As IMPROVED SMOKING PIPE; WHICH MAY ALSO BE ADAPTED AS A TUBE FOR SMOKING CIGARS
Year: 1862

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Sengry, of the Firm of Sengry and Wilhelm,
of 54, Great Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, in the County of
Middlesex, Manufacturers and Importers, for the Invention of "As
IMPROVED SMOKING PIPE; WHICH MAY ALSO BE ADAPTED AS A TUBE FOR SMOKING
CIGARS."
Sealed the 10th February 1863, and dated the 12th August 1862.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Sengry at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
12th August 1862.
I, CHARLES SENGRY, of the Firm of Sengry and Wilhelm, of 54, Great
Queen Street, Lincoln's Inu Fields, in the County of Middlesex, Manu-
facturers and Importers, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "AN IMPROVED SMOKING PIPE, WHICH MAY ALSO BE ADAPTED AS A TUBE FOR
SMOKING CIGARS," to be as follows:-
The end of the tube or stem of the pipe farthest from the mouth-pièce is
bent, curved, or inclined downward, and leads into a hollow ball or otherwise
shaped chamber or recess. Between this and the mouth-piece is fitted the
bowl over an opening or passage in the upper side of the tube or stem corres-
ponding with the orifice at the bottom of the bowl, that is to say, so that thero
may
be a communication between the interior of the bowl and the interior of

page_text: the stem or tube through theso openings. The bowl may be removeable, that
is to say, it may be fitted on a pin, fork, double tongue, or projection, preferably
a two-armed pin attached to the stem or tube, from which the bowl may be
readily taken off when desired. When tobacco is placed in the bowl and
smoked, the nicotine and other noxious juices descend from the bowl through
the before-mentioned communication and along the bent part of the stem or
tube into the ball, recess, or chamber, which can be unscrewed or otherwise
detached to cleanse it, and they are thus prevented from reaching the smoker's
lips. The article may be adapted to serve as both a smoking pipe and as a
tube for smoking cigars, when the bowl is removeable, by taking off the bowl
and placing a cigar on the pin or fork. There may be another pin at another
part of the tube for piercing the cigar.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Charles Sengry in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
12th February 1863...
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, CHARLES
SENGRY, of the Firm of Sengry and Wilhelm, of 54, Great Queen Street,
Lincoln's Inn Fields, in the County of Middlesex, Manufacturers and Im-
porters, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria; by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twelfth day of August, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, in the twenty-sixth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her 'heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Charles Sengry, Her special licence, that I, the; said
Charles Sengry, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others
as I, the said Charles Sengry, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all
times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully
might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the. United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention
for "AN IMPROVED SMOKING PIPE, WHICH MAY ALSO BE ADAPTED AS A TUBE
FOR SMOKING CIGARS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the 'said
Charles Sengry, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing
under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great
I

page_text: Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after
the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, .that I, the said Charles Sengry, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement thereof, reference being had to the accompanying Drawings, and
to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say :-
My Invention consists of an improved smoking pipe, which may also be
adapted as a tube for smoking cigars, and is constructed as follows:-The end
of the tube or stem farthest from the mouth-piece is bent, curved, or inclined
downward, and leads into a hollow ball or otherwise shaped hollow chamber
or recess connected with the tube or stem. Between this ball, chamber, or recess
and the mouth-piece is fitted the bowl over an opening or passage in the
upper side of the tube or stem corresponding with an opening at the bottom
of the bowl, so that there is a communication between the interior of the bowl
and the interior of the stem or tube through these openings. The bowl may
be removable, for which purpose it may be fitted on a pin, fork, double tongue,
or projection, preferably a two-armed pin, which is attached to the stem or tube,
and from which the bowl may be readily taken off when desired. When
tobacco is placed in the bowl and smoked, the nicotine and other noxious juices
descend from the bowl through the before-mentioned communication and
along the bent part of the stem or tube into the ball, recess, or chamber, which
can be unscrewed or otherwise detached in order to be cleansed, and the
nicotine and juices are thus prevented from reaching the smoker's lips. The
article may be adapted to serve both as a smoking pipe and as a tube for
smoking cigars, by having the bowl removable, so that the bowl may be taken
off the pin or fork and a cigar placed thereon. There may be another pin at
another part of the tube for piercing the cigar.
The accompanying Drawings exemplify the mode of carrying my Invention
into effect. Figure 1 is an elevation, and Figure 2 a longitudinal section, of a
pipe constructed according to my Invention; Figure 8 is an elevation of the
same with the bowl removed. A is the tube or stem, consisting of two parts
screwed or otherwise connected together at a; B is the mouth-piece fitted at
one end of the steni. The farther end of the stem is curved downwards, and
to it is screwed a hollow ball C. The passage through the stem communicates
with the interior of this ball C. 6 is an orifice through the upper side of the
stem A; D is a ferrule which is fitted round the stem, and has in its upper
side an orifice & corresponding to and directly over the orifice 6; E is a forked
or two-armed pin, a front view of which is shewn in Figure 4.. This which
pin,

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open at bottom, is fixed to the ferrule D at the orifice d, so that its two
arms rise from and arch over the orifices b, d. G is the bowl, having an
orifice 9 at bottom as shewn in the sectional. elevation of the bowl, Fig. 5.
The bowl is fitted to the stem by the pin E, the pin passing through the holeg,
whereby bowl and stem are held together. When tho bowl is on the stem
the orifice g is directly over the orifice b, so that thero is a communication
between the bowl and stem. A is a perforated diaphragm fitted at the bottom
of the bowl for the tobacco to rest upon; i is a cork or caoutchouc washer
fitted round the orifice g. The deleterious oils and juices escape from the
tobacco. through the perforations in h, and through the slot or opening formed
by or between the arms of the pin E, and pass away from the bowl through
the bottom of the pin and the orifices 9, b, and d into tho bent part of tho
stem, through which they descend into the ball C; when it is desired to clean
the ball it is unscrewed from the stem. Whatever form of pin, fork, tongue, or
projection be used to fit the bowl on or connect the bowl with the stem, it
must be such as not to stop or prevent communication between the bowl and
stem through the openings 9 and 6; I prefer the form shewn at E. When
the article is to. be used as a tube for smoking cigars, the bowl is removed
from the stem, as shewn in Figure 3, and a cigar placed on the pin. The stem
may be in a single piece, but in that case I do not always use the ferrule D;
thus the pin may be connected to the stem by screwing it into the opening b.
Instead of connecting the bowl with the stem by a pin or fork, it may be
screwed to it by a hollow or tubular screw open at both ends, which affords a
communication between the bowl and the orifice 6. This is exemplified in
Figure 6, in which the bowl has a hollow threaded shank j screwed into the
orifice b, which is threaded for the purpose, the juices descending from the
bowl into the stem through the orifices 9 and 6 and the screw j. The bowl,.
instead of being removable from the stem, may be a fixture thereto, being in
that case attached to or formed on the stem (between the mouth-piece and
the ball, chamber, or recess), and communicating with the stem as before
described, that is to say, through an orifice at the bottom of the bowl leading
into an orifice in the upper side of the stem; however in the latter arrange-
ments the pipe would not serve as a tube for smoking cigars.
Having now described the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same may be performed, I declare that I claim,―
First, the employment of a stem or tube bent, curved, or inclined downward
at one end, and communicating with the bowl and with a detachable hollow
ball or otherwise shaped chamber or recess, in the manner and for the purpose
described.

page_text: Second, the mode of rendering the bowl removable by fitting it on a pin,
fork, or tongue, so as to be readily taken off and replaced, as described.
Third, the general arrangement and combination of parts constituting the
improved pipe for smoking herein-before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Sengry, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Eleventh day of February, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.
Witness,
M. HENRY, Patent Agent,
84, Fleet Street, London.
CHARLES SENGRY. (L.S.)