US924508A

US924508A - Smoker's pipe.

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Publication number: US924508A
Application number: US47000008A
Authority: US
Inventors: Philip Talarico
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1908-12-30
Filing date: 1908-12-30
Publication date: 1909-06-08
Anticipated expiration: 1926-06-08

Description

P. TALARICO.

SMOKERS PIPE.

APPLIOATION FILED Dao. so, 190s.

924,508. v Patented June s, 1909.

whesses. EWE/725W PHILIP TALARICO, NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT.

sMoKEns PIPE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented rune s, 1909.

i Application led December 30, 1908. Serial No. 470,000.

To all whom itmay concern.'

Be it known that I, PHILIP TALARICO, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Britain, in the countypf Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Smokers Pipes, of which the'following is a specification.

u My invention relates to improvements in smokers pipes and .the objects of my improvements arel efficiency with particular reference to cleanliness and personal comfort in use.

i In the accompanying drawin s:-Figure 1 is a central vertical longitudina section of my pipe, with the cleaning plug inside elevation. Fig. 2 is a central vertical longitudinal section of the cleaning plug for my pipe, on

an enlarged scale. Flg. 3 is a view similar to that of Fig. 1 and on the same scale, of a pipe of a modified form from that shown in i .1, embodying my invention.

imilarreference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In the use of an ordinary smokers ipe with stem leading directly into theV bow -of the pipe, saliva enters the draft passage from the mouth, moistenin the tobacco, resulting in the befouling of t e. draft passage, and

clogging of the same b a mixture of-saliva, i

molstened tobacco an nicotin, so that with continued use the nicotln finds its way to the mouth and into the system of the user, producing a burning orbiting sensation on the tongue and in the mouth, and'injurious el'- feets to the system. My invention obviates these evils in a manner hereinafter described.

The pipe shown in Fi ,1, embodying my invention, has a pi e bo y 1 having a bowl 2, connectin b a c annel 3 into one side of a c lindrica cliamber` 4, extending through t e elongated neck 5of said pipebody 1- back well into the said ipe body 1. I prefer to line said cylindrical chamber 4 with a cleaninglplug tube 6 of some non-absorbent materia such as bone, in case the pi e body is made of absorbent material, suc as Wood, although the use of said cleanin plug tube 6 may be dispensed with. Said c eaning plug tube 6 has'l a perforation 7 through the side Wall opposite the terminus of the channel 3 in the side of thelcylindrical chamber 4. The cleaning plug tube 6 incloses the cleaning lug 8, except for the threaded end 9 whic protrudes and is suitably threaded for screwln into a correspondingly threaded Y end oft e tip 10. The cleaning' plug 8 at its largest diameter, is of a size to fit the interior of the said tube 6, with sufiicient friction to hold said plug therein. Nearthe inner end, remote rom the threaded end 9, the cleaning plug 8 is of reduced diameter, forming a neck 18, with an annular recess surrounding' the same, forming with the walls of the cleaning plug tube 6 a saliva chamber 1 1. The extreme inner end 12 ofthe cleaning plug 8 fits the inner Wall of the cleaning lug tube 6 and fills the extreme inner end o the beginning at a point opposite the hole 7, in the side wall of the cleaning plug tube 6, and

- extending nearly to the threaded end 9, the

cleaning plug 8 has a helical groove 13.

At the terminus of the helical groove 13 remote from `the hole 7 inthe side Wall of the cleaning plug tube 6, the said helical groove' said tube 6. Beyond the saliva chamber 11,

13 connects through a hole 14, Fig. 2, in the wall of the cleaning yplug 8, with a passage 15,

extending from the threaded' end 9 of the cleaning plug 8 along the axis of the same to a point near the annular recess surroundin the neck 18, and then turns laterally towar one side and opens into the said annular recess, for connecting the said passage with the saliva chamber 11. I refer to have said passage open into the sa iva chamber 11 at the under side of the neck 18, and also to have the hole 14 in the side wall of said cleaning plug 8 inan upward `direction to obtain the est results with my invention, though suchrestrictions are not essential. The threaded end l9 of the cleaning plug 8 has its passage 15 in position to register with the passage 16 through the ti 10. Aferrule 17 is rovided at the end of t evelongated neck 5 o the pipe body 1. The passagel 1 5 along the cleaning plug 8 connectsthe passage 16 through the stem 10 directly with the saliva chamber 11, so that moisture passes directly from said passage 16 in the stem 10 to said saliva chamer 1 1, where space is provided for the collection of the same, said moisture passing by the hole 14 which connects with the route to the bowl 2, and obviating the consequent befouling of tobacco in said bowl 2. v The route from the bowl 2 tosaid assage 16 in the stem 10 is more .devious an circuitous, following as it and tip 10a being suita ing plug 8 to the passage 16 in the stem 10, thus avoiding the saliva chamber 11, and

s connecting with the passage 15 in the cleaning plug 8 at a oint remote from said saliva chamber 11. llhe helical groove 13 forms a relatively long assageway in a comparatively short overal length for the de osit of nicotin and deleterious matter from t e bowl 2 of the pi e.

By simpl;T withdrawing the cleaning plug 8 from the cleaning chamber 6 by a direct pull using the tip 10 as a handle, the cleaning-plug 8 is readily cleaned of any accumulation of saliva in the saliva chamber 11, or foreign matter in the helical groove 13. The same cleaning plug 8 may be used with different pipe bodies and different ti s, by interchanglngqpipe bodies `or tips as c esired.

41g. 1 shows my invention applied to a curved stem ipe. In case it is desired -to use the same witli some other form of pipe body, said ip'e body may be provided with a cleaning p ug chamber formed directly in the pipe body 1a, as shown in Fig. 3 the special lining or tube 6 shown in Fig. 1 being omitted. In-

such case the change in pipe bodies is made by withdrawin the cleaning plug 8 from the cleaning plug c amber in the one pi e body and placing it in the cleaning plug dliamber in the other pipe body. v

Changes in tips are readily made by unscrewing one tip 10 from the cleaning plug 8 and screwing on another. If desired the cleaning plug may be screwed into the tip with a 'snug fit, so that the two are removable together as if in one piece. y

Fi 3 shows the pipe bod 1 a re lacing the pipe,l ody 1, the cleaning plug tu e, and the tip 10% replacing the tip)10, said pipe body 1 a le for a straight stem pi e. claim as my invention :-v

1. A pi e body, havin a cylindrical chamber, a cy indrical tube tted therein, and a cleanin plug, generally cylindrical inform, remova ly fitting within said tube, a portion of said plug near' one end-being reduced in diameter to form in connection with said tube a saliva chamber, said plug having also a passageway extending from the said reduced portion longitudinally therethrough to its outer end, and an external helical groove along the middle of its length, the outer end of the said groove connectin tudinal passage through said plug.

2. A ipe body having a cylindrical chamber, a' c eaning plug, generally cylindrical in form, removably fitting within said chamber, a portion of said plug near the inner end being reduced in diameter to form in1 connection with said chamber a saliva chamber, said plug having also a passageway extending from the said reduced'portion longitudinally therethrough to its outer end and an external helical groove along the middle of its length,

with the longi-,-

ing plug of a generally cylindrical form havinO a reduced neck near its inner end, a helica roove surrounding its body along the mid le of its length, an externally threaded outer end remote from the said neck, a passage through the said plug leading from thc said externally threaded end to the said reduced neck and a hole connecting the outer end of the said helical roove with the passage through the said p u the said'plug being ada ted to be receive in the chamber of the sai body and to connect the inner end of the said helical groove with the passage leading to the bowl.

4. A ipe having a bowl, body, and a tip, said bo y having a cleaning plug chamber connected by a passageway with the said bowl, a cleaning plug generally cylindrical in shape, removably fitting and filling@ said cylindrical cleaning plug chamber and having a threaded end protruding outwardly therefrom, an inner end, fitting and filling said chamber, a recessed ortion near the' sai inner end forming with t e inclosing walls of said cleaning lug chamber asaliva chamber, a longitudina passageway extending from .said recessed portion to and through the outer threaded end, and a helical groove on the outer surface extending outwardly from the end of the passageway connecting the cleaning plug chamber with the bowl, near said recessed ortion, along the middle nearly to said threa ed end, and forming in connection with the inclosing walls of said cleaning plug chamber an extended way for the passage and rece tion of foreign matter from said bowl, sai helical groove connectin "at the outer end throu h a hole in the wa of said cleaning plu with the longitudinal passage therein whe its inner end is disconnected from the said saliva chamber, said tip havin a longitudinal passageway, a screw threa ed inner end to t the said screw 'thread at the outer end of said cleaning plug,

for screwing the two to ether and connecting the said passageways t erethrough, and also to permit the use of said tip as a handle for removing said cleaning plug from said cleaning plug chamber.

5. A pipe `comprisin a ipe body, and bowl, the said bowl and body having a cylindrical chamber, and a passage connecting said chamber and'bowl, a separate cleanin plug tube having an opening leading to sai passage, a generallpylindrical plug removably iittin Vand 'ng said cleaning plug tube, and aving a recessed portion at its inner end forming with the walls of said cleaning plug tube a saliva chamber, and a longitu inal passageway leading from said recessed portion to and throu h the outer end of said cleaning plug, a helical passageway in the periphery of the said plug along the middle thereof, which passageway connects at its inner end with said opening in said cleaning plug tube, and at its outer end with said longitudinal passage in said cleaning plug, said helical passageway forming with the inclosing Walls of said cleaning plug 10 tube an extended way for the passage and reception of foreign matter from said bowl.

6. In a smoker s ipe, having a bowl, body and stem, the comgination of the pi e body having a longitudinally extended chamber,

15 a cleaning plug removably fitted to the said chamber and having its inner end of a size to fill the same, a recessed portion forming with the said chamber a saliva receptacle near the said inner end of the said plug, and a pipe stem connected with the outer end of the t said plug and removable therewith, the said arts having suitable passageways connectlng the bowl and saliva receptacle with the stem by separate routes at points remote from the stem and by a common route through the said stem.

PHILIP TALARICO.

Witnesses:

SHEFFIELD I-I. CLARKE, JAMES SHEPARD.