US408341A - Henry coward worth emery and edmund christian - Google Patents

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TOBACCO PIPE. No. 408,341. Patented Aug. 6, 1889..

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HENRY CO\VARD ITORTH EMERY AND EDMUND CHRISTIAN, OF LONDON, l

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 408,341, dated August 6, 1889. Application tiled November 6, 1888. Serial No. 290,156. (No model.) Patented in England September 6, 1888, No.12,883.

T0 all whom, t may concern.-

Be it known that we, I-IENRY OOWARD TORTE EMERY, of Lausanne Road, London, and EDMUND CHRISTIAN, of St. John Street, London, subjects of the Queen of Great Britain, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tobacco-Pipes, (for which we have obtained British Patent N o. 12,883,

September 6, 1888;) and we do hereby de- Clare the following to be a full, clear, and eX- act description of the invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

Our invention relates to pipes ordinarily used for smoking tobacco, and it is applicable to such pipes, whether they are made of wood, clay, Ineerschaum, or other material.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows a pipe made according to our invention. Fig. 2 is alongitndinal section through the same; and Fig. 3 is a view from above with the mouth-piece removed. Fig. 4 represents a modification in side elevation.

The object of our improvement is to prevent or reduce the waste of tobacco caused in ordinary pipes by the accumulation of moisture and nicotine, to protect the ignited tobacco from rain and wind, to enable the pipe to be replenished with tobacco without relighting, and to prevent the entry into the tube and mouth-piece of the pipe of nicotine or other injurious moisture.

In the drawings, d is the bowl of the pipe, provided with a tube b, and mouth-piece of any of the ordinary well-known kinds. The passage through the tube b does not pass into the bowl a directly, but communicates with the lower end of a channel or passage c in the side of the bowl, the upper end of which passage communicates with the upper end of the bowl through the lateral opening c. The ends of the vertical passage c are closed. A plug or cover d is iitted into the upper end of the bowl ct, into which it may be screwed or otherwise fixed, so as to make, preferably, as air-tight a joint as -possible, and the lower end of the bowl is open, but is preferably provided with a movable perforated cover e.

In order to use the improved pipe, the plug or cover CZ is removed and the bowl e is filled Vwith tobacco and the plug d is replaced.

light is then applied to the lower open end of the' bowl and the smoke is drawn by the smoker through the tobacco and through thc opening c into the passage c, and thence to the mouthpiece. When the tobacco is eX- hausted, or nearly so, the plug' CZ is again removed and a fresh supply of tobacco introduced at the topV and pressed down, the ashes being discharged at the bottom and the fresh tobacco being ignited by that remaining in the'bowl, if any.

ff represent bars or pins fixed across the bowl ct near the bottom, to support the tobacco when the latter is pressed into the bowl and prevent it from interfering with the discharge of the ashes or the cleaning of the pipe, as it would if allowed to be pressed quite down to the lower movable cover e.

The lower movable cover e may be of perforated meta-lor other material, and it may be screwed in or arranged to turn upon a pivot, as shown, or it may be made to slide transversely. It may be made with grooves or openings for the admission of air upon its edges, (as illustrated in Fig. 4,) so as to prevent the falling of sparks or ashes.

The arrangement and relative proportions of the several parts Inay be varied Inore or less, according to the character and material of the pipe to which our invention is to be applied.

Ie claim- 1. A pipe-bowl open at top and bottom and provided with pins extending across it near the latter, in combination with the tube I), leading to the mouth-piece, a movable top cover, and a movable perforated bottom cover, for the purpose set forth.

2. A pipe having a bowl provided with a movable perforated bottom, and pins extending across said bowl a little above the same, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing we have hereunto set our hands, this 13th day of October, 1888.

HENRY COWARI) WORTH EMERY. EDMUND CHRISTIAN.

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ToBIAs GAINsFoED RIDGWAY, CHARLES ALFRED BLooMFIELD.

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