US786078A - Attachment for smoking-pipes. - Google Patents

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PATENTBD MAR. 28, 1905.

I. N, WEITZEL. ATTACHMENT FOR SMOKING PIPES.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 11 1905.

Hid-e921 I No. 786,078.

Patented March 28, 1905 PATENT OFFICE.

ISAAC NORD IVEITZEL, OF ROCHESTER, NEIV YORK.

ATTACHMENT FOR SMOKING-PIPES.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent N 0. 786,07 8, dated March 28, 1905. Application filed January 11,1905. Serial No. 240,614.

To (I/Z74 whmn itvmry concern:

Be it known that I, IsAAc NoRD WEITZEL, of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Attachments for Smoking- Pipes, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and shown in the accompanying drawings.

My invention, which I term antinicotin pipe safety, is an attachment for the interior of the bowl of a smoking-pipe, the same being usually made of sheet metal and constructed to be readily inserted in the bowl of the pipe or removed therefrom, as may be desired.

Those using tobacco-pipes find it objectionable to press the tobacco down against the bottom of the bowl, as when thus pressed down it not only tends to clog the smoke-passage leading through the stem, but the tobacco at the base of the bowl when thus packed becomes saturated and worthless and prevents the easy and pleasurable smoking of the pipe. Devices have been heretofore employed to hold the tobacco away from the bottom of the bowl of the pipe; but such devices have been mostly constructed to constitute permanent parts of the pipes, or at best of difiicult removal therefrom. These devices, furthermore, have acted to hold the tobacco more or less away from the inner surfaces of the bowls, which is undesirable, both as they thus tend to heat the smoke drawn into the mouth and also deprive the smoker of the line and enjoyable flavor imparted to the smoke when using a meerschaum or a sweet-brier pipe with the tobacco burning in direct contact with the walls of the bowls. To remedy these and other difiiculties and objections, I have produced the new and novel device hereinafter set forth, the main object of my invention being to provide a device or attachment separate and distinct from the pipe and capable of being readily inserted in the bowl or instantly removed therefrom, the device acting to hold thetobacco away from the bottom of the bowl, but allowing it to press directly against the side walls of the bowl.

The invention is hereinafter fully described, and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which, with the reference characters marked thereon, form a part of this specification.

Figure l is a pipe, partly in longitudinal section, showing my invention in place therein. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the device detached. Fig. 3 is an edge view seen as indicated by arrow 3 in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a view from beneath, seen as indicated by arrow in Fig. 3. Fig. 5, drawn to an exaggerated scale, is a plan of the device, showing a form of peripheral serration, the spring-arms being hori- Zontally sectioned, as on the dotted line 5 in Fig. 2.

In the drawings, A is an ordinary smokingpipe, and B my improved safety attachment, to be used in the bowl of the pipe, as shown. This attachment, which is commonly made of hard-rolled sheet metal cut out with a die and subsequently bent to form, comprises a circular concavo-conveX disk (4, surrounded by a narrow annular border or part b, in a plane at right angles with the axis of the disk. At opposite sides the disk is provided with narrow elastic arms 0 0, extending in lines slightly divergent upward from its concave side, the arms having length preferably about equal to the diameter of the disk and one being bent horizontally inward at its upper free end to form a slight projection or spur (Z, as shown in Fig. 2.

In using this attachment it is placed in the empty bowl of the pipe, with the arms 0 'projecting upward and pressed by the finger dow nward against the conical or contracted part of the bore, the plane of the disk being at right angles with the axis of the bowl. The spring-arms c, standing normally slightly apart at their upper ends, act to press outward against the opposite walls of the bowl sufficiently to hold the device securely in place and prevent it from dropping out or becoming otherwise accidentally displaced. Should it be wished to remove the attachment at any time for cleansing or other purposes, it may be quickly withdrawn by introducing the ball of the finger beneath the spur (Z. The disk (I.

is perforated and formed with serrated periphery, as shown, the peripheral indentations admitting of a slight downward draft around the edge of the disk next the wall of the bowl to insure the burning of the tobacco in contact therewith. This gives to the smoke the pleasant favor experienced when smoking a meerschaum pipe or one made of the sweet briar. The serrations f may be of any size or kind found best adapted for the purpose, the nurling of the edge of the disk being usually most preferable; but whatever the form or size of the indentations they in no case extend inward wholly across the annular border or flat part b of the disk a, this annular part being provided in part purposely in which to form the indentures.

The spring-arms c c, it will be observed, being narrow do not cover any considerable part of the inner surface of the bowl, and so do not materially interfere with the combustion against the walls of the bowl.

After the device is inserted in the bowl of the pipe the tobacco is put in place and pressed down against the perforated disk in the usual manner.

These attachments are sold in the trade independent of the pipes, the disks (0 being made of such diameter that they will fit the bowlof any ordinary pipe, resting down against the conical or tapered lower part of the bore, while the narrow sprl ng-arms bear throughout their lengths snugly against the walls of the bowl.

That I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. An attachment for a smoking-pipe, consisting of a circular perforated concave-convex disk having an annular border in a plane at right angles to the axis of the disk, arms extending in slightly-divergent lines from the edge of said border, the latter being formed with a serrated periphery.

2. A smoking-pipe having, within the bowl, a sheet-metal concavo-convex perforated disk crossing its axis, and having a serrated edge, and provided with two oppositely-disposed narrow arms extending toward the mouth of the bowl, one formed with a spur, said arms pressing the walls of the bowl with elastic pressure throughout their lengths.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, this 6th day of January, 1905, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ISAAC NORD VVEITZEL.

\Vitnesses:

Exos B. VVHITMORE, MINNIE SMITH.

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