US2326658A - Smoker's pipe - Google Patents

Description

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Aug, 1o, 1943.

Filed May 17, 1941 AVI/IIIA" 'Amaai-am IIA',

|NvENToR ARTHUR KQENIGSAMEN ATTORNEYS Fig 6 'extension 42.

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proved pipe, will be apparent from the collected moisture from running into the mouth of the smoker at one end, or into the bowl ward the open end. Referring to Fig. 6, it Willbe,`

seen that the hole 36 in the tenori 26 is substantially larger in diameter than the trap-tube 40,v and it is for this reason that the tenon may be considered to be itself a well or an extension of the Well 34. Without this difference in diameter, the tube 40 would, of course, not be able to function as a trap-tube.

The sleeve is preferably made of metal, forV example aluminum or similar light-weight metal. The small and largediarneter portions and the trap tube are all formed out of a single piece of metal by appropriate turning operations in an "automatic lathe or Screw-machine, or the like.

The tenon 26 is also preferably made of alight-weight metal suchas aluminum, and is formed integrally with aY larger-diameter plug or This plug is tapered somewhat, vand may be knurled or V,otherwise appropriately .roughene'd onits exterior so that it may be permanently secured within the large end of stem 22. The plug and tenon member may, ifl desired,

"be provided with an integrally formed flange 44 which definitely limits the extent'to which the plug may be driven into the stem, and which acts as an ornamental metallic bead for the nished pipe when the parts are assembled as shown in Fig. 1.

The stem may beV molded out of a suitable moldable plastic in a single operation.` If desired, a transparent plastic may be used, thus cilitates draining the well, and also vhas the advantage that the tenon may itself act as a part of the well. This in turn has the advantage that the trap-tube at the bowl end of the well may be relatively short, thus facilitating its formation integrally with the sleeve, vand Without unduly 1 complicating the machine operation needed to making it possible to'see whether the well is clean or dirty. The 'stem may be colored, yet transparent enough for this purpose.

, The bit opening 46 maybe formed by a core `projecting into the bit endof the stem, and the opening 46 is appropriately tapered. The .well 34 and trap-tube 38 as Well 'as thesrnoke passage through the trap-tube, may allbe formed by a core projecting into the large end of the stem, and the parts are appropriately tapered .to facilitate removal of the core. After the stem has been molded in one piece, as above explained, it is readily completed by driving the plug,l and tenon member with a force iit into the open end 1t is believed that the construction and operation, as well as the many advantages of my imthe foregoing detailed description thereof. The stern is'provided with a screw tenon, yet no special handi tting is needed to bring the bit to desired horizontal position, and no difliculty with overturning can arise, because the position of the-bit may be set at any time, by simply turning the f'bit to proper position.

The pipe may be taken apart in either of two ways. l To hastily drain excess moisture from the well,`it is'merely necessary to' unscrew the stem, thereby opening-one end of the well and so permitting'the moisture to drain therefrom.` The stem may, `of course, be shaken to facilitate this operation. This temporary sort ofcleaning Ymay vbe performed several times in thecourse of a; day, as for example, when on the street. The 75 form the thread lon the inside of the sleeve.

`For ,a more .thorough cleaning, the stem and sleeve may be pulled out of the shank, as shown in Fig. 4, and the sleeve may then be unscrewed from the tenon, thus separating all the parts so that they may be individually cleaned, and so that a pipe cleaner may be readily run ,through the various smoke passages It'will be apparent Ythat'while I have shown and described my inventionin a preferredforrn, many changes and modications may be made in the structure disclosed, without departing from the spirit of the invention as sought to be defined in the following claims. if I claim: V

-l. Asrnokers pipe comprising a bowl with an integral shank having a relatively large-diameter hole, the inner portion of said hole being provided with afliner made'of cork or similar soit resilient material cemented in place, a' metal sleeve having a smooth exterior including a small-diameter portion and a` large-diameter portion, the smallediameter portion being dimensionedV to be frictionally received in the cork liner, the large-diameter portion being dimensioned to be received in the outer portion of the hole, the large-diameter portion of the sleeve beinginternally threaded with a relatively coarse thread, and a stem having a bit end and ay male enon projecting from its opposite end, said tenon being'externally threaded to mate with the intei'nal thread of the sleeve, the friction. between .sioned to be frictionally received in the cork liner,

the large-diameter `portion being dimensioned to be received in the outer portion of the hole, vthe Y large-diameter portion of the sleeve being in- `friction` between the ,I

ternally threaded with a relatively coarse thread and having a trap-tube projecting from the Vsmall-.diameter portion .into the vlarge-diameter portion, and a stem having abit end and a male tenon projecting from its opposite end, said tenon being externally threaded to mate withthe internal thread ofthe sleeve, said tenon havinga hole therethrough which is substantially larger in diameter than the trap-tube of the sleeve in order to form a well for the collection of moisture, the sleeve and shank being greater than that of the thread,said stem theref- `fore being readily unscrewable to drain moisture from the well, said sleeve being removable from' V'the shank for more thorough cleaning, and rotatable to eure overturning 3. A smokers pipe comprising a bowl being internally threaded With a relatively ,coarse thread and having a trap-tube projecting'froin the small-diameter portion into the large-diam- Y etel` portion, and a stein having a` bit end and a male tenon projecting from its opposite end, said tenon being externally threaded to mate with the internal thread of the sleeve, said tenon having a hole therethrough which is substantially larger in diameter than the trap-tube of `the sleeve, in

orderto form a Well, said stern having a traptube projecting toward the bowl andinto the well, the friction between the sleeve andV shank being greater than that of the thread, said stem therefore being readily unscrewable to drain moisture from the Well, said sleeve being removable from the shank for more thorough cleaning,

and rotatable to cure overturning with aV shank havinga relatively large-diameter hole, the innerportion of said hole being provided with integral shank having a relatively large-.diameterl hole, the inner portion of said hole being provided With a liner made of` cork or similar soit resilient material cemented in place, Aa metalV sleeve having a smooth exterior With a small-diameter portion and a large-diameter portion, the small-diameter portion being dimensionedto be v frietionally received inthe Cork liner, the large'- diameter portion being dimensioned to be received-in the outer portion of the hole, the largediameter portion'oi the sleeve being internally threaded with a relatively coarse thread and having Va-trap-tube projecting from the small-diameter portion throughthe large-diameter por--V tion, and ka stern havinga bit end and a male tenen projecting from its opposite end,`said tenon beingexternally threaded to mate with the in;

Y ternal thread of the sleeve, said stem being hollov/ed to form a Well and havinga trap-tube pro'- jeeting toward the bowl and into Athe Well, said ,tenon'having a hole therethrough Which'issubstantially larger in diameterthan the trap-tube of the sleeve, whereby said tenon forms a contin'- uation of the Well, the friction between the sleeve and shank being greater than that of the thread, Y said stern being therefore readily unsorewable to drain moisture from the Well, and said sleeve be `VingA removable from the shank for more thorough i,

cleaning, and rotatable to .cure ,overturning rAlfTHlllR KOENIGSAMEN 4. A srnokers pipe comprising a bowl with: an Y f'

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