Magnificiently Strange Patents (Picture Heavy)

[cosmicfolklore]

What is that blade for?

My guess is that the blade is connected to the handle on the bottom, to push the tobacco out, and with a little twist it would cut the cake out of the pipe at the same time.
Did my guess win anything?

 

[hawke]

Won my admiration. Looks like a reamer to me too, now that you explained it. And a pretty cool gimmick!

 

[hextor]

looking at these pictures makes what to make my own creation, these are fun to look at indeed!!!

 

[blackbeard]

For future reference. May start a dunhill thread. A LOT of patents for his pipes. Even a removable bowl they made. I wish I could find the one with the removable bowl and knife built in again. I'll likely start a couple more of these threads as I gather Patents. As for the table book mentioned....not sure I can do that using other's patents....Might gather them and make a virtual....reference...depends on how long the manic episode lasts.

 

[blackbeard]

Cooling Unit

 

[blackbeard]

For Hawkes pipe above the patent link is
Samuel J Harris

 

[blackbeard]

Magazine Loaded

 

[blackbeard]

I am far from done with this...
Another Built on Pipe Lighter

 

[blackbeard]

For when dual inline bowls are needed.

Self Cleaning Pipe

No Ash, No Cake, No Problems

 

[ssjones]

Fascinating. I wonder how many of these designs saw the light of day?

 

[blackbeard]

I was wondering the same. The odds are there was one built of some...but if they were never backed/couldn't get it going....it was forgotten. Suppose we just keep our eyes peeled! Thanks for contributing guys! Loving to see what you find as well.

 

[zitotczito]

Tyler thanks for the posts, very interesting.

 

[blackbeard]

Another Twin Bowl.

Ash Ejector 2

This one is particularly strange for the era.
Yup, It's A Safety Pipe

 

[posaydal]

https://www.google.com/patents/US6418936?dq=tobacco+pipe&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiBs-ej_9bJAhXrnnIKHV79B6QQ6AEIRzAG

 

[blackbeard]

That's for something else posaydal.... They make them new..... You have to "weed" out the ones mislabeled as tobacco pipes. Pre-70's is where the good ones are. I'm going through them all.

 

[blackbeard]

This has become a new way to handle the elusive sleep. On page 28 with 41,000 results for my query.....Combing through patent...after patent...after patent. SO who wants to know about something in particular? Give me a direction.

 

[posaydal]

Hmmmmmm.... I would love to see that aforementioned steam engine pipe Would be freaking awesome to have a pipe which heats up and moves a small steam engine :D In general, i would like to see crazy mechanisms and such.

BTW, one of better threads i found here. Cheers, mate!

 

[blackbeard]

Very much appreciated. I am having both a blast and a bore. I started looking into others...just happened across this one.
Musical Pipe

 

[posaydal]

Hahahahaha. something for kids to learn how to play music at school :D

 

[misterlowercase]

Great thread!

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Interesting stuff indeed,

so many patents were filed!
So many mousetraps to look at!
Love the flashlight pipes!


The self-lighting pipes may save a gent from this tragedy:

:P
One of the oddest I've seen is the hinged "hygenic" pipe,

an odd concept for sure...

http://www.google.com/patents/US954020

Some of them are so incredibly complicated that it's easy to see why they could never survive in the marketplace!
http://www.google.com/patents/US3792704

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention is designed to overcome both the difficulties encountered in the conventional pipe smoking arrangement and the infirmities discovered with prior capsule systems.
In accordance with one aspect of the present invention there may be provided a disposable tobacco capsule that is prepacked by machine. Each capsule may, if desired, have its own built-in filter. The tobacco may be corectly packaged for steady burning and the density of the tobacco may be controlled in the factory packaging techniques. Each capsule may be encased in an aluminum foil sheath, or the like, and is formed to a standard size which will fit all pipes manufactured for the system. A typical capsule, for example, might be 1 3/8 inches long, 1 1/8 inches high, and 3/8 inches wide. The capsule is adapted for insertion into a specially designed pipe bowl and may have the top opened by pulling a zip-off tab. On termination of smoking, the foil sheath and its filter with the trapped residue may be readily lifted from the bowl and disposed of, leaving the pipe in clean condition. A plurality of such capsules may be packaged in a single convenient slim pack, which could, in turn, be stored without bulkiness in clothing pockets.