Popular Science Monthhi 



751 



A Pipe Filler Which Takes the Place 

 of the Smoker's Fingers 



THE fastidious smoker who does not 

 wish to stain his lingers can slulT his 

 pipe with an instrument iiueiited by 

 Arthur A. Hauerbach and Hugli (i. 

 Allan, of Stockton, California. 



The stuffer measures a pipeful of 

 tobacco in the tobacco-pouch or jar and 

 then forces it into the bowl of the pipe 

 without losing a iiartidc. It consists of 

 a tubular liandle jirovided wilh a long 

 slot near one end and a c\liiulrical bowl 

 at the other. Within the Ijowl is a 

 plunger which is fastened to a piston 

 tenninating in a finger at the top of the 

 tubular handle, as showTi in the accom- 

 panying illustration. 



\\'hen the pipe is to lie tilled, the Ijowl- 

 cnd of the stuller is inserted into the jar 

 of tobacco and tinned initil the bowl is 

 l),.cked tight. Tlien the stulfer is fitted 

 into the bowl of the pipe. By pressing 

 down the finger the plunger forces the 

 tobacco into the pii^c in a neat and com- 

 pact mold. A spiral spring in the tubular 

 handle instantly returns tlie various 

 parts to their normal position when the 

 mechanical finger is released. 



The filler presses the tobacco into the pipe 

 in a compact mold without staining the hands 



A weight supported by a strip of wood 

 is attached to the damper and draughts 



Reducing the Furnace Man to a Mere 

 Push-Button 



FALI,IX(i down the cellar stairs in an 

 attempt to get at the furnace to 

 open the draughts on one of these blus- 

 tering, cold mornings is not a wise or a 

 necessar>' thing to do. By installing an 

 apparatus such as is described here, you 

 can stay in your warm bed and set the 

 furnace to heating the house by merely 

 pressing a push-button at your side. Or 

 if j-ou are given to over-sleeping, your 

 alarm clock will perform the same 

 service for you. 



The apparatus for regulating the 

 furnace consists of a weight attached by 

 ropes to the damper antl draughts, a light 

 strip of wood to hold the weight, two 

 magnets, an armature, and pulleys to 

 lessen the rope-friction. The strip of 

 wood which holds the weight is wide at 

 one end and pointed at the other, as 

 shown in the illustration. The ])ointecl 

 ei'd rests on a hea\y strip of soft iron 

 which moves on two tin rails. When the 

 push-button in the bedroom is pressed, a 

 circuit is closed and the two magnets 

 draw the piece of iron, or the armature, 

 from under the supporting stri[i of wood, 

 causing the weight to fall down and pull 

 open the draughts. 



An alarm clock may be used to take 

 the place of the push-button. The 

 clock can be set to complete a circuit at a 

 certain hour and to open the furnace 

 draughts in the way illustrated. 



