Pipe tamping tool
AssigneeG.E.M.M. Manufacturing
InventorGeorge H. Henderson
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Abstract
A pipe tamping tool 10 includes tamping member 26 integrally formed with cleaning member 28 capable of cleaning the interior of the bowl of the pipe. Medially formed on the cleaning member 28 is a reacting member 30 for retaining the pipe bowl in an upright position when placed upon a horizontal surface. The retaining member 30 is a substantially arcuate member which envelopes the stem of the pipe and which has outwardly flaired free edges or legs or flanges which radiate outwardly from the arcuate portion thereof. A clip 42 for attaching the device to an article of clothing, is integrally formed as part of the device. A flocking or similar material 40 can be adhered to the interior of the arcuate member 36 to prevent scratching of the pipe stem.
Claims5
A pipe tamping tool, comprising:
- (a) means for tamping tobacco within a bowl of a pipe;
- (b) means for cleaning the interior of a bowl of a pipe;
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- (c) means for retaining a bowl of a pipe in a vertical position when a pipe is placed upon a horizontal surface, the means for retaining comprising:
- (1) an arcuate member having an arc less than 360.degree. and which envelopes the stem of a pipe;
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- (2) a leg formed at each free end of the arcuate member and which radiates outwardly therefrom.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.