US3128777A - Means for removing moisture in smoking pipes - Google Patents

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April 14, 1964 A, ROMEO 3,128,777

MEANS FOR REMOVING MOISTURE IN SMOKING PIPES Filed March 18, 1963 United States Patent C) 3,128,777 MEANS FR REMWNG MISTURE IN SMOKING PRPES Anthony Romeo, 1695 Fevereisen Ave., Bohemia, NX. Filed Mar. 18, 1963, Ser. No. 265,745 1 Claim. (Cl. 131-211) The present invention relates to smoking pipes, and more particularly to pipes in which moisture, tars, nicotine and other impurities are trapped and eliminated from the smoke. It also relates to smoking pipes which are sanitary and easy to keep clean.

The primary object of the present invention is the provision of a smoking pipe which may be inexpensive t manufacture, easy to take apart to clean, and safe.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a smoking pipe with a simple and eicient means for removing moisture from the smoke.

A further object of this invention is to provide a sleeve trap in which moisture from the smoke may condense.

An additional object of this invention is to provide a pipe with means for preventing seepage of moisture from the pipe stern to the bowl.

A further object of this invention is to provide a smoking pipe with a chamber which may hold tars and other impurities.

A further object of this invention is to provide a smoking pipe which may deliver cool and dry smoke, prevent foul taste in the bit, eliminate a soggy bowl, and may facilitate the removal and cleaning of the pipe stem.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and the combination and arrangement of several parts to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing the invention in detail, references will be had to the accompanying drawing where like character numerals denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views in which:

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal view of the present invention shown substantially entirely in section;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional View through a part of the stern of the pipe;

FIG. 4 is a section taken on the line 4 4 of FIG. 3; and

FIG. 5 is an enlarged central sectional view taken through the moisture collecting sleeve, per se.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing, the smoking pipe 10, made in accordance with the present invention is shown in FIG. 1 comprising, in combination, the bowl 11, the sleeve and stem 12, and the bit13. From FIG. l it may be seen that the bowl 11 may be provided with a short extension 14 which by means of the hole 15 communicates with the long metallic stem 12 of the pipe which in its opposite end connects with the tip 13, the latter communicating with the stem 13 by means of the bit hole 16.

A device to trap the moisture from entering the stem 12 3,128,777 Patented Apr. 14, 1964 from the pipe bowl 11 is shown mounted to the end of the hole 15 in the pipe extension 14. The device 17 is formed from a metallic sleeve 18 (see FIGS. 1 and 5) which at one end thereof is somewhat enlarged to form the flanged bulge or the chamber 18a in which the condensate settles. The device 17 communicates with the bowl 1l by means of the canal 19 and with the pipe stem 12 by means of the orifice 20. Another similar device 17 is secured in the hole 16 of the bit 13.

The pipe 10 will deliver cool dry smoke, reduces the foul taste in the bit, and since moisture is trapped in the device 17 and cannot reach the bowl, it will substantially prevent the bowl from getting soggy. Furthermore, the sleeve and stem 12 may be easily removed by unscrewing it from the bowl extension 14 and the bit 13 since the stem 12 is provided with a thread 21 and 22 at either end, and can be cleaned. Thus the pipe 10 may provide a healthier smoke, one that is more enjoyable, that tastes better, and has less nicotine, tars and other impurities than one not so equipped.

A careful examination of the foregoing description in conjunction with the invention as illustrated in the drawing will enable the reader to obtain a clear understanding and impression of the alleged features of merit and novelty suliicient to clarify the construction of the invention as hereinafter claimed.

Minor changes in shape, size, materials and rearrangement of parts may be resorted to in actual practice so long as no departure is made from the invention claimed.

What I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent of the United States is:

A smoking pipe of the class described comprising, in combination, a bowl having a short extension, a hollow stem secured to said extension, a bit secured to said stem, said bowl having an opening, said bit having an opening, means whereby said openings communicate with the interior of said hollow stem and means to trap and condense the moisture in the smoke, said means comprising a tubular element within each opening of said bowl and bit, each said tubular element having an enlarged head at one end, said heads being arranged in opposed position relative to each other, each of said enlarged heads comprising a radially outwardly extending liange adjacent a cylindrical portion of said tubular element, a terminal portion adjacent said iiange, said terminal portion having a configuration of a frustum of a cone, said terminal portion comprising a hollow element having the base of said cone adjacent and integral with the peripheral edge of said flange, and the opposite end of said cone having an opening therethrough.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 246,249 Van Riper Aug. 23, 1881 459,077 Lauhol Sept. 8, 1891 712,750 Zimmerman Nov. 4, 1902 1,504,754 Hackett Aug. l2, 1924 1,545,147 Levin July 7, 1925

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