US825811A - Smoking-pipe. - Google Patents

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No. 825,811. -PATENTED JULY 10, 1906. W. M. DECKER.

SMOKING PIPE.

APPLICATION' FILED SEPT.14.1905.

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Specification of Letters Patient.

Patented July 10, 1906.

Application led September 14, 1905. Serial No. 278,420.

To all whom it mfr/,U concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM MORE DECKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Smoking- Pipes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. y

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in pipes forsmoking tobacco or other weeds, and particularl to that class in which the contents are red from the bottom.

In the use of pipes for smoking tobacco it is well known that the nervous system is affected in various ways and that in the use of pipes of the ordinary and most general construction not only the fumes of the tobacco, but the very minute particles of carbon and ashes which add to the dark color of the smoke, are taken into the system by inhalation and if not injurious in other Ways at least cause more or less irritation of the mucus membrane of the respiratory tract, and the smoker also inhales and absorbs the poisonous alkaloids of tobacco, the most inurious of which is nicotin. It is also well own that with the ordinary shortste1n pipe the smoke is taken directly from the bowl and in a heated condition into the mouth, which not only induces to the burning of the tongue, but that the hot decoction of tobacco, either fluid orin the form of vapor, is very injurious to the human organism. All of these disadvantages flow in the greatest degree from that class of pipes in which the tobacco is consumed from above downward, as the suction draws the decoction of tobacco produced by the fire and heat to the bottom of the bowl and thence into the mouth, and after a comparatively short use of the pipe the stem becomes foul and saturated with the poisons contained in the weed. Another disadvantage of the ordinary pipe is that it must be held by the teeth or in the hand, and in the latter case and when hot is apt to burn the hand, and if laid down while ignited the fire is apt to fall out and produce conflagration.

My invention has for its ob'ect to overcome all of the enumerated an many other disadvantages of the ordinary smoking-pipe and to produce one which will remain` clean for a comparatively long time, which may be conveniently attached to the clothing of the user or held in an upright position upon an suitable support, such as a table, which wi l if held in the hand be in a comparatively cool condition, and which shall also insure the delivery of the smoke into the mouth free from heat and contaminating poisons.

With these ends in view my invention consists in the details of construction and arrangement hereinafter more fully explained and thereafter claimed.

In order that those skilled in the art may know how to make my improved pipe and Yfully appreciate all of the advantages, I will proceed to describe its construction, referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is an illustrative view showing one of my improved pipes heldv in position upon the coat of the user and with a long flexible stem coiled around the outside'or casing of the pipe and held in such position by the device employed for securing the pipe to the clothing. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section of my improved pipe with the parts all in position and showing the means for holding the pipe in an upright position upon any suitable support. Fig. 3 is a transverse or horizontal section taken on the line a b of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a vertical section similar to Fig. 2, but showing the parts partially separated and illustrating how they ma be assembled into the position shown at ig.` 2.

Similar reference-numerals indicate likeparts in theseveral figures of the drawings.

1 is a bowl, which may be constructed of clay or any other suitable material and with an open upper end into which the tobacco ma be introduced to load the ige and with its ower end closed and providb with a series of small openings 2, through 'which the tobacco at the bottom may be ignited and through which oxygen is admitted to maintain combustion.

3 is a casing composed, preferably, of sheet metal (though any other suitable material may be employed) and formed atits upper end with a thread 4 or other suitable means by which the cap 5 to the bowl may be secured in place, as clearly shown 1n Fig. 2. The cap 5 is formed with a central recess 6. and a nipple 7, having a central channel or smoke-conduit 8, and with a threaded flange IOO 9 or other means for securing the cap to the casing 3.

Within the iiange 9 is located a washer 10 of suitable material to constitute an air-tight joint betweenthe cap and the upper open end of the bowl 1 in an obvious manner, and within the central recess 6 is located a composite disk l 1, the lower and maj orportion of which is composed of absorbent material, such as cotton, and the upper or-minor portion ofy noir-absorbent material, but through which air and smoke may Jfreely pass. This disk is designed to absorb any moisture, such as nicotin in its lower or more extensive portion,'\vl1ile the upper noneabsorbent portion is designed to prevent such moisture or any solid matter contained in the smoke from enteringthe nipple? or the stem 12 of the pipe, which stem is of flexible material, such as rubber, and is provided at its free end with a mouthpiece. 13, secured in place in an obvions manner.

The casing 3 at its upper end is provided with vertical rooves 13, adapted for the pas sage of radialIugs 14 near the top of the bowl 1, (and, if desired, near the bottom also,) and when the lugs near the upper end have passed through the grooves 13 and the bowl is partially rotated said lugs interlock with the shoulder 15 of the casing and establish iiXedl Vrelation between the bowl and the casing.

The casing 3 is of a diameter somewhat greater than the bowl in order that an airspace 16 between the bowl and casing may be established for the purpose of preventing the latter from becoming overheated, and said easing withl such object in view may be providedwith any, suitable heat-repellent material 17, and with a similar object the` outer surface of the casing may be likewise coated or covered. The lower end of the casing is contracted to not only hold the bowl from passing through the jacket and to render the pipe smaller in appearance, but it is also fashioned, as shown at 18, (or in any other mannen) to constitute a projection in which is formed an opening for the purpose presently lex lained and also to prevent the coils of t e stem when wound about the casmg It likewise constitutes a base by which the pipe may be held in the hand of the smoker I without contact with the heated end of the bowl. j

19 is a pin secured in any manner to the casing near its upper end, and the bottom or rim 18 of the casin is formed with a suitable opening 20, throug which the free end of the pin may pass and interlock therewith in order that the pipe may be secured to any art of the Wearing-apparel of the smoker, as i lustrated in Fig. 1, and which also serves to hold the coils of the stem in position when it is Wound around the easing, as shown, and which is desirable in order that suiiicient as shown in Fig. 1, from sliding down.`

length may be given to the stem in order that the smoke 'passing through the same 'may l cool before reaching the mouth of the smoker.

The same eiiect may of course be provided by otherwise disposing of the length of the stem but when disposed in the manner shown it constitutes a sightly and convenient disposition of the stem.

I of course do vnot wish to be confined to any` particular material in the general construction of my improved pipe, but may use any which are adapted for the purpose, nor do I wish to be eo'nnnedyto any articular design as to the bowl or casing, a though I refer that shown in the drawings, and Wln e I have shown the bowl with an integral bottom having the openings 2 therein it will be understood that a perforated and separable bottom adapted to be secured to the body of the bowl may 'be employed. Many other variations may be made in the details of construction without departing from the spirit of my invention.

' In using my. improved pipe the bowl is loaded with anydesired quantity of tobacco,

and being placed within the easing, as already described, the cap 5 is then secured in position and to the upper end of the casing' 3, so that an aretight joint is made between the cap and the upper vextremity of' the bowl through the medium orl the washer 10, and the pipe is then in condition to be lighted and smoked. The character of the washer 10 and also the disk 11 are bothsuch that they may be readily removed and new ones substituted therefor which `will conduce to the sweet and cleanly condition of the pipe at all times. I desire it to be understood that I lay special stress upon't'he characteristics of thedisk 11, which, While insurii'i'g the absorption of all moisture, prevents the same, as well asv any solid matter contained in the smoke, from passing into the nipple of the cap 5 and to the stem 12 of the pi e. It will be understood that as the ignite and burning material is at the lower extremity of the bowl the cap 5 may be made of any suitable material-such, for instance, as hard rubberico and the casing or jacket may also be made of 1 similar material in view of the air-space between the bowl andjacket and the avoidance of contact due to the presence of the lugs 14 on the bowl.

The presence of the filtering-disk ll in the cap 5A ei'liectually prevents the fouling of the stem 12 and renders unnecessar the task of cleaning the same, and as a resu t of the construction shown the stem maybe readily renewedJwhen necessary the pipe or. mouthpiece. The ilterin --dis l1 embodying the characteristics alrea y described may be readily medicated with any recognized antidote to the poisonsof tobacco, and I have found from practical experience without discardinlgy that the under side of this disk becomesso rac coated with the products of combustion in the pipe as to resist the action of heat when the burning tobacco reaches the disk.

The casing orjacket 3 I prefer to inake perforated as a means of effecting the dissipation of the heat produced in the bowl of the pipe; but this may not be essential when lined or coated interiorly or exteriorly, or boh, with any suitable heat-repellent materia What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is`

1. A smoking-pipe comprising a bowl open at the upper end and closed and perforated at the lower` end; a jacket or casing surrounding the bowl and interlocked therewith; al cap removably attached to the upper end ofthe jacket or-casing, and constituting a closure of the upper open end of the bowl, and provided with a channeled nipple adapted for attachment withY a stem, substantially as hereinbefore set forth.

. 2. In .a smoking-pipe such as described and consisting ot'a bowl open at the upper end and closerF and perforated at the bottom, a jacket surrounding the bowl and secured in fixed relation therewith, and a cap removably secured to the upper end of the jacket and constituting a closure of the upper open end of the bowl; a washer open at the center and interposed between the upper edge of the bowl and the cap, whereby a tight joint is effected between the bowl and cap, substantially as hereinbefore set forth.

` jacket or casing formed with a circumferential flange at its base having a pin-slot therein; a pin secured at its upper end to the cas ing and having its lower end or point adapted to interlock with the slot in the base oi the casing, substantially as hereinbefore set forth.

' 5. The protecting composite diskfor interposition between the bowl of the pipe and'.

the smoke-conduit composed partly of an absorbent material for absorbing moisture, and a non-absorbent material for arresting the passage of moisture deleterious poisons and particles of solid matter, substantially as hereinbefore set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM MORE DECKER.

Witnesses DAyID F. MORE, HENRY KRErss.

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