US1423869A - Attachment for tobacco pipes - Google Patents

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J. C. MONMONIER. ATTACHMENT FOR TOBACCO PI'PES.

APPLICATION FILED MAIL-18, 192T.

Patented July 25, 1922.

UNITED STATES PATENT c erics.

ATTACHMENT FOR TOBACCO PIPES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 25, 1922.

Application filed March 18, 1921. Serial No. 453,249.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH CARROLL MON- MONIER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Catonsville, Baltimore County, Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Tobacco Pipes, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention has relation to tobacco pipe attachments and has for its object the provision. of means for preventing a tobacco pipe "from being clogged or stopped up by the accumulation of a mass or plug of moist or oily tobacco, ashes, etc. that forms at the bottom of the bowl while the pipe is being smoked and which tends to interfere with or totally prevent the passage of smoke to the stem of the pipe.

A further object of my invention is to provide means for readily and elfectively removing the plug or mass of tobacco, ashes, etc. that remains at the bottom of the bowl of a tobacco pipe after the pipe has been smoked, thereby clearing and cleaning the bowl and leaving it ready to be refilled.

In carrying my invention into efiect, I form from a single piece of wire a coiled, substantially oval-shaped body with laterally projecting spring ends, the convolutions of the coil being slightly separated and the article thus formed. being adapted to be placed within and at the bottom of the bowl of a tobacco pipe and constituting in eitect a grate or grid which, while permitting of free passage of smoke from the bowl into the stem, will effectively prevent burnt and unburnt tobacco and other material from lodging and packing in the bottom of the bowl. over and in the bore of the stem and clogging or stopping up the same.

The attachment, in addition to acting as a grate or grid to prevent the formation of a plug or mass of obstructive matter at the bottom of the bowl in such position as to clog or stop up the entrance to the bore of the stem, constitutes an effective means for the removal of such plug or mass after the pipe has been smoked. by pulling the attachment out of the bowl,- which operation can be conveniently accomplished by the aid of a bent wire or small hook.

In the accompanying drawing, in which I have illustrated my invention:

Fig. 1, is a side elevation on an enlarged scale of the attachment.

Fig. 2, is a side elevation of the attachment, showing it in proper position in a pipe, the latter being shown in dotted lines.

A single piece of spring wire 1, is coiled as shown to substantially oval form and the ends of the wire at the termination of the coils are bent upwardly and slightly outward so as to form spring fingers 2, 2, which, when the article is inserted in the bowl of a pipe, as shown in Fig. 2, bear against the wall of the bore at opposite sides thereof and serve to retain the attachment in position in the bore and prevent accidental displacement of the attachment.

The several coils of the attachment are slightly separated as shown so as to permit of the free passage of smoke, but are sufficiently close together to prevent the passage of material that would form a plug or mass over or in the bore of the stem and particularly when the material is in the usual moist or oily condition which it as sumes after smoking has been proceeded with for a short time.

The article shown in Fig. 1, on an enlarged scale constitutes the entire attachment and it will be seen that it is of simple form and inexpensive material. and can obviously be made at a trifling cost.

In putting the article into use it is placed within and at the bottom of the bowl of a pipe in the position shown in Fig. 2, its oval form causing it to fit snugly against the concave bottom of the bore of the bowl and extend over the inner end of the bore of the stem and prevent any lodgement of tobacco etc. over or in the bore of the stem.

The spring fingers 2, 2, of the attachment bear against the opposite sides of the bore of the bowl. and serve to maintain the at tachment in proper position at the bottom of the bowl, even when the pipe is turned over and tapped on the hand or on a solid body to remove the ashes, as is customary with smokers.

In order to thoroughly clean the pipe and remove all the material that may have accumulated on and over the attachment, it is only necessary to pull the attachment out of the bowl, which can easily be done with the aid of a small hook or bent piece of wire, and this removal of the attachment will draw out of the bowl whatever tobacco. ashes. etc. may have accumulated upon and over the attachment and leave the pipe in a clean and sanitary condition.

After the pipe has been cleaned as described, the grate or grid is replaced in the bowl, leaving the pipe ready for recharging at any subsequent time. o V

The substantially oval form of the grate or grid causes it to conform closelyto the concave bottom of the bore of the bowl and prevents the tobacco, ashes, etc; from getting under the grate or grid and against or into the bore of the stem and the spaces between the coils of the grate or grid provide :tor :lree passage of smoke from the burning tobacco to and through the stem and permit of the tobacco being rammed down and packed in the bowl in a manner favored by smokers, but which would be conducive to clogging or stopping of the passage of smoke bowl cavity.

JOSEPH CARROLL MONMONIER.

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