US1546056A - Tobacco-pipe cleaner - Google Patents

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G. BAZUTKA TOBACCO PIPE CLEANER Filed Sept- 18, 1924 July 14, 1925.

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UNITED STATES GEORGE BAZUTKA, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

TOBACCO-PIPE CLEANER.

V Applicationfiled September 18, 1924. Serial .hl'o. 738,431.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEoR-en BAZUTKA, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Tobacco- Pipe Cleaners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a tobacco pipe cleaner and has'for its prime object to provide a device of this nature which is efiicient in removing the incrustation of carbon and like material which forms on the interior of a tobacco pipe.

Another important objectof th-einvention is to provide a device of this nature which is simple in construction, easy to manipulate, readily carried about, reliable, inexpensive to manufacture, and well adapted to the purpose for which it is designed.

With the above and numerous other ob jects in view as will appearas the description proceeds, the invention resides in certain novel features of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and 'claimed.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a view showing a pipe with the bowl in section and my device applied thereto,

Figure 2 is a transverse section therethrough substantially on the line 22 of Figure 1 looking downwardly,

Figure 3 is another section therethrough taken substantially on the line 33 of Figure 1,

Figure 4 is a plan view of the open end of a tobacco pipe bowl showing my inven tion applied thereto,

Figure 5 is an elevation of a modified form of the invention,

Figure 6 is a longitudinal section therethrough substantially on the line 66 of Figure 5,

Figure 7 is a detail perspective of an attachment for this modification,

Figure 8 is a perspective view of a second modification of the device, and

Figure 9 isa perspective view of the sheath for the device.

Referring to the drawing in detailand the form of the invention shown in Figures 1 to 4 inclusive it will be seen that 1 designates the body or blade of the device which head 5.

is constructed at one end with the curved edge 2 which is adapted to be engaged with the bottom of the tobacco pipe bowl as in di'eated in Figure 1. The two side edges 3 of the blade are substantially'straight and form the terminals of the beveled portions 4. A cross head 5 is formedintegral with the end of the blade 1 opposite to that which is curved and is substantially wider than the blade so as to form shoulders 6 upon which are mounted scraping elements 7 which are adapted to clean the open end of the pipe bowl. The modification shown in Figure 8 is identical with that shown in Figures 1 to 4 except that the scraping elements 7' are inclined for scraping the open 7 end of the bowl when the same is beveled inwardly. Tn these'two modifications it is to be noted that the devicetapers slightly both in width and thickness from the cross head 5 to the curved end 2. The sheath 8 shown in Figure 9 is shaped to conform to the configuration of the blade 1 when the device is not being used. This sheath may be made of any suitable material sheet metal being preferable. This sheath protects the pocket in which the device may be carried. It is advisable that the device be carried on a key ring or the like and for this purpose an eye 9 is provided on the upper edge of the A button or like projection 10 is formed on the sheath in order that it may be easily fitted over the blade or taken therefrom.

In the two modifications of the invention just described the blade is made to fit the bowl and of course must be placed on the market in different sizes. It is placed in the bowl as shown in Figure 1 and then twisted or rotated so as to scrape the incrustation of carbon or other material from the interior of the bowl and the elements 7 will scrape similar incrustation from the open end thereof.

Some pipe bowls are constructed with the lower or inner end thereof having a larger diameter than the open ends. Such a pipe bowl is indicated in dotted lines in Figure 5 and the modification shown in Figures 5, 6 and 7 is adapted to accommodate such a pipe bowl. In this modification the blade 11 is of substantially the same construction as the blade 1 and the cross head 12 is of substantially the same construction as cross head 5. An attachment 13 shown to arlvan tags in "Figiire 7,ho wever,"is assoeiatedflvith the devlce formlng a carriage in which the blade is adapted to rock. This attachment consists of a plate 14- having 'a longitu dlnally extending rectangular opening 15 therem and on its side edges being provided with the two apertured ears 16. The blade is extended through theope niiig l5 and a' tionof the device is placed in the bowl substantially as shown in Figure 5 and it will be seen 'that it my be rocked so as to cause itsscraping edge to contactwith theinterior surface of thapipe DOWl even though the diameter-ct the bowl should be larger. at its closed end thanat its open end. Theattachment act'sas a scraping element for the openend. It willthus be seen with this device tlie'incrustation of carbon and similar material ,may easily be removed by such a Pi e, H a

. QItViS thought that the construction and operation of the invention should now be clearly understood without amore detail description thereof. fWhile the preferred embodiments of the invention have been described in detail, it will be understood that I do not wish to be limited to the particular construction set forth, since various changes in. the form, material, proportions, and, arrangen' ent: of parts, and 'inthe details fo't construction may be resorted to Without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed or ing any '01. itsadvantages."

Having thus described 'my invention, what I clai m'as 'fiew is:

1. Apipe cleaning device of the'class described including a blade, an attachment for the blade rockably mounted thereon including"a"plate 'li aving an elongated opening therein through which the blade extends, said attachment acting a",scra'pii1g"ele ment for uw'open end of'a' pipe'bowl while the 'blade acts asa-scraping element for the interior thereof.

2 A pipe cleaning device of the class described including a'blade, a head formed "on one end of the blade, an attachment associated with the blade formed from an'elongated plate having a "slot thereofltlirough which the blade extend's, and means jtor pivotalljl' engaging the plate" with the head.

, 3. A tobacco pipe cleaning'device ol the class described including a blade, ahead formed on one end of the blade, an attachment including an elongated plate-"having a slot formed longitudinallytherein and "a pair of apertured ears formed onits side edges, said blade extending through the slot of the plate and' a pin extending through the aperturedears and thehead to pivotally mount the attachment thereon;

In testim ny whereof 'Lrflfix my signature in the presence of two witnesses GEORGE BAZUTKA.

itness'es v EUGENE J "McCAn'rHY, JOHN T. KANE.

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