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While this looks a good deal like a model from the [[Kirsten Pipe Company]] at first glance, '''Sweetheart''' is indeed a separate brand | While this looks a good deal like a model from the [[Kirsten Pipe Company]] at first glance, '''Sweetheart''' is indeed a separate brand. | ||
<blockquote>This one<ref>not the currently displayed example</ref> is presumed to be an earlier "Sweetheart", with the stamping on the top face of the shank in script and below that word is "MADE IN U.S.A. PAT PEND". | |||
The shank is a fluted hexagonal cross section and the internal filtering device permits ingress of air from the front of the pipe on drawing on the pipe. | The shank is a fluted hexagonal cross section and the internal filtering device permits ingress of air from the front of the pipe on drawing on the pipe. | ||
Overall length 5 5/8 inch (143 m/m) | |||
A patent was filed in 1958 and was issued on Aug 7 1962 to a Philip J Stieger of St.Paul Minnesota... US Patent #3,048,179. This | A patent was filed in 1958 and was issued on Aug 7 1962 to a Philip J Stieger of St.Paul Minnesota... US Patent #3,048,179.<ref>https://patents.google.com/patent/US3048179</ref> This varies quite a bit from the actual production pipe.<ref>http://www.smokingmetal.co.uk/pipe.php?page=260 , courtesy [http://www.smokingmetal.co.uk SmokingMetal.co.uk]</ref></blockquote> | ||
<center><gallery widths=300px heights=200px caption=Example and detail, courtesy Doug Valitchka"> | <center><gallery widths=300px heights=200px caption=Example and detail, courtesy Doug Valitchka"> | ||
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== References == | |||
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[[Category:Pipe makers by nationality]][[Category:United States]] | [[Category:Pipe makers by nationality]] | ||
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[[Category:Patent]] |