US1001785A - Tobacco-pipe. - Google Patents

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B. J. SUCH.

TOBACCO PIPE. APPLICATION FILED JAN. a, 1911.

1,001,785. Patented Aug. 29, 1911.

Ltge//L jiu/anim" BENJAMIN J. SUCH, OF PERTH AMBOY, NEW JERSEY.

TOBACCO-PIPE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN J. SUCH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Perth Amboy, in the county of Middlesex and State of New Jersey, have inventedl a new and useful Improvement in Tobacco- Pipes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in tobacco pipes, and the object-s of my iinprovements are, first, to provide a form of tobacco pipe that will cool the hot fumes of the tobacco and eliminate the nicotin and noxious qualities from the smoke before it is drawn into the mouth of the smoker, second, to provide a more cleanly and convenient pipe, and, third, to provide a form of pipe that will afford not only a more pleasant and healthful smoke than the ordinary pipe but can also be used as a beneficial agent to alleviate and cure bronchial and catarrhal affections. I accomplish these objects by the device illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure l is a view of t-hepipe and Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in the two drawings.

To the bottom .of the pipe A, which maybe of brier wood or such other suitable material as is usually employed, is affixed a round metal cap, C, which has a flange provided with a screw thread.

B is what I term a smoke chamber, which can be made of metal but which I prefer to make of glass for the reason that this material oers an advantage over any other. The smoke chamber B is provided at the top with a screw thread which engages with the thread of the flange of the cap C and when screwed on becomes air-tight. It is fashioned with a flat bottom to serve as a base on which the pipe will stand upright when placed on a level surface, This I consider an important feature, as it adds to the convenience of the pipe that it can be put down without fear of upsetting ashes from the bowl. The tube D fits into an aperture in the cap C and is screwed into the bottom of the pipe, affording a vent from the bowl-of the pipe to very near the bottom of the smoke chamber B. This tube is made to flare a little from top to bottom to prevent particles of tobacco lodging in it and interfering with the draft. The stem of the pipe Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 3, 1911.

Patented Aug. 29, 1911. serial No. 600,670.

is made to open into the smoke chamber B by means of the vent plug E which fits into a hole in the cap C and is screwed into the bottom of the pipe at a point where it meets the bore of the stem. Both the tube D and the vent plugl E serve to fasten the cap C securely to the bottom ofthe pipe.

Then the pipe is used for ordinary smoking, the air in the smoke chamber is exhausted by suction on the stem of the pipe and the smoke, entering through the tube D, fills the chamber and, becoming partially cooled, parts with a large proportion of its nicotin, which is left in the chamber as an oily deposit. The smoke that is drawn through the stem is thus robbed of most of the nicotin and acrid qualities that parch the mouth, bite the tongue and injure the health.

The transparent smoke chamber shows by the quantity of impurities deposit-ed in it when it should be cleaned. By detaching the glass chamber it can be readily wiped out and other parts of the pipe cleaned.

Then it is desired to add to the pleasure of smoking the beneficial effects this form of pipe offers as a therapeutic agent in bronchial and catarrhal affections, a liquid preparation of such specifics as are recognized by the medical faculty as most efi'icacious when they can be made to reach the affected parts in the form of a medicated vapor, is poured into the smoke chamber preferably to a level a little above the orifice of the tube D. The smoke is then drawn through this liquid and is not only cooled and purified but becomes thereby medicated, and when inhaled exerts a healing and beneficial effect on all the air passages.

I am aware that the drawing of smoke through water, as exemplified in the Oriental hooka is not new, and also that recesses or chambers to contain an absorbent material have been used before, and I therefore, make no claim for these principles, but only for the method, as shown and described, of applying them to the form of tobacco pipe in general use in a practical, efficient and convenient way.

Vhat I claim is:

1. The combination with a pipe comprising a bowl having an opening through its base, and a tubular stem having an opening extending through its lower wall adjacent to the base and connecting with the bore in the stem, of a cup connected to the base and surrounding said openings, and a downwardly flaring tube extending from the opening in the base of the pipe bowl into said Cup.

2. The combination with a pipe comprising a bowl having an opening through its base, and a tubular stein having an opening extending through its lower wall adjacent to the base and connecting with the bore in the steni, of an inverted cap secured to the base and having perforations alining with said openings, a oup having its upper end threaded into said cap and a tube extending from the opening in the base of the pipev bowl into said ep.

3. The combination with a pipe, comprislng a bowl having an opening through its base, and a tubular stern having an opening extending through its lower wall adjacent 20 BENJAMIN J. SUOI-I.

Witnesses:

FREDERICK JAEGER, FRANK REYNOLDS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, n

Washington, D. C.

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