Improvements in Pipe Cleaners
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of
Application 31st Mar., 1898--Accepted, 18th June, 1898
Date of Application. 31st Mar., 1898--Accepted, 18th June, Toyo
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Pipe Cleaners
I, ARTHUR CLIFTON SQUIRES, of 216, Wooster Street, New York, in the County
d State of New York, United States of America, Rubber Expert, do hereby
eclare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
rmed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
atement:-
My invention relates to devices for cleaning tobacco pipes, and the objects
ought to be accomplished are to produce a device for this purpose which shall
e simple in construction, reliable in use, cheap to manufacture, which cannot
et out of order, and which will thoroughly clean a pipe of any size or shape in
very short space of time.
These objects I attain by means of the construction shown in the accompanying
drawing, in which,
Fig. 1 is a view in elevation of my pipe cleaner, inserted in the bowl of a pipe,
and showing the position in which it is placed when ready for use.
Fig. 2 is a central vertical section through the cleaner.
Like figures of reference indicate like parts wherever they occur in the two figures
of the drawing.
In carrying my invention into effect I make use of a compressible india rubber
bulb, which may be filled with liquid or air and when tightly fitted into the bowl
of a pipe and compressed a jet is forced through the bowl, stem and mouth-piece
of the pipe, in a manner to thoroughly clean the same.
The rubber bulb 1, consists of a dome-shaped top portion 2, having at its upper
A bead 4 surrounds the lower edge of the dome 2.
end a round thumb-button 3.
The lower portion of the bulb is of substantially funnel-shape, and consists of the
plain flaring part 5, and the tapering nozzle or plug 6.
Upon referring to Figure 2, of the drawing it will be noticed that the nozzle
or plug 6 is considerable thicker than the dome 2 or the portion 5 of the bulb.
The purpose of this feature is to form a secure and firm stopper for the bowl of the
pipe. At the lower end of this nozzle an opening 7, is formed which acts as an
outlet for the liquid or air.
To use my device it should be taken into the right hand, the thumb resting upon
the button 3, and the first and second fingers placed just below the bead 4. When
the button 3 is pressed upon by the thumb and the nozzle 6, is immersed in
liquid, the bulb is filled by removing the thumb from the button.
The nozzle 6 is now inserted into a pipe bowl, and by a quick, sharp pressure of
the thumb on the button a jet of liquid is projected with considerable force through
the stem of the pipe. By repeating this operation the pipe may be thoroughly
cleaned in a short time.
It will be observed that the tapering contour of the nozzle serves a very usefu
O purpose, in that it will fit all sizes of pipe bowls, and that it is thickened in order
that its walls may not collapse.
The bead 4 serves as a stop or abutment for the first and second fingers of the
hand and the dome-shaped upper portion when compressed upon the funnel-shaped

page_text: lower part or nozzle, forces a jet or stream of water or other cleansing liquid or
air with considerable energy through the bowl and stem of a pipe.
While I have described my invention with some particularity, I do not wish
to be limited to the precise details set forth, as I am aware that many changes of
contour may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention.
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:
1. A pipe cleaner consisting of a compressible bulb, having a dome-shaped
upper portion, a funnel-shaped lower part, and a tapering nozzle.
2. A pipe cleaner having a tapering nozzle to fit pipe bowls of various sizes and a
compressible bulb integral therewith.
3. A rubber pipe cleaner consisting of a dome-shaped top, a funnel-shaped
lower portion, a tapering nozzle having thickened walls, an opening in the nozzle
and a thumb-button at the top of the dome, substantially as described.
Dated this 21st day of March 1898
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.