US815443A - Pipe, cigar, or cigarette holder. - Google Patents

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No. 315,443. I I PATENTED MAR. 20, 1906', ,B. A, LEVBTT.

PIPE-CIGAR, 0R CIGARETTE HOLD-ER.

APPLICATION FILED lingual. 1905.

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1 To uihom, it mag concerns Be it known that I, BENJAMIN ing in the borough of Manhattan, city, county,

- 5 and'State of New York, have invented a certainv new and useful Improvement in Pi e, Clgar, or Cigarette Holders, of which the ol-fl lowing is a specification.

M nvention relates one or sinuous-passage of grieater length than and the rendering of the stem adaptable forattachment'to existing the latter.

e invention comprises a pipe with a separable stem having a tortuous smoke.-

I passa e, the sections of which -extend several times through the entire length of the stem, the ends ofthe sections being connected pipes without-chang in 0 together by grooves formed-in the ends of the stem. The sides ofthesegrooves are closed by suitable disks of absorbent material, [which disks are'clamped against the ends of the stem. The smoke in its journey through- 35 the passa e comes in contact with those portions of t e disks which are adjacent to the ooves and the undesirable qualities there-'- y removed, The ends of the assages within the stem are coincident wit the longitu- 1 4o dinal center of the stem and oplposite't'o the portions of the passa e'inthe owl portion and mouthpiece, so-that the joints will always register irrespective of the'extent'the parts are l'tu'rned while being screwed 1 together.

, I attain the objects of my'invention" by the mechanism illustrated inthe accompanying Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a pipe embodying my invention with the smoke passage shown diagrammatically.

FIE. 2 is a section-of the stem-of the 'pipe, ta en on the lines 272 of Fig.1, Fi 3 is a sectional view of the same, taken on t e lines a to pipes of that class- [9 m w oh the stem-is prov1ded with a tortu V a stein 1, have in view is the cheapen 3-3qof Fig. 1. Fi 4' a perspective view of i I ARTHU LEVETT,'- a citizen of the United States, resid- Fig.51sa.

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longitudinal sectional view o f .a modified form of stem Fi 6'is a long1tudin'al sectionalview'of anot er mod fication, showing a different means of attaching the parts toether and applled to a cigar or cigarette.-

older; Fig. 7 is a longitudmals'ecti'on' of a fra mentor a device, showing a modification; andFig. 8 is a longitudinal section of another modification;

.In' all the views parts are designated by the same reference characters.- I

In carrying out my invention I provideia- Whic material of any lengthor'diameter. To this stem is attached a bowl 2 or cigar or cigarette holder 3, as desired, and a mouthpiece 4, the three constituting the-pipe orcigar or cigarette holder.

' As shown in Fig. 1', the parts are connected together by the hollow threaded couplings 5' and 6. These couplings ordinarily are made of bone or horn and have external screwthreads and a hollow central passage or bore. I These couplingsserve as a means for connectmay be made of any-suitable ing thearts together andal'so constitute part of t e smoke-passage. Instead of 'bemg made se arate the couplings may be in tegral with t e parts,- as shown in Fig.- 6, the details of which 'willbe described in connectionwithsuch 're. I 1

shown'in g. 1, the two couplings5 and 6-are arran ed in the lon itudinal centersof the 'stem,t e shank 7 o the bowl, and the.

-mouthpiece 4, as is customary in pipes made of a number of parts coupled together. 7 Thls always insures that the ends of the.

smoke-passage within the stem will register with its .continuations in the bowl portion Y f wlthatortuoussmoke-passage,whichextends and mouthpiece. Thystem'l is provided back. and forth throughout its length several times; {As shown in the drawings, this passage is made of a number of' parts which roo The

extend entirely through thestem and communicate at or adjacent to the ends. number-of these. sections should be uneven, as

is obvious, to permit the entrance and. exit to be at opposite ends; but'they can be three, five, seven, or more m'number, three belngshown for purposes ofillustration. Of these fpassage-sectlon's the section'8 connects with the bore of the coupling 5 and runs drag-- onally to the other end of the stem. i The section 9 connects with thecoupling 6 and runs diagonally to the other end of the stem. The two sections are distinct and do not'communicate'at the crossin -point. The third section ,10 runs through om one end of the stem to the other wlthout communicating with the other sections except at the ends. At its ends the section communicates with the section 9 b means of a groove 12 (see Fig. 4) and at the other end of the stem the section 10 communicates with the section 8 by a groove 11'. The end of the section 8 adjacent to the groove 5 1S enlar ed and threaded at 13 for engagement with t e coupling 5. At the other extremityof the stem the section 9 is enlarged at 14 and threaded for engagement with the coupling 6. The

- which are to be closed.

disk 16.

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passage-sections being straight and extendmg entirely through the stem may be very readily cleaned by any suitable device.

Between the bowl 2 and the stem 1 and surrounding the coupling 5 is a disk 15. Between the stem 1 and the mouthpiece 4 is another disk 16. These disks are preferably formed of absorbent material, of which blotting-paper is a ood example; but it is not essential that the disks be so made, as they may be formed of a non-absorbent material, which, however, will not beso desirable. Surrounding the stem adjacent to the disk 15 is a band or ring 17, and around the stern adjacent to the disk 16 is asimilar band or ring 18. These serve to hide and protect the exposed edge of the disk and also render the entire device more at- In Fig. 8 the band 18 has a flange 18, which extends inward in contact with one side of the disk.- This flange will serve as a means for retaining the dlsk in place when the stem is removed from the pipe and will also serve as a means for preventing the escape of moisture from the disk or smokepassage. In coupling the arts together the two disks 15 and 16 are c osely clamped between the stem and the bowl and the stem and the mouthpiece, respectivel so that the sides of the grooves 11 12 wil be closed and smoke will not escape at these points,

. but will be confined to the grooves.

The disks serve threepurposesfirst, to prevent leakage'of smoke and moisture from the passa es outward; second, to absorb nicotm an( other injurious substances from the smoke and also to absorb moisture, and, third, to close the ends of those sections In operationthe smoke passes from the bowl 2 through the center of the coupling 5 into the section 8. From there it passes alon the groove 11, such groove forming part 0 the walls of the passage, the other wall being formed by the The smoke enters the section 10, passes along that to the roove 12, enters the section 9, and from t iere throu h the coupling 6 into the mouthpiece 4. t will disks may be rotated, so as to be seen that portions of the smoke-passage have absorbent wallsviz. one side of each of the grooves 11 and 12-iormed by the absorbent disks. The smoke will come in contact with thedisks 15 and 16 and moisture and impurities will be absorbed thereby.- The smoke does not pass through the disks, but alon the face of the disks and in contact therewit Therefore the smoking qualities of the plpe are in no way impaired, as would be the case if the absorbent material were in the passage. The disks may be ti htly pinched between the stem and the bow and mouthpiece, respectively, and leakage at the joints thereby effectively revented.- The ring fresh portions opposite to the grooves 11 and 12, and the disks may be removed and new ones substituted when necessary or desirable. This can be done without putting out the fire in the bowl, which is an important advantage.

The stem with the seats for the couplings or the threaded ends and the tortuous passage and grooves in the ends may be made as a separate article of manufacture and may be attached to existin pipes by separating the mouthpiece from -t 1e bowl and introducing the stem between the two, an additional coupling being provided for this purpose, if necessary. By placing the couplings 5 and 6 in the central longitudinal line of the pipe and causin an extremity of the passa e to run through each the device will be sel -centered and the parts may be screwed together without the need of care being taken to see that the parts be sciewed always the same distance, as is the case where the extremity of the passage is not in the center, where it must be made to register with the rest of the passage in the bowl portion and mouthpiece, as the case may be.

The device may be modified in many ways, that shown in Fig. 5 having passage- sections 19 and 20 and 21 the section 21 bein shown in dotted lines. These sections exten all the way through the stem and are not inclined as in the previous construction. Enlarged chambers 22 23,'screw-threaded, as shown, for the attachment of the hollow couplings, are provided in the ends. 'One of these chambers communicates with the section 19 by a short diagonal passage 24, the chamber 23 communicating with the section 20 by means of another short diagonal passage 25. The section 19 is shown as commumcatin with the section 21 by a groove 26, while t e section 20 communicateswith a section 21 by a groove 27. The ends of the sections 19 and 20 opposite to the rooves which connect their other ends wil? be closed by contact with the washers, and the smoke cannot pass out at these ends. This arrangement will take the place of plugs or other permanent means of closing the passage-section. By this construction the openings'are also easily accessible, and each one being open through- In the modificationshown in Fig. 6 the stem is provided with a screw-threaded ex-z tension 28 at'each end. These extensions enfgage with threaded recesses formed within this construction the disks are not ex osed 5 plicabillty of the stem'toexisting extremities of the extensions 28 28. Instead p y of the threaded extenslons being on the stej' I adjacent. to the disks, so that they form a v tions, as shown in Fig. 7,; "By this .const'riicthe bowl and mouthpiece, respectively, and serve to clamp thedisks 15 16 in place. The passage- sections 8, 9, and 10 extend tov theithey maybe on the bowlzor mouthpiece'se tion the passa e-sections can be logatqgfi nearer the out'si e of the stem and a greatinumber of sections thereby provided for; Inf.

from the outside of the pi e, and the ands 17. 18 need not be used; he disks in every case are provided with a central perforation coincident withthe central passage, so that the smoke willpass through their centers. In the modification shown in Figs. '6 and 7 some of the impurities of the smokewill be ab-f sorbed by that portion of each disk surroundin the central opening. 7

tom the foregoing description it will be seen that my device is exceedingly cheap to construct1n fact, thecost of ,manufacture will not greatly exceed the common twopiece pipe. A-great advantage lies the apipes wit out chan e, which makes it posslble to use or not use t e device in the same pipe;

' Having thus described my invention, ,what "Icl'a1m', and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is+ Y combination with the stem and-mouthpiece I apipe, cigar or cigarette holder, the

and bowl-piece sections, of couplings con necting the, three together, and] disks j clam ed between the stem and mouthpiece" v Owl-piece respectively, the said" stemand, having a tortuous passage extending 'there-,

through, the ends of the stem being notched portion of the walls of the passages, the said 'dis'ksibeingmade of absorbent material.

2; In a pipe, cigar or cigarette holder, the

combination with the stem and mouthpiece ranged in t e center line of the stem; or se-' cur n the parts together, each of such couplings leing so constructed and arranged as to surround a portion of the smokeassage,'the

said passage being tortuous an 'formed of.

sections extendin several times through the stern, and disks c amped'bet'ween the ends of the stem and mouthpiece and bowl-piece sections, the endsof the stem between the sections being notched so that the disk will iform the passage.

, a portion of the walls through d d an witnesse and bowlie ce sections, of couplin s ar-y.

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