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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7297227 | Method of making sheet electrode for electric double layer capacitor and roller rolling machine suitable for use therein A sheet electrode with a predetermined thickness for an electric double layer capacitor is made by carrying out a roller rolling step in which a long sheet intermediate is made from a material containing a carbonaceous powder, a conductive assistant and a binder and... | 11/20/2007 |
| 5875785 | Method of filling a pipe using a pipe tool A pipe tool and method of filling. The pipe tool comprises a handle rigidly attached to a spade at an angle of approximately 225 degrees. A cross-sectional shape of an upper extreme of the spade is that of an arc of approximately 70 degrees, and a lower e... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5758668 | Pipe tool and filling method A pipe tool and method of filling. The pipe tool comprises a handle rigidly attached to a spade at an angle of approximately 225 degrees. A cross-sectional shape of an upper extreme of the spade is that of an arc of approximately 70 degrees, and a lower e... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5209248 | Smoker's pipe filling and cleaning system A small, portable, battery operated smoking pipe filling and cleaning tool. A series of small stepped plastic tubes are prefilled with tamped tobacco by the user and placed in a row in the case. To load a pipe, a tobacco filled tube is picked up and inser... | 05/11/1993 |
| 4600022 | Composite smoker's kit A composite smoker's kit for preparing a pipe or a cigar for smoking. The kit is readily adaptable to the body portion of a lighter mechanism to enable easy transfer from a spent lighter mechanism to a fresh lighter mechanism and thereby enjoy a long life... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4550739 | Pipe tamping tool 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 uprig... | 11/05/1985 |
| 4318416 | Lighter with integral pipe tamper A lighter for pipes and the like has a case thereof formed with a deep indentation extending upwardly from the bottom in spaced relation to one vertical side to form an integral pipe tamper structure and an insert containing wadding or the like for absorb... | 03/09/1982 |
| 4206770 | Tobacco tamping tool for smoking pipe A tobacco tamping tool for a smoking pipe including a cylindrical hollow body and a stem having a tamping head at one end telescopingly received within said hollow body member and a spring within said hollow body member normally urging said stem and tampi... | 06/10/1980 |
| 4177823 | Combination key ring Herein described is a combination key ring and smoker's tool which includes a cylindrical body which has a plunger protruding from one end of the body. By manipulation, the plunger extends outwardly from the body and can be used for packing a pipe bowl wi... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4170231 | Ostomy appliances A colostomy or ileostomy set is provided which has a substantially leakproof connection between a stoma ring and a bag or irrigation sleeve. The ostomy set includes a retaining ring which can be secured to the body of a patient, the ring having a peripher... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4170238 | Smoker's tool including a tobacco-presser means for pressing down lightened tobacco in a pipe A smoker's tool including a tobacco-presser means for pressing down the lighted tobacco arranged in a pipe-bowl, comprising a housing means, whereby said tobacco presser means includes a punch means which is movable between an operative position and an in... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4152109 | Combination pocket lighter and tamper This combination comprises a pyrophoric lighter having cover means for the lighter mechanism and a tamper device housed entirely within the cover means when the latter is in the closed position. Both the lighter mechanism and tamper device are convenientl... | 05/01/1979 |
| 4129135 | Smoker's tool A combination pipe and cigarette tool having a pair of slidable implements with one implement having a retractable cutting or scraper blade on one end and a tamper on the opposite end which can be locked in an operating or closed position in the pipe and ... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4044807 | Pipe tobacco tamper and method A pipe tamper for and a method of tamping tobacco in a pipe bowl is disclosed. The pipe tamper includes a handle, preferably detachable, and a tamping head of a size to fit within the pipe bowl and having a face at an angle of from about 10° to about 65Â... | 08/30/1977 |
| 4043348 | Smoking pipe tamper means An improved smoking pipe tamper means is provided wherein the tamper means is attached externally to any conventional lighter mechanism, said tamper means being adapted to slideably move between a first position wherein an enlarged tamper head means of th... | 08/23/1977 |
| 4037610 | Smoking system Smoking system including a tamper with a tubular portion for compressing the tobacco in a pipe around the periphery of the bowl.... | 07/26/1977 |
