Harem Pipe

Harem Pipe, unique design with the pipes of the Middle East in mind.
It may be a cigarette holder, made to keep the cigarette in place over the built-in ashtray, for safety in case the smoker fell asleep, like when in bed.
The bowl is metal and has a braid covered flexible tube with a plastic mouth-piece, like a hookah pipe has.
But this one is a patented design, made in the USA, likely to be from the 1940's-50's.
Bottom marked:
 HAREM PIPE
 The Smokers Robot
 Pat. 2,093,760
 COMFORT
 LUXURY
 SAFETY
 JONATHAN LAW, NEW HAVEN, CONN.
Newer version appears to have dropped the HAREM name and the main name is JONATHAN LAW
== Patent ==
The US patent US2093760A was filed by James P Kiernan on the 20th of June 1935 and was granted on the 21st of October 1937.
https://patents.google.com/patent/US2093760A/en
=== Description ===
p 1937- J. P. KIERNAN 2,093,760
I CIGARETTE AND clGAR HOLDER Filed June 20, 19 35 2 Sheets-Sheet l wuvg: TOR BY ATTORNEYS.
Sept. 21, 1937. J. P. KIERNAN 2,093,760
CIGARETTE AND CIGAR HOLDER Filed June 20, 1955 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR Patented Sept. 21, 1937 PATENT. OFFICE CIGARETTE AND clean HOLDER James P. Kiel-nan, Derby, Conn. Application June 20, 1935, Serial No. 27.498
.3 Claims.
This invention relates to new and useful improvements in smokers equipment and has particular relation to a cigarette and cigar holder.
An object of the invention is to provide a com- 5 bined cigarette holder and ash tray which will permit smoking at a distance from the burning tobacco.
Another object is to providev a combined cigarette holder and ash tray which permits smoking at a distance through a flexible tubular connection having a mouthpiece at one end and which holder may be disposed on any suitable support as a table or the like thereby permitting smoking in bed without danger of fire.
Other objects and advantages will become apparent from a consideration of the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings wherein satisfactory embodiments of the invention are shown. However, it will be understood that the invention is not limited to the details disclosed but includes all such variations and modifications as fall with- I in the spirit of the invention and the scope of the appended claims.
In the drawings: I
Fig. 1 is a top plan viewshowing a combined cigarette and cigar holder and ash tray constructed according to the present invention;
Fig. 2 isa side elevational. view thereof with parts broken away to show details of construction;
Fig. 3 is a sectional view showing a dififerent construction of holder a part of the latter being broken away to show inner construction;
Fig. 4 is a view partly in section and partly in elevation and showing a different form of tray or supporting member; and
Fig. 5 a top plan view of the device of Fig. 4.
Referring in detail to the drawings and at first particularly to Figs. 1 and 2 at it is shown a tray comprising any suitable material such as a block of metal hollowed out or dished in its upper surface as at H and preferably having its lower surface l2 fiat as shown so as to rest solidly on a support, although this construction is not necessary and may be varied. One or more pas sages l3 are formed through the tray 89 extending through the upper surface and the upright side wall thereof. In such passages as are in use or as are to be used suitable holders are connected. Such holders may be cigarette or cigar holders generally-designated M or they may be in the nature of pipe bowls for the smoking of pipe tobacco and in the drawings generally designated The holders Id preferably each include an inner tubular portion l6 screw threaded into the upper end of a'passage l3 and having screw threaded into its outer end a small diameter tubular memher I! at its outer end provided with a head-like portion l8 having its outer surface tapered at IS. A coil spring 20 is disposed about the member l1 and at its inner or lower end bears against the outer end of the tubular portion [6 and at its outer end bears against an internal shoulder 2| of an outer tubular member 22 having a socket 23 in its upper or outer end. When the parts are assembled the head portion I8 of the tubular member I! forms the lower end of the socket 23 and has its outer inclined surface against the inclined surface portion 24 of the shoulder 2| thereby preventing the spring 20 from moving the member 22 beyond its outer or normal position and forming a tight connection so there will be a good draft through the cigarette.
From'an inspection of Fig. 2 it will be clear that when the holder is being used for the smoking of a cigarette or the like the spring 20 pressing outwardly against the shoulder portion 2i of the outer tubular member 22 keeps the members l6 and 22 in extended relation. The mouth portion of the cigarette designated 25 is inserted into the socket 23 and for the smoking of the cigarette a-flexible tube 26 is connected'with the portion of the passage [3 opening through the vertical side wall of the tray l0 and smoke is drawn through said'tube by suction applied by the smoker. Such tube at its outer end may be provided-with a mouthpiece 21 and at its other end is partially received in an attaching member 28 the small or reduced end 29 of which may be threaded into the lateral portion of the passage ill, or may be tapered without threads to fit the ,opening. a
With this arrangement when the device is being used the tray Ill may be disposed on any suitable support at a distance from the smoker so that the smoke from the burning cigarette or the like will not rise in the smokers face or get into his eyes or otherwise cause annoyance. The ,tray may be disposed on any stand or table or the like or attached to any fixed support on a car, bed or the like by any suitable bracket or attaching means (not shown). If the device is in use while a smoker is in bed the tray l0 might be on a bedside table and so there would be no danger of the bed being set afire by sparks from the burning tobacco. .In this connection attention is again directed to the drawings wherein it is noted that the holder It extends upwardly over the tray and is inclined so that any ashes falling from a burning cigarette or the like will fall into the tray. As the holder is inclined the ash automatically falls into the tray when it reaches a suflicient length to give the necessary weight to detach it.
The holders M constructed as shown in the drawings and as above described include an ejector feature. -When a smoker has finished with. a cigarette he need only draw or press downwardly on the outer tubular member 22 so as to force it back over the fixed inner tubular members it and l! as suggested by the dotted lines in Fig. 2 in order to eject the stub of the cigarette from the holder. As the member 22 is forced back to the dotted line position the memher i! remains stationary with the result that the cigarette stub is prevented from moving with the member 22 so that the latter is in effect moved back off the stub and the latter will fall into the tray ID as suggested by the dotted lines in Fig. 2. The flexible tube 26 may be of any convenient length and may include an inner portion or lining 30 of rubber and an outer covering 3| of silk or the like. Byunscrewing, the holders H as well as the connecting means 28, may readily be removed from the tray In.
Fig. 3 shows a modified construction of holder generally designated 34 and including an inner tubular member 35 having its inner or lower end portion 36 threaded into the inlet portion of a passage !3. The outer portion 31 of the member 35 is screw threaded and is relatively thick walled and the opening through said member is of less diameter than that of the cigarette. An outer tubular member 58 is internally screw threaded in one of its end portions while its outer end portion is internally smooth providing a socket 39 to receive one end of a cigarette. The member 38 is partially threaded onto the member 35 as shown in Fig. 3 and thereafter an end of a cigarette may be inserted into the socket 39 and the cigarette smoked. When the stub is to be ejected from the holder the outer tubular member 38 is screw threaded or turned back on the member 35 to or toward the dottedline position and this results in the socket portion 38 being drawn inwardly or back over the outer portion of the member 35 so that the cigarette .structlon of tray although otherwise the device of these figures is the same as that of Figs. 1 and 2. In Figs. 4 and 5 the tray is generally designated 40 and comprises a base or body portion 4| of wood, metal or other suitable material hollow in its upper side so as to removably receive a dish 42 of metal, glass or other fireproof material. The body 4| is flat on its underside so as to rest firmly on any support and it will be clear that any ashes falling from a cigarette in the holder M will fall into the removable dish 42. This same is true of a cigarette stub ejected from the holder 14 by forcing the outer member 22 of said holder rearwardly in the manner above described.
With the arrangement of Figs. 4 and 5 it will be apparent that the tray may be easily emptied of ashes, stubs and the like since it is not necessary to move the body of the tray or any holder or tube connected therewith and the dish 42' may simply be pickedout of the tray and emptied in a suitable receptacle. Tray 40 in its body portion 4| has one or more passages 13a corresponding with the passage 13 in the tray Hi.
It will now be understood that the tray in either form of the invention may have either a cigar or cigarette holder attached or secured to it or that the same tray might be equipped with both types of smoking appliances. Further,
it should be' understood that a tray may be equipped to mount only one holder or it may be equipped to mount a plurality of holders. For each passage i3 provided in a tray the latter is adapted for mounting one holder. with a plurality of holders and tubes a plurality of people may use the same tray at one time as for example where they are seated about a bridge table.
Having thus set forth the nature of my invention what I claim is:
1. An ash tray base having rigidly secured thereto an upwardly projecting tube at an inclination to and directed toward the vertical axis of the base, said tube having a. shoulder, a spring seated on the shoulder, a holder formed with a flange resting on the upper end of the spring, said holder being normally adapted to retain a. cigarette therein and being adapted to release a short stub of said cigarette when the sleeve is moved toward said base whereby said stub so ejected can only fall within the tray, an angular opening extending from the outside wall to the upper surface of the bottom of the tray, a 1101-- low coupling extending into said opening and in communication with the tube, and a flexible conduit having a mouthpiece at one end thereof, and said conduit being connected with said coupling whereby a person remotely positioned from the ash tray can smoke a cigarette within the holder.
2. An ash tray base having rigidly secured thereto an upwardly projecting tube extending above the top surface of the base at an inclination to and directed toward the vertical axis of the base, a holder mounted on the upper end 01' the tube and forming a socket normally adapted to retain a cigarette therein and adapted to release a short stub of said cigarette when said holder is moved toward the base whereby said stub so ejected can only fall within the tray, 9. communicating passage extending from the outside wall to the upper surface of the base, said passage comprising two portions meeting at an angle of less than 180 and communicating with said tube, a hollow coupling connected to the base and in communication with said opening, and a flexible conduit having a mouthpiece at one end thereof, said conduit being connected with said coupling whereby a person remotely positioned from the ash tray can smoke a cigarette within the holder.
3. An ash tray base having rigidly secured thereto a holder for a cigarette, said holder projecting upwardly at an inclination to and direct ed toward the vertical axis of the base. said holderbeing normally adapted to retain a cigarette therein and including means adapted to release a short stub of said cigarette whereby the stub when so ejected can only fall within the tray, an angular opening extending from the outside wall to the upper surface of the bottom of the tray and communicating with said holder, a hollow coupling connected to the base and in communication with said opening, and a flexible conduit having a mouthpiece at one end thereof, said conduit being connected with said coupling whereby a person remotely positioned from the ash tray can smoke a cigarette within the holder.
JAMES P. KIIERNAN.
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