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121,483
UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
VIRGIL A. BOND, OF COTTON GIN, TEXAS.
IMPROVEMENT IN PIPES AND CIGAR-HOLDERS.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 121,483, dated December 5, 1871.To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, VIRGIL A. BONn, of Cot-
ton Gin, in the county of Freestone and State of
Texas, have invented certain new and useful Im-
provements in Combined Pipes and Cigar-Hold-
ers, of which the following is a full, clear, and
exact description, reference being had to the ac-
companying drawing and to the letters of refer-
ence marked thereon making a part of this spec-
ification. in which-
Figure 1 is a side view of the pipe. Fig. 2 is
a vertical sectional view of the pipe. Fig. 3 is
a vertical sectional view of the pipe when used
as a cigar-holder. Fig. 4 is a detached view of
the tube.
The nature of my invention consists in forming
or constructing the pipe with an intermediate
chamber which serves as a receptacle for a sponge
or other absorbent porous material. This cham-
ber is connected with the bowl of the pipe by a
vertical channel, through which the smoke, after
it leaves the lower section of the bowl, flows or
is conducted to the chamber, entering the same
above the line of the upper surface of the sponge
or other absorbent. This chamber communicates
with the shank of the pipe through a small ori-
fice cut through its lower section. My invention
also consists in giving to the upper section of
the intermediate chamber such a form as will en-
able it to conform to the contour of the ordinary
cigar-holder, so that when the cigar is inserted it
is not only securely held but also closes the open-
ing of the channel, and thus cuts off all commu-
nication with the bowl, and consequently pre-
vents any odor therefrom being so drawn into
the chamber as to intermingle with the smoke of
the cigar.
The construction and operation of my inven-
tion are as follows:
A is the bowl, B the intermediate chamber,
and C the shank. These may be constructed of
wood, clay, composition, or any other suitable
material. D is avertical or inclined channel that
communicates with the bowl A through the open-
ing a and with the chamber B through the open-
ing b. The chamber is connected with the shank
C through the opening or channel c, or in a man-
ner similar to the connection between the bowl
and shank in the ordinary pipe. E is a sponge
or other porous absorbent material, and is to be
of such dimensions as to fill the chamber B to apoint immediately below the opening b. The up-
per section of this chamber B is tapering in form,
like the ordinary cigar-holder. This permits of
the cigar being inserted and securely held, as
shown in Fig. 3, and in which figure is also shown
how completely the cigar when inserted closes
the opening b, and which cuts off all communi-
cation between the bowl A and chamber B, which
prevents any odor or flavor of the pipe proper
from being drawn into the chamber to commingle
with that of the cigar. A' is the cap of the bowl
A, and B' the cap of the chamber B. These are
secured to the axial arm x, which is journaled to
the pipe by any suitable means. The cap A' is
perforated for the purposes of draught, while the
cap B' is solid so as to form a perfectly close
joint, which causes the smoke received through
the opening b to be discharged into a perfectly
air-tight chamber between the sponge E and cap
B', and which prevents its escaping in any man-
ner except down through the sponge, and thence
out through the channel v to the shank and stem.
F is an independent tube, which may be used in
connection with the channel D. Its section f
when inserted will be immediately above the
opening a, and the mofith of its section f' will be
in immediate contact with the sponge E. This
tube is of a reverse L-shaped form, as clearly
shown in Fig. 4.
From the foregoing full and clear description
the operation and advantages of my improve-
ment will be readily understood by all familiar
with the branch of art to which it relates. In
the first place, the shank C, which receives the
stemin, not communicating directly with the bowl
A, but only doing so throngh the openings a be
and chuinnel D, the sponge E or other absorb-
ent material, owing to the relative position of
these openings a b c, acts as an entire absorbent,
not only arresting the nicotine and preventing
its poison and acrid flavor from being inhaled
with the smoke, but also arresting the saliva of
the smoker and preventing its coming in contact
with the tobacco. This sponge may be sprinkled
with any suitable fumigating compound, cologne,
or other perfumc, and thus impart any desired
flavor to the smoke, and this, too, without intro-
ducing the fumigating material into the tobacco.
which is always objectionable. The sponge E
can readily be withdrawn for the purpose of
cleansing or removal, and thus the pipe be kept
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Bond, Virgil A. Improvements in Pipes and Cigar-Holders., patent, December 5, 1871; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165309/m1/2/: accessed July 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.