invention.
Fig. 1 shews an end view of one section.
Fig. 2 shews a view in elevation of one section.
Fig. 3 shews a cross section across the stem at (A) (B).
Fig. 4 shews an end view of the complete combined tobacco pipe.
Fig. 5 shews in elevation the complete combined tobacco pipe with mouthpiece.
Fig. 6 shews a perspective view of the combined sections as in the act of sliding
apart.
Fig. 7 shews a perspective view of the combined sections provided with a plane
surface joint and hinged at the bowl.
Fig. 8 shews a cross section of the stem at (C) (D) when closed.
Having clearly explained the construction of our invention assisted by the
accompanying drawings it will be clearly seen that when the mouthpiece fitting on
the stem of the combined tobacco pipe is removed the sections forming the bowl
and stem will easily be slid apart or separated and the obnoxious sccumulation.

page_text: and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:
A tobacco pipe constructed in sections which may be readily separated from each
other for the purpose of cleaning substantially as herein described.
Dated this 12th day of February 1891.
JOHN BARAGWANATH KING.
WILLIAM KING.