US807828A - Tobacco-pipe. - Google Patents

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PATBNTED DEC. 19, 1905. G. W. JUSTUS.

TOBACCO PIPE.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.8. 1902.

I Vlg-f- WITNEEISEE UNITED STATES PATENT onirica.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 19, 1905.

Application filed December 8, 1902. Serial No. 134,229.

T0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. JUsTUs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Somerville, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Tobacco-Pipes, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is an elevation of a tobacco-pipe made according to my invention. Fig. 2 is an elevation in section of the same. Fig. 3 is an elevation in section, showing the invention applied to a different form of pipe. Fig. I is an elevation in section of a cigar and'cigarette holder to which my invention is applied.

My invention relates more particularly to the manufacture of pipes and similar articles for smoking-tobacco, such as cigar and oigarette holders, in which part of the article is composed of a frangible material, such as meerschaum, clay, rubber, amber, or a composition made in imitation thereof. In pipes and cigar-holders composed wholly or in part of such materials it has hitherto been a frequent occurrence for the pipe to break in the course of transportion from the maker to the retail dealer' or in the hands of the purchaser and user. These breakages of the meerschaum, amber, or other material occur very easily and in a manner that is annoying both to the dealer and to the user. Moreover,when broken it is expensive to make a satisfactory repair.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide a pipe or similar article which shall have the advantages possessed by pipes made of materials such as those above named and at the same time be less liable to breakage.

It is also my object to make an article which even though broken may yet remain useful in its broken condition and be readily repaired. It is also my object to make a pipe which will give to its user a cool smoke, one which will color itself by use more quickly than pipes made in the manner customary hitherto and which will have the other ad vantages inherent in the structure which I am about to describe.

I accomplish the purposes above set forth by constructing my pipe or cigar-holder with a central core of non-frangible material. This core is surrounded by the meerschaum, amber, or other material, which is to form the exterior of the pipe or pipe-stem, the core being thus concealed from view, so that in the case of an opaque material, such as meerschaum, it is not apparent to the eye that the stummel of a meerschaum pipe, for example, made according to my invention is not composed entirely of meerschaum. By this means I produce a pipe in which the beauty and other advantages of meerschaum and amber or whatever other material is to form the exterior are retained and their disadvantages largely eliminated. It is not essential that the central core be absolutely unbreakable; but I have used the Word non-frangible above in a relative sense, meaning that the core should have the qualities of stiffness and tenacity as distinguished from brittleness.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the stummel, and B the mouthpiece, of a pipe. In the pipe represented in the drawings the stummel is of meerschaum and the mouthpiece of amber, and for convenience I shall speak of my invention as applied to these materials, although it is obvious that it may equally -well be applied to other materials. IVithin the stummel A is a core C, which is made, preferably, of aluminium, whichmaterial combines in itself the attributes of lightness, stiffness, strength, and tenacity. In the core is a smoke-passage or draw-hole D, running from the bowl to the mouthpiece, while surrounding the core is a body of meerschaum which constitutes the exterior and visible portion of the stummel. It is desirable to have the material surrounding the core united so closely to it as to be practically integral therewith. This may be accomplished by fitting the core and meerschaum close together and by the use of cement. In order to make the structure even rmer, the bowl end of the core may be expanded a little, as shown in Fig. 2, being reached for this purpose by an instrument inserted through the bowl. The mouthpiece B also has a core C with a smokepassage D in it arranged to form a continuation of the hole through the stummel. Any suitable form of connection between the stummel and mouthpiece may be used; but it is a particular advantage of my invention that a iirm and rigid connection between the two may be made without imposing any strain on the meerschaum, amber, rubber, or other material composing the pipe. At the point where the stummel and mouthpiece join, the core of each is provided with a screw-thread E, cut directly in the respective cores. Thus all strains comes on the stiff strong material of the core, and the element of weakness frequently found in some types of pipes as hitherto constructed is eliminated. Ithus obtain IOO IIO

a joint which is strongly wear-resisting, with the result that the mouthpiece and stummel can be screwed up and joined tightly and lirmly together in spite of long usage, and this rmness also helps reduce the liability of breakage.

When thematerial which is to be used to surround the core is transparent, as in the case of amber, through which the core would be visible, the exterior of the core may be colored, if desired, before the parts are assembled, so that its presence will be less noticeable, or it may be colored to be more noticeable and made of such a color as to add to the beauty of the pipe. If it is desired to make a pipe with a curved mouthpiece, a core made of soft or annealed metal may be employed, the core and amber being together bent in manufacture into the shape desired. The use of a core in the manner described also enables me to utilize small pieces of amber not long enough of themselves individually to form a mouthpiece, these pieces being placed side by side on the core and held together thereby. A variegated effect will be obtained by using clear and clouded pieces of amber alternately or by using amber alternately with other material. It is obvious that cheaper materials than amber may be substituted for part of the length of the mouthpiece-for example, rubber or Celluloid-and I have indicated such in Fig--A T'luepart l may be supposed to be Celluloid and the part 2 amber.

Referring to the structure shown in Fig. 2, it will be seen that by making the core of metal which is a good conductor of heat and making it relatively large with respect to the entire diameter of the stem heat will be conducted quickly away from the smoke-passage through the metal to the outside of the core, from which place it has to pass Athrough. only a relatively thin layer of the slow conducting meerschaum before meeting the outside of the pipe, where it is dissipated in the air. Thus the heat is more rapidly abstracted from the smoke as it passes through the passage from the bowl to the smokers mouth than it would be if the stem were composed entirly of meerschaum. l

In Fig. 3 I have shown a modification in which the core is covered with material only at the bowl end of the stumme] and at the mouthpiece, the intervening portion of the core being exposed to the air. In this construction the cooling effect is evenl greater because of the exposure of the core to the air.

The smoke-passage through the core of the pipe may, if desired, be provided with some form of cleaning means for cleaning the pipe, and in the pipe shown in Fig. 3 I show such a cleaning device inserted. The particular form illustrated consists of a tube H of suitable size to lit the smoke-passage, adapted to be inserted and normally maintained in that position. This tube is removable, a small notch 7L being provided at the mouthpiece end, so arranged that it can be engaged by the linger-nail, taken out, cleaned by mechanical or other means, andv returned to its place. This cleaning device, however, forms no part of my invention, and any other cleaning device that may be desired may be used in its place, the smoke-passage through the core being made of whatever shape is necessary in order to accommodate the particular form of cleaning device it is desired to use, or the use of a cleaning device may be dispensed with entirely.

When the material surrounding the core is to be meerschaum, I may provide the core C with a number of radial perforations F, leading from the smoke-passage to the exterior of the core. These perforations conduct nicotin to the outside of the core, and thus give it access to the meerschaum at points relatively near the surface of the meerschaum.

It follows that the coloring therefrom reaches and colors the surface of the meerschaumquicker than it does in pipes in which the body of meerschaum to be traversed is thicker. By spacing the perforations at a little distance apart the pipe colors first opposite the several perforations, thus acquiring a mottled appearance which is pleasing to the eye and which, so far as I am aware, it has not been possible to obtain prior to my invention. If the mottled appearance is not desired, it may be avoided by arranging the perforations close together.

If a pipe constructed in the manner I have described receives a blow severe enough to break the meerschaum, that breakage will not ordinarily break the pipe, for the core will hold firm. Unless the meerschaum be broken into bits it will in spite of the fracture remain in place on the core, and the pipe will not be damaged except for the presence of a crack. It is obvious also that in cases where a portion of the meerschaum is split otf the presence of this core assists in making a repair.

The invention which I have described applies to the construction of cigar and cigarette holders, as well as to pipes, and it is evident that as to materials it is not limited to the specific materials-meerschaum, clay, &c.- that I have mentioned, but that it is applicable to use with other materials as well, and also that it is not necessary to use aluminium for the core, but that any other suitable material may be employed in its place.

I claim 1. In an article of the class described, the combination of tobacco-holding means; a stem therefor composed exteriorly of frangible material; a core in the stem composed of lessfrangible material; a mouthpiece composed exteriorly of frangible material; acore in the mouthpiece composed of less-frangible material; there beinga smoke-passage through said stem and mouthpiece; and means to join the said stem and mouthpiece together, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In an article of the class described, the combination of tobacco-holding means; a stem therefor composed exteriorly of frangible material; a core in the stem composed of lessfrangible material; a mouthpiece composed exteriorly of frangible material; a core in the mouthpiece composed of less-frangible material; there beinga smoke-passage through said stem and mouthpiece; said cores being shaped and adapted to be joined together, thus uniting the mouthpiece and the stem.l as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In an article of the class described, the combination of a tobacco-holding means, and a stem therefor composed exteriorly of a frangible material colorable by tobacco, there being a core in the stem composed of less-frangible material and provided With a smoke-passage and with a multiplicity of perforations leading from the smoke-passage to the material surrounding the core, as and for the purpose set forth. s

4. In an 'article of the class described, the combination of a tobacco-holding means, and a stern therefor, composed interior-ly of a core of material relatively impervious to the effect of tobacco and exteriorly of material 'colorable by tobacco; there being a smoke-passage through the core and a multiplicity of perforations leading from the smoke-passage to the colorable material, said perforations being located and arranged in the core at some distance one from another thereby to produce a mottled color in said colorable material, as and for the purpose set forth.

Signed by me at Boston, Massachusetts, this 29th day of November, 1902.

GEORGE W. JUSTUS.

Witnesses:

EVERETT E. KENT, GEORGE MCANAUL.

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